Brian Deane: "All of a sudden I took some stopping"
For a lad from Chapeltown, Leeds, Brian Deane had a dream career — but it was hard work making those dreams come true. 1995's Player of The Year talks about why that award meant so much.
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Bielsa splits the blue
Football is exactly as simple and complex as love, and with the right gestures, a whiteboard, and a rudimentary glossary of football terms, it's not beyond the wit of Bielsa to explain to Kalvin Phillips what is in his heart.
Shooting The Moon
Marcelo Bielsa's Newell's looked closer to Howard Wilkinson's Leeds than to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City: a team hard working individuals who, by dedicating themselves to each other and to a tactical plan, achieved much more than they ever could apart.
Back to the feeling: Newell's Old Boys vs San Lorenzo, 1992
This is where Bielsa started, contemplating life, death and 3-3-1-3, while the helicopters whirled doom or glory around him.
Announce The Answer
Leeds have appointed the best coaches in the sport before, but they've tended to either walk out after 44 days, or be Terry Venables.
Major Bielsa
Major Frank Buckley might not have been the right man to win promotion in 1948, but hiring him had been the right thing to do. Bold, adventurous, frustrating and fun; we should be happy and entertained if Major Marcelo Bielsa comes to Elland Road and fails the same way.
Statuesque
If I could I'd take along a huge old fashioned broom to the last match, and use it to beat the dust from the backside of every single one of the players for letting us down so badly this season.
Symbol lies: Leeds United's salute crest, 2018-2018
This design was supposed to be unique, breaking from the past yet rooted in the fan culture that makes Leeds United special. But by removing every trace of previous crests, they removed any connection between this crest and Leeds United Football Club as we have known it.
Leeds United 3-4 Millwall: Write Your Own Legend
If this was the start of something, we'll look back at these twenty minutes as the origin story, the moment when Thomas Christiansen's Leeds finally declared an end to giving in to adversity.
Leeds United 1-0 Hull City: Always There
Waiting for the ball to cross the line was agony, waiting for Christiansen to turn results around was agony, trudging to a half-empty football ground season after season has been agony. Ecstasy was always there somewhere, though.