Champions League 2001: Milan vs Leeds United
Milan, and Barcelona, and Kim Milton Nielsen, and UEFA, and probably Christos Michas, all stood between Leeds and six more lucrative group stage games.
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Clarke Carlisle ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Clarke Carlisle came to Leeds, a club looking for esteem and a fresh start, as someone looking for esteem and a fresh start. The best qualified coach, and the brainiest footballer, and all the wrong moves at the wrong time.
Chris Wood ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Wood was hard for Leeds fans to warm to. Genial enough but lacking some note of charm, he looked like a wanly smiling tree when all fans could see was the murky forest.
Champions League 2001: Leeds United vs Barcelona
According to UEFA live television coverage was being requested by seventeen countries. Leeds were ready to turn the 4-0 scoreline from six weeks ago into motivation for sweeping the Blaugrana out of Europe.
Chris Whyte ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Whyte's skills had been polished in the States, and he started his Leeds career by dribbling past two Scarborough players and shimmying around the goalie to score. More important, though, was his impenetrable consistency alongside Chris Fairclough.
Champions League 2001: Besiktas vs Leeds United
O'Leary's babies had not, yet, dug into and ground out one of their Champions League matches. Travelling, working and getting the result were signs of maturity as long as you remember that growing up is boring.
Chris Fairclough ⭑ From A-Z since '92
The acts of persuasion that Howard Wilkinson and Bill Fotherby used to tempt Chris Fairclough to Second Division Leeds United must rank among the greatest lobbying feats in football history.
Charlie Taylor ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Massimo Cellino wanted the credit, and Leeds fans wanted a good local left-back. But Charlie Taylor wanted the Premier League.
Casper Sloth ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Casper Sloth looked fun to work with, the sort of treat everyone playing Champ Man hopes the scouts will come back with from Scandinavia.
Champions League 2001: Leeds United vs Besiktas
Leeds were the winners by so much that the second half was a drift. Elland Road needed what it got: six goals and a random meltdown.