Neil Kilkenny yelling at Ken Bates
This was something else Bates hadn't counted on. Neil Kilkenny often got mixed reviews from Leeds supporters, but a bond had grown between the fans and the players who rescued the club from League One.
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The Golden Vision, something better you can do
Birth, marriage, sex, work, death, religion and salvation in the hereafter. Football has beaten down and replaced them all. But when this film interweaves interviews with Everton's actual players, such consuming football passion turns ominous.
Goals, Gulls, Urinals: Harte & Ribeiro Go Mad by The Swedish Sea
Four Bruno Ribeiro free-kicks and four Ian Harte headers. And four goals!
The Best Left-Back in the World
Leeds fans believed they had the best team, but in most areas of the pitch they'd concede individual supremacy was up for debate. Bobby Moore was a worthy rival to Norman Hunter. Pele might, they'd grudgingly admit, improve the side. But who was close to being a better left-back than Cooper?
Striking Off: Leeds United vs Chelsea, 28th April 2001
Dennis Wise told David O'Leary to calm down. David Batty found a plastic carrier bag on the pitch and threw it in Wise's face. Wise caught it and started following Batty, trying to throw it back. In keeping with the game, it was all more silly than vicious.
What's Up: Arsenal vs Leeds, 21st August 2001
The fixture was a powder keg filled with fireworks wired up to a detonator in the hands of a toddler. Or Danny Mills, who pushed Ashley Cole over for no reason as he took a throw-in in the fifth minute.
If It Feels Right: West Brom vs Leeds, 24th August 2002
'Bowyer for England!' the Leeds fans chanted. Then, to the same tune, 'Sign your contract!' Finally, even louder, 'Sign your contract for the lads!'
Testament: Chelsea vs Leeds, 13th December 1997
The half-time stats showed three yellow cards for Chelsea, two red cards and three other players booked for Leeds. There had been one shot at goal. Norman Hunter was spotted in his role commentating for Radio Leeds, 'Grinning all over his face. How he must have loved it.'
Rupture: Leeds United vs Arsenal, 21st November 1992
It was one of those Elland Road afternoons when the intensity of the crowd is matched by the intent of the players. Leeds were showing they wouldn't sit back against the team coming for their title.
The End: Crystal Palace vs Leeds United, 31st January 1998
Tomas Brolin's third game for Palace, when George Graham's Leeds came to Selhurst Park, was a chance to overturn opinions and prove some points. Instead the Match of the Day cameras caught the end again, first Brolin slumped in the grass again, then a bloody bandage.