It’s all change at Elland Road as the pod examines Simon’s sacking and his likely successor. There’s also chatter about the Smiths, shirt numbers, sendings off and side show Zigic. Brighton, Coventry and Donny are on the way for R*dders and the Lazarus-like AOB. Sadly, there’s discussion on that fictional hockey team franchise down the [...]
In this edition of the pod, Howson is history at Leeds United and there’s substantial unrest on the terraces. The Yorkshire Evening Post’s Leeds United reporter, Phil Hay joins the team to examine the recent goings on. A tough path lies ahead with games against Birmingham and Bristol, but thankfully Sonko and Dyche [...]
TSB Christmas Party, 17th December 17:00-Midnight, Temple Mill, Leeds
This Saturday, for the first time ever, we are holding an official TSB Christmas Party. Unlike most Christmas parties this one is actually close to Christmas, and won’t end up with you throwing an overpriced cocktail at your boss as you storm out of a soulless [...]
After a three week hiatus the team returns with a specially extended podcast to remember Gary Speed. There’s joy at three wins out of four, even if Andy O’Brien doesn’t feel the same. There’s some light chuckling at Huddersfield Believe Town and the price of international junior membership, plus a look ahead to Watford and [...]
This has been a difficult week for everyone connected with Leeds United. It’s less than seven days since Gary Speed died, and amid the expressions of shock and grief, the team have already played Nottingham Forest and won with a swagger, and will face Millwall tomorrow at Elland Road hoping to do the same. Even in times of the greatest sadness, life still goes on; and if the Forest game showed anything, it’s that Leeds United – the fans, the players, and the management – have met the challenge of ‘carrying on’ while still doing justice to Gary Speed, and come through with our heads held high.
Recorded on Halloween, the podcast returns to reflect on recent defensive horror shows from Rachubka and O’Dea.
There’s also reflection on scary stuff from the past, including Wembley trips, heartbreak in 1987 and, well, Carlton Palmer. (Parental Advisory – may contain references to Carlton Palmer.)
The team is on the up but attendances appear to [...]
The podcast returns with reaction to the BBC documentary Who Owns Leeds United?, including an appearance for one pod member whose hair has caused more scandal than the programme itself.
With this follicular folly out of the way, the team gets down to business and speaks to the producer of the documentary, Neil Morrow, who responds to Ken’s Yorkshire Radio diatribe about the show and tells us why the programme was made and what they hoped to uncover.
There’s joy after a clean sheet and a victory against Portsmouth, quickly followed by confusion at the strange banning of non-members from the Kop against Cardiff. There’s cheer at El Principito’s new contract – well, kind of – but not his new name. There’s also hope/optimism/desperation/confidence/idiocy about the forthcoming matches that kick off against Doncaster on the telly on Friday night and happiness that Michael is about to take a trip in a moving pub.
A BBC documentary to be shown in Yorkshire tonight, Who Owns Leeds United?, attempts once again to unravel Leeds’ 2007 administration and establish just what went on as Leeds plunged into League One and almost out of business.
As part of their investigation, the BBC obtained copies of correspondence between the club and Leeds City Council through a Freedom of Information request that, while it does not form a central part of the programme, should be of interest to Leeds fans. The BBC have passed these letters and emails to The Square Ball so that we can present them to you.
The letters between Shaun Harvey and senior Council officers reveal that in March and April 2007 an ‘investment group’ was willing to invest £10m in Leeds United, a sum which would have secured LUFC as a going concern through the 2007/08 season, meaning administration and the subsequent twenty-five point penalty would have been avoided.
Indefensibly late, that is!
Podcast #35 has actually been available for a while now, but it’s been brought to our attention (hi, Joe!) that while the iTunes subscribers will all have been smugly updated – salut, Steve Jobs – because we neglected to do a blog post about the pod, some of our listeners may have missed it.
