Awaiting departure from The Square Ball’s centre pages is TBG’s brand new poster, “Visit Beeston”. Just £1 buys the trip of a lifetime through Ken Bates’ mind to the LS11 of the future: a snip at a mere “£80m to £90m of debt”.… Continue Reading
Category Archives: The Beaten Generation
A Leeds United Christmas Carol
“Bah, humbug!” from TBG in The Square Ball magazine, on sale for a measly one pound sterling from vendors around Elland Road at Boxing Day’s game against Hartlepool United and also online in The Square Ball shop.… Continue Reading
Hiden seek – Part 2
When Dieter Mateschitz unveiled Red Bull Salzburg in June 2005 flanked by his private aircraft collection, there was no doubt that the club had become nothing more than another branch of his firm’s forays into novelty sports events such as skydiving, wakeboarding and Formula 1. There stood 11 walking billboards for a drink: red and white strips for home games with all blue when playing away from a ground tackily refitted with laser lighting rigs and a “supersonic” sound system. … Continue Reading
Hiden seek – Part 1
When George Graham checked behind the ears of the defender he’d bought from Rapid Vienna in February 1998, everything seemed to be as advertised. Within days, Martin Hiden slotted straight into one of his stoic yet occasionally engaging Leeds United line-ups on an afternoon it was neither: defeated by a single goal at home to Southampton. Nevertheless, the new acquisition settled in and was present at some memorable on-days (5-0 at Derby County) as well as some forgettable off-ones (0-1 at home to Wolves in the FA Cup).… Continue Reading