Andy P

A close-up image of Crysencio Summerville playing in last season's home shirt set against a blue and purple background
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Spider's web
Andy P has been having sleepless nights, and yet again it’s all Leeds United’s fault.
A black and white image of Jim Ratcliffe set against a red background. He looks gormless, as you would have to be to invest in Scum
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Lend us a fiver, will you
A national nirvana by the ship canal — what’s that worth to us? asks Andy P.
Luke Ayling angrily celebrating his goal against West Brom earlier this season, and Liam Cooper applauding the fans. Can we be their mates?
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No sex toys
Some players can’t speed away fast enough in January. For others, writes Andy P, it’s a slow, reluctant drive to Middlesbrough.
It's an article about VAR, so it's a picture of Jurgen Klopp, teeth clenched, with a red tint
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Checking...
VAR might not be blighting our experience in the Champo, writes Andy P, but it’s still blighting our experiences as football fans.
A collage of shirts from no-mark teams, with names like Haaland and Salah printed on the back
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On the banks of the Aire
You can track the rise and fall of LUFC, writes Andy P, by the fall and rise of the non-Leeds in Leeds.
Artwork showing Paraag Marathe and Andrea Radrizzani in two small circles
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Dawn again
It might be new to 49ers Enterprises, but Andy P has seen Leeds like this before.
Pieces of Lego in Leeds United kits, but each one is broken, with legs, or ams, or a head missing
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Crisps on the shitter

After Bielsa, Marsch and Gracia, Leeds are now Big Sam’s problem, writes Andy P. But that’s not where the buck stops.

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Eddie Gray sitting in his manager's office in the 80s, wearing a sweatshirt with the big initials 'EG' printed on the chest
Only one person for it
Leeds United were in a malaise in the early 1980s, writes Andy P, skint and going nowhere. Naturally, there was only one man to turn to.
That rarest of January transfer window unicorns, an actual good player, Lee Chapman
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Better than a dildo in the lughole
Laurens de Bock is enough to put anyone off the January transfer window, but Andy P remembers when Lee Chapman proved it can be different.
The pilot who safely crash-landed the plane carrying the 1998 Leeds squad, Captain John Hackett, with his arms around members of his crew
Air Crash Investigation

The plane crash of 1998 is an almost completely forgotten part of the club’s history, writes Andy P. Only later did it become apparent how close to tragedy they came.

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Naked pasties

Mickey Thomas was Howard Wilkinson’s nemesis, writes Andy P, until he signed for Wilko at Leeds.

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A rare image of 80's left-back Bobby McDonald in one of his eighteen appearances for Leeds, wearing the classic yellow and blue Burton away shirt
Golden arch

1987 almost gave Leeds United everything, and Andy P hasn’t forgotten one left-back’s gifts.

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Rod Wallace and Ian Rush, celebrating a goal, a very rare sight
Undercover at the Baseball
After a summer of upheaval, Andy P made for the Baseball Ground, and Howard Wilkinson’s attempt at a fresh start.
Bielsa and Marsch
Pass the needle

The Premier League did to Marcelo Bielsa what it does to everybody, writes Andy P.

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Angus Kinnear, looking like he's just put down a copy of The Great Leap Foaward
Gast your flabber

It’s Leeds United’s nature to discard the feelings of other clubs. The chief executive might have misunderstood, though, writes Andy P.

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