Free, 2019-20, Issue 08 2019-20, Leeds United, Subscribers
The eighth and last issue of The Square Ball’s 30th season is available now.
- By The Square Ball
It’s taken the lockdown and a pause of the football season to make me realise just how much I live my life by seasons as opposed to years.
The Fairs Cup gave Elland Road the only competitive Leeds United or City fixture ever played there in June — until 2020.
We look for our sporting heroes in success, but that’s not always appropriate at Leeds United. It’s not why we revere Trevor Cherry.
The Yelland Road Roar was the 12th ingredient for success. What now?
Some managers felt perfect for Leeds, until we met one who was.
For three seasons there was nobody better in the Championship. What happened to Ross McCormack?
It’s another word Kiko Casilla needs to learn
The Saturday afternoon we didn’t get
Belief, unity and a packed Elland Road. Football will never be the same for us.
You miss Norman Hunter at Leeds, because so much of Leeds was him.
Some may chuckle at fans who feel lost without football. But we should take the impact seriously.
Alan Smith didn’t turn out how we hoped, but that was its own lesson.
Taking the high road even if it doesn’t take us upwards.
You can take away their games, but you can’t get them off the internet.
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