This adulation of Leeds United

Some crazy blinkered comments on here.
Leeds are a club with a massive loyal supporter base.

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Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue

Some crazy blinkered comments on here.
Leeds are a club with a massive loyal supporter base.

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It's no bigger than Newcastle, Manchester City , Everton etc

They are of course a big club but the only right they have to be back in top flight football is that they have been promoted .

I hope they get relegated as quickly as possible .

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Originally Posted by jon1959

Why should we ignore the 16 years Leeds have been out of the top flight? How do those 16 years skew the stats? The stats are the stats! They are all part of the picture, and for the current Leeds United the last 16 years are more relevant than earlier periods.

Leeds are clearly a big club - with a large fan base in a big one-club city (although attendance at their home games in recent years has been a smaller % of the city population than Cardiff!), a lot of 'plastic' fans around the world, a golden age (whether that is part myth or not....) only two generations ago, a catastrophic fall from grace that makes them a constant source of interest, and a level of loathing from fans of other clubs around the country based equally on the 'dirty Leeds' legacy of Don Revie and their continuing sense of entitlement that pisses everyone else off. For good or bad they are box office!

They deserve to be back in the Premier League because they have earned it this season. No other reason. They may well deserve to be relegated again in a years time.

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The tables do not lie at the end of the season,fcuk.:biggrin:

This is a crazy amount of rubbish, let alone the police officer who got hurt

https://www.theguardian.com/football...e-celebrations

ok... but so what?

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Forest and Villa didn’t win the top division in the 90s or compete In the champions league and challenge for the league title in the 2000’s.

Leeds have challenged at the top table in the Sky TV era. None of the others you mention have except for Newcastle who get plenty of media attention and also only spent 1 season out of the PL and did what was expected and bounced back straight away.

Leeds also have a bitter rivalry with Manchester United the biggest club in the country.

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that rivalry is very much one way

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Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue

Some crazy blinkered comments on here.
Leeds are a club with a massive loyal supporter base.

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for massive read bigger than us. Leeds are not even the biggest club in Yorkshire

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Originally Posted by TISS

for massive read bigger than us. Leeds are not even the biggest club in Yorkshire

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Yeah, OK Mate.
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It could be that the whole "dirty Leeds" thing goes back a hundred years to when Leeds City were expelled from the Football League for financial irregularities;-

https://www.sportinglife.com/footbal...ds-city/172864

What I'm sure about though is that the label goes back to the early sixties with the appointment of Don Readies/Revie - Leeds were. Soon successful under Revie, but they just as quickly gained a reputation for foul play, gamesmanship and intimidation of referees.

An interesting side issue to 1973 FA Cup Final when Leeds were beaten by Second Division Sunderland was the ill feeling between the rival managers - these links will tell you why that was and quite a bit more about the man who oversaw their “glory years”.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/gr...h-daily-mirror

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ues-67604.html

https://www.molineuxmix.co.uk/forum/...ecider.163478/

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Leeds is the biggest one club city in the UK, and most people over 20 support Leeds. You do see Man Utd and Chelsea shirts which you'd never see 8/10 years ago but 90% of people in Leeds support Leeds. They've also got massive support in North Yorkshire in York, Harrogate, Pickering etc.

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Manure robbed Salford of their status

i preffered Leeds over Arsenal as a kid (70's) ...is that bad ?

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Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK

i preffered Leeds over Arsenal as a kid (70's) ...is that bad ?

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slude might try and fill you in

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Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK

i preffered Leeds over Arsenal as a kid (70's) ...is that bad ?

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I prefer man united to liverpool but they are both a team of *****

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-53470116

Fine set of people

Anyone remember partying in cardiff the day we beat QPR in the play off final

That was a good laugh

Loads of sorts out that day

I shared my chips with one , she was enchanted

I don't remember the 60s. But when I was a kid in the 70s, Leeds were as big as Liverppol and Man U. Or at least they seemed so. I can still remember the names of most of their team. I can remember watching them get robbed/mugged in the 1975 European Cup final. Are they as big as they think they are? Absolutely not, but they're bigger than the likes of Wolves, Leicester, Southampton etc. If they were inconsequential, we (and everyone else) wouldn't hate them so much. Don't forget, Chelsea were very much a yo-yo club in the 80s.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Anyone remember partying in cardiff the day we beat QPR in the play off final

That was a good laugh

Loads of sorts out that day

I shared my chips with one , she was enchanted

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You spelt entrapped wrong.

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

I don't remember the 60s. But when I was a kid in the 70s, Leeds were as big as Liverppol and Man U. Or at least they seemed so. I can still remember the names of most of their team. I can remember watching them get robbed/mugged in the 1975 European Cup final. Are they as big as they think they are? Absolutely not, but they're bigger than the likes of Wolves, Leicester, Southampton etc. If they were inconsequential, we (and everyone else) wouldn't hate them so much. Don't forget, Chelsea were very much a yo-yo club in the 80s.

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Chelsea have spent far more time in the top flight than Leeds, which surprised me a little. For virtually their entire pre-Abramovich history, they rarely threatened the top sides.

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Forest and Villa didn’t win the top division in the 90s or compete In the champions league and challenge for the league title in the 2000’s.

Leeds have challenged at the top table in the Sky TV era. None of the others you mention have except for Newcastle who get plenty of media attention and also only spent 1 season out of the PL and did what was expected and bounced back straight away.

Leeds also have a bitter rivalry with Manchester United the biggest club in the country.

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Villa and Leeds have had really good attendance numbers at their games in the Championship too. Way more than Forest, City et al. Isn't it the case that Leeds' average attendances in recent seasons has been greater than Cardiff City Stadium could accommodate?

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Villa and Leeds have had really good attendance numbers at their games in the Championship too. Way more than Forest, City et al. Isn't it the case that Leeds' average attendances in recent seasons has been greater than Cardiff City Stadium could accommodate?

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No, it isn't the case, apparently :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue

Yeah, OK Mate.
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Sorry, Leeds are not even the biggest club in West Yorkshire