Leeds United at home match thread

[Jerseybean]

Another Friday night under the lights at Ashton Gate.

On 3 May, with four games of their season left, they appointed Big Sam: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/leeds-united

At the time they had 30 points and occupied 17th place. They ended up in 19th place and were relegated with 31 points.

In July he was replaced by Daniel Farke.

A game against Leeds United always provides me with one of my happiest Bristol City memories. For younger fans, it’s important to point out that at the time this happened Leeds were practically invincible. If you like the comparison today would be Manchester City. They had played 29 First Division games that season without losing a single one and were destined to win the title by a clear five points.

We played them in February 1974 in the fifth round of the FA cup. It finished all square at Ashton Gate, and I was lucky enough to attend the replay at Elland Road, a game we won one nil thanks to a Donnie Gillies goal. See photo of programme.

I was pretty wet behind the ears and young at this time, and when we scored, I went absolutely berserk. I swiftly realized that nobody in the section of the ground where I was moved. Yes, I’d managed to plant myself right in the middle of thousands of Leeds fans, the attendance was

47,182. Somehow I got away with my life and always look back on that game as one of my most memorable Bristol City memories.

It was quite an evening and I remember it being featured on the national evening television news, that’s  how much of a shock the result was.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-flashback-invincible-leeds-3845168

https://youtu.be/6Th1peqmkHk

Our head-to-head record is shocking:

Won: 8

Lost: 26

Drawn: 9

We lost 2-1 at Elland Road back in October: https://video.leedsunited.com/video/dm9kJTdDMF9ncDEwaHJieSU3QyUyRnBhZ2UlM0ZzbHVnJTNEaG9tZSU3Q2hvbWUlMkZsaXN0JTJGMCUyRmZlZWQ%3D

Officials

Stephen Martin is set to take charge.The Staffordshire based official is the son of former Premier League referee Andy, who officiated during the 1990s.

He is part of the Select Group 2 list of referees and has been an EFL match official since the 2012/13 campaign.

Martin last took charge of Leeds in December, overseeing the 4-0 Sky Bet Championship victory over Ipswich Town at Elland Road.

In total, Martin has refereed Leeds seven times in his career and the Whites have never lost, winning six matches and drawing once. In those matches, eight Leeds players were booked, whilst Joe Rodon was sent off earlier this season for a second yellow card, against Hull City in September.

Martin last took charge of Bristol City for their 1-0 victory over Sunderland in December.

This will be the 24th time he has taken charge of us, with the Robins winning 10, drawing six and losing seven when Martin has refereed. He has issued 28 yellow cards and one red card to Bristol City players.

2023/24 stats

Games (all competitions): 14

Yellow cards issued: 80

Red cards issued: 2

Other match officials

Assistant referees: Mark Dwyer and Greg Read

Fourth official: Keith Stroud

Luke Ayling (now at Boro) enjoyed his time at Leeds and many think we made a huge mistake selling him so cheaply (reportedly £200k) https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/leeds-united-are-still-enjoy-the-benefits-of-lee-johnsons-six-figure-bristol-city-mistake-view/

Both the late Norman Hunter and Terry Cooper became fans favourite for both clubs and England.

After 540 Football League appearances and 726 in total for Leeds, Bite yer Legs signed for us on 28 October 1976 for £40,000, and remained for three years, making 108 league appearances (122 in total) and scoring four goals.

Terry Cooper became our manager in July 1982 just five months after we had narrowly avoided going out of business due to crippling financial problems. This tells you all you need to know about TC and his love of BCFC, https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/my-club-terry-cooper/

In January they unexpected ended Djed Spence's loan spell. Spence, 23, returned to Spurs after making seven appearances for the West Yorkshire side.

Crysencio Summerville is in with a chance of returning while Daniel James and Pascal Struijk are both injured.

They are third in the Championship form table, having won their last four games and losing the two prior.

The brother-in-law of a teenager killed in a tragic and 'senseless' attack has called for a two-minute applause to be held at Ashton Gate during Bristol City's match against Leeds United this weekend. Mason Rist and Max Dixon were stabbed to death on Saturday, January 27 in Knowle West. Connor Parr, brother-in-law of 16-year-old Max Dixon, has called on two football teams to hold a two-minute tribute for both teenagers at a Bristol City game on Friday (February 2). Connor has asked for a round of applause to be held from the 15th minute to the 17th minute of the match, to commemorate the lives of Max and Mason.

As part of Green Football Weekend City are calling all supporters attending the game to consider making a donation to St Mungo’s.

St Mungo’s is a homelessness charity that runs hostels and emergency accommodation which gives people the space they need to recover as well as helping people to learn new skills, find jobs and reconnect. They provide food, clothing and shelter for people who are sleeping rough. 

Supporters can bring donations that fit the criteria of each charity to Ashton Gate Stadium and drop off at our donation point. The donation point will be located inside the concourse at A8 – which is located opposite the Independence Sports bar from inside the concourse. Donations will take place from when the turnstiles open until kick-off.

As part of Green Football Weekend and Project Whitebeam, the AG3 service from Bristol Temple Meads via the city centre will be free of charge for this fixture.  

We will be running an enhanced matchday shuttle bus service will operate as follows:

• AG1 Portway Park & Ride (via Portway) – approx. every 10 minutes
• AG2 Brislington Park & Ride (direct service) – approx. every 12 minutes
• AG3 Temple Meads (via Broadmead and the centre) – approx. every 12 minutes

All services drop-off and collect from Winterstoke Road, outside Ashton Gate. Full details including route maps, timetables, pricing and ticket information is available at www.bcfc.co.uk/travel. 

Due to the high attendance services will be very busy at peak times and we highly recommend getting the earliest bus service possible to avoid delays.

Leeds facts

Leeds gave the UK the internet

Founded in 1998, Freeserve – the first-ever British internet service provider (ISP) – had a great role to play in UK’s renovation. In the year 2000, it was bought by a French Telecom firm called Wannadoo for £1.65 billion. In 2004, Freeserve was rebranded as Wannadoo UK plc. But today, it’s known as EE’s broadband service.

Leeds has the oldest running commercial railway in the world
Middleton Colliery Railway is the world’s oldest running public railway, situated in Leeds. It was established in 1758 to transport coals to neighboring quarries. But today, it’s a railway operated to re-create history and events. It’s kept in form over the years by friendly volunteers and locomotives. You can ride the same tour from Moor Road to Park Halt Station, and just explore the Middleton park museum.

Leeds helped build America’s most famous buildings
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a neoclassical architect from Leeds was one of the most impactful architects in America. Although he was British, he made several impressive works in the Washington DC, USA. His works include redesigning the United States Capitol building and America’s first Roman Catholic Cathedral. Additionally, Latrobe’s work in the US involved several architectural projects, including town planning, landscaping, and sewage works.

It has one of the biggest parks in Europe
Roundhay Park in Leeds is now one of the most popular parks in Europe. Created by William the Conqueror, its ownership passed on to the De Lacy family. Succession saw ownership of Roundhay Park pass to John of Gaunt, then his son Henry IV.Located in the Northern part of Leeds, in Oakwood, it covers over 700 acres of rolling parkland with woodlands, lakes, and playground. Should you find yourself in Leeds anytime, join the nearly one million people that visit the park annually.

The world’s first-ever films were made in Leeds
Undoubtedly true; cinema is one of the most notable kinds of entertainment in the world today. Over the years, there have been distinguishing upgrades in the industry. And yet, the humble beginnings of the motion pictures trace back to Leeds. The very first motion pictures were shot in a garden in Roundhay in 1888, by a Frenchman named Le Prince. While it’s true that the origin of the film traces back to Thomas Edison and the Lumiere Brothers, historians believe Le Prince existed in the game before them.

Leeds has the world’s largest animal armour
Talking about animals, the Royal Armouries is home to incredible collections of Arms and Armor. Among other artefacts, the elephant armour is the most impressive. It was acquired in India by Lady Clive, wife of Governor of Madras, and moved to Britain in 1801. The armour currently holds the title as the world’s biggest animal armour and weighs about 118 kilograms. Presently, it comprises six elements: a shaffron, three panels for the left of the body, a throat defence, and one central panel for the right. It’s also worth mentioning it comprises about 5,840 plates at the moment.

Leeds pioneered x-ray technology
The residents of Leeds surely have several innovative developments to be proud of; and the x-ray is one of them. Sir William Henry Bragg discovered the structure of X-rays at the University of Leeds. His works have birthed discoveries, including using X-rays to reveal hidden injury in humans and the structure of DNA. In 1915, Bragg and his son William received a Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the X-ray spectroscope.

Designed the first country maps of England
A Yorkshire surveyor named Christopher Saxton was the first person to map the Counties of England and Wales together. He was appointed by Queen Elizabeth I’s right-hand man – William Cecil, Lord Burghley – as the Royal cartographer. Using the already available information and improving its accuracy on the earth, he crafted the counties on a map.

Leeds has the longest-running West Indian Carnival in Europe
Leeds West Indian Carnival is the longest-running event in Europe and has been going since 1967. It’s the first to feature all three important attributes of Caribbean Carnival, music, masquerade scene, and costumes. It’s a three-day event that starts and ends in Potternewton Park in Chapeltown. Activities include a parade of floats and dancers along the streets of Roundhay and Barrack road, as well as music and refreshment.

 

[BigTone]

14 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Another Friday night under the lights at Ashton Gate.

On 3 May, with four games of their season left, they appointed Big Sam: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/leeds-united

At the time they had 30 points and occupied 17th place. They ended up in 19th place and were relegated with 31 points.

In July he was replaced by Daniel Farke.

A game against Leeds United always provides me with one of my happiest Bristol City memories. For younger fans, it’s important to point out that at the time this happened Leeds were practically invincible. If you like the comparison today would be Manchester City. They had played 29 First Division games that season without losing a single one and were destined to win the title by a clear five points.

We played them in February 1974 in the fifth round of the FA cup. It finished all square at Ashton Gate, and I was lucky enough to attend the replay at Elland Road, a game we won one nil thanks to a Donnie Gillies goal. See photo of programme.

I was pretty wet behind the ears and young at this time, and when we scored, I went absolutely berserk. I swiftly realized that nobody in the section of the ground where I was moved. Yes, I’d managed to plant myself right in the middle of thousands of Leeds fans, the attendance was

47,182. Somehow I got away with my life and always look back on that game as one of my most memorable Bristol City memories.

It was quite an evening and I remember it being featured on the national evening television news, that’s  how much of a shock the result was.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-flashback-invincible-leeds-3845168

https://youtu.be/6Th1peqmkHk

Our head-to-head record is shocking:

Won: 8

Lost: 26

Drawn: 9

We lost 2-1 at Elland Road back in October: https://video.leedsunited.com/video/dm9kJTdDMF9ncDEwaHJieSU3QyUyRnBhZ2UlM0ZzbHVnJTNEaG9tZSU3Q2hvbWUlMkZsaXN0JTJGMCUyRmZlZWQ%3D

Officials

Stephen Martin is set to take charge.The Staffordshire based official is the son of former Premier League referee Andy, who officiated during the 1990s.

He is part of the Select Group 2 list of referees and has been an EFL match official since the 2012/13 campaign.

Martin last took charge of Leeds in December, overseeing the 4-0 Sky Bet Championship victory over Ipswich Town at Elland Road.

In total, Martin has refereed Leeds seven times in his career and the Whites have never lost, winning six matches and drawing once. In those matches, eight Leeds players were booked, whilst Joe Rodon was sent off earlier this season for a second yellow card, against Hull City in September.

Martin last took charge of Bristol City for their 1-0 victory over Sunderland in December.

This will be the 24th time he has taken charge of us, with the Robins winning 10, drawing six and losing seven when Martin has refereed. He has issued 28 yellow cards and one red card to Bristol City players.

2023/24 stats

Games (all competitions): 14

Yellow cards issued: 80

Red cards issued: 2

Other match officials

Assistant referees: Mark Dwyer and Greg Read

Fourth official: Keith Stroud

Luke Ayling (now at Boro) enjoyed his time at Leeds and many think we made a huge mistake selling him so cheaply (reportedly £200k) https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/leeds-united-are-still-enjoy-the-benefits-of-lee-johnsons-six-figure-bristol-city-mistake-view/

Both the late Norman Hunter and Terry Cooper became fans favourite for both clubs and England.

After 540 Football League appearances and 726 in total for Leeds, Bite yer Legs signed for us on 28 October 1976 for £40,000, and remained for three years, making 108 league appearances (122 in total) and scoring four goals.

Terry Cooper became our manager in July 1982 just five months after we had narrowly avoided going out of business due to crippling financial problems. This tells you all you need to know about TC and his love of BCFC, https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/my-club-terry-cooper/

In January they unexpected ended Djed Spence's loan spell. Spence, 23, returned to Spurs after making seven appearances for the West Yorkshire side.

Crysencio Summerville is in with a chance of returning while Daniel James and Pascal Struijk are both injured.

They are third in the Championship form table, having won their last four games and losing the two prior.

The brother-in-law of a teenager killed in a tragic and 'senseless' attack has called for a two-minute applause to be held at Ashton Gate during Bristol City's match against Leeds United this weekend. Mason Rist and Max Dixon were stabbed to death on Saturday, January 27 in Knowle West. Connor Parr, brother-in-law of 16-year-old Max Dixon, has called on two football teams to hold a two-minute tribute for both teenagers at a Bristol City game on Friday (February 2). Connor has asked for a round of applause to be held from the 15th minute to the 17th minute of the match, to commemorate the lives of Max and Mason.

As part of Green Football Weekend City are calling all supporters attending the game to consider making a donation to St Mungo’s.

St Mungo’s is a homelessness charity that runs hostels and emergency accommodation which gives people the space they need to recover as well as helping people to learn new skills, find jobs and reconnect. They provide food, clothing and shelter for people who are sleeping rough. 

Supporters can bring donations that fit the criteria of each charity to Ashton Gate Stadium and drop off at our donation point. The donation point will be located inside the concourse at A8 – which is located opposite the Independence Sports bar from inside the concourse. Donations will take place from when the turnstiles open until kick-off.

As part of Green Football Weekend and Project Whitebeam, the AG3 service from Bristol Temple Meads via the city centre will be free of charge for this fixture.  

We will be running an enhanced matchday shuttle bus service will operate as follows:

• AG1 Portway Park & Ride (via Portway) – approx. every 10 minutes
• AG2 Brislington Park & Ride (direct service) – approx. every 12 minutes
• AG3 Temple Meads (via Broadmead and the centre) – approx. every 12 minutes

All services drop-off and collect from Winterstoke Road, outside Ashton Gate. Full details including route maps, timetables, pricing and ticket information is available at www.bcfc.co.uk/travel. 

Due to the high attendance services will be very busy at peak times and we highly recommend getting the earliest bus service possible to avoid delays.

Leeds facts

Leeds gave the UK the internet

Founded in 1998, Freeserve – the first-ever British internet service provider (ISP) – had a great role to play in UK’s renovation. In the year 2000, it was bought by a French Telecom firm called Wannadoo for £1.65 billion. In 2004, Freeserve was rebranded as Wannadoo UK plc. But today, it’s known as EE’s broadband service.

Leeds has the oldest running commercial railway in the world
Middleton Colliery Railway is the world’s oldest running public railway, situated in Leeds. It was established in 1758 to transport coals to neighboring quarries. But today, it’s a railway operated to re-create history and events. It’s kept in form over the years by friendly volunteers and locomotives. You can ride the same tour from Moor Road to Park Halt Station, and just explore the Middleton park museum.

Leeds helped build America’s most famous buildings
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a neoclassical architect from Leeds was one of the most impactful architects in America. Although he was British, he made several impressive works in the Washington DC, USA. His works include redesigning the United States Capitol building and America’s first Roman Catholic Cathedral. Additionally, Latrobe’s work in the US involved several architectural projects, including town planning, landscaping, and sewage works.

It has one of the biggest parks in Europe
Roundhay Park in Leeds is now one of the most popular parks in Europe. Created by William the Conqueror, its ownership passed on to the De Lacy family. Succession saw ownership of Roundhay Park pass to John of Gaunt, then his son Henry IV.Located in the Northern part of Leeds, in Oakwood, it covers over 700 acres of rolling parkland with woodlands, lakes, and playground. Should you find yourself in Leeds anytime, join the nearly one million people that visit the park annually.

The world’s first-ever films were made in Leeds
Undoubtedly true; cinema is one of the most notable kinds of entertainment in the world today. Over the years, there have been distinguishing upgrades in the industry. And yet, the humble beginnings of the motion pictures trace back to Leeds. The very first motion pictures were shot in a garden in Roundhay in 1888, by a Frenchman named Le Prince. While it’s true that the origin of the film traces back to Thomas Edison and the Lumiere Brothers, historians believe Le Prince existed in the game before them.

Leeds has the world’s largest animal armour
Talking about animals, the Royal Armouries is home to incredible collections of Arms and Armor. Among other artefacts, the elephant armour is the most impressive. It was acquired in India by Lady Clive, wife of Governor of Madras, and moved to Britain in 1801. The armour currently holds the title as the world’s biggest animal armour and weighs about 118 kilograms. Presently, it comprises six elements: a shaffron, three panels for the left of the body, a throat defence, and one central panel for the right. It’s also worth mentioning it comprises about 5,840 plates at the moment.

Leeds pioneered x-ray technology
The residents of Leeds surely have several innovative developments to be proud of; and the x-ray is one of them. Sir William Henry Bragg discovered the structure of X-rays at the University of Leeds. His works have birthed discoveries, including using X-rays to reveal hidden injury in humans and the structure of DNA. In 1915, Bragg and his son William received a Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the X-ray spectroscope.

Designed the first country maps of England
A Yorkshire surveyor named Christopher Saxton was the first person to map the Counties of England and Wales together. He was appointed by Queen Elizabeth I’s right-hand man – William Cecil, Lord Burghley – as the Royal cartographer. Using the already available information and improving its accuracy on the earth, he crafted the counties on a map.

Leeds has the longest-running West Indian Carnival in Europe
Leeds West Indian Carnival is the longest-running event in Europe and has been going since 1967. It’s the first to feature all three important attributes of Caribbean Carnival, music, masquerade scene, and costumes. It’s a three-day event that starts and ends in Potternewton Park in Chapeltown. Activities include a parade of floats and dancers along the streets of Roundhay and Barrack road, as well as music and refreshment.

 

Condensed Version

Leeds United:

As part of Green Football Weekend City are calling all supporters attending the game to consider making a donation to St Mungo’s.

City 1 Leeds 0

COYR

[22A]

https://www.motforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=46057

Bristol are a dirty team of cloggers and the fact it's been moved to a Friday night for SKY fiils me with non optimism. Hope I'm wrong!

No change there then, Swannie. No doubt the referee will turn a blind eye once again.

I watched them on TV a few days ago and commented on here that they were the dirtiest team I'd seen this season. I think it was v Wet Spam Disgraceful tactics

 

[Atyeo's lift]

Great preview as always, but I assume your reference to the Cup replay meant you enjoyed the evening after the match! It was an afternoon game (3 day week time?)

[1960maaan]

25 minutes ago, 22A said:

https://www.motforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=46057

Bristol are a dirty team of cloggers and the fact it's been moved to a Friday night for SKY fiils me with non optimism. Hope I'm wrong!

No change there then, Swannie. No doubt the referee will turn a blind eye once again.

I watched them on TV a few days ago and commented on here that they were the dirtiest team I'd seen this season. I think it was v Wet Spam Disgraceful tactics

 

Hearing things like that about City does make me smile. The number of times we have complained about being soft, being bullied or just not up for the fight over the last several years. Does make a change, 

Then there's this;

[1960maaan]

I was in the Open End with my Dad for the home game in '74, keep looking for photos as I was up against the fence. Great view of Fear's equaliser. Wasn't allowed to go to Leeds for the replay, listened to the radio as we played football in the local school playground. I had the cuttings for years until I stupidly threw away all scapbooks and saved stuff.

I remember this one though.

I fancy us to do well , I'd take the 1-0 with thanks .

[luke_bristol]

47 minutes ago, 22A said:

https://www.motforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=46057

Bristol are a dirty team of cloggers and the fact it's been moved to a Friday night for SKY fiils me with non optimism. Hope I'm wrong!

No change there then, Swannie. No doubt the referee will turn a blind eye once again.

I watched them on TV a few days ago and commented on here that they were the dirtiest team I'd seen this season. I think it was v Wet Spam Disgraceful tactics

 

They really are the thickest fans in football, utter imbeciles.

[Curr Avon]

Memories likes the corners of my mind....

 

 

[Dollymarie]

[weepywall]

5 hours ago, luke_bristol said:

They really are the thickest fans in football, utter imbeciles.

2nd thickest

[Jerseybean]

5 hours ago, Atyeo's lift said:

Great preview as always, but I assume your reference to the Cup replay meant you enjoyed the evening after the match! It was an afternoon game (3 day week time?)

Yes it was an afternoon KO which led to a very good evening

[Open End Numb Legs]

I was at AG in the open end for the cup game in '74. Thought that was a crush until the Liverpool game which took it to another level.

Was it Bremner who scored for Leeds?

I can recall that the Leeds fans were better behaved than the Liverpool fans were a round later. Sample of 1 so not scientific.

Couldn't make the replay, I was in class at school when we won, but remember the shock when I got home and heard the result.

[sh1t_ref_again]

Worried that so many matches over a short period will take its toll, we looked a bit leggy at times at Coventry, so with only a few days recovery when Leeds have had all week could be deceive

[Med/MadHatter]

1 hour ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

I was at AG in the open end for the cup game in '74. Thought that was a crush until the Liverpool game which took it to another level.

Was it Bremner who scored for Leeds?

I can recall that the Leeds fans were better behaved than the Liverpool fans were a round later. Sample of 1 so not scientific.

Couldn't make the replay, I was in class at school when we won, but remember the shock when I got home and heard the result.

It was at that Liverpool game that I learned to stand in front of the barricades in the East End and not behind them, couldnt breathe!

[Open End Numb Legs]

24 minutes ago, Med/MadHatter said:

It was at that Liverpool game that I learned to stand in front of the barricades in the East End and not behind them, couldnt breathe!

It was the only time I can recall a crowd that made me think - 'this is a bit too much'.

I can vaguely remember the crush very soon before the start when the away fans moved in behind us. One of the Liverpool fans needed a pi55 and just did it behind us on the terrace so it ran down the concrete under our feet and stank the rest of the game. Nice.

I don't recall any problems with Leeds that day at home. Of course ManU smashed up the area when we beat them in Div2. Maybe Yorkshire folk are better behaved? Cue examples of how bad they are from others!

[Lanterne Rouge]

32 minutes ago, Med/MadHatter said:

It was at that Liverpool game that I learned to stand in front of the barricades in the East End and not behind them, couldnt breathe!

A lesson learned very quickly back in those days!

[old_eastender]

3 hours ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

Worried that so many matches over a short period will take its toll, we looked a bit leggy at times at Coventry, so with only a few days recovery when Leeds have had all week could be deceive

Why is the game on Friday night, is it on Sky?

[Chrizzler]

19 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

Why is the game on Friday night, is it on Sky?

Yes

[Wanderingred]

Let’s face it, we never get so much as a sniff against these horrible scummy bastards. Worst fans in football, but they’ll probably enjoy themselves at Ashton Gate again tomorrow night.

[Bar BS3]

1 hour ago, old_eastender said:

Why is the game on Friday night, is it on Sky?

Who are we playing...?!

[ZiderEyed]

I'd absolutely love if we got a reputation for being dirty cloggers. Team full of no-nonsense shithouses. We've been bullied every year since promotion from League One.

[Jerseybean]

LMs presser: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/liam-mannings-leeds-press-conference/

 

[Tomo]

9 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

LMs presser: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/liam-mannings-leeds-press-conference/

 

Always like listening to Liam (and want him to succeed). Although, I am getting tired of hearing about 'time on the grass'....apparently it's only been 12 or 13 times since he arrived. 

Get on with it. Same fixture schedule for everyone and let's remember 'one' of the reasons the board sacked the previous manager was an accusation of a 'lack of grass time' (more for health reasons I assume). Don't shout to loud Liam about a lack of grass time and crack on

[SPAZZA]

Hello!!

As usual I’ll be sitting on my hands somewhere amongst you!!!

Usually I’m fairly confident of a win, but we’ve ended the window in a weaker place than we started and our fullback issues are all for everyone to see.

Still playing 17 year old Gray at RB (although we just signed Roberts on loan last night so may not be going forward), Gray not a RB and had some issues against you targeting him earlier in the season.

LB…well, Firpo has never fancied playing in England. An absolutely shite defender and an okay attacker seems injured for half a season each year, awful signing by Orta. Byram however excellent at this level is also made of paper and hasn’t played more than 20 league games for what is probably a decade, in our wisdom we didn’t feel LB is an issue…!!! Except the fans have been screaming it’s an issue for years.

Due to Gray being at RB we play two DMs in midfield that completely narrows down our attacking threat to 4 players who I think with some clever doubling up in places can be held off.

In addition, if we do end up going 1-0 up…don’t despair, we then turn into this arrogant lack of intensity bunch of posers that don’t want to finish a game off.

I’m not confident about tonight at all and I think you will get the 3 points or at the very least score a late equaliser.

[Lew-T]

“Our head-to-head record is shocking: 

Won: 8

Lost: 26

Drawn: 9”
 

I knew our record was bad…. But that’s gotta change! That is pants.

[TinMan's left peg]

41 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

 

“Our head-to-head record is shocking: 

Won: 8

Lost: 26

Drawn: 9”
 

I knew our record was bad…. But that’s gotta change! That is pants.

And we all thought Preston was our bogie team!  Is this our worst record? 

[Out of his pie crust]

14 hours ago, Wanderingred said:

Let’s face it, we never get so much as a sniff against these horrible scummy bastards. Worst fans in football, but they’ll probably enjoy themselves at Ashton Gate again tomorrow night.

No issue with Leeds fans. Make a lot of noise , fair play to them.

[DOZZYBCFC]

I have a spare over 65 ticket for tonight. Not via apple wallet so would have to go in together. In the Dolman E30 (next to steps and E31). Not sure how I would police but want it to go to genuine City fan…

[exAtyeoMax]

On the Megabus today. 
Not really expecting a win tonight but who knows! 
looking forward to the pizza and vino in the Hen & Chicken pre match. COYRs 

[Davefevs]

11 minutes ago, DOZZYBCFC said:

I have a spare over 65 ticket for tonight. Not via apple wallet so would have to go in together. In the Dolman E30 (next to steps and E31). Not sure how I would police but want it to go to genuine City fan…

Unfortunately you’ll only know for sure if on the 85 minute the “fan” stays sat down or starts to leave!

[Wanderingred]

4 hours ago, SPAZZA said:

Hello!!

As usual I’ll be sitting on my hands somewhere amongst you!!!

Usually I’m fairly confident of a win, but we’ve ended the window in a weaker place than we started and our fullback issues are all for everyone to see.

Still playing 17 year old Gray at RB (although we just signed Roberts on loan last night so may not be going forward), Gray not a RB and had some issues against you targeting him earlier in the season.

LB…well, Firpo has never fancied playing in England. An absolutely shite defender and an okay attacker seems injured for half a season each year, awful signing by Orta. Byram however excellent at this level is also made of paper and hasn’t played more than 20 league games for what is probably a decade, in our wisdom we didn’t feel LB is an issue…!!! Except the fans have been screaming it’s an issue for years.

Due to Gray being at RB we play two DMs in midfield that completely narrows down our attacking threat to 4 players who I think with some clever doubling up in places can be held off.

In addition, if we do end up going 1-0 up…don’t despair, we then turn into this arrogant lack of intensity bunch of posers that don’t want to finish a game off.

I’m not confident about tonight at all and I think you will get the 3 points or at the very least score a late equaliser.

There’s an away end you know. 

[SPAZZA]

2 minutes ago, Wanderingred said:

There’s an away end you know. 

Cool, full of away season holders, give us 10,000 allocation and I’ll just about qualify for an away ticket.

Those people on this forum for a while know I’ve sat amongst you for years, I do it at a few away grounds, I don’t see the problem, if you can’t fill it yourself then as long as I’m respectful I’m putting money into your club with no hassle

[Davefevs]

2 minutes ago, SPAZZA said:

Cool, full of away season holders, give us 10,000 allocation and I’ll just about qualify for an away ticket.

Those people on this forum for a while know I’ve sat amongst you for years, I do it at a few away grounds, I don’t see the problem, if you can’t fill it yourself then as long as I’m respectful I’m putting money into your club with no hassle

Make sure your white socks and Billy Bremner tassels aren’t on show though!

[Wanderingred]

10 minutes ago, SPAZZA said:

Cool, full of away season holders, give us 10,000 allocation and I’ll just about qualify for an away ticket.

Those people on this forum for a while know I’ve sat amongst you for years, I do it at a few away grounds, I don’t see the problem, if you can’t fill it yourself then as long as I’m respectful I’m putting money into your club with no hassle

Friday night, winter, live on sky, Any genuine loyal Leeds fan should have been able to get a ticket. If you’re having to sit in home ends all the time, that doesn’t say much about your loyalty to the club.  You feel the need to come on here and tell us you’re sat in our end; not to be respectful and open dialogue about the game but to try and boast about how massive you are. I can see right through it. I hope you have a throughly miserable evening. COYR!!!!

Edited February 2 by Wanderingred

[exAtyeoMax]

56 minutes ago, Wanderingred said:

Friday night, winter, live on sky, Any genuine loyal Leeds fan should have been able to get a ticket. If you’re having to sit in home ends all the time, that doesn’t say much about your loyalty to the club.  You feel the need to come on here and tell us you’re sat in our end; not to be respectful and open dialogue about the game but to try and boast about how massive you are. I can see right through it. I hope you have a throughly miserable evening. COYR!!!!

Wow I interpreted his post in the opposite way. 

[Fat Cigar]

1 hour ago, Wanderingred said:

Friday night, winter, live on sky, Any genuine loyal Leeds fan should have been able to get a ticket. If you’re having to sit in home ends all the time, that doesn’t say much about your loyalty to the club.  You feel the need to come on here and tell us you’re sat in our end; not to be respectful and open dialogue about the game but to try and boast about how massive you are. I can see right through it. I hope you have a throughly miserable evening. COYR!!!!

Flippin' eck. Give the guy a break. Do you know hard it is to get an away ticket for Leeds fans? I regularly bump into a bloke on my work commute who lives and works in Bristol but is a Leeds home and away season ticket holder. The latter are really hard to get. 

Anyway, hope we stuff them tonight!

[SPAZZA]

2 hours ago, Wanderingred said:

Friday night, winter, live on sky, Any genuine loyal Leeds fan should have been able to get a ticket. If you’re having to sit in home ends all the time, that doesn’t say much about your loyalty to the club.  You feel the need to come on here and tell us you’re sat in our end; not to be respectful and open dialogue about the game but to try and boast about how massive you are. I can see right through it. I hope you have a throughly miserable evening. COYR!!!!

Let’s do some simple maths.

Leeds have not sold away season tickets for the last 3 years, fully sold out, you can’t get an away season ticket without a home season ticket.

There is a 20,000 waiting list for a home season ticket, away ticket sales usually go in the order of

There are 3,000 away season tickets. Any allocation over 3,000 then goes in a ballot to home season ticket holders (that don’t have an away ST, or members)

I’m down to about 2,000 on the Home Season ticket waiting list and also a member, the ONLY chance I have of sitting in an away end is places like Blackburn where they usually give us 7,000 allocation, other than those allocations you will always find Leeds fans amongst the home fans generally causing no trouble at all.

By the way, being a member at Leeds doesn’t even guarantee me a home ticket, there’s 30,000 members fighting it out over 10,000 tickets. So to even get a home ticket is pot luck.

I hope this goes some way to alleviating your question about my effing loyalty, you try watching the club you love whilst not celebrating goals and politely applauding when the opposition score!

You’ve read the situation completely wrong, anyway have a good night

 

Edited February 2 by SPAZZA

[Super]

2 hours ago, Wanderingred said:

Friday night, winter, live on sky, Any genuine loyal Leeds fan should have been able to get a ticket. If you’re having to sit in home ends all the time, that doesn’t say much about your loyalty to the club.  You feel the need to come on here and tell us you’re sat in our end; not to be respectful and open dialogue about the game but to try and boast about how massive you are. I can see right through it. I hope you have a throughly miserable evening. COYR!!!!

You've had a shocker.

[Pip King]

2 hours ago, Wanderingred said:

Any genuine loyal Leeds fan should have been able to get a ticket

Unprecedented levels of stupidity 

[Simon bristol]

14 minutes ago, SPAZZA said:

Let’s do some simple maths.

Leeds have not sold away season tickets for the last 3 years, fully sold out, you can’t get an away season ticket without a home season ticket.

There is a 20,000 waiting list for a home season ticket, away ticket sales usually go in the order of

There are 3,000 away season tickets. Any allocation over 3,000 then goes in a ballot to home season ticket holders (that don’t have an away ST, or members)

I’m down to about 2,000 on the Home Season ticket waiting list and also a member, the ONLY chance I have of sitting in an away end is places like Blackburn where they usually give us 7,000 allocation, other than those allocations you will always find Leeds fans amongst the home fans generally causing no trouble at all.

By the way, being a member at Leeds doesn’t even guarantee me a home ticket, there’s 30,000 members fighting it out over 10,000 tickets. So to even get a home ticket is pot luck.

I hope this goes some way to alleviating your question about my effing loyalty, you try watching the club you love whilst not celebrating goals and politely applauding when the opposition score!

You’ve read the situation completely wrong, anyway have a good night

 

Im no expert on the area surrounding elland road, but why arent the club increasing capacity to fit more people in? A year or 2 in the prem should allow at least some improvements, and leeds are always throwing money around for new players? The stadium hasnt been worked on for years has it?

[daored]

17 minutes ago, SPAZZA said:

Let’s do some simple maths.

Leeds have not sold away season tickets for the last 3 years, fully sold out, you can’t get an away season ticket without a home season ticket.

There is a 20,000 waiting list for a home season ticket, away ticket sales usually go in the order of

There are 3,000 away season tickets. Any allocation over 3,000 then goes in a ballot to home season ticket holders (that don’t have an away ST, or members)

I’m down to about 2,000 on the Home Season ticket waiting list and also a member, the ONLY chance I have of sitting in an away end is places like Blackburn where they usually give us 7,000 allocation, other than those allocations you will always find Leeds fans amongst the home fans generally causing no trouble at all.

By the way, being a member at Leeds doesn’t even guarantee me a home ticket, there’s 30,000 members fighting it out over 10,000 tickets. So to even get a home ticket is pot luck.

I hope this goes some way to alleviating your question about my effing loyalty, you try watching the club you love whilst not celebrating goals and politely applauding when the opposition score!

You’ve read the situation completely wrong, anyway have a good night

 

Ignore @Wanderingred , you’re a good poster and frequently post sensibly and in my opinion opposition fans like yourself add to the forum content.

Living in West Yorkshire , unfortunately know a fair few Leeds fans, but on a serious note your comments about how hard it is to get your hands on away tickets (even in some instances home tickets ) is absolutely right. Enjoy the game but hopefully not the result 

[firstdivision]

Expecting Leeds to be more of a handful than Forest last Friday night. Crowd needs to give it some of that underdog support. Be nice to see the South Stand actually full on a 'sold-out' night. I'd take a draw, unless we're leading with five minutes left #coventry.

[SPAZZA]

6 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

Im no expert on the area surrounding elland road, but why arent the club increasing capacity to fit more people in? A year or 2 in the prem should allow at least some improvements, and leeds are always throwing money around for new players? The stadium hasnt been worked on for years has it?

The previous regime with Orta spending the money pissed it up the wall, there was a plan to increase and rebuild and the new owners also have a plan, unfortunately we aren’t there yet and Elland Road (all of us say it) is an absolute dump, imo 3 stands need ripping down and starting again, visiting your shiny new bits when they first opened made me jealous, also when the wife made me go into AG on the bloody gromit hunt!

[Simon bristol]

4 minutes ago, SPAZZA said:

The previous regime with Orta spending the money pissed it up the wall, there was a plan to increase and rebuild and the new owners also have a plan, unfortunately we aren’t there yet and Elland Road (all of us say it) is an absolute dump, imo 3 stands need ripping down and starting again, visiting your shiny new bits when they first opened made me jealous, also when the wife made me go into AG on the bloody gromit hunt!

My thoughts are with you re the gromit hunt!

Interesting, i quite like a stadium build,,, for rival clubs too, ive been watching the liverpool and everton builds, and watching ours happen was great and very interesting,, will keep an eye out for updates of elland road over the coming yeas, its a big city, spent a few days there a few years ago, and i didn’t know there was such a waiting list.

 

[ChippenhamRed]

2 hours ago, Wanderingred said:

Friday night, winter, live on sky, Any genuine loyal Leeds fan should have been able to get a ticket. If you’re having to sit in home ends all the time, that doesn’t say much about your loyalty to the club.  You feel the need to come on here and tell us you’re sat in our end; not to be respectful and open dialogue about the game but to try and boast about how massive you are. I can see right through it. I hope you have a throughly miserable evening. COYR!!!!

One of the absolute worst posts I’ve ever read on here. A complete embarrassment of utter nonsense from start to finish.

Enjoy the game @SPAZZA - you deserve to win after putting up with that!

[ChippenhamRed]

39 minutes ago, SPAZZA said:

Let’s do some simple maths.

Leeds have not sold away season tickets for the last 3 years, fully sold out, you can’t get an away season ticket without a home season ticket.

There is a 20,000 waiting list for a home season ticket, away ticket sales usually go in the order of

There are 3,000 away season tickets. Any allocation over 3,000 then goes in a ballot to home season ticket holders (that don’t have an away ST, or members)

I’m down to about 2,000 on the Home Season ticket waiting list and also a member, the ONLY chance I have of sitting in an away end is places like Blackburn where they usually give us 7,000 allocation, other than those allocations you will always find Leeds fans amongst the home fans generally causing no trouble at all.

By the way, being a member at Leeds doesn’t even guarantee me a home ticket, there’s 30,000 members fighting it out over 10,000 tickets. So to even get a home ticket is pot luck.

I hope this goes some way to alleviating your question about my effing loyalty, you try watching the club you love whilst not celebrating goals and politely applauding when the opposition score!

You’ve read the situation completely wrong, anyway have a good night

 

What you on about Spazza, everyone knows “genuine loyalty” is the only criteria needed for an away ticket!

[Davefevs]

Not sure if this has gone unnoticed with deadline day.

I love listening to Rob Dickie:

 

[And Its Smith]

Gone to a German sports bar to watch the game and realised that Dortmund are on TV!  Wonder if I can convince them to change the channel!

[Major Isewater]

6 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Gone to a German sports bar to watch the game and realised that Dortmund are on TV!  Wonder if I can convince them to change the channel!

You should be alright but don’t mention the war. 

[The Coach]

3 hours ago, Wanderingred said:

Friday night, winter, live on sky, Any genuine loyal Leeds fan should have been able to get a ticket. If you’re having to sit in home ends all the time, that doesn’t say much about your loyalty to the club.  You feel the need to come on here and tell us you’re sat in our end; not to be respectful and open dialogue about the game but to try and boast about how massive you are. I can see right through it. I hope you have a throughly miserable evening. COYR!!!!

 

1 hour ago, SPAZZA said:

Let’s do some simple maths.

Leeds have not sold away season tickets for the last 3 years, fully sold out, you can’t get an away season ticket without a home season ticket.

There is a 20,000 waiting list for a home season ticket, away ticket sales usually go in the order of

There are 3,000 away season tickets. Any allocation over 3,000 then goes in a ballot to home season ticket holders (that don’t have an away ST, or members)

I’m down to about 2,000 on the Home Season ticket waiting list and also a member, the ONLY chance I have of sitting in an away end is places like Blackburn where they usually give us 7,000 allocation, other than those allocations you will always find Leeds fans amongst the home fans generally causing no trouble at all.

By the way, being a member at Leeds doesn’t even guarantee me a home ticket, there’s 30,000 members fighting it out over 10,000 tickets. So to even get a home ticket is pot luck.

I hope this goes some way to alleviating your question about my effing loyalty, you try watching the club you love whilst not celebrating goals and politely applauding when the opposition score!

You’ve read the situation completely wrong, anyway have a good night

 

 

[cityexile]

34 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

One of the absolute worst posts I’ve ever read on here. A complete embarrassment of utter nonsense from start to finish.

Enjoy the game @SPAZZA - you deserve to win after putting up with that!

Steady...he can deserve a pint of cider we chip in for to drown his sorrows after they lose...as a decent poster.

Not buying his ‘we are rubbish and will most likely lose’ line however.

[22A]

For those who can't attend tonight and don't have Sky either; this appears to be working; https://sports-10.com/bristol-city-v-leeds-utd/

I'll click on it just before KO to confirm.

[Red DNA]

Had a busy few days cataloging over 340 old programmes but just found these….

Happy days!

[The Gasbuster]

7 hours ago, Lew-T said:

 

“Our head-to-head record is shocking: 

Won: 8

Lost: 26

Drawn: 9”
 

I knew our record was bad…. But that’s gotta change! That is pants.

That is utterly pathetic.

Hoping for different tonight; but we have a habit of saving our worst performances of the season for ******* Leeds !

[Davefevs]

I think we will get something tonight.

[reddogkev]

Gonna be an absolute cracking game tonight. I can only see one outcome, a 3-3 draw, its clearly on the cards, either that or City win 3-2.

Conway, Wells, and Dickie to score!

Win tonight and start the march to the top six!

[And Its Smith]

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I think we will get something tonight.

A throw in?

[Winterstoke toad]

2 hours ago, Fat Cigar said:

Flippin' eck. Give the guy a break. Do you know hard it is to get an away ticket for Leeds fans? I regularly bump into a bloke on my work commute who lives and works in Bristol but is a Leeds home and away season ticket holder. The latter are really hard to get. 

Anyway, hope we stuff them tonight!

It’s not that hard . My mates from Wiltshire are Leeds fans who have only been to one away game all season and one home but they got 10 tickets in the away end tonight .

[PHILINFRANCE]

33 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Gone to a German sports bar to watch the game and realised that Dortmund are on TV!  Wonder if I can convince them to change the channel!

Good Luck with that .

Even in Bavaria you would probably have have problems.

[wendyredredrobin]

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

I think we will get something tonight.

Our record against Dirty Leeds is shocking.  I think we could put that straight tonight.

Not sure what the team will look like though LM said there were no fresh injuries, but some will have played a lot of minutes lately and may be due a bit of a rest.

[exAtyeoMax]

1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said:

One of the absolute worst posts I’ve ever read on here. A complete embarrassment of utter nonsense from start to finish.

Enjoy the game @SPAZZA - you deserve to win after putting up with that!

I wouldn’t go that far!

[And Its Smith]

3 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Good Luck with that .

Even in Bavaria you would probably have have problems.

I’m in central Bavaria.  Well I can only ask and see!

[PHILINFRANCE]

6 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

I’m in central Bavaria.  Well I can only ask and see!

Certainly a nice place to spend some time, but I should imagine any sports bars are watching and hoping Dortmund lose - there is certainly no love lost there .

Where are you? 

[Fontaineofallknowledge]

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Not sure if this has gone unnoticed with deadline day.

I love listening to Rob Dickie:

 

Yeah find dickie really insightful! Who is the reporter who came on 2nd, always find he asked really good questions?

Edited February 2 by Fontaineofallknowledge

[And Its Smith]

9 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Certainly a nice place to spend some time, but I should imagine any sports bars are watching and hoping Dortmund lose - there is certainly no love lost there .

Where are you? 

Nuremberg. First time here.  Bit of an odd place but parts are beautiful at night. Good food and beer obviously 

[PHILINFRANCE]

4 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Nuremberg. First time here.  Bit of an odd place but parts are beautiful at night. Good food and beer obviously 

I have been there once, for a few hours, but only passed through to be honest.

I probably go to Bavaria two or three times a year - we have family in Munich - and, as you say, the food and beer are nice (and copious!).

If you don’t know it, and feel you have an appetite, try a typical Bavarian dish.

Schweinshaxe. Very nice.

I tried it a few months ago and struggled to finish it.

[redrum]

16 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Nuremberg. First time here.  Bit of an odd place but parts are beautiful at night. Good food and beer obviously 

Love Nuremberg. Been there for trade fairs. Try restaurant Bratwurst Roslein in the old town.

Anyway back tonight. Going 2-2. Conway brace. COYR 

Edited February 2 by redrum

[Davefevs]

23 minutes ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said:

Yeah find dickie really insightful! Who is the reporter who came on 2nd, always find he asked really good questions?

James Piercy, Bristol Online 

[George Rs]

Anyone seen if Mebude got off the bus with the team? 

[CodeRed]

11 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

I have been there once, for a few hours, but only passed through to be honest.

I probably go to Bavaria two or three times a year - we have family in Munich - and, as you say, the food and beer are nice (and copious!).

If you don’t know it, and feel you have an appetite, try a typical Bavarian dish.

Schweinshaxe. Very nice.

I tried it a few months ago and struggled to finish it.

Pork Knuckle?