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None of these pictures are mine, happy to give credit if need be. Mainly sharing old newspapers of the history of football in Leeds, Leeds City & Leeds United.
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Travel arrangements for Leeds United over the festive period in 1933. Friday 22nd December - 5.30 train to London. Saturday 23rd December - Chelsea 0 Leeds United 0. Sunday 24th December - Return to Leeds by train. Monday 25th December- Leeds United 0 Arsenal 1 (11.00am kick
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Brian Deane, Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United. One of the many great kit combinations used at the time.
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Leeds United players head to Harrogate for lunch and brine baths ahead of the FA Cup 3rd round game away at Blackpool, which they lost 4-0. January 1948.
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Gordon Strachan pointing at a picture of Elland Road, 1992.
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A fantastic Christmas Day for Leeds City fans in 1906 with two Christmas Day fixtures at Elland Road. 7,000 fans turned out to watch Leeds City defeat Greenock Morton 2-1 in the morning, and a crowd of 3000 watched City beat Doncaster Rovers 2-1 in the afternoon. Unfortunately a
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17th December 1921, Crystal Palace’s first visit to Elland Road was a 0-0 draw. On Christmas Eve Leeds won the return fixture 2-1. A scullery house on Beeston Hill cost £350 at the time and the weekly wage bill for Leeds United was £200, with a pint of beer costing 7d.
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1877. An advert appears in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer advertising an Exhibition match to be played using the Sheffield New Football Association Rules at Wortley, Leeds. Football Association rules were already being played in Leeds at this time.
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Leeds United are set to become the first club to use CCTV in the ground in the attempt to combat hooliganism, 1968.
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Jack Charlton at Yeadon Airport on the way to Glasgow for the 1970 European Cup Semi Final v Celtic.
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September 1913, over 20,000 spectators watch Leeds City’s 5-1 win over Bradford (Park Avenue).
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Jack Charlton receiving his OBE, 1974.
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The Halifax Evening Courier report on the fire at Elland Road on the morning of 18th September 1956. The words Leeds United AFC just visible above the players heads on the old entrance to the West Stand.
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1965, SC Leipzig train at the Leeds Greyhound Stadium after the Elland Road pitch is frozen ahead of the Inter-Cities Fair Cup game. The press from East Germany had their visas refused for the game.
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Billy Bremner at Manchester airport on the return from the Inter Cities Fairs Cup Final Second Leg, 1968.
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Arthur’s Seat in the background at Easter Road for Hibernian v Leeds United, pre-season friendly 1993. 18 year old Noel Whelan scoring first then Brian Deane scoring Leeds second goal in a 2-0 win in front of a crowd of 9,200. (Not my photo).
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