Anyone at the 79 (?) tournament in Zurich? I had just moved there from England
as a teenager. God we were bad, and grown up Leeds fans smacking swiss kids.
The good old days.
Nick
On Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 10:29:44 AM EST, Matt Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
I’m sure this game was not official, could even have been one of those behind
close doors things.
The team was the Lusaka Rhinos. But looking up anything on the Internet with
the words Leeds and rhinos in it isn’t very helpful
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> On 26 Nov 2019, at 13:57, Joe Skinner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Looks like the only time we played in Africa was this weird tournament -
> maybe it was a scratch game?
>
> United Bank Challenge: Semi-Final
> 27-07-1995
> Mamelodi Sundowns (n)
> 0-1 (L)
> Team
> 45,000
> Neimach (89')
>
>
> Half-Time 0-0. Played at Loftus Versfelt Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa.
> United Bank Challenge: 3rd Place Play-off
> 30-07-1995
> Benfica (n)
> 0-0 (L) (Leeds lost 5-6 on penalties)
>
> Team
> Half-Time 0-0. Played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.
>
> http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/leeds_friendlies/leeds_united_tournament_details/leeds_united_tournament_details.php
>
> http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/leeds_friendlies/index.php
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leedslist <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Robert Heath
> Sent: 26 November 2019 13:38
> To: Matt Anderson <[email protected]>
> Cc: Leeds List <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [LU] Old ore season tour in 92ish
>
> Not helpful at all, but for what' it's worth I bet I'm the only lister who
> was in the crowd when Leeds played Morocco in Casablanca in about 1981. It
> was in the era when our team was packed with shit players whose name began
> with H.........Hird, Hamson, Hart etc. Dreadful game...........ended 0-0.
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 11:19 AM Matt Anderson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I was talking to an old work colleague who used to live in Zambia.
>> Apparently a Leeds team came to Lusaka and played a local team. My
>> colleague was in goal for them and they lost 4-0 to a Leeds United
>> representative team.
>>
>> I had a look on Google but couldn’t find anything.
>>
>> Anyone have any recollection of this game taking place. He has press
>> clippings but doesn’t give any details of who played fir us.
>>
>> Assume it was either kids or reserves and possibly tied to the signing
>> of Lucas and Phil and some South African tour maybe
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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