I was in Zurich............hitched there from Leeds. Don't remember much
about it though, except it was incredibly hot.

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 7:48 PM Nicholas Armit via Leedslist <
[email protected]> wrote:

>  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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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