I was on a work trip to Fort Irwin, California, that week, and took a few days
off to visit my old college roommate Steve in Hollywood, California, that
weekend. (He's a movie business journalist - now runs American Cinematographer
magazine.) Of course, there was no Internet back then, so I relied on the old
reverse-charges phone call to my folks (then in Dublin, Ireland) that day to
see how the games had gone. I was amazed that we had won the title - it just
seemed surreal. In those days LA had fantastic newsstands with papers from all
over the world, so I had to wait a couple of days until all the British papers
showed up with the banner headlines about us being champions. That's when it
really became real to me. (I think I still have the papers somewhere.)
Hard to imagine it ever happening again, I'm afraid.
Cheers!
Sean
On Friday, April 26, 2024 at 05:06:52 AM EDT, James A. Lundon @ Yahoo! via
Leedslist <[email protected]> wrote:
I well remember this day 32 years ago.
Leeds United went to Sheffield United on the morning of Sunday, 26 April 1992
and ultimately won the league in an extraordinary game. The winning goal's last
three touches were the home team's, such was the chaotic nature of the contest.
No Leeds United player touched the ball in our attacking half in its build-up.
Extended highlights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjWzXdPO9uE) of the game
exist on YouTube for those who are sufficiently interested. Jon Newsome wrote
himself into the annals of the club's history with his stooped goal to put us
back on level terms in a see-saw game. Our first goal was also an OG. Upon
recent review of the game, I thought it quite an entertaining contest. Such
wonderful times but we also knew that we might never see these days again.
The game was on BBC or ITV but I was down with my prospective in-laws that
morning and couldn't catch the game anywhere. I was able to tune into BBC5Live
(formerly BBC2) radio and catch updates - reception was usually poor in a
standard car radio of the time. I recall exactly where I was when the winning
goal went in, or when I heard about it, passing the old dump outside the town
of Kilrush in West Clare.
A time before pervasive mobile phone, always-on internet and wall-to-wall Sky
coverage was just starting out - I think one Leeds game was shown on the
B(Sky)B platform that season.
Manchester United went to Liverpool later that afternoon and lost 2-0. This
meant that Leeds United were now four points ahead of their deadliest rivals
with a single game to go. CHAMPIONS.
I was offered a trip over for the last game of the season against Norwich where
the championship trophy would be presented to the team and crowd, Saturday, 2
May 1992. The offer was made in the week leading up to the Sheffield United
game. I declined the opportunity, much to my subsequent chagrin. The person who
offered me the trip finished up in Howard Wilkinson's office that evening and
got a picture of himself with the trophy.
HW remains the last English-born manager to lead a team to the top-tier
football championship in England.
James.
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