Some highly significant games in that list... 1956 - Hull City (A) 4 - 1 Before my time, but I'm told that 15,000 Leeds fans travelled to Hull for the game when Leeds won promotion, so that John Charles could grace the old first division.
1962 - Newcastle United (A) 3 - 0 Again before my time, but the Revie team needed a result on the final day to ensure they didn't go down to the old third division. Arguably the most important Leeds game of all time, as the whole history of the club could have been so different... 1969 - Liverpool (A) 0 - 0 The draw we needed to win the Championship, and we did of course get an ovation from the Anfield Kop. 1975 - Tottenham Hotspur (A) 2 - 4 A win at White Hart Lane would have sent Spurs down, but unfortunately we didn't get it, and Luton went down instead. 1984 - Chelsea (A) 0 - 5 My first visit to Stamford Bridge, and not the best time to go to a game with a steaming hangover. Chelsea clinched promotion as they shredded the Leeds defence, and we did the same to their scoreboard. The large Leeds contingent in the crowd were kept behind for ages and amused themselves by throwing rocks at the Chelsea fans and the police. 1990 - Leicester City (H) 2 - 1 Promotion seemed to be slipping away, until Gordon Strachan's great goal four minutes from time. Cue for a good natured pitch invasion at the end, and rumours that we'd gone up because of results elsewhere. We hadn't of course, and that would have to wait until the following week at Bournemouth. 2007 - Ipswich Town (H) 1 - 1 Oh dear. A late Ipswich goal sent us down to the third tier for the first time in our history, cue a rather less friendly pitch invasion. It doesn't get much worse than this. Tim W. --- On Tue, 28/4/09, John Boocock <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Boocock <[email protected]> Subject: [LU] [Fwd: [LEEDS-NEWS] Jabba's Leeds United News and Stats Round-Up - 28 April 2009] To: "LEEDS LIST" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009, 9:36 AM On this day in history..... =========================== Born: Tom Townsley (1898), Willis Edwards (1903) Debuts: Len Smith (vs Derby County, 1923), Peter Hampton (vs Southampton, 1973) Games: 1920 - Scunthorpe United (H) 0 - 0 1923 - Derby County (A) 1 - 0 1934 - Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) 0 - 2 1945 - Barnsley (H) 1 - 3 1951 - Cardiff City (H) 2 - 0 1956 - Hull City (A) 4 - 1 1962 - Newcastle United (A) 3 - 0 1969 - Liverpool (A) 0 - 0 1971 - Liverpool (H) 0 - 0 1973 - Southampton (A) 1 - 3 1975 - Tottenham Hotspur (A) 2 - 4 1979 - Bristol City (A) 0 - 0 1982 - Aston Villa (A) 4 - 1 1984 - Chelsea (A) 0 - 5 1990 - Leicester City (H) 2 - 1 2001 - Chelsea (H) 2 - 0 2007 - Ipswich Town (H) 1 - 1 News ==== See you tomorrow with another batch of news and stats! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Visit http://tinyurl.com/ce37mx NOW!
