Leeds Utd a sad sad story.

[Girgy85]

£100 Bedford don't go down? Put ur money where ur mouth is?

[sovietsong]

£100 Bedford don't go down? Put ur money where ur mouth is?

dont take the bet brent, he will grim...

[Horneris]

£100 Bedford don't go down? Put ur money where ur mouth is?

dont take the bet brent, he will grim...

I wouldn't anyway mate, after his welching with Greeky.

I don't even know how Bedford are getting on this season.

[TightEnd]

£100 Bedford don't go down? Put ur money where ur mouth is?

dont take the bet brent, he will grim...

I wouldn't anyway mate, after his welching with Greeky.

I don't even know how Bedford are getting on this season.

bottom half of the Southern Premier League

Shouldn't go down

[Acidmouse]

The Jinx has been lifted! #bouncebackability

[Horneris]

What a brilliant away trip. Fully expected to get panned.

Kisnorbo was class, amazing, didn't put a foot wrong all game.

Atmosphere amongst away fans top class as usual at Leicester, could feel the stand literally bouncing after we scored and were singing lets go fucking mental, my Dad was getting rather worried. Gave some quality banter to some obese Leicester fan with a drum aswell which was amusing "you've never seen your dick", "you're gona eat your drum", "fuck off home, and get a kebab".

Beckford got great receptions from us all and he loved it and what a strike from Super Adam Clayton past that cock socket Schmeichel, the difference in a game which probably should have been 0-0 judged on chances created.

[pokerfan]

What a brilliant away trip. Fully expected to get panned.

Kisnorbo was class, amazing, didn't put a foot wrong all game.

Atmosphere amongst away fans top class as usual at Leicester, could feel the stand literally bouncing after we scored and were singing lets go fucking mental, my Dad was getting rather worried. Gave some quality banter to some obese Leicester fan with a drum aswell which was amusing "you've never seen your dick", "you're gona eat your drum", "fuck off home, and get a kebab".

Beckford got great receptions from us all and he loved it and what a strike from Super Adam Clayton past thatcock socket Schmeichel, the difference in a game which probably should have been 0-0 judged on chances created.

Rofled a bit when they signed him. Sven was in for Smithies, phoned him personally and guaranteed him the no1 spot, 24 hours later they got Schmeichel.

[Horneris]

Good article taken from theseventytwo.com written by a Leicester fan (maybe Tighty???)

Confessions of a Leeds United sympathiser

There are four of us. We meet every other Thursday in the back room of a working men’s club. At this time of year, we shuffle in from the cold. All year round, we maintain the same hushed tones for fear of being overheard. For when we speak, we arrange words into sentences that are rarely heard outside of this room. Sentences such as: “I’m not a Leeds fan, but I actually quite like them”…

Artistic licence, granted, but there cannot be many people who would list Leeds United as their second favourite team. Even I wouldn’t, but I am growing to like them more and more as time goes on.

Every division needs a cartoon villain and Leeds probably fill this role in the Championship at present. Crawley Town are the team that supporters of League Two sides love to hate for the significant helping hand they receive from shady investors, while no reason is necessary for mentioning Milton Keynes of League One in a similar breath. Of course, Leeds haven’t moved an entire club to a different county or employed a convicted criminal as manager. They’re just Leeds.

Other Championship clubs have tried to muscle in on their status. Even four cities couldn’t displace Leeds though. Coventry City and Birmingham City both handed contracts to Marlon King. Cardiff City created an us-against-the-world mentality under Dave Jones and included perennial anti-heroes Craig Bellamy and Michael Chopra among their number last season. Leicester City have spent a portion of their millions this summer on niggly characters like David Nugent, Matt Mills and Jermaine Beckford. Yet none of these clubs are Leeds.

Or, to give them their full name, Dirty Leeds. This is where it all starts to fall down. Under Don Revie in the 1970s, Leeds were pretty dirty by all accounts. Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter and all that. And nowadays? Jonny Howson doesn’t quite inspire the same fear.

Nor does Elland Road for teams like Blackpool that go there, play three attacantes and score five at a canter. But visiting Leeds or the visit of Leeds still marks a special occasion in the calendar for most opposition supporters, as much as some may try to pretend otherwise.

Leeds recently came to my club’s ground and won, but – on an entirely personal level – their victory on our turf didn’t represent same gut-wrenching experience that it once would have. This was partly due to the way Championship football can grind you down. When you’ve visited countless flat-pack 32,000-seater stadia up and down the country all year, financed by opportunists from the Far East and populated by smug supporters of the latest club to be labelled the Barcelona of the Championship, the stigma attached to Leeds United is refreshing. It feels as close to proper football as we get these days at such a high level.

So when one of their midfielders placed an exquisite shot into the top corner from just outside the box and ran to celebrate with their jubilant sold-out section in the corner of the ground, it didn’t bring that sinking feeling to quite the same degree felt during similar successes in the past. The ability to take defeat is an important step in the life of becoming a well-rounded football supporter and I prefer losing to a club whose fans sell their entire allocation and sing their hearts out all game than… well, insert a club of your choice here.

I didn’t like seeing that ball hit the back of the net and I didn’t enjoy trooping away having seen my team lose but at least that moment in which a player performed a knee-slide in front of over 3,000 travelling fans gave me an iconic image to take away with me. And at least one set of fans went home happy. Every set of fans will create their own version of these scenes over the course of the season, but not all make the most of it like Leeds do – falling down rows of seats and savouring the moment rather than falling into line and clapping soon after that initial burst of exuberance – and that is always to be admired.

We can also empathise with Leeds more in the current climate. They have lost key players over the past couple of years and barely spent a penny in transfer fees to replace any of them. These aren’t the same players the national media always point to either. The likes of Viduka, Kewell, Ferdinand and co still seem to work their way into a disproportionate number of articles about the battle Leeds face to reclaim their long-lost Premier League status. I’m talking about players like Max Gradel, Jermaine Beckford and Fabien Delph – clearly not of the same standard to which Leeds fans became accustomed, but still stolen away by bigger clubs despite becoming heroes at Elland Road. We can all empathise with that feeling.

Most of us can also empathise with the struggle Leeds fans are currently going through. Most of us know what it’s like to have an owner we would prefer to be as far from our club as possible. Most of us have baulked at the ticket prices we are charged at Elland Road this season. Imagine that every other week.

It’s an overall feel so it’s difficult to talk specifics. It is nevertheless important to try to dig down into things a little. Not just throwaway words like tradition and history but the tangible sensation of visiting a ground that means something to so many people thanks to an album of events built up over a long period of time. There are so few of these places left to visit. Side with the fans rather than the owner. Nobody should be glad to see attendances begin to dwindle at Elland Road.

And few opposition supporters seem to acknowledge that while the national media obsess over Leeds returning to the Premier League and battling it out with Manchester United and Liverpool again, their presence in the Championship helps to prevent an endless procession of trips to identical football grounds reproduced in different colour schemes. Their three, four, five-thousand visiting fans bellowing for all they’re worth despite being a goal down is what all football supporters should aspire to (and you can argue the toss about this all you like – no other team in this country matches Leeds in this department). They shouldn’t be singing any more, but they probably still are.

Maybe this isn’t such an uncommon thing. Maybe I’m not alone. Let’s see. I’m not a Leeds United fan, but I actually quite like them. Your turn.

[TightEnd]

Not me. Nice article though. David bevan who owns the site is a talented writer

[Sheriff Fatman]

Good article.

Most of us can also empathise with the struggle Leeds fans are currently going through. Most of us know what it’s like to have an owner we would prefer to be as far from our club as possible. Most of us have baulked at the ticket prices we are charged at Elland Road this season. Imagine that every other week.

There's been a poll running for the last few days on the BFC forum asking whether people are going to the Leeds game or not.  Current voting has 23% yes, 77% no, due to the £36 ticket price for adults and £25 for kids.  I'm in the no category on principle - £36 for ANY Championship game is ridiculous.

It's sad, given that it's a local derby, that there'll be nothing like the potential away support in the ground but the article does make a good point that Leeds fans have to contend with this 23 times a season.  It's easy for me to say 'sod it' to one away game because of the price, but what do you do if you have a choice to make over a full season when supporting that club has been a big part of your life for many years.

[Acidmouse]

£36 used to be my weekly dole when i left my job in the 90s to go back to uni..lol

Also Huge "lol" at O'brien refusing to play for Leeds at weekend, so funny on so many levels.

Some people just totally misjudge the situation they are in..

Bye bye O'brien.

[Sheriff Fatman]

£36 saved, euphoria not diminished in the slightest!

You Reds!

[Acidmouse]

bogey team ship 4/1

[Horneris]

bogey team ship 4/1

shush

[Horneris]

£36 saved, euphoria not diminished in the slightest!

You Reds!

You played well. Midfield was class.