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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 17, 2020 18:56:23 GMT
Leeds return to Premier League after 16 years out of the top-flight Leeds United have ended their 16-year wait for Premier League football after West Brom failed to beat Huddersfield on Friday night. Marcelo Bielsa's side, who edged past Barnsley 1-0 on Thursday, have sealed promotion from the Championship with two games to spare, after the Baggies failed to keep the pressure up at the John Smith's Stadium. Leeds have enjoyed an impressive campaign after bouncing back from last season's play-off heartache to clinch promotion, returning to the top flight for the first time since 2004. In that time there have been several near misses, while they also spent three years in League One between 2007 and 2010. www.skysports.com/football/news/11715/12030431/leeds-united-promoted-to-premier-league |
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 17, 2020 19:21:35 GMT
Let the joyous news be spread! Leeds United at last is back!
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jul 17, 2020 19:32:35 GMT
Marcelo Bielsa's squads are always fun to watch.
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Post by thorshairspray on Jul 17, 2020 19:47:18 GMT
All Leeds aren't we, all leeds aren't we,All Leeds aren't we, all leeds aren't we,All Leeds aren't we, all leeds aren't we.
#MOT
#ALAW
El Loco and the Magician have done it!
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Post by thorshairspray on Jul 17, 2020 19:48:03 GMT
Leeds return to Premier League after 16 years out of the top-flight Leeds United have ended their 16-year wait for Premier League football after West Brom failed to beat Huddersfield on Friday night. Marcelo Bielsa's side, who edged past Barnsley 1-0 on Thursday, have sealed promotion from the Championship with two games to spare, after the Baggies failed to keep the pressure up at the John Smith's Stadium. Leeds have enjoyed an impressive campaign after bouncing back from last season's play-off heartache to clinch promotion, returning to the top flight for the first time since 2004. In that time there have been several near misses, while they also spent three years in League One between 2007 and 2010. www.skysports.com/football/news/11715/12030431/leeds-united-promoted-to-premier-leagueI've not stopped smiling since the Dog Botherers scored the second. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 17, 2020 19:51:37 GMT
I’m assuming the OP is predicting they’ll got straight back down next season with a record low points tally!
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jul 17, 2020 20:02:07 GMT
They used to be Northern Australia United but no more. Couldn't care less.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 17, 2020 20:04:47 GMT
I’m assuming the OP is predicting they’ll got straight back down next season with a record low points tally! If they strengthen the team than i think they have a chance to not get releagted. |
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 17, 2020 20:05:27 GMT
They used to be Northern Australia United but no more. Couldn't care less.  |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 17, 2020 21:05:09 GMT
All I know of Leeds United came from the film The Damned United. Loved the movie but I don't know how much of it was BS
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Post by Zos on Jul 18, 2020 9:16:28 GMT
A stain on humanity.
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Post by Zos on Jul 18, 2020 9:18:55 GMT
On a serious note, was the true ownership of Leeds ever sorted out?, they spent years hiding behind various offshore shell companies ignoring EFL orders to provide accurate ownership details. Got away with murder.
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Post by nogbad on Jul 18, 2020 9:30:19 GMT
I'm happy for you, and totally approve of Norwegians supporting Leeds, as not being from (Y)orkshire can only be a good thing. But to those of us of a certain age, they're not the most lovable club.
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Post by staggerstag on Jul 18, 2020 11:52:03 GMT
All I know of Leeds United came from the film The Damned United. Loved the movie but I don't know how much of it was BSThe book, equally enjoyable (to my eyes) was published as a novel. The film showed glimpses of fact but was quite faithful to the book's fictional content. But both were written in such a way that it's easy to perceive as fact that with which you're presented. The film lost a lot of money. One of the more authentic things about it is that the film's footballers who had no dialogue had to have played at certain levels in Northern non-league football leagues; they weren't actors as such but part-time players hired as extras. Johnny Giles of Leeds sued the author of the novel for his portrayal of Giles (Giles won, much to the delight of Roy McFarland) Dave Mackay sued the film's production company (he won) for the film's portrayal of him in relation to betraying Brian Clough. A lot of the timing is out in the film, including some scorelines of matches, while the scene of Brian Clough panickedly preparing the Baseball Ground for the FA Cup visit of Leeds (and Revie's snub to Clough in the same scenes) is absurd because the tie was in reality played at Elland Road. And for me personally the scene of Brian Clough holed up nervously alone in the Derby dressing room while his players took on Leeds out on the pitch in a league game was just a stretch too far! Nigel Clough has said he hasn't seen the film and Brian Clough's wife disliked the book and balked at the making of a film version, and Clough's family refused an invitation to the film's premiere. There are a lot more examples of inconsistencies and downright untruths in the book and (more so) the film, but for me both work if you look at them as primarily damned good pieces of entertainment. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 18, 2020 16:54:09 GMT
All I know of Leeds United came from the film The Damned United. Loved the movie but I don't know how much of it was BSThe book, equally enjoyable (to my eyes) was published as a novel. The film showed glimpses of fact but was quite faithful to the book's fictional content. But both were written in such a way that it's easy to perceive as fact that with which you're presented. The film lost a lot of money. One of the more authentic things about it is that the film's footballers who had no dialogue had to have played at certain levels in Northern non-league football leagues; they weren't actors as such but part-time players hired as extras. Johnny Giles of Leeds sued the author of the novel for his portrayal of Giles (Giles won, much to the delight of Roy McFarland) Dave Mackay sued the film's production company (he won) for the film's portrayal of him in relation to betraying Brian Clough. A lot of the timing is out in the film, including some scorelines of matches, while the scene of Brian Clough panickedly preparing the Baseball Ground for the FA Cup visit of Leeds (and Revie's snub to Clough in the same scenes) is absurd because the tie was in reality played at Elland Road. And for me personally the scene of Brian Clough holed up nervously alone in the Derby dressing room while his players took on Leeds out on the pitch in a league game was just a stretch too far! Nigel Clough has said he hasn't seen the film and Brian Clough's wife disliked the book and balked at the making of a film version, and Clough's family refused an invitation to the film's premiere. There are a lot more examples of inconsistencies and downright untruths in the book and (more so) the film, but for me both work if you look at them as primarily damned good pieces of entertainment. It was a very well made movie and I love Michael Sheen. Shame he's kind of fallen off he radar.
I am right in thinking that Leeds were very dirty players? Like the Oakland Raiders or Philadelphia Flyers in the 70's
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 18, 2020 17:19:54 GMT
The book, equally enjoyable (to my eyes) was published as a novel. The film showed glimpses of fact but was quite faithful to the book's fictional content. But both were written in such a way that it's easy to perceive as fact that with which you're presented. The film lost a lot of money. One of the more authentic things about it is that the film's footballers who had no dialogue had to have played at certain levels in Northern non-league football leagues; they weren't actors as such but part-time players hired as extras. Johnny Giles of Leeds sued the author of the novel for his portrayal of Giles (Giles won, much to the delight of Roy McFarland) Dave Mackay sued the film's production company (he won) for the film's portrayal of him in relation to betraying Brian Clough. A lot of the timing is out in the film, including some scorelines of matches, while the scene of Brian Clough panickedly preparing the Baseball Ground for the FA Cup visit of Leeds (and Revie's snub to Clough in the same scenes) is absurd because the tie was in reality played at Elland Road. And for me personally the scene of Brian Clough holed up nervously alone in the Derby dressing room while his players took on Leeds out on the pitch in a league game was just a stretch too far! Nigel Clough has said he hasn't seen the film and Brian Clough's wife disliked the book and balked at the making of a film version, and Clough's family refused an invitation to the film's premiere. There are a lot more examples of inconsistencies and downright untruths in the book and (more so) the film, but for me both work if you look at them as primarily damned good pieces of entertainment. It was a very well made movie and I love Michael Sheen. Shame he's kind of fallen off he radar.
I am right in thinking that Leeds were very dirty players? Like the Oakland Raiders or Philadelphia Flyers in the 70's
Most teams in the 60s and 70s where dirty it was not just Leeds. |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jul 19, 2020 12:09:53 GMT
Good on them. I'm a BCFC fan and can readily admit that they are a massive club and quite clearly have the best fans in the Championship. Hopefully they can kick on now and not be yet another famous old club who get to the EPL and struggle to keep up.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 21, 2020 14:42:47 GMT
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