Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Peter Lorimer and Ross McCormack interview

Leeds United - Should Diouf be part of McDermott's plans for next season?

Leeds United set to appeal Austin's red card
Yorkshire Evening Post
Leeds United are set to appeal against the dismissal of Rodolph Austin in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Brighton in a bid to prevent the Jamaican international missing the first two games of next season. United intend to fight the red card shown to Austin ...
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Leeds United: Diouf will be back to atone for madness - Gray
Yorkshire Evening Post
Leeds United: Diouf will be back to atone for madness - Gray. UPS AND DOWNS: Leeds United s El-Hadji Diouf stays ahead of Brighton s Ashley Barnes. By Eddie Gray Published on 29/04/2013 11:50. The main talking point with Saturday's loss to Brighton ...
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Leeds United v Brighton and Hove Albion: Diouf's antics stall Whites comeback
Yorkshire Evening Post
Yes, McDermott replied, but only after first nailing Diouf to the floor. Behind his calm facade the Leeds United manager was plainly livid. Diouf is regarded as trouble and Leeds knew as much when they signed him last summer. Yet he caused more grief ...
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Leeds United lads braving waves for a good cause
Yorkshire Evening Post
Leeds United stars past and present are set to tackle an unusual endurance challenge, by rowing the English Channel. Former United defender Danny Mills and the club's current reserve goalkeeper, Jamie Ashdown, are part of a six-man team braving the ...
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Leeds United 1 Brighton & HA 2: Diouf back in hot water as McDermott bristles
Yorkshire Post
Leeds United: Kenny, Peltier, Lees, Pearce, Warnock, Tonge (Brown 85), Austin, Green, Diouf, McCormack, Varney (Morison 62). Unused substitutes: Cairns, Drury, White, Poleon, Hall. Brighton: Kuszczak, Saltor (Calderon 68), Upson, Greer, Painter (Dicker ...
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Leeds United star Diouf hit in the pocket after seeing red
Pontefract and Castleford Express
Leeds United striker El Hadji Diouf has been fined two weeks wages following his red card in Saturday's game against Brighton. The controversial player came to the club with a reputation for being involved in trouble, but had behaved impeccably all ...
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LUFC Leeds fine Diouf two weeks wages
Vitalfootball
Leeds United have fined El-Hadji Diouf two weeks wages following his sending off against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday. Diouf was shown a straight red card after gesticulating towards the Brighton fans after he had brought Leeds level from the ...
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Leeds appeal Austin red card
Teamtalk.com
Leeds United have launched an appeal against Rodolph Austin's red card in the 2-1 defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion. The Leeds midfielder was dismissed in the first half of Saturday's final home league game of the season following a clash with Ashley ...
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Leeds United web question: Should Diouf be part of McDermott's plans for next ...
Yorkshire Evening Post
Should El Hadji-Diouf be part of Leeds United boss Brian McDermott's plans for next season or should he move on? Please register to post your comments at the bottom of the page, the best of which could be used in Thursday's new Your Shout column.
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Monday, 29 April 2013

Leeds United: Brian has steadied the ship - Ormsby

Leeds United v Brighton and Hove Albion: YEP jury verdict
Yorkshire Evening Post
Given our final fixture at Watford next week, their potential prize for victory and our horrendous away record, it is entirely possible that Leeds could well survive relegation by a single point. To those that make the big decisions at the club don't ...
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LUFC Ashdown undergoes surgery
Vitalfootball
Leeds United goalkeeper James Ashdown was missing from the bench on Saturday after undergoing surgery. The goalkeeper, who has been number two to Paddy Kenny all season, has undergone surgery on his foot. Ashdown is still waiting to make his ...
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Nine man Leeds lose it late
Vitalfootball
Leeds United ended their home campaign with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of promotion chasing Brighton and Hove Albion in a game where Leeds finished with nine men and Brighton ten. The afternoon started badly and went downhill from there when Sam ...
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LUFC Young Keeper Picks Up Three Awards
Vitalfootball
Young Leeds United goalkeeper Alex Cairns swept the board at the Player of the season awards night at his loan club Stalybridge Celtic. Cairns spent the season on loan with Celtic in the Blue Square Conference North making 45 appearances.
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LUFC No Place for Byram in PFA Team of the Year
Vitalfootball
Former Leeds United goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who is now at Leicester City, was included in the eleven. Champions Cardiff City had two players named in the side. There was no place in the side from anyone at second placed Hull City whilst third ...
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Leeds United: Brian has steadied the ship - Ormsby
Yorkshire Evening Post
Hi Brendan, What do you make of the Brian McDermott era so far, the players seem more relaxed and at ease? I HAVE known Brian from a long time ago and I bumped into him after his first game and gave him a little hug and kiss on the back of his bald ...
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Sunday, 28 April 2013

Eddie Gray and Brian McDermott post Brighton

Nine-man Leeds United lose last home game

Nine-man Leeds United lose last home game
Wakefield Express
Leeds United signed off at Elland Road with a 2-1 defeat to Brighton in an incident packed Npower Championship game. The Whites ended with nine men after Rodolph Austin and El Hadji Diouf were both sent-off while Brighton, who got the win they needed ...
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Match report: Leeds United 1 Brighton and Hove Albion 2
Yorkshire Evening Post
Gus Poyet's Brighton and Hove Albion emerged from a bad-tempered meeting with Leeds United with the victory they wanted to confirm a place in the Championship play-offs. Leonardo Ulloa's 87th-minute header won the day for Albion after El-Hadji Diouf's ...
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Leeds United: Factors that turned screw on Bates reign at Elland Road
Yorkshire Evening Post
He resigned as a director of Leeds City Holdings in December and will step down from the club's board directly. If truth be told he has been on the fringes of the boardroom for months. GFH Capital is running the show and has generally run it without him.
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Leeds United: Byram so proud to be youngest winner
Yorkshire Evening Post
McDermott might cry if a club so rich as City force Leeds United's hand this summer. It took him a few days to work Byram out – classy, assured, talented, low maintenance. To be concise, a manager's dream. Journalists weren't writing about Byram a year ...
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Fan reaction justifies McDermott's confidence
Yorkshire Post
NEW Leeds United manager Brian McDermott is sensing an air of positivity around Elland Road. The curtain comes down today on the club's home campaign with a visit from Gus Poyet's promotion-chasing Brighton & Hove Albion. It will be McDermott's fourth ...
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LUFC Austin to power Leeds to victory?
Vitalfootball
Leeds United welcome promotion chasing Brighton and Hove Albion to Elland Road this afternoon for their final home game of the season. Leeds have only pride to play for whilst Brighton know a win would guarantee them a place in the play-offs.
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LUFC Byram big winner at end of season awards
Vitalfootball
Leeds United youngster Sam Byram capped a fantastic first season in the first team by winning the main awards at the end of season awards presentation night. Byram took the three main awards. The youngster who broke into the side at the start of the ...
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Result: Brighton & Hove Albion secure playoff place with Leeds win
Sports Mole
Brighton & Hove Albion have secured their place in the Championship playoffs with a 2-1 win over Leeds United in a game where three players were sent off. Brighton took the lead as they capitalised on an error from defender Tom Lees as he scuffed his ...
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Friday, 26 April 2013

McDermott ready to build squad

Brighton expecting tough test against Leeds United.

Leeds United Home Shirt for 2013-14 Season Revealed [PHOTOS]
EPL Talk
With new manager Brian McDermott now in charge of Leeds, the team will be wearing a new kit next season designed by Macron, an Italian company. The design is quite a different one for the Elland Road club, with a blue vertical line running down the ...
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Good mid-week result for Leeds United
LawInSport
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court's decision that West Yorkshire Police (WYP) is not entitled to charge Leeds United Football Club ("the Club") for policing services provided outside property owned or controlled by the Club. The issue here ...
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BOOT ROOM TV: Leeds United v Brighton and Hove Albion preview
Yorkshire Evening Post
Published on 25/04/2013 15:41. Check out the latest edition of The Boot Room as the lads look ahead to Leeds United's final home league game of the season at Elland Road. The show is presented by Andrew Hutchinson (@AndyHutchYEP) with YEP chief ...
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Leeds yob clash probe cops in hunt for CCTV pair
Yorkshire Evening Post
Police said about 40 Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur fans were involved in what was branded “an appalling explosion of violence” on January 27. Officers were allegedly pelted with bottles as they tried to quell the disturbance. Twelve men, aged 17 ...
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Everton Join Man City in £10m Chase for Leeds United Youngster – Report
IBTimes.co.uk
Leeds United may face an uphill battle to keep hold of promising midfielder Sam Byram after Everton and Manchester City were both linked with summer bids for the talented youngster. The 19-year-old made his first team debut in the League Cup against ...
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Analysis: A very different St Andrew's season
Birmingham Mail
Birmingham City analysis: Colin Tattum examines a very different Championship season at St Andrew's. Lee Clark. When Birmingham City faced Leeds United at St Andrew's it was a mid-table relegation battle. At the end of Saturday's game, won by Blues 1-0 ...
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Optimistic Somma deserves chance to revive his Leeds United career - Lorimer
Yorkshire Evening Post
Optimistic Somma deserves chance to revive his Leeds United career - Lorimer. AUGUST 2010: Davide Somma celebrates scoring his second goal against Millwall. By Peter Lorimer Published on 25/04/2013 11:32. The good news for Davide Somma is that ...
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Brian McDermott coy on Reading FC raid
Reading Post
Former Reading boss Brian McDermott has refused to rule out the possibility of signing some of his old players for new club Leeds United. McDermott has been tasked with taking Leeds up from the Championship next season, but he is staying tight-lipped ...
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Charlie Oatway expecting tough test against Leeds United
Sports Mole
Brian McDermott's Leeds are 11 points adrift of Brighton in 13th place, but Oatway has claimed that they will provide stern opposition. "We hear that the manager has given them a new lease of life and he has them playing in a more relaxed way ...
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Thursday, 25 April 2013

Poyet still hopeful of managing Whites one day

Leeds United v Brighton: Poyet still hopeful of managing Whites one day
Yorkshire Evening Post
Gus Poyet has set the tone for Saturday's clash between Leeds United and Brighton by claiming his “powerful” relationship with United's supporters could lure him back to Elland Road as manager in the future. The Albion boss – a strong contender for the ...
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Leeds United youth player rape trial postponed
Yorkshire Evening Post
A jury trying the case of a Leeds United youth player accused of raping a woman at a city centre hotel has been discharged. A court heard Simon Lenighan, 18, and Nathan Campbell, 23, are likely to face a retrial later this year over the alleged ...
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Brother of tragic Leeds United fan on yob charge
Yorkshire Evening Post
The brother of one of the Leeds United fans stabbed to death in Turkey has been charged over alleged football hooliganism, the YEP can reveal. Andrew Loftus, 42, is one of 11 men set to appear before Leeds magistrates tomorrow in connection with what ...
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Leeds United manager Brian McDermott looks to future
The Press, York
BRIAN McDERMOTT is busy planning for the future at Leeds United as the npower Championship campaign heads towards a climax. The Whites are safe from relegation with two matches to play and McDermott has turned his attention to a promotion bid in ...
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Leeds United: Somma injury may be a knockout blow
Yorkshire Evening Post
It was the first piece of bad news in a never-ending stream, the latest coming on Saturday when Leeds' manager, Brian McDermott, revealed that Somma had undergone another operation, his third in all. This one could end his career at Elland Road.
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Leeds United reveal new home kit
Wakefield Express
Leeds United reveal new home kit. Leeds United players model the new kit. Published on 24/04/2013 16:07. Leeds United have revealed their new Macron home kit that the team will be wearing for the 2013/14 season. The white shirt features retro vertical ...
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Leeds United: Revie's daughter takes band manager role
Yorkshire Evening Post
THE DAUGHTER of legendary Leeds United boss Don Revie returned to the club's Elland Road home with a set of musicians she hopes will be the next big thing. Kim Revie is managing Brighton-based band Rubylux and they called in at the ground after ...
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Leeds United youth team player 'raped drunken woman in hotel room'
Mirror.co.uk
A Leeds United youth team player raped a drunken woman in a hotel room, a court heard. Footballer Simon Lenighan, 18, and Nathan Campbell, 23, laughed as they filmed her naked, the jury was told. She went back with them to the city's Etap hotel after a ...
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The twins looking to dominate Leeds United - Here Is The City
Here Is The City
... well and truly off. Leeds United have two games of the current season left to play, with no chance of making the play-offs which means McDermott could be willing to give the Turner twins a chance to impress after some superb displays at Chester ...
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Neil Redfearn Interview

Mac's been a breath of fresh air - Pearce

Leeds United footballer, 18, 'joined another man to rape drunk woman at hotel ...
Daily Mail
A Leeds United youth team footballer raped a drunk woman in a hotel after a night out and filmed the attack on a mobile phone, a court heard. Simon Lenighan, 18, is alleged to have carried out the sex attack on the woman with another man, Nathan ...
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Leeds United youth player 'raped and filmed woman at city hotel'
Yorkshire Post
Leeds United youth player Simon Lenighan arriving at Leeds Crown Court. Published on 23/04/2013 08:55. A LEEDS United youth team player has gone on trial accused of raping a woman at a city centre hotel and filming the attack. Simon Lenighan, 18, is ...
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Leeds United: Mac's been a breath of fresh air - Pearce
Yorkshire Evening Post
The Brian McDermott effect at Leeds United has already won him a significant number of admirers just 11 days into his Elland Road tenure. Defender Jason Pearce is one of many who has been seriously impressed by the work and footballing ethos of ...
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Leeds United's Davide Somma sidelined
The Press, York
LEEDS United striker Davide Somma faces another spell on the sidelines after undergoing more knee surgery. Somma, 28, returned to first-team action in December after more than a year out due to knee ligament damage, but required an operation to ...
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Leeds put an end to Golden Girls' unbeaten run
Hemel Gazette
Watford Ladies suffered their first away league defeat for 16 months as Leeds United Ladies produced a no-nonsense display to secure a 3-0 victory. It was a scoreline that flattered the hosts a little, but Watford manager John Salomon remained positive.
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Leeds must try everything to re-sign Jermaine Beckford - Here Is The City
Here Is The City
That sort of status with the strikers at Leeds United is something they lost when they let Jermaine Beckford originally leave the club and enhanced with the recent departure of Luciano Becchio. Despite the fact Beckford is now 29-years-old, he doesn't ...
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LUFC Latest Watford Ticket News
Vitalfootball
Leeds United have announced the latest ticket new for the final day trip to Watford on May 4th. The deadline has now passed for those fans wishing to purchase tickets for the game who had attended 10+ away games this season up to and including the trip ...
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New name added to Leeds United roster
SportsPro Media
New name added to Leeds United roster. 23 April 2013 | Posted in Sponsorship, Soccer, Europe | By Michael Long. English Championship soccer side Leeds United have announced a new shirt sponsorship deal with British home heating provider Help-Link.
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Steve Bruce recalls Manchester United's 1993 title victory: I partied until 3 ...
Daily Mail
To put what happened to us into context, the season was going to the wire as it had done in 1992 when Leeds United pipped us. In 1993, we were in the strange situation of potentially being awarded the title without playing. There were a couple of games ...
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