Leeds United

Author : Daniel Chapman
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781785784316

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100 Years of Leeds United by Daniel Chapman Pdf

UPDATED TO INCLUDE ALL THE ACTION FROM THE CLUB'S TITLE-WINNING CENTENARY YEAR. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEEDS UNITED 'Every up and down at Leeds United. Essential reading.' Phil Hay The definitive history of Leeds United's first century. 100 Years of Leeds United tells the story of a one-club city and its unique relationship with its football team. Since its foundation in 1919, Leeds United Football Club has seen more ups and downs than most, rising to global fame through an inimitable and uncompromising style in the 70s, clinching the last Division One title prior to the Premier League's inauguration in 1992, before a spectacular fall from grace at the start of the 21st century. United finally restored their top flight status after a sixteen-year wait with an unstoppable promotion campaign in the club's 100th year; the transformation under manager Marcelo Bielsa fittingly reminiscent of those instigated by Howard Wilkinson and Don Revie decades earlier. In 100 Years of Leeds United, Chapman delves deep into the archives to discover the lesser-known episodes, providing fresh context to the folkloric tales that have shaped the club we know today, painting the definitive picture of the West Yorkshire giants.

Author : A Fan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557190089

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The Best Leeds United Football Chants Ever by A Fan Pdf

Author : Dave Tomlinson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781398108417

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Leeds United in the 21st Century by Dave Tomlinson Pdf

The story of Leeds United’s roller coaster ride through the 21st century from Champions League semi-finals to financial mismanagement, boardroom wrangles and relegation – and hope of their eventual return to the top tier.

Author : Phil Hay
Publisher : Random House
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845969219

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Leeds United - From Darkness into White by Phil Hay Pdf

The 2007-08 season for Leeds United Football Club will have been anything but regular. At the end of the previous season, one of England's most famous football clubs was relegated to what is in effect the Third Division. Still stricken with mountains of debt accumulated under an earlier regime, the club was put into administration, then hit with a 15-point penalty for the coming season due to alleged financial irregularities. With a young manager on board and a squad of players made up of trainees, reserves and cheap buy-ins or free transfers, the future looked bleak for a club that only five years ago was challenging for the Premiership and the Champions League. But can dreams come true for their long-suffering and fiercely loyal fans? Thus far Leeds have won more games than any other team in League One and look more than likely to gain promotion at the first attempt. The club is on a roller-coaster ride to gain back its self-respect and an appetite for further glories in 2008 - so will the story run to a happy ending? Yorkshire Evening Post journalist Phil Hay has followed the team since the pre-season friendlies last summer and through their league and cup matches this season. He has interviewed players, coaching staff, board members and fans to get a true warts-and-all picture of life at Leeds United as they struggle for redemption. This is as dramatic a story of football as you will ever read.

Author : Dave Tomlinson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781445645124

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Leeds United: A History by Dave Tomlinson Pdf

The complete and definitive history of the Whites.

Author : Phil Rostron
Publisher : Random House
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781845969394

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We Are the Damned United by Phil Rostron Pdf

Brian Clough's forty-four-day tenure as manager of Leeds United in 1974 is one of the most infamous episodes in British football history. While the bestselling The Damned United was a fictional account of Clough's short-lived but controversial reign at the club, We Are the Damned United reveals the true story, as told by the players he managed at the time. It includes candid contributions from legendary names such as Peter Lorimer, Eddie Gray and Terry Yorath, who reveal what it was like to make the transition from the relatively smooth management style of Don Revie to a constant crossing of swords with the outspoken Clough, who left the club flailing at the foot of the league upon his premature departure. We Are the Damned United tells it how it really was rather than how it might have been.

Author : Richard Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135287429

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British Sport - A Bibliography to 2000 by Richard Cox Pdf

Volume two of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783785881828

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Introduction to Manchester United F.C. by Gilad James, PhD Pdf

Manchester United F.C. is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in the world. The team was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club and eventually changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. Manchester United has a rich history, having won a record 20 English League titles, 12 FA Cups, 3 European Cups, and several other domestic and international trophies. The club has also produced some of the greatest football players in history, including George Best, Bobby Charlton, Eric Cantona, Ryan Giggs, and Cristiano Ronaldo. Manchester United has a global fan base and is one of the most valuable football clubs in the world. Over the years, Manchester United has undergone several changes in ownership and management, but has always maintained its status as a top-tier football club. The team plays its home games at Old Trafford, which has a capacity of over 75,000 spectators. The club's greatest success came under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson, who led Manchester United to 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups, and 2 European Cups during his 26-year tenure. Today, Manchester United is led by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who is tasked with bringing the club back to its former glory and competing for domestic and international titles.

Author : Dave Tomlinson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781445670331

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Billy Bremner Fifty Defining Fixtures by Dave Tomlinson Pdf

Fifty fixtures that defined the career of a diminutive Scotsman who went on to become one of the biggest names in British football.

Author : David Peace
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571246076

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The Damned Utd by David Peace Pdf

One of Mike Atherton's 'Top Ten Best Sports Books' in The Times In 1974 the brilliant and controversial Brian Clough made perhaps his most eccentric decision: he accepted the Leeds United manager's job. As successor to Don Revie, his bitter adversary, he was to last only 44 days. In one of the most acclaimed novels of this or any other year, David Peace takes us into the mind and thoughts of Ol'Big'Ead himself, and brings vividly to life one of post-war Britain's most complex and fascinating characters.

Author : David O'Leary
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Soccer managers
ISBN : 0316860654

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Leeds United on Trial by David O'Leary Pdf

David O'Leary is the most charismatic football manager in Britain today. But nothing could have prepared this soft-spoken Irishman for the astonishing events that were about to engulf him and his young Leeds side at the start of the 2000-01 season.Leeds United on Trial is the explosive inside account of the season that transformed a youthful, inexperienced side into one of the most feared in Europe against the background of a high-profile court case that was never out of the headlines. O'Leary talks frankly about how he had to juggle the task of conquering Europe with handling the stress and subsequent collapse of a major court trial; the 18 million pound signing of Rio Ferdinand that broke the British transfer record; and the incredible run of injuries that saw Leeds slump to fourteenth place in the table.Never before has a manager faced such a traumatic season on and off the field. David O'Leary's gripping and controversial account is the football book of the year.

Author : Phil Hay
Publisher : Seven Dials
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781841885186

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And it was Beautiful by Phil Hay Pdf

UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2021/22 SEASON THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER The behind-the-scenes story of the Marcelo Bielsa revolution at Leeds United and their first season back in the Premier League after sixteen years of hurt. FEATURING FRESH PERSONAL INSIGHT FROM MARCELO BIELSA On 27th February 2022, after 170 matches in charge, promotion to the Premier League and some of the most exhilarating football the English game has ever seen, Leeds United parted company with their most beloved and successful manager in a generation: Marcelo Bielsa. His parting gift was to embrace the crowds of adoring fans who turned up to say thank you as he left the club's training ground for the final time. In And it was Beautiful, The Athletic's Phil Hay chronicles Leeds United's glorious first season back in the top flight - which saw them finish ninth - after a chaotic sixteen-year absence. Phil pulls back the curtain on the hallmarks that now define the Marcelo Bielsa era, from his gruelling training schedule - including his infamous 'murderball' sessions - to innovative tactical methods that elevated Championship regulars into Premier League stars. Bielsa performed miracles, turning football into high art and making an extraordinary cultural impact on the city of Leeds. The result is a unique and fitting tribute to a Leeds United icon.

Author : Adrian Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1839753609

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Leeds United by Adrian Taylor Pdf

A humorous compilation of a lifelong Leeds fan's journey following the "Mighty Whites." Sharing a whole host of life's tales with a clear focus on Leeds' nervous and exciting fight to reach the Premiership in their Centenary year.

Author : Robert Endeacott
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1785319795

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The Leeds United Collection by Robert Endeacott Pdf

The Leeds United Collection takes you on a fascinating multi-coloured journey through the club's history from 1919 to the present day. With stunning photos of unique match-worn Leeds shirts and other paraphernalia, the book tells the Whites' story alongside anecdotes, interviews and quotes from many big names. See home and away shirts worn by Leeds legends from various eras including Billy Bremner and Albert Johanneson, David Batty, Gary Speed, Peter Lorimer, Paul Madeley, Paul Reaney, Norman Hunter, Mick Jones, Allan Clarke, Frank and Eddie Gray, Terry Yorath, John Sheridan, Ian Baird, Fabian Delph, Kalvin Phillips, Pablo Hernandez and many more. These superb images are brought to life with commentary on title- and trophy-winning seasons, plus promotion-winning campaigns. There are also interviews with Eddie Gray, Howard Wilkinson, Pablo Hernandez, Allan Clarke, Tony Currie, Jermaine Beckford, Aidan Butterworth, Simon Grayson, Brian Deane, Rod Wallace, Dominic Matteo and many more. This is a book no true Whites fan should be without.

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781445696898

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Leeds Pubs by Paul Chrystal Pdf

A fascinating tour of Leeds’ pub scene, charting the city’s taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to more recent times.