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The Leeds United Collection

Author : Robert Endeacott
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1785319795

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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.

Leeds United: A History

Author : Dave Tomlinson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,5 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.

100 Years of Leeds United

Author : Daniel Chapman
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 41,5 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.

Promised Land

Author : Anthony Clavane
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781446496138

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This is a book about football. It's about unconditional love for a club, even when it doesn't always seem to love you back. But it is also a book about much more than that. Anthony Clavane loves Leeds - certainly the football club, but also the city, and the tribes that make it. Now that he is an exile in the South, his frequent pilgrimages to the stadium speak for themselves. But he no less loves the rarely-glimpsed back-streets of his youth; and even has a feel for the long-gone slums where his ancestors once settled. Leeds is his promised land; idealised and unreachable, yet still it defines him. 'Sports writing at its very best' Daily Telegraph

Service Crew

Author : Caroline Gall
Publisher : Milo Books Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Paris, 1975; Chelsea, 1984; Birmingham, 1985; Bradford, 1986; Bournemouth, 1990. Many of the most shocking incidents in British football history have involved the hooligan followers of one club: Leeds United. For 40 years they have run riot across the country, punching their way to international notoriety, yet they have remained the most secretive of all mobs. Journalist Caroline Gall spent two years interviewing participants from several generations to piece together the first ever history of the gangs, from the Shipley Skins to the youths of the present day. The apex of this hooligan army was the Service Crew, who adopted their name from the service trains they used instead of the heavily policed 'specials'. They emerged as the casual era dawned and, against the violent backdrop of the Miners' Strike, quickly became feared by their terrace foes. The police eventually launched Operation Wild Boar to take down the ringleaders, only to convict a small number of relative fringe players. Service Crew examines racism at Leeds, chronicles some of the worst incidents of football-related disorder in modern times, and charts the effects of drugs and the rave scene on the hooligans. It is the definitive story of football's most vilified fans.

The Square Ball

Author : Ian Dobson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0993431402

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The best of the first twenty years of the popular Leeds United fanzine

1000 Leeds United Quiz Questions - The Ultimate Leeds United Trivia Challenge

Author : Alex Armitage
Publisher : epubli
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-22
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9783757510442

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1000 Leeds United Quiz Questions - The Ultimate Leeds United Trivia Challenge by Alex Armitage Pdf

Think you know all there is to know about Leeds United? Well, here is the ultimate Leeds United quiz challenge with a mammoth 1000 questions all about this legendary club. There are question on all aspects of Leeds United throughout the clubs long history. 1000 Leeds United Quiz Questions is sure to test even the most diehard of Leeds United fans!

Leeds United

Author : Gary Edwards
Publisher : Random House
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781780573922

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He made you cry with laughter with Paint It White, now the celebrated Leeds-supporting, cartoon-drawing, painting-and-decorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his first book was only an undercoat and now the story of his crazy life following Leeds needs a second coat. No wonder: Edwards, you see, has seen every Leeds game - competitive and friendly anywhere in the world - since 17 January 1968*. During those 37 years, he's been there, done that and bought the T-shirt. So, after subtle prompts from his travelling companions, he's back with more tales that simply would not fit into the first volume. There's barely a pub in the land he can step into without some well-meaning soul coming up to him and demanding, 'Loved the book, Gary! When are you going to do another - with me in it?' So here it is - another fabulously entertaining collection of travelling tales and friends remembered. Eventually. In this follow-up instalment of high gloss and drama, Edwards recounts how he befriended a real-life Leeds-supporting Dalek, convinced Rolf Harris that the earth was flat, was accosted by firemen while trying to paint a fire engine white, appeared on the sides of buses with his face painted in Leeds colours and received letters from the Queen and the Prime Minister after he complained about David Beckham getting an OBE! Leeds United: The Second Coat is another hilarious account of the scrapes, adventures and moments of comedy that a life's passion for Leeds United has brought Gary Edwards. *OK, he missed one but he still has the match ticket, and only a strike by Spanish air traffic control stopped him getting to a one-off friendly in Toronto.

Never Mind the Peacocks

Author : Anita Clark,Dominic Matteo
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780752498942

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Never Mind the Peacocks by Anita Clark,Dominic Matteo Pdf

This is the ultimate quiz book on Leeds United Football Club. Informative and fun, it is the perfect companion for those long car journeys up and down the M1. An ideal gift for Leeds United fans of all ages, this is your chance to interact with the long and eventful history of the club, from its formation, through the glory years and on to more recent cult heroes. From cryptic to convivial, get your Leeds thinking caps on – it’s quiz time!

Panini UK Football Sticker Collections 1978-1985

Author : Panini
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781399405218

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Panini UK Football Sticker Collections 1978-1985 by Panini Pdf

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022 A football fan's dream come true – every complete UK PANINI sticker album 1978-1985 reproduced together for the very first time. 'This book delivers a thousand memories'. Mark Lawrenson 'Swapsies', 'Got, Got, Need' and 'Shinies'... This landmark illustrated book is a fantastic feast of nostalgia for any football fan of a certain age. PANINI albums were a must-have if you were a football-mad kid growing up in the late 70s and 80s, when player stickers were bought, bartered and collected in a treasured rite of passage. This book will bring back all those 'I had that one', 'I'd forgotten about him' and 'look at that haircut!' memories as well as providing in-depth details on all the players and teams of the era. Licensed by PANINI, this is a comprehensive collection of PANINI'S UK domestic football albums from 1978 to 1985 inclusive. Covering all English First Division and Scottish Premier teams, it features not only all the great teams and players of the era, but the one-season wonders and the also-rans as well. Inside the book: – Nearly 5,000 images of iconic PANINI stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs. – Hundreds of clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Celtic, Rangers, Manchester City, Spurs, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Aberdeen and West Ham United. – Photographs and pen portraits of the great players of the day, such as Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Ossie Ardiles, Ian Rush and John Barnes, plus World Cup winners in the twilight of their careers and young stars in the making, like Peter Beardsley, Chris Waddle, Mark Hughes and Gary Lineker.

Leeds United - From Darkness into White

Author : Phil Hay
Publisher : Random House
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,9 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.

Alice in Westminster

Author : Rachel Reeves
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781786731517

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Alice in Westminster by Rachel Reeves Pdf

Alice Bacon was one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable female politicians. Born and raised in the Yorkshire town of Normanton, she defied the odds to be elected Labour MP for Leeds North East in the 1945 General Election. Famed in her home town for her unlikely love of sports cars, she was a much-respected, no-nonsense, hard-working representative for her beloved Yorkshire home in Westminster. Mentored by Herbert Morrison and Hugh Gaitskell, she rose through the party becoming a Home Office minister under Roy Jenkins and latterly an Education Minister with responsibility for the introduction of comprehensive schools. In the Home Office in the 1960s she oversaw the introduction of substantial societal changes, including the abolition of the death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the legalisation of abortion. Her political career spanned some of the most momentous decades in Britain's postwar history and she played an integral part in some of the most significant social, educational and political changes which the country has ever witnessed.Labour MP Rachel Reeves here tells Alice Bacon's story, narrating one woman's extraordinary progression from the coalfields to the Commons.

Panini UK Football Sticker Collections 1986-1993 (Volume Two)

Author : Panini
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-26
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781399405263

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Panini UK Football Sticker Collections 1986-1993 (Volume Two) by Panini Pdf

A football fan's dream come true – every complete UK Panini sticker album 1986-1993 reproduced as facsimiles for the very first time. 'This book delivers a thousand memories' – Mark Lawrenson WELCOME TO THE GLORIOUS WORLD OF PANINI FOOTBALL STICKERS. Collecting PANINI football stickers has always been a joy. Tearing open those packets and excitedly filling an album is a rite of passage for millions of kids - and adults. It's so popular, it even has its own language - 'swapsies', 'got, got, need' and 'shinies'. Licensed by PANINI, this landmark illustrated book showcases PANINI'S UK domestic football 1986-1993. All the great teams of this era are shown in full PANINI sticker album glory. Inside the book: – Nearly 4,000 images of iconic PANINI stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs. – Hundreds of clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Celtic, Rangers, Manchester City, Spurs, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Aberdeen and West Ham United. – Photographs and pen portraits of the great players of the day, such as Peter Beardsley, Chris Waddle, Mark Hughes, Gary Lineker. Bryon Robson, Paul Gascoigne, Alan Shearer, Eric Cantona, Ian Rush and John Barnes.

Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City

Author : Stephen Wagg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317051039

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Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City by Stephen Wagg Pdf

The widespread concept of the 'postmodern city' is frequently linked to the decline of traditional manufacturing industries and a corresponding wane of white working-class culture. In place of these appear flexible working practices, a diversified workforce, and a greater emphasis on consumption, leisure, and tourism. Illustrated by an interdisciplinary study of Leeds, a typical postmodern city, this volume examines how such cities have reinvented themselves - commercially, politically and spatially - over the past two decades. The work addresses issues like cultural policy, city-centre development, sport, leisure and identity, and explores different urban processes in relation to changing configuration of class, gender and ethnicity in the postmodern city.

Leeds United Memorabilia

Author : Robert Endeacott,Neil Barker
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1801501750

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Leeds United Memorabilia by Robert Endeacott,Neil Barker Pdf

Leeds United Memorabiliais a captivating photographic history of artefacts and paraphernalia connected with the famous club and its 100-plus-year history. Neil Barker and Robert Endeacott bring the artefacts to life with fascinating anecdotes and information presented alongside beautiful images.