LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS' TRUST NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2018

THIS MONTH Future Trust Competition Winner Find out who won the competition to design the brand new Future Trust Logo.

Let’s Get Quizzical! How much do you know about United? Have a go at the Trust Quiz and see.

Football For Cancer Result Find out what happened when the Leeds United Supporters’ Trust assembled a special XI to help raise money to battle cancer!

Heidi Haigh Honorary Member Heidi Haigh writes about her recent trip to Wigan.

WE SNATCH AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 Lots ofdiscussionandlotsexcitingplansahead–watchthisspace! before headingtoEllandRoadkickstartthefoodbankcollection. ing beforetheNottingham Forest game on Saturday27th October, following theelectionsbackinAugust.We heldourfirstboardmeet In theOctobernewsletter, we fullyintroduced thenew boardlineup Pearson –Memberships) (absent RobertEndeacott –ViceChair;JoshCawthorneWeb &Infrastructure;Dean Steve White–Chairman Kevin Markey–Communications;PeteEmmerson –TrustProjects; ClairHufton–FutureTrust; Left toright;JamesLund–Podcast;AdamWillertonSecretary;MarkRobertsTreasurer; BOARD MEMBERS Meet your Trust - 02 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 a thoroughly enjoyable night.7-4thefinalscore totheTrustXI. Neil Garrettwho eventually gothissecond lateontoround off Bielsa proud! Theyrallied torestoretheirtwo-goal leadthrough play someexcellent football.Passinginwaysthat would make Riding thestorm,TrustXIfound theirformandbeganto the gatewiththreewell worked goalsinjusttenminutes. FFC foughtbackearlyinthe second half,stormingoutof Jon Weston ingoalmeantthattheTrustXIlead5-1at break. home at thefar post. Some excellent saves throughout the half from followed bybeinginexactly therightplaceattimetotap clever cross from MikeJohnstonfrom therighthandside,soon hat-trick; hissecond wasaperfectly timedheadertoconvert a There wasenoughtimeforNorristocomplete afirst half set upDanielMerrickwhofinishedemphaticallytotakea3-1lead. James Lundgothisteamaheadwithacutenearpostfinish.then David Norris took tothe field and equalised. Our very own five minutesbutthegamechangedwhenformerLeedsUnited contested game.FFCtookanearlylead,scoring in theopening Both teamsgave everything onthenightinwhatwasaclosely couple ofhours! money forfamiliesaffectedbycancer.Even therainheldofffora Overall agreatoccasion!Athrillinggameallinthenameofraising FOOTBALL FOR CANCER Leeds UnitedSupporters'TrustSupport FRIDAY 2NOV|WESTRIDINGS 7 -4 HT 5-1 FT 03 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 time toplay–greateffortguys! Ursula attheWest RidingsFAandtoeveryone whogave uptheir Leeds Unitedforhelpinguswithsourcingabeautifulallwhitekit, a partoftheirevent, toAngusKinnearandLaurenBlumfieldat Our heartfeltthanksgototheFFCcharityforinvitingusbe https://goo.gl/f8ihz1 Just Givingpageformoreinfo: There’s stilltimetodonateifyou’d liketogetinvolved, visittheir of guys. incredible effortforanexcellentcausefrom atrulygreatgroup native Portsmouth,completing afull90minuteseachday, an the lengthofcountry from Sunderlandbackdown totheir in tendifferentcitiesonconsecutive days.Theytravelled This matchwaspartofFFC’s10:10:10event; playingtengames .

04 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 Chatting With W C l H u I s A T T t H 02 02 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 Leeds CitySquare withallthesupportersgoing mental. top ofitand the windows, drivinground andround the there wasmyself, BattyandSpeedyhanging outofthe back from Bournemouth.IhadaBMWwith a sunroof and And Ithinktheothergoodmemory waswhenwe came gentleman’s agreement.Thatwas how itwasdoneontostartwith. shook [Bill]Fotherby’shand,you know whathe’slike,itwasa to go and talkto Aston Villa but Idecided not to bother and I’d for Leeds’andthat’swhenthelid wasoffbutIsupposed station anditwasalreadyononeofthebillboards‘Vinniesigns there atLeedsandsomeone got windofit.Iwaswalkingtothe Aston Villaonthewayback,butI’dalreadymademymindup train. IwasgoingtomeetLeedsandstopoffat The biggestonesthatstandoutreallywasgoinguponthe What areyour happiestmemoriesfrom your timeatLeeds? V Gary McAllisterasanew midfieldtookshape along withyoungsters Vinnie leftLeedsearlyinthe1990–91seasonaftersigningof during theentireseason,scoring somecrucialgoalsalongtheway. captaincy ofGordonStrachan,receivingonlythreeyellow cards under thestewardship ofHoward Wilkinsonandthe helping Leedstothetop-flight,Jonesproved hisdiscipline Second Division, winning promotion to Division One. After was partoftheteamwhichfinishedaschampionsold West Yorkshire. Honorary Member’sVinniewhilsthewasonavisitto The Trusthadtheopportunitytochatoneofouresteemed Strachan. and and of course ‘Captain Marvel’

from Wimbledoninwhatwasthenasurprisesigning.He innie JoneswastransferredtoLeedsUnitedin1989 03 06 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 We didn’t really know, but it was sh*t or bust as much. and everybody else had thrown the kitchen sink atit. I didn’tknow atthetimethatcity, BillFotherby and thepre-seasonplan,Ijustknew I’dmadetherightdecision. as thefirstdayImethimandhetoldmewhatwe were goingtodo him now andthen.Ihave agreatadmirationforhimandassoon I loved itandstilltothisdayI’ve alotofrespectforhim.Italkto What wasitliketoplayunderHoward Wilkinson? Whooooa –itwas liketheylookedatmeandsaid‘You’ll doforus’. overcome withjoy andtheKopjustkindofallstepped backandwent I justturnedandrantotheKop– Iwasgoingf*****gmentaland just knockeditin. and itwasanothingballbounced offthekeeperandI ball through anditover run, BobbyDavisonknockeditthrough Anyway, Icameonassub,thinkwe were 0-1down andIputthe went over onmy ankle – Iwas absolutely gutted, absolutely gutted. travelled up.Iwent upforaheaderandIcamedown onmytoeand I played astupidlittlefive-a-side ontheFridaynightwhenwe before. ItwasthefittestI’dbeeninmylifeandgoingintogame, I thinkitwastheBoro game.IgotinjuredatNewcastle thegame in theshorttimeyou spentattheclub? Why doyou thinkyou connected sowell withLeedsandthe fans a few andChapman,Ithink,wasamassive turningpointforus. but justcouldn’t score andthat’show itgoes.Bobbywasscoring managed toscore oneatthefarpost–he’dhadagreatpre-season, Davison gotinjured,butBairdycouldn’t score agoal. Ithinkhe -Iloved playingwithBairdy, hegave everything. Bobby right time,himcoming andbanginginafew goals.Andwe had But itgelled,[Lee]Chapmanwasamassive signingforusatthe 03 07 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 Who wasyour favourite player you played alongsideatLeeds goal andfrom thatmomentonmyanklewasweak forever more! Sutton] ‘Letmetryandrunitoff’thenIscored thatgreat agony andIgotupranitoffsaidtoSuttythephysio[Alan game. I was gonna come off and you could see me rolling in ago!) game only adraw, Ithinkwe drew 1-1andIwasstillinjuredinthat I think the fans saw it in my eyes what it meant to me and it was account. probably thebesttimeofmylife really, takingeverything into I wassingleat the time.Isaiditotherday thatitwas The crackwasbrilliantupthere. good, Ihadalittlebrother thereandIinherited anotherfamily. to mynan’s.Hismumwasalways bakingandcooking. Itwas needed. Abitofhomecomfort. Itwasactuallylikegoingaround mum anddadespecially, theygave me abitofhomelifethatI close to Batts and his family and they were very good to me, his ‘You’ll be alright mate - keep your head down’. Then I became to come back’.ThiswasbeforeI’deven kickedaball,buthesaid, on meandIphonedFash[JohnFashanu]said,‘Ithinkwant first gottoLeeds,andIthought‘Whathave Idone?’Ithaddawned I becamevery close tohim and his family. There was atime when I little gremlindidn’teven have atie? brother. Ieven tookhimtobuy his firsttie.Canyou believe the At that point, I’d taken Batts under my wing. He was like my little day andlisteningtohisbantereverything elsethatwent withit. Fun wise Mel Sterland. He was great fun. I enjoyed going in every captain –meorhimbuthewastheobviouschoiceandshoneout. Leading intotheseasontherewasalotoftalkwhowould be I hadalotoffavourites. IhadalotofrespectforStrachan. and why?

I camebacktooearlyandmyanklewent againintheHull (Editors Note:We won 2-1Vinnie,butitwasa long time 03 08 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 I keptsayingtohim,‘NottsCounty, theyarewinning4-0’and Bournemouth too. just aboutLeedswinningtheleague,itwasabig,biggamefor United hadtobeattheotherteam,stayup.So,itwasn’t playing inmidfield.They had towinorgetadraw, orSheffield My bestmemorywastherealadcalled(Peter)Shearer are your memoriesfrom thatday? That epicgameinBournemouthwhenwe gotpromoted –what Chapeltown pal.’ Vinnie Jones, Vinnie sorryson,you’re safe in happened soquick andthisguywent ‘Holdit lads-it’sf*****g these guysopened thedoor,knives, thisthatandtheother.It traffic lightanditwasflashing.I pulled upandthenextminute Chapeltown onenightinmyBMWandtherewasapedestrian in the blues clubs and speakeasies. I drove home through I usedto spend alotoftime around thebars in Chapeltown after mefantastically, helpedmegetthehouseandcars. I’m inthebigleaguehereand it wasgreat.Theclublooked it finallydawnedonme,thisisn’tlittleWimbledonanymore, can seriouslydamageyour health’,itwasthebigtimeforme, remember all the T-shirts outside the ground saying, ‘This man thing. When it started happening I was driving to a game and I it washilarious.Itonthenews, soitaddedtothewhole There were somanyyoung kidswhogot intotrouble at school, getting thatfamousVhaircut,didn’tyou? You setabitoftrendacross Leedswiththousandsoffans Wimbledon ononesideandmyLeedstattootheother. Yeah ofcourse! I’ve gottheFAcupwith the Leedsbadgeonyour leg–have you stillgotit? You celebratedthereturntotopflightbygettingatattooof after the game he came up to me and said, ‘You b*****d Vinnie!’ 03 09 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 I’d telltheladswherewe were going.Theyknew whatIwaslike in thereandsomeofmymateswould come upfrom Watfordand We used to go in there until late. We were the only white people owner Ken.Hehadapictureofmebehindthetillforyears. Cantona there.Itwasareallyboozyclub.Iknew the I used to go to the Silver Tree [Club]. I took [Eric] of ‘LockStockandTwo SmokingBarrels’itreallywas. off and he was like ‘HOLD IT!’ It was something like out One ofthemwasgrabbingmyarmtryingtogetwatch problem, someoftheladswent ‘Whoooooa’andIsaid‘F**k it!’ interview in the programme. I attacked the racial I respectedthat andit’sthesameaswhenI didmyfirst than uslotrunningaround foranhourandhalftrying towinagame. in themorningtogettinggame areenormous.Alotbigger going to that game and the obstacles they’ve got from waking up chair orisdisabledinsomeway, theenormouseffort thatgoesinto just loved toget involved. Ifyou thinkaboutsomebodyinawheel go tothegame,we’d have hamandcheeserolls, soupandmynan was Liverpool. Itwas thewholeday, you didn’tjustdowhatever and same upinLiverpool. HalfofthemwasEverton andtheotherhalf to descendonmynan’shousebefore the Watfordhomegames, to mynan’swithalluncles,nephews, cousins andwe allused It’s whatgoesintoit.WhenIwasakidgrowing upIusedtogodown important tohave thatbondwiththem? is stillspokenabouttothisday–whydidyou thinkthatwasso Your relationshipwiththeLeedsUnited’sdisabledsupporters busting moves andsaid[Frenchaccent]‘Ilove thisplaceVinnie.’ he wasjustonthedancefloor,whichlikealivingroom, hewas would gointhereandonedaywhenwe took Eric, Ilookedround walking in. They used to sell just tins of ‘Red Stripe’. Me and Batts everything andthenthereusedtobeus,fourorfive whiteladsjust knowing therewere gangsters,drugdealers,prostitutes - and said,‘You’re jokingaren’tyou?’ Theywould goinshocked 03 10 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 at Wimbledonandhimbeingmyroom partnerIunderstood I said ‘It’s gotta be done mate.’ Being brought up with Fash Wilko calledmeintohisofficeandsaid,‘Thatwasballsy’. small partinbreakingdown thatbarrierandatonepoint I didareallybigarticleaboutitandfeelI’ve donemy not separated,noway, themdayshave gone-move on. Asian, Chinese, whatever and that’s how it should be, I said one day that the whole Kop will be white, black, a £10mmovie filmed inKentuckycalled‘London Calling’. just produced my first movie which I starred in as well. It was recorded inVancouver. Ibelieve it’sonover hereonSky. I’ve I justfinishedaTVshow called‘Arrow’ thatwas movies we shouldbelookingoutfor? What areyou currentlyworking on?Arethereany Hollywood So, Ithought‘B******stoyou ifyou’re notgonnaspeak tome!’ my handoranythinglikethatandIthoughtwasabitoff. lads gotsentoff.Henever even puthishandouttomeshake for himmuch.Iwent totheWatford-Leedsgame,acouple of on ourfaces.Theotherchairman[MassimoCellino],Ididn’tcare because ofthisorthat’every timewe do thatwe fallflat and Ialwaysgive Leedsamention.Idon’tlikesaying‘Yeah it’s I’ve got my own slotnow on TalkSport. Ido 6.30pm to7.30pm that, so I decided this year just to watch and not comment. everybody jumps on the bandwagon and they do this and say What’s happenedasyou know over thelastfew years is What doyou thinkaboutBielsaandthecurrentsquad? troubles ofbeingablackfootballer,soitwasvery importanttome. footballer, aswell asFash,heusedtotalkmealotaboutthe the strugglesespeciallyofhisbrother [Justin]-theblack 03 11 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 on the night of his fight. I’m very proud to be part of his I becamefriendlywithhimandwe stayed here(OultonHall) He’s gotabigLUFCfollowing –whatwasthatlike? You accompanied JoshWarringtonintotheringatLeedsArena. and I’ve justbeenso,sobusy. Ican’tbelieve it’sNovember already. new move called‘IamVengeance’ withStuBennett,theUFCfighter very excitingformeandI’ve justfinishedfilminginIpswichona It willbeoutnextyear. It’sthefirstoneasaproducer andthat’s girls whocameup tometheydidn’teven know Iwasfootballer. McDonalds toget acoffee andtherewas agroup offive orsix stopped offonour wayuptoLeedsinCardiffand we went into footballer andthe generationthatknow measanactor. We There’s differentgenerations. Those thatknew meas a and famousactor? Is theremuchofadifferencebetween beingafamousfootballer the FACupagainstLeeds)whenIwas in[Celebrity]BigBrother, ha! everything, soyes someof them.Ieven watchedtheSpursgame(in I’ve lived inAmericafor12years now, sowe justaboutget watch manygames? Now LeedsarepracticallyonSkyevery week, doyou getto get psyched out but that was something else – good buzz that was. don’t even getthat walkingoutatafootballmatchandIusedto the adrenalinewasunbelievable. Walking outwiththatbelt,you team behind him. Iwasin the dressingroom the wholetime and Great kid,greatfamilyandhisdadisagoodladhe’sgot He’s gotamassive fightcoming up.It’samassive fightforhim. behind himandhe’scertainlygotthefootballfanshim. right way. He’saLeedsfanandhewantsthefans success, well supportinghissuccess,he’sdoneitinthe 03 12 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 Bit ofnonsense,bitjoking,we didCardifflastnightandgota expect from that? You’re backinLeedsforanevening withGazza–whatcanwe the generationthatknew boththefootballandmovies. forty years up,theyounger generationwiththemovies, then three differentgenerationsforme,thefootballgeneration– They saidtheyonlyknow mefrom themovies. There’s adrenaline itwas like mydrugandintrainingIjustdidn’t have that. never hadthatsameadrenaline rush-Ilived on I never trainedthe way Iplayed becauseIhad get anywherenearthislad,he wasareserve team player. be GazzaandIwastoldtofollow himeverywhere butIcouldn’t’ set playpracticeintraining.Hewanted oneoftheyoung ladsto I’d hadarow withthemanagerbeforehandandwe’d donesome I saidtohimwas‘You’re notplayingtodaysonand noramI!’ I wastoldtodoamanmarkingjobonhim.Firstthing it beforeandI’ve no ideawhatbrought itonorhow ithappened. grab thembythenutsandgive themasqueeze’.I’dnever done that andsaid,‘Iftheygettooclosetoyou Vinniejustleanbackand It wasmyfirsttimehonestly. Myunder-12s managertaughtme you andGazza, whatmadeyou grabhimlikethatonpitch? I’m sureyou getboredofthisquestionbutthaticonic imageof the crowd tosing‘MarchingOnTogether’–show himhow it’sdone! who hasgotthebestsong,LeedsorNewcastle soI’mgoingtoget Leeds. I’llgetagoodmentionI’msure.We hadalittleargumentover absolutely loved himandI’msureI’llgetthesamereceptionin will love you’, so I will be doing the same to him in Leeds. They standing ovation, Gazzawassaying‘You’ll love itdown here,they 03 13 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 pumping music,reallybangingstuffandtheladsloved it.Itgotyou I didn’thave manypre-matchrituals,butIusedtolikelotsofmusic, from me, and I think that pretty much came through on the pitch. the tunnel-itwaseverything, nobodyisgonnatakethisaway 3 o’clock,Isawredmistandbecame a psychopath,going down being aprankster,alwaysthejokerandgettingitgoing.Butcome of theLeedsplayers, askBattsIwasalwaysmuckingabout.Always I waslikeGazza.justusedtomuckaboutallthetime,askany league puttogether andthatisn’tthecaseinChampionship. first threeteamshave probably gotmorepointsthantherestof isn’t that many points between them. Look at the Premiership, the Fifteen teamsreallycompeting uptotenthortwelfth place there and Ididn’tseethatcoming. You seeresultsandit’sa realleague. and think ‘Wow!’ Look at Sheff United, they lost the other day contenders andintheChampionship,you lookdown thetable against you. ThePremiership,whatthere’stwo orthreereal winning theChampionship.There’stoomanyteamsfighting of andIdon’teven thinkwinningthePremiershipisashardhas Can onlyhope!Ithinkit’sareallyhardleaguetogetout Final Question–Doyou thinkwe willgetpromoted thisseason? like it’sthesametimeoftheirlives now aswhen Imettheirdad. out with them on the film set and bonded with them as well, it’s ago astheyareinterestedinthefilmbusiness.Ispentaweek He’s gottwo lovey lads,IhadthemoutinPragueacouple ofyears to come toanythingbuthe’shappydoingwhatdoing. universe who’sstillincontact withDavidBatty. Henever wants It wasafantastictime.Imightbetheonlyonein going andI’dwalkoutofthedressingroom shouting‘Let’sHave It!’ 03 14 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 is still likea father figure to me to this day. We trounced them at them allandI’mstillfriendswithFrenchythephysio.Dave Basset All thesebigteams,West Hametc.andthehardestthingwasIknew field United up there and the season we won it, I didn’t fancy them. team sheetatthestartofseasonyou wouldn’t have putShef played withChrissyWilder-greatlad.Whenyou lookedatthe than ours.We were expectedtowinitmore,likethis year, andI I would saymaybeSheffieldUnited’sfeatthatyear wasbetter contempt. (Hardy) who sorted the kit and that kind of success breeds to thewoman whowashedourkit,very important, up toSean ed uslikethattoo,theirlittle nephews, itwaslovely. Even girls that made our food. They were like our aunties. They treat said ‘It’snotthesamewhenyou were hereVin’.We knew allthe I sawStrachanonedayafew years after–itwashislastyear, he (Leslie) Silver and Wilko right down through to the tea ladies. never had that since with the leadership from Fotherby and winning thePremiershipandwhenthatfizzledoutwe’ve I waspartofwent ontodosowell forfourorfive years, doesn’t seemtohave beenthatrealharmony. Thatsquad as I’ve notbeen part ofitbutontheoutsidelookinginthere I’m notgonnasayingthereisn’torhasn’tbeenthisthat a lotofdifferentscenarios-we hadallofthem. and you need tobelieve inyour manager.There’s good squad,you needgoodharmonyintheteam year? You needalotofluck.Resultstogoyour way, you needa So, you look at the championship and do I think we will win it this scored somethinglikea40-yarderfreekick–absolutelybrilliant. bit sorryforthem.Butwe hadabattleattheirplace.MelSterland home 4-0andSimonTraceyhadahowler thatgameandIfelta - - 03 15 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 they? Theysitlookingsaying‘We willbeatthem,themand it comes, supportersnow sitandwork outallthefixturesdon’t year? Let’swaitandsee.Whenwe won itwe tookevery gameas sitting inthissameposition,sodoyou thinkwe willdoitthis self down andgetbackuplasttwo/three years we’ve been Sh*t travels downhill fastandittakesalotoftimetoshakeyour it’s af*****glongwayup. But whenyou hitrock bottomlikewe have done– MOT Enjoy therestofseason. and we mightlosetothemaway’,butthat’soutofthewindow. - 03 16 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 Dele Alli Who’s your favourite Non-LeedsPlayer? Ezgjan Alioski, Who’s your favourite LeedsPlayer? Dancing andFootball. What’re your hobbies? Fishcakes! What’s your favourite food? Skipton. Where doyou live? 10 years old. How oldareyou? Olivia Scott What’s your Name? featured. [email protected] themselves. Ifyou’d likeyour childtofeaturedrop Each monthwe willbeinterviewing aFTmembertointroduce FUTURE TRUSTINTERVIEW anemailandwe willgetthem 09 17 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 negative.’ Nice one,Olivia! think we needmorepeople likeherandnotsomanyofthe stock andstartedchantingforLeeds. ‘Personally’, heconcluded, ‘I seen hersoangryatpeopleandwas proud ofher. Theyalltook the players and get behindthem.’Craigaddedthathehadnever be sacked!Oliviaturned tothemandresponded,‘Stopwhingingat were surrounded byladsscreamingformostoftheLeedsteamto Olivia’s dadCraigalsosaid;‘Whenwe 2-0down (atWest Brom) we couldn’t stophim. When we played at Ewood this season he looked great and Berardi anyone whenhemakesarun. determined andcantakeon Rovers. He’sfast,strong, Adam Armstrong from Blackburn Leeds? Who would you liketoseesignfor I thinkitwasBirminghamathome. What wasyour firstgame? Leeds fanandwe have someexcitingtimesahead! with BielsaIthinktheywillgofarinthefuture.amproud tobea fantastic, especiallyatawaygames.Leedshave goodplayers and home gamesandtravel toalltheawaydays.Theatmosphereis going withmyDadandourmates.Ihave aseasonticketforthe I love LeedsbecausetheyarethebestteaminEnglandandIlike Why doyou love LeedsUnited? 09 18 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 and shouldnotbemutedsoourworldwide fanscanjoininwithus. When ourfansareonsong,theatmosphere isoutofthisworld be sobadifitwasjustthesechants; notthatIsingitpersonally. suspected, ourchantsaremuted when televisedwhichwouldn’t which hasfounditselfinthenews thisweek. Asmanyofushave long Bielsa! A furtherthinghasbeen the “SkyTVaref***ing s**t chant dressed likethatforHalloween, Icouldn’t getover thelikenessto to him.WhenIfirst saw, his photoappearsonTwitter showing him appearance onSoccerAMdressedatMarceloBielaandwell done We alsohadlittleFreddie Callaghanfrom Irelandmakinghis surgery. Hemustbeguttedtooutwithanotherbadlongterminjury. for 16weeks withahamstringtendonrupturethatwillhealwithout the news thisweek aboutLeeds;firstly, aboutBerardibeingout have donewithanextrahour’ssleep.Ifelttherehadbeenalotin 7am! Asmydaughter,Danihadstayed thenight,we bothcould the realisationhitaswe were getting ready to leave thehouse at myself thismorningbyforgettingwe were leavingLeeds at9am; support from Leedsonceagainheading to Wigan.Isurpassed It seemedsuchalongtimesincewe hadagamewithlarge http://www.followmeandleedsunited.co.uk/ writes aboutherrecenttriptoWigan; This isanarticlefrom HonoraryMemberHeidiHaighandhereshe AWAY DAYS Words byHeidiHaigh 19 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 thought aboutthat. AsitwasIthoughthehadagood gametoday. about himmoving forward thanthedefensive part andIhadn’t to prove mewrong. AsmyfriendSuesaid, shethoughtitwasmore like himplayinginthatpositionbut Isaidwould behappyforhim conversation inthepubaboutDallasplayingatright back.Ididn’t hoping thatforoncewe could turnthatstataround. We’d hada With Wigan, unbeaten at home so far, this season I was underneath ontheconcourse, noonewasawareittakingplace. last week. Thesilence wasimmaculatelyobserved inthestandsbut and staff whowere killed in ahelicopter crash leaving their stadium silence. ThiswasforbothArmisticeDayandtheLeicesterCityowner teams were alreadyoutonthepitchandreadyforminute’s flag upandwalkedtowhereDani’sseatwas,Ididn’trealisethe got caught up in. By the time, we’d walked to the ground, put my roads afteranearliercarcrashnexttotheground whichtheteam there wasplentyoftraffic,we didn’tgetcaughtonthegridlocked By thetime, we reachedtheground itwas 1pmandluckily, although new book‘Back to Reality’so thank you tohimfor the support. I wastomeetPhil‘Thumbsup’Cresswell therewhowasbuyingmy plus afew ManCityonesbeforewe made ourwaytotheground. Our stoptodaywasinLeylandwhichpackedwithLeedsfans opinion whethertheyhave Skyornot! to him,soIleftitthatthefanswhosingareentitledtheir arrangements sorted.Unfortunately, therewasnogettingthrough and oncetheyhave gotatickettheyneedtohave theirtravel As pointedouttohim,fansbookforthecheapestpricestheycan before thegametomakeabooking. and costs themmoney, hisanswer wastheystillhave threeweeks long-distance fans,whomustchangetheirtravel arrangements others who said that it affects the travelling support, especially our singing thatwhentheywillhave Skyathome.Alongwith the firstcomment postedthatLeedsfanswere hypocriticalfor it that),ononeoftheFacebookgroups Ifrequent.Theowner of There hadbeena“debate”amongstLeedsfans(ifyou cancall 20 18 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 and Iwishthose who bringthemintothestands wouldn’t doit. Dani was.I’msorry butIwon’t agreetheseshouldbe atagame “bomb fireworks” gooff intheseatstomyleftclosewhere photo, nearlyjumpedoutofmyskin assomeoneletoneofthose stands. Iheadedbacktomyseat and inthemiddleoftakingone goal withmany fans missing it as they were still down below the loose ballandstickingitintoanempty net.Thatwasawelcome on theirgoalie,whosedefendergot intheway, Roofegettingthe passed across thegoalbyHernandezandwithRoofebearingdown that seemedtohave beenaquickhalftime.Withthattheballwas top ofthestairsIsaid,“whendidteamscome backout?” as with TinaandKevbeforegoingbacktomyseat.AsIgotthe I took a few photosof fans beneath the stands and had a chat we coped with thegamevery well as we went in athalf time 1-1. the gamevery much.Theyhadsmallpocketsofattack,butIthought away. We hadlotsofpossession from thenonandWiganweren’t in couple ofgreatchancesbuttheirgoaliewasonhandtopalmthe ball didn’t likethefactwe’d hadloadsoffansintheirstandtoo.We hada right andwere brought intoours.ThisupsetsomeWiganfanswho With that,loadsofLeedsfansstartedcoming outofthestand toour some photos which proved difficult, but celebrations must be done! lads behindkeptfallingintome.Iwastryingtokeeponmyfeetget Sending theLeedssupport into raptures was certainlytrueasthe Hernandez was there to stick it into the net right in front of us. the ballinopenspace,passacross thegoalwhere equalised withafantasticmove thatsawKlichaskingfor For oncethough,withinthreeminuteswe had again, we’d given ourselves anuphillbattleatthestartofgame. corners, itwould makeitharderfortheoppositiontoscore. Once if we’d have had someone on both posts for set pieces and kicked intotheright-handsideofnet,oppositeus.Ithought Despite it taking ages before the kick was taken, the ball was after Wiganwere awardedafreekickjustoutsidethearea. Within sixminutesofthestart,we foundourselves agoaldown 18 21 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 so well donelads. opposition hadscored firstandwe endedup winning, being thefirstgamesinceBoxing Day (againstBurton)wherethe hear thewhistleblow forfulltime.We broke anotherstatbythis whistle blew soasnottojeopardiseanythinganditwasarelief Leeds United,we’re topoftheleague”.Icouldn’t singituntilthefinal he wasunluckynottoscore. TheLeeds fanswere singing,“we’re being theonlysubtodayatstartoffive minutesofinjurytime, of himandthenstartedanotherattackoncemore.WithShackleton six ofourplayers bearingdown ontheirattacker,we gotthebetter that shoneout,isthefactourplayers playasateam.Withabout looked liketheyhadgotthebetterofourdefence,butonething fouls, themoretheydo.Acouple oftimesWiganattacked andit good toseeoneofthembooked.Thelongerteamsgetawaywith heavy tacklesflyinginleft,rightandcentrefrom Wigan,itwas After havingsomestrangedecisionsmadebytheofficialsplus you don’twanttowatchthegame,thereareplentyoffanswhodo. attended underduress,butwithticketsbeingsoldoutinminutesif on herphone.Ifounditvery strangetobehonestunlessshe’s interest inthegameandspentwhole90minutesplayinggames me were goingmadasawoman infront ofthemhadnottakenany up onthatasIassumediswhoitwasfor.Theladsinfront of mentioned lateraboutDave Whelantheirowner, soneedtoread to claptoo,noLeedsfansjoinedinsogave up.Isawsomething for as I hadn’t seen anything on social media beforehand. As I tried their fansstoodupandstartedclapping,Ihadnoideawhatitwas to whipupanyatmosphere,theywere poortobehonest.Whenall been for most of the game. With Wigan fans resorting to a drum scoring againandtheLeedsfanswere ingoodvoice, astheyhad I know thiswillfallondeafearsthoughsadly. We camecloseto 22 18 2318

As a very happy support came out of the ground, we got to the coach and were soon on our way. Stuck in traffic our coach kept stalling so our driver turned right up a road and it was only as we got to the top of it, we realised we weren’t going any further.

With no power at all we couldn’t get the coach onto the main road. I said would it help if we pushed the coach to which the driver said yes that would be a good idea. With that a dozen of us got out and started to push the coach from behind. Although It certainly did the trick as we got the coach over the incline and set off. I thought it was going to mean no Sunday tea at my elder daughters for us but luckily, we made it back to Leeds in one piece.

It felt good to get a win today and next week sees us head to West Bromwich Albion for the first time in a long while, for another evening kick off. There are plenty of tales from our times at their ground, with one in my first book being ’ testimonial which a group of us attended in the 70s. See you then, LUFC – Marching on Together!

- Heidi Haigh, A fanatical Leeds United supporter of over 50 years. VEMBER 2018

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Thatinjurylistisgetting aslongDarkoMilanič’sarms. football sincetheyscored! Then we goandloseAyling to anasty Shame we didn’thave VAR, wasn’tit?Shame theyhadn’tplayed any Can’t thinkforthelifeofmewhy the Forestboys weren’t happy. Roooofe againandequaliseswith aperfectlylegitimategoal.1-1. It lookedlikeitwasgoingtobeoneofthosedaysthenuppops Young Clarkecameonandhelookedvery threateningattimes. their slenderlead.We seemed tobedoingeverything butscore. Forest usingevery bitofskulduggeryinthebooktohangon happened toPontusetc.etc.!!From thenoninitwasallLeedswith came unstuck(again)atacorner astheytookanearlylead. What After apromising start,withForshawstartingaheadofSaiz,we Nottingham Forest,againathome. of the league and it’s an early evening Saturday kick-off against we thoughtorvery unlucky. (Let’sgowithunlucky).Backontop went andlost Bera toanother injury! He’s either notas hard as finish from skipperLiamCooperrounded thingsoffnicely. Thenwe for ourfirstgoal(Ohhow we’ve missedthem)andasensational Ipswich thenvisitedusmid-week andPablo&Roooofecombined We alsohadPablo,RoooofeandBerardiback.Bottomofthetable takes, he’sfalleninlove withLeeds,andscored agoalagain”). WORDS THEFROMCHAIR Last butnotleast 09 31 LEEDS UNITED SUPPORTERS’ TRUST | NOVEMBER 2018 Delph captainingEngland! International break.Andonthatnote,wasn’titbrillianttoseeFab it wasjustablipandBielsagetsallsortedduringyet another how toughitwillbetogetpromoted from this league.Let’shope harsh lessonforaten-minutelossoffocusandonewhichshows his head!Unfortunately, theoppositionhadscored 4bythen.A West Brom, well whatcanIsay? Pablo scored afantastic goal with Finally, atourtrip(DidIsaytrip?Morelikefallingoffacliff!)to o or food,regularlyasaone-off,you arepartofagreatteam.) ers. 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