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LEEDS UNITED OFFICIAL MATCHDAY MAGAZINE 2014/15 V FULHAM UNITED V FULHAM LEEDSSaturday December 13, 2014 kick-off 3pm Price £3 MIRCO LOVING LIFE IN LEEDS! • Under-18s: the future is bright • Beating Arsenal in 1993 # • The classic kit of ’92 BE PROUD 12 CONTENTS LEEDS UNITED v FULHAM SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday December 13, 2014 CLUB HONOURS League Champions: 1968/69, 1973/74, 1991/92 Runners-up: 1964/65, 1965/66, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72 Division Two Champions: 1923/24, 1963/64, 1989/90 Division Two Runners-up: 1927/28, 1931/32, 1955/56 5 14 League One Runners-up: 2009/10 FA Cup Winners: 1972 FA Cup Finalists: 1965, 1970, 1973 5 Neil Redfearn 38 Noticeboard 60 Ticket News League Cup Winners: 1968 6 Matchday Matters 45 Winston The 62 Hospitality League Cup Finalists: 1996 8 Newsround White European Cup Finalists: 1975 67 Our visitors: European Cup-Winners Cup Finalists: 1973 14 Action Replay 47 Gary Edwards Fulham Fairs Cup Winners: 1968, 1971 18 Mirco Antenucci 49 Adam Pope 71 Leeds-Fulham Fairs Cup Finalists: 1967 27 United In Name: 51 RITGK in Numbers FA Charity Shield Winners: 1969, 1992 FA Youth Challenge Cup Winners: 1993, 1997 Luke Murphy 52 My Back Pages 73 Thorp Arch 31 Networked News 55 Fashion Police 77 Appearances DIRECTORY 33 Thom Kirwin 57 A Game Of Two 79 Table Main Reception of LUTV Halves 80 Fixtures/Line-ups Ticket Services 35 LUSC 59 Leeds United 82 Squads, Officials Matchday Hospitality 36 Away Days Foundation and Sponsors Conference & Events Elland Road Superstore Retail Mail Order Football In The Community Match Incident Text Service Disabled Coordinator Billy’s Bar Calls to 0871 numbers cost 9p per min + network extras. To contact the club with questions or complaints please write to: SLO, Elland Road, Leeds United, Leeds LS11 0ES. 18 27 67 MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Produced by Ignition Publications Printed by Buxton Press Editorial Matt Diamond Production Neil Jeffries LEEDS UNITED Design Trevor Hartley FOOTBALL CLUB Elland Road, Leeds LS11 0ES Contributors Mike Beddow, Andrew Dalton, John Devlin, Gary Edwards, Jon Howe, Thom Kirwin, Matthew McKeith, Ryan Parrish, Adam Pope, Ben Scott, Phil Shaw, Club Patron Patricia, Countess of Harewood Tom Stevens, Phil Woodhouse President Massimo Cellino Official club photography Andrew Varley Football Director Nicola Salerno Archives leedsunitedpictures.com Other photos Action Images and Yorkshire Evening Post Directors Edoardo Cellino, Ercole Cellino, Daniel Arty, Salem Patel, Jinesh Patel To advertise in this programme please contact: Ticket Services Manager Katie Holmes IT Manager Mark Broadley 0871 334 1919 Financial Controller Fay Greer Retail Manager Richard Prosser To subscribe please contact: 0871 334 1992 or visit leedsunited.com Press Officer Matt Diamond To purchase photographs from within the programme please contact: 0113 367 6521 or email [email protected] Head Coach Neil Redfearn All editorial content within this programme is the copyright of Leeds Head Physio Harvey Sharman United and can only be used with the club’s permission. The views in this programme don’t necessarily reflect those of Leeds Player Liaison Officer Stix Lockwood United Football Club. Business & Community Liaison Director Debra Ware ON THE COVER Mirco Antenucci celebrates the first of his two goals against Derby County two weeks ago. WWW.LEEDSUNITED.COM / 3 HEAD COACH NEIL REDFEARN Welcome back to Elland Road and a warm welcome and our performances up to the Ipswich game have to all who have travelled up from Fulham. been good. It’s good to be here at Elland Road again. We are on Today we need you all to continue playing your a good run of form at home and this is a real positive part. We need you to be the 12th man and get right to build on. At home we are dangerous and going behind us. forward the partnership between Mirco Antenucci As today is the fi nal game before Christmas I’d and Souleymane Doukara is a threat to all teams. like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy ey are both important to our side. ey have both Christmas, and say I look forward to seeing you on found their feet really quickly. We have also got Boxing Day for the Wigan match. Adryan who links up well with them. Hopefully we Enjoy the game. can give you all something to cheer about today. I have had fi ve games in the dug-out here at Elland Road and so far we have picked up 13 points “ e partnership between from a possible 15. Let’s hope this good run will Mirco Antenucci and continue this afternoon. We are still going in the right direction but you are Souleymane Doukara always going to have some blips because we are a is a threat to all teams. young side. It is important that people stick with it because we are doing the right things. ey are both important We are a young side but it is all coming together to our side” WWW.LEEDSUNITED.COM / 5 MATCHDAY MATTERS TODAY’S MASCOTS Ciaran Hartley Age: 9 From: Pudsey, Leeds FAMILIAR FACE Hobbies: Xbox, Lego, athletics Today’s game with Fulham could see last season’s Leeds United Favourite players: Adryan and Player of the Year Ross McCormack line-up against the side he Casper Sloth scored 29 goals for during 2013/14. Prediction: 3-1 to Leeds In total the Scotland international made 157 appearances, Joe Furlong scoring 58 goals in the white of Leeds before his summer Age: 9 From: Harrogate switch to the white of Fulham. Hobbies: Football , tennis, ping- Ross, who was the Championship’s top marksman last pong, swimming and rugby season, has so far hit the back of the net fi ve times for the Favourite player: Mirco Antenucci, west London club in 21 appearances. Prediction: Leeds 3 Fulham 1 Matt Smith, McCormack’s striking partner here last Luke Furlong season, is also on Fulham’s Age: 10 From: Harrogate books but is currently Hobbies: Football , Xbox, ping- at League One leaders pong, tennis, reading and guitar Bristol City on loan until Faves: Antenucci, Cook and January 25. Byram Prediction: 4-1 to Leeds CHRISTMAS PARTY TONIGHT e Offi cial Leeds United Christmas Party is being held after today’s game in the Centenary Pavilion and once again you are coming in numbers and the event is a sell-out. Hosting the festive event will be LUTV commentator om Kirwin and he will be joined on stage by head coach Neil Redfearn and members of the fi rst- team squad. If you are going to tonight’s party keep your eye out for the club’s photographer Andrew Varley – and give him your best smile! – as we will be putting a gallery on leedsunited.com next week. 6 PAST ENCOUNTERS LAST TIME AT ELLAND ROAD On this weekend 11 years Sunday December 14, 2003 Premier League Att: 30,544 ago, Fulham gave Eddie LEEDS UNITED 3 (Duberry 41, Viduka 46, Matteo 88) Gray’s United a scare in FULHAM 2 (Saha 47, 86) a 3-2 thriller. Goals from Leeds: Robinson, Kelly, Radebe, Duberry, Harte, Pennant, Matteo, Batty, Milner, Michael Duberry and Smith, Viduka. Subs not used: Carson, Richardson, Morris, McPhail, Bridges. Mark Viduka either side of Fulham: Van Der Sar, Volz (Hayles 63), Melville, Knight, Harley, Malbranque, half-time had the hosts Davis, Clark, Legwinski, Boa Morte (Sava 77), Saha. Subs not used: Crossley, seemingly cruising, only for Goma, Djetou. Louis Saha to net a double and pull the scores level. But two minutes from time, Dominic Matteo headed home to rescue the three points. Right: Celebrations after Dominic Matteo’s late winner 11 years ago. LAST TIME Bottom-placed United travelled to Loftus Road RECORD AWAY on the back of draws with Manchester United and RESULTS Liverpool as they looked to pull themselves away from danger, but second-half strikes from Sean Davis and Luis Boa HOME Morte ensured our miserable away form continued. ■ Win – 6-1, Division Two, Saturday Monday April 2, 1956 ■ March 13, 2004 Loss – 1-4, Division One, Premier League Saturday December 5, 1959 ■ FULHAM 2 (Davis 71, Draw – 2-2, Division One, Boa Morte 83) Wednesday September 30, LEEDS UNITED 0 1964 Att: 17,104 AWAY ■ (at Loftus Road) Win – 5-0, Division One, Saturday January 6, 1968 ■ Loss – 0-5, Division One, Saturday February 27, 1960 ■ Draws – 2-2 (both Division Right: Jermaine Pennant on the ball One): Saturday March 13, 1965 at Craven Cottage in 2004. and Saturday September 17, 1966 Founded: 1879 Ground: Craven Cottage Capacity: 25,700 Nickname: “ e Cottagers” Manager: Kit Symons Home kit: White shirts, black shorts Offi cial Website: www.fulhamfc.com HEAD-TO-HEAD P W D L F A FIRST EVER MEETING Saturday December 25, 1920 Att: 25,000 Totals 47 21 10 16 71 55 Second Division Leeds United 0 Fulham 0 WWW.LEEDSUNITED.COM / 7 UNDER21s “I’m sure we’ll receive a good allocation of tickets and there are EARN no two ways about it, we’ll sell it out and it will be a great occasion WATFORD for the supporters as well.” Sunderland boss Gus Poyet, CUP TRIP who was Dennis Wise’s assistant Our Under-21s booked a Premier at Elland Road until October 2007, League Cup Round of 16 tie away left the club prior to Redfearn’s to Watford after overcoming 2009 arrival as Under-18s boss Leicester City on Tuesday night. at orp Arch, but the pair are In testing conditions at familiar from their playing days. Nuneaton Town’s James Parnell “I remember playing against Stadium, Luke Parkin netted Gus when I was at Barnsley and both goals in a 2-1 win as Jason Charlton,” said Redfearn.