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Official 08 Leeds United Thread

Information

Nation - England
Year Founded - 1919
Status - Professional
Reputation - National
Chairman Status - Enjoying Life At The Club
Favoured Personnel - Peter Lorimer, Dominic Matteo
Fierce Rivals - Man Utd
Other Rivals - Chelsea, Sheff Utd, Cardiff
Finances - Ok
Estimated Value - £7.5m (loan Debt: £2.2m)
Stadium - Elland Road, Leeds
Stadium Capacity - 40242 All Seater With Under Soil Heating
Pitch Dimensions - Length: 105m, Width: 65m
Maximum Pitch Dimensions - Length:117m, Width: 69m
Training Facilities - Top Training Facilities
Youth Facilities - Good Youth Facilities + Youth Academy
Continental Competition - None
Media Prediction - 5th
Squad Average Age - 25
Squad Personality - Fairly Professional
Captain - Alan Thompson

Staff

Chairman - Ken Bates
Ass Man - Gustavo Poyet

Confidence

Board Wants To Win Coca-Cola Championship By End Of 3-Year Plan

Board Wants Promotion From League 1 This Season

4th Round Of FA Cup
3rd Round Of League Cup
Win Johnstones Paint Trophy

First Team Players

GK - Casper Ankergren
GK - David Lucas
GK - Alan Martin
DR - Frazer Richardson
DR/MRC - Andy Hughes
DL - Ben Parker
DC - Matt Heath
DC - Paul Huntington
DC - Rui Marques
DM - Shaun Derry
MRC - David Prutton
MC - Jonathan Douglas
AMLC - Filipe Da Costa
AMLC - Alan Thompson
AMC - Jonny Howson
ST - Jermaine Beckford
ST - Leon Constantine
ST - Tore Andre Flo
ST - Tresor Kanol

Best Defender - Paul Huntington
Best Midfielder - Alan Thompson
Best Attacker - Leon Constantine

Can You Bring Leeds Back To There Former Glory?

Have Fun And Good luck!!!

[danny.harv]

Good start post. Never been Leeds before. Might start with these when I download the demo.

[bazblock]

beckford hasnt really been improved much, few good defenders on transfer list at start from brazil.

[bRAzIL]

I'm playing with Leeds, your right about Huntington, he is a monster at the back! I'll keep you posted how I get on.

[aaberdeenn]

Good opening post :thup:

Might give Leeds ago because of the points deduction. Makes for an interesting challenge.

[paul.leeds]

Just started with Leeds, as I always do, seems like its going to be more difficult than previous seasons with the -15 point start, but im gonna give it a go!

First things first, Looking at the squad, I need a new left back ASAP, wheres Clapham, not at Leeds, I have no wages to offer to new players, so here were my first transfers in and out.....

PLAYERS IN

Christian Kalvenes LB Dundee Utd 250k
Ryan McGowan DC/DM Hearts 250k

PLAYERS OUT

Charlie Hutton FREE
Sam Tuttnott FREE
Jason Mycoe FREE
David Lucas Mutual Termination
Ian Westlake Darlington 100K

Friendly Results

Reading at home, lost 0-5 oh dear.
Livingston away, won 3-2 slightly better, but its only Livingston, Flo, Constantine and Beckford scoring
Portadown away, 2-2 draw, poor performance, deserved to lose, need a bit more quality in the side, Beckford (2)
Leicester at home, 1-1 draw, better performance, Marques scoring
Sligo Rovers (who?) away, lost 1-4, OMG what happened, lost the plot. Constantine scoring the concellation
Bohemians away, lost 2-0, is this going to be a long season??, performances like this it will be.

Even though my friendlys weren't the best results, I learn my defence couldn't cope with fast strikers and needed to mark tight, also a few players wernt up to first team, Westlake had nightmare after nightmare in the middle, he had to go. No more players in, for the first game of the season.

Millwall vs Leeds (New Den)

Starting 11
Casper Ankergren GK
Christian Kalvenes LB
Andy Hughes RB
Matt Heath CB
Paul Huntington CB
David Prutton CM
Alan Thompson CM
Seb Carole RM
Filipe Da Costa LM
Tore Andre Flo ST
Jermaine Beckford ST

Final Score Millwall 2 vs 3 Leeds
Played really well for 70 minutes, went 2-0 up in that time, with Beckord and Flo scoring the goals, Millwall came back, dodgy defending from Leeds 71st and 85th minutes Millwall scored too make it 2-2, then a corner in the 89th minute, and Seb Carole popped up with a glancing header to find the corner, Leeds fans went mad, but then were treated to 5 injury time minutes of corner after corner, shot after shot, Leeds hung on, and where now down to -12 points in the league.

League Cup Round 1
Bury vs Leeds (Gigg Lane)

Starting 11
Casper Ankergren GK
Christian Kalvenes LB
Frazor Richardson RB
Matt Heath CB
Rui Marques CB
Ryan McGowan CM
Alan Thompson CM
Seb Carole RM
Filipe Da Costa LM
Leon Constantine ST
Jermaine Beckford ST

Final Score
Bury 0 vs 1 Leeds
Played Bury off the park, only managing 1 goal though, Carole got injured in the 17th minute, I didn't have a natural right winger on the bench, so on came youngster Gavin Rothery, making his debut, and also scoriing the winner in the 25th minute and picking up the man of the match award, Bury managed 2 shots on target and never troubled me, into the 2nd round we go....

Will continue postiing soon.

[soldierblue123]

I agree aleft back is essential and in my first game I load Andy Taylor from Blackburn also loaned matty pattison from my parent club newcastle. results not too bad and steadily climbing up the table.

[paul.leeds]

continued........

A good start from Leeds, 2 wins out of 2, still in the league cup, would this continue against Swindon,

League 2 Game 2
Swindon vs Leeds (County Ground)

Starting 11
Casper Ankergren GK
Christian Kalvenes LB
Andy Hughes RB
Matt Heath CB
Paul Huntington CB
David Prutton RM
Alan Thompson CM
Jonathon Douglas CM
Filipe Da Costa LM
Leon Constantine ST
Jermaine Beckford ST

Final Score
Swindon 2 vs 1 Leeds.
Douglas came in for Seb Carole to play in the centre with Prutton playing out wide on the right, a vey disapointing afternoon from most players, didn't get in the match at all, Swindon pressed and pressed and broke the deadloack on the 29th minute, Billy Paynter with a tidy finish from 12 yards. Gavin Rothery came on in the 42 minute for the injured Da Costa and almost immediatley played a through ball to Beckford who made no mistake in the last minute of injury time to make it 1-1. In the second half Swindon was again the better team, a cross from the left in the 67th minute fell to Paynter who again punished the slack defending of Leeds. A deseved victory for Swindon.

TRANSFERS

Players In
John Paul Kissock Season loan Everton
Darryl Murphy £325k Sunderland
Chris Kamdjo £20k Reading

Players Out
None

League One Game 3
Leeds vs Northampton (Elland Road)

Casper Ankergren GK
Christian Kalvenes LB
Andy Hughes RB
Matt Heath CB
Paul Huntington CB
David Prutton CM
Alan Thompson CM
John Paul Kissock RM
Filipe Da Costa LM
Leon Constantine ST
Jermaine Beckford ST

Final Score
Leeds United 2 vs 0 Northampton
An excellent performance, especially from new signing Kissock, a mazy run down the right, and great cross left Constantine unmarked at the back post to make it 1-0 in the 36th minute. Another injury for the Leeds squad when Prutton was stretchered off with a suspected broken leg, (later confirmed), who was replaced by Gavin Rothery. On the 74th minute the victory was confirmed when Kissock took the ball down the right, cut inside and fired an unstopple right footer in the bottom corner, MOM performance from Kissock on his Leeds debut. An easy 3 points really, Northampton never really got into the game at all. -9 points now.

League Cup Round 2
Watford vs Leeds (Vicaridge Road)

Casper Ankergren GK
Christian Kalvenes LB
Andy Hughes RB
Matt Heath CB
Paul Huntington CB
Curtis Weston RM
Alan Thompson CM
Ryan McGowan CM
Filipe Da Costa LM
Darryl Murphy ST
Leon Constantine ST

Final Score
Watford 4 -1 Leeds
One word, DISASTER. hammered from 1st to last minute. A goal from Consantine in the 45th minute made it 2-1 (Clarke and King) and the another 2 from King for his hat-trick made it 4, should have been more, defnce was well and truly run ragged, they need some help from a DM, when is Derry back???? Hope I can get a run going in the league now.

[LeedsChampion]

Great buy i brought in for Leeds is Pablo Piatti for 60k. He's awesome.

[soldierblue123]

Pablo Piati is listed as "definate purchase" by my scouts. But in my game Deportivo want 525k for him.