100 Years of Leeds United: 1919-2019

by Daniel Chapman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785784309
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Publication date:	08/08/2019
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Daniel Chapman was born and raised in Leeds, but found his nerdish fervour for Leeds United during an enforced exile, returning to the city and a season ticket as soon as he could. He has co-edited Leeds United fanzine The Square Ball since 2011, taking it through its 25th anniversary, and seven nominations for the Football Supporters' Federation Fanzine of the Year award, winning twice. He has written a film and book about Howard Wilkinson's title winning team at Leeds, both called Do You Want To Win?, and can be found reporting weekly on Leeds United through Twitter, as MoscowhiteTSB.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations ix

1 1877-1905 That's the place for association footballers 1

2 1905-14 You are the biggest liar in Beeston 15

3 1914-19 He placed in our hands certain information 41

4 1919 Unless I have you behind me, I finish 63

5 1920-27 No set of players can have tried, harder 81

6 1927-39 For goodness3 sake, lets have a new band 103

7 1939-49 Changes for the better - and soon 131

8 1949-53 Confronted by an Adonis of a youth 151

9 1953-56 Where are the soccer fans? 167

10 1956-57 What more could a footballer want? 185

11 1957-61 My wife and I decided neither of us liked the place 201

12 1961-66 That one man in a thousand 215

13 1966-67 I'll kill you for this 245

14 1967-69 Leeds United are worthy champions 263

15 1969-70 We've worked too hard to fail now 279

16 1970-73 I will always regard Elland Road as my real home 295

17 973-74 Those lads are the ones who won 321

18 1974-75 I thought tonight would be the night 337

19 1975-82 We paid you good money over the years 361

20 1982-89 This is the music that I've got to face again 381

21 1989-92 They've had to work the hardest 399

22 1992-96 It doesn't matter how it makes me feel 421

23 1996-2000 We will forge an even tighter bond 441

24 2000-02 He felt that was the right thing to do 455

25 2002-04 I firmly believe that we have got the best 477

26 2004-07 Today is the first day of a new Leeds United 495

27 2007-10 They don't like Batesy and they don't like me 511

28 2010-14 What we do not have is enough of everything 533

29 2014-17 I thought I knew everything about football 553

30 2017-19 They're asking for a picture with the head coach of Leeds 571

31 2019-20 Profe, ¡mañana libre? 595

Epilogue 613

Bibliography 623

Acknowledgements 627

About the author 628

Editorial Reviews

'Every up and down at Leeds United. Essential reading.'

Phil Hay