Blackburn Rovers 1 Leeds United 3

This was always going to be a tough game going to Ewood Park as Rovers still had an outside chance of a top six spot while Leeds had stuttered at home to bottom team Luton. The nerves were settled after seven minutes for the visitors when Mateusz Klich tackled Lewis Travers 30 yards from goal and slipped the ball through for Patrick Bamford to slot home. Just the start every Leeds fan could have wished for.

Five minutes before half time Kalvin Phillips curled in a superb 25-yard free-kick into the top corner some minutes after Blackburn had hit the post. However three minutes in the second half Adam Armstrong halved the deficit soon with a wonderful free-kick. It was then up to Leeds to react quickly and thankfully five minutes later Klich restored the two-goal advantage with a shot that Rovers keeper Christian Walton… Read more

Leeds United 1 Luton Town 1

What a disappointment after our excellent result against Fulham to be held by bottom of the table Luton at Elland Road. The stats say we had 75 per cent possession, 23 shots on goal to The Hatters three and 15 corners to their one but once again we can't put the ball in the net. For the umpteen time I once again state that if we had a decent center forward who could get us 18-20 goals we'd be home and hosed in The Championship. Bamford is not the answer and Costa is certainly not worth the huge fee Wolves will receive from us at the end of the season should we get promoted.

Bielsa's side did not get going until Luton substitute Harry Cornick gave the visitors a shock second-half lead with a superb curling finish on the counter attack five minutes after the… Read more

Leeds United 3 Fulham 0

Leeds started very brightly at home to third place Fulham with Patrick Bamford putting the home side in front on ten minutes with a brilliant finish. The goal was set up by Helder Costa who played a sublime pass to Bamford who sided footed it home without breaking stride. In the opening two minutes The Cottagers top scorer Mitrovic should have seen red after clattering Ben White with an elbow that went unpunished. However TV showed it to be deliberate and without doubt the FA will revisit the incident as the referee took no action having not seen it one must presume. After the hosts goal it was all Fulham and over the 90 minutes they dominated the possession stakes which few teams do against Leeds.

It was at halt time that Bielsa made the two changes that decided the game and showing what a… Read more

Cardiff City 2 Leeds United 0

Once again Leeds came unstuck on their visit to Wales and missed a glorious chance to go back to the top of The Championship. They were dominating the game coming up to the 35 minute when Kalvin Phillips passed a ball without even looking and it was picked up by ex QPR forward Junior Hoillet just inside the half way line. He drove forward with Phillips in pursue and as three Leeds defenders backed off he hit a shot off his weaker left foot from outside the area that Meslier got a hand to but not enough to keep it out. Yes it was a massive mistake by Phillips but Meslier the rookie keeper was poor in his positioning for the goal.

This knocked Leeds back but they should have scored just before half time. Jack Harrison's shot from six yards was stooped on the… Read more

On Monday last we received the devastating news that Geraldine, darling wife of our founding member and driving force of Ennislusc Paul ( Nuggy), mother to Ruth and David had passed away. Geraldine had taken ill on the previous Thursday and despite the best efforts of the medical staff in the Regional Hospital she tragically left us early Monday morning. This tragedy was beyond belief and shook everyone that knew Geraldine to the core especially each and every member of Ennislusc. All our members could do was support our dear friend Paul and his family. To this end I would like to sincerely thank our club members and Paul's great friends Eoin Doohan and Enda Howard for being by his side every step of the way.

Ennislusc is a family, we are always there for each other and never was this more evident than this past week. Our excellent Secretary Mike… Read more

On Sunday next Leeds get back on the field of play after an absence of over three months due to the Covid 19 epidemic. After being on a high on the 7th March following a home win over Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town all of Europe and beyond then went into lock-down due to the virus. It is beyond ones comprehension what has happened and the tragedy that has unfolded following this virus. While all sports were ceased and stringent measures put in place we now see the Championship and Premier League start up again all be it behind closed doors.

Players have been following their own training regimes at home but as one can imagine this is not the same as their usual squad training. They are all tested for the virus on a regular basis since returning to training along with having their temperatures taken before every training session. With… Read more

Leeds United 2 Huddersfield Town 0

A superb Yorkshire derby win over The Terriers has put Bielsa's boys back on top of The Championship for the first time since 14th of December 2019. After a January hiccup Leeds have now won their past five games without conceding a goal. With results going there way at the weekend confidence is flooding back to the Elland Road faithful that The Premiership beckons.

Luke Ayling opened the scoring after three minutes with a phenomenal volley from Jack Harrison's fabulous left footed cross. This was just the start to settle the huge home crowd who didn't trouble Leeds keeper Illan Meslier too much over the ninety minutes. And to make it a great day for Leeds , Patrick Bamford ended his eight-match drought with a goal on fifty one minutes to put the game beyond Town.

Leeds have now a seven point gap to third… Read more

Hull City 0 Leeds United 4

With Kiko Casilla suspended for eight games after being found guilty of racist comments Leeds Head coach Marcelo Bielsa handed a first league start to 19-year-old Illan Meslier. He had fortunately an easy nights work as Leeds kept a fourth clean sheet in a dominant display against The Tigers.

Leeds got the dream start on five minutes when Luke Ayling's 20-yard strike took a wicked deflection off Callum Elder and spun into the corner of the net. This was the confident start Leeds required and it had the away fans in full voice. Evergreen Pablo Hernandez doubled United's advantage at the start of the second half with a super finish following a great through ball from Costa.

With Bamford once again shooting blanks substitute Tyler Roberts completed the scoring with two more goals in the final 10 minutes. One does not want to be too… Read more

Leeds United goalkeeper Kiko Casilla has been banned for eight matches and fined £60,000 after being found guilty of racially abusing Charlton Athletic forward Jonathan Leko. The investigation began back in October and the game in question was played on 28th September at The Valley Grounds where Leeds slumped to a 1-0 defeat. Under rules introduced for the 2019-20 season, the minimum suspension for a player found guilty of an aggravated breach of the FA's discrimination rules is six matches, which can be increased depending on any additional aggravating factors.

The charge was found proven by an independent regulatory commission. This treat of suspension has been hanging over Casilla and the club for months and now as Leeds hit the final run in to the season their first choice keeper is unavailable. His first game of his suspension has already been served as he missed the home game vs Hull City.… Read more

Leeds United 1 Reading 0

Another typical Leeds display where we once again dominated possession, Bamford didn't score ( never looked like it either) and we were left biting our nails at the end. Thankfully the much malined Kiko Casilla make a superb save in injury time to deny Liam Moore and The Royals an unlikely equalise

It was Pablo Hernandez 57 minute strike which gave Leeds the points converting after his initial shot was blocked. Reading had frustrated Biels's team until that point playing a very defensive formation and trying to catch Leeds on the counter attack. Victory for Leeds puts them five points ahead of third-place Fulham after they dropped points for the successive game running.

As we keep saying this is a funny old League but to gain automatic promotion Leeds must stay in the top two and see out games. It's hard to watch all the chances… Read more

Leeds United 1 Bristol City 0

Leeds went into the game low on confidence after a run of one win in seven league games. Despite dominating this game for the full ninety minutes the home side had their supporters on the edge of their seats right up to the final whistle. With 68 per cent possession, 20 shots on target and twelve corners to none for Bristol it shows the dominance of The Whites everywhere but on the score board. Unfortunately this is our major problem this season not converting our numerous chances and one wonders if we had bough prolific forward Dwight Gayle from Newcastle United would things be different. Augustin looks way off full fitness and certainly doesn't inspire too much confidence that he's our goal scoring solution.

It was former Robins full-back Luke Ayling who hit a left footed shot from six yards that gave Leeds a… Read more

A massive THANK YOU to our Ennislusc President Noelette Barry and all at Donlons Supermareket , Tulla for their kindness in donating the beautiful hamper for our recent Christmas club raffle. This didn't happen by accident an was an idea that Noelette broached with Club Secretary Mike Jones while over at Elland Road for the Derby game to help garnish much needed club funds. She also mooted the idea of new club gear which Mike took on board and ran with same.

The raffle was a tremendous success with 609E secured to build up club funds and Moroney's regular Frankie Gilligan Cloughleigh was the luck winner. It's now hoped the raffle could become a yearly fund raiser for the club and sincere thanks to Noelette for her brilliant idea. There has been a huge uptake on the new club gear so much so that Mike Jones has gone back to… Read more

Nottingham Forest 2 Leeds United 0

Since beating Hull on 10th December last to win their seventh consecutive Championship game Leeds have won only once since. They have failed to score in three of their last league games while in the previous 26 the failed to score on only three occasions. They have also failed to keep a clean sheet in their last ten league games while in the previous ten they had seven clean sheets and only conceded three goals. It's easy to see where the problem lies with a dodgy keeper along with a defence in shambles and a centre forward that can't find the net even with a plethora of chances. Also blame must be laid at Biels's door as he's too loyal to some of the players and extremely slow to make changes.

This was billed as a defining game in The Championship and Nottingham Forest edging… Read more

Leeds United 0 Wigan 1

Leeds started the day top of the table and ended it in defeat against a team that has only won two away games in their last 38 games in all competitions and one of those was against Leeds at Elland Road last season. Another toothless performance up front from the Leeds forwards along with a calamitous goalkeeping error. It's worth recalling that we were one up last April against ten man Wigan and the wheels came off the wagon just like yesterday and it had a serious effect on our automatic prospects. Unfortunately it was deja vu all over again and how this will effect our season going forward is anyone's guess.

The Lactics went ahead totally against the run of play on 59 minutes when Joe Williams corner deflected off the unlucky Pablo Hernandez and dipped under the crossbar past keeper Kiko Casilla who… Read more

Leeds United 3 Millwall 2

I was hard to credit the Leeds were two down at half time after conceding once again from two set pieces. The first coming after just four minutes when Hutchinson rose unopposed at the back post to head The Lions into an unlikely lead. Worse was to come for the home side when on 23 minutes the Leeds players thought Woods had run the ball out of play but no whistle was forthcoming and Alioski fouled Icelandic striker Bodvarsson for a stone wall penalty. Shock horror for Bielsa and the fans but to their credit the Leeds players never dropped their heads and dominated proceedings until the end of the half.

On the resumption what a transformation with Leeds giving one of their finest 45 minute performance in many years. Three minutes in the much maligned Patrick Bamford tapped home a rebound after the keeper… Read more

Our exvellent Secretary Mike Jones is now taking final orders for hoodies, polo shirts, windbreakers and half zip tops which will come with ones initials. These are produced by Boru Sports in Shannon ans are top quality at very reasonable prices. Please contact Mike on the Ennislusc What's App group or at 086-3711203 to confirm your order as the closing date will be this weekend for orders going in early next week. MOT

It's hard to believe that nineteen years have passed since Ennislusc was founded in Fafa Considine's Bar in Parnell Street, Ennis which at the time was run by Paul ( Nuggy) Nihill. It was a conversation he had with Sean ( Bombs ) McCarthy that set the ball rolling and in conjunction with Cyril ( Slim) Corry, Johnny Moroney and the late Mick McNamara that Ennislusc came to be. At the time it was never dreamed that the club would grow to present day numbers and even when the club was relegated to the first divisions our numbers never waned.

Once a Leeds fan always a Leeds fan and we are now the envy of many fan clubs across the country. Thanks to Paul Nihill who has done trojan work for the club since it's inception we are highly regarded of at Elland Road and never fail to get tickets… Read more

Queens Park Rangers 1 Leeds United 0

It's bad enough that my wife Marian is an avid QPR supporter going over to at least three games every season but even she admitted that the better team lost. Unfortunately I told her for the want of repeating myself after every Leeds game, possession doesn't win games and unless we spend money on a goal scoring forward we can forget about promotion. I do appreciate that there was a huge stroke of luck with The R's winner as Nahki Wells handled the ball not once but twice before scoring.

However Leeds should have been out of sight before that but if you can take your chances you are going no where even when they are put on a plate for you. Bielsa's side also saw Patrick Bamford's second-half penalty saved and in truth he never looked confident taking it. He's not scoring from… Read more

Leeds United 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2

Since beating Hull on 10th December promotion chasing Leeds have won only one of their last six games and fans are beginning to worry are the wheels coming off the wagon aka last season. It's early days yet but it certainly is a concern as the glaring problem has not been resolved and that is a goal scoring centre forward. We are dominating games in the possession stakes in every game but you have to convert your chances and dear I saw Bamford is not that forward who will shoot the lights out.

It was two late goals that gave Gary Monk's Owels a dramatic victory and gave our Yorkshire rivals an unlikely victory. The game had looked set to end goalless but Jacob Murphy beat home goalkeeper Kiko Casilla at his near post from a tight angle. This was a terrible error from… Read more

FA Cup 3rd Rd: Arsenal 1 Leeds United 0

What a magnificent sight it was to see 8,000 travelling Leeds fans at the Emirates Stadium as they sang their heart out and cheered their team on from the first to the last minute. There is no doubt that Leeds would be a serious addition to The Premiership with their fantastic supporters and refreshing brand of football. Leeds dominated the first half with Patrick Bamford hitting the bar with one of United's 15 first-half efforts but alas when you are on top you got to score.

This has been Leeds failing this season, dominating possession but lacking a Chris Woods type 20 goal a season centre forward. Bamford for all his skill is not that man but he's a Bielsa favourite and unfortunately we haven't a back up oftion at present.

Arsenal were excellent in the second half and Reiss Nelson scrambled… Read more