Leeds United 2 Bristol City 0

Leeds started the game with two twenty year old debutantes in goalkeeper Will Huffer and Finnish U21 International Aapo Halme. Both acquitted themselves extremely well and can be well pleased with their performance. However it was only after Bristol went down to 10 men that Leeds despite having the lions share of possession looked threatening. The game was evenly balanced before Brownhill who was booked on 20 minutes for a foul on Ezgjan Aliosk, was then sent off for a foul on Roofe.

On sixty nine minutes Kemar Roofe scored his eight goal of the season and Pablo Hernandez made sure of the points on eighty six minnutes with a cushioned header. The win only papers over the cracks and with the way teams set up to hit Leeds on the counter attack we are sadly lacking an out and out striker. All the… Read more

West Bromwich Albion 4 Leeds United 1

Having seventy two percent possession doesn't mean a thing if you can't translate that into goals. With only three shots on goal over the ninety minutes tells it's own story that we need a Chris Woods type centre forward if we are to have any desires of promotion this season. The Baggies scored four second-half goals in a demolition job that was embarrassing for the travelling Leeds supporters.

Having lived dangerously in the first half Leeds went behind when Robson-Kanu drilled low into the corner on fifty one minutes. Sixteen minutes later
Matt Phillips beat Bailey Peacock-Farrell from outside the area to double the home side's advantage. This in all truth was one that the keeper wo't be happy with when he sees it back. Unfortunately he's been prone to mistakes and perhapsit's time to give Blackman his chance between the sticks.

On eighty two… Read more

Wigan Athletic 1 Leeds United 2

Leeds recovered from going a goal behind to beat The Lactics and go back to the top of the Championship.It was an emotional day at the DW Stadium with the Whelan family set to transfer their controlling stake in the club after 23 years in charge to Hong Kong-based International Entertainment Corporation during the next week.
Wigan went ahead after only six minutes when Reece James curled in a free-kick that Bailey Peacock didn't cover himself in glory with his efforts to keep out. With the game live on Sky he certainly won't want to rewind that goal.

Leeds were level three minutes later when Pablo Hernandez tapped in from close range much to the delight of the 1,500 travelling support. This spurred the Whites on as the knowledge of a win would put them top of the table. One minute into the second half… Read more

Leeds United 1 Nottingham Forest 1

The positive thing to take from yesterday's game is the travelling Ennislusc squad saw the Whites dominate the game with seventy one per cent possession and 18 shots on goal to Forest's three but in the end it took a blatant hand ball to give them a share of the spoils. Kemar Roofe controversially scored with his arm on 83 minutes something which he admitted in his after match interview. He diverted Mateusz Klich's cross in with his arm at the far post but referee Geoff Eltringham after consulting with his assistant before giving the goal. As one can imagine the Forest players and management were up in arms and justifiably so but the goal stood. If it had happened the other way around the words of the Kaiser Chiefs come to mind 'I predict a riot ' with the Leeds fans going epileptic.

The… Read more

Leeds United 2 Ipswich Town 0

Leeds returned to the top of the Championship with a facile win over bottom club Ipswich Town. They were boosted by the return of Spanish playmaker Hernandez who was making his first start since 25 August after a hamstring injury and gave a Man Of The Match performance. It was just the tonic that Leeds needed and his presence in the side is immeasurable. Leeds went ahead on 22 minutes when Kemar Roofe headed in from Pablo Hernandezs brilliant cross.

Captain Liam Cooper hit a brilliant side foot effort following a corner on 66 minutes to make it 2-0 and in truth finished the game. Ipswich rarely troubled the home defence and would have lost by more but for Ezgjan Alioski's ferocious strike coming back off the inside of the post and Bartosz Bialkowski's fine save from Adam Forshaw's shot.

With WBA losing at home to… Read more

This weekend Ennislusc will embark on their annual trip to Elland Road with the biggest group to travel to the holy grail since 2010. It's an early rise as many will be meeting at the West County at 4.55am to travel to Shannon Airport. It's a tribute to the club that there are 36 travelling to Elland Road for the game vs Nottingham Forest and the fact the Leeds are top of The Championship only whets the appetite.

No other supporters club in the region even those supporting the top Premiership teams can boast this number traveling across the water for a game that's being shown live on Sky Sports. On the trip will be Oisin Murphy who will be making his first ever trip to Elland Road and on his birthday as well.Least we forget Caroline Jones will be also making her first trip but this time as Mrs… Read more

Blackburn Rovers 2 Leeds United 1

Leeds missed the chance to return to the top of the Championship table after succumbing to defeat at Ewood Park to recently promoted Rovers. This was a lackluster performance from Bielsa's side who looked anything but promotion hopefuls. The Riversiders took the lead inside two minutes when when Danny Graham headed Harrison Reed's corner past goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell. Set pieces have been a major problem for Leeds this season and they didn't heed the warning.

Backed by more than 7,700 travelling supporters, they had something to cheer about in first half stoppage time as a superb team move started by Samuel Saiz and finished by Mateusz Klich saw Leeds equalise. One would have thought they would push on in the second half but once again the fell behind to a second corner kick. On seventy minutes Darragh Lenihan rose above Pontus Jannson to nod home… Read more

Leeds United 1 Brentford 1

Swedish International Pontus Jansson headed an 88th-minute equaliser from a free kick to earn Leeds a well deserved point against the high flying Bees. The home side fell behind to a dubious penalty awarded against Bailey Peacpck-Farrell for a foul on Ollie Watkins. With the game live on Sky Sports all in the pundits in the studio said it was not a penalty with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink saying he could see how it was awarded even though in his opinion it was not a spot kick. However Neal Maupay dispatched the penalty on 62 minutes and from here on to the finish Leeds bombarded the visitors goal.

With four minutes remaining the home crowd got their wishes when Jansson headed home Ezgjan Alioski's left-wing free-kick. However in his post match interview he made comments on the referee robbing Leeds which he'll have to answer shortly to… Read more

Hull City 0 Leeds United 1

Leeds went back to the top of the Championship with a deserved win at the KCOM Stadium over The Tigers. Victory for The Whites was their first in three matches and Hull City manager Neil Atkins said in his after match press conference that they played against one of the best teams I've seen in The Championship for many years. High praise indeed but a long way to go yet so we have to keep our feet firmly on the ground.

Leeds had chances in the first half to go ahead through Ezgjan Alioski and Barry Douglas but both failed to hit the target.Leeds took the lead on fifty one minutes when Tyler Roberts hit a daisy cutter from outside the area for his third goal of the season. He's been a brilliant deputy for the injured Kamer Roofe and one looks forward to both of… Read more

Sheffield Wednesday 1 Leeds United 1

The Sky TV cameras saw an exhilarating performance from Bielsa's Leeds but unfortunately not the three points it deserved. The visitors had 25 shots on goal and sixty three percent of possession but couldn't get the crucial second goal against their Yorkshire neighbours.

Against the run of play Adam Reach gave the Owls the lead with a stunning shot on the stroke of half time. It was one of those wonder strikes that will live in the memory for a long time even for Leeds fans. However Mateusz Klich equaliser on fifty four minutes was equally spectacular and the Polish International has been in superb for for The Whites this season.

Leeds almost snatched a late winner when Samu Saiz just failed by inches to latched on to Jack Harrison's brilliant cross. It may be looked as two points dropped but if performances like this are… Read more

Leeds United 1 Birmingham City 2

Ex Leeds United manager Gary Monk returned to Elland Road and inflicted a first league defeat on new boss Marcelo Bielsa. The Argentinian says his side "paid a high price for a tactical mistake" as the Championship leader dropped valuable points at home.

Che Adams low shot in the third minute beat Leeds keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell at his near post. It this wasn't enough to shock the home side into action they went behind again on 29 minutes when Adams got his second following a swift counter attack. Leeds pulled one back on 85 minutes through Ezgjan Alioski but it was too little to late.

It was The Whites worst performance of the season and hopefully they can only learn from this bitter experience as they played second fiddle to Birmingham for the majority of the game.

Leeds

1 Peacock-Farrell
2 Ayling
18 Jansson
6 Cooper
3 Douglas… Read more

Leeds United 3 Preston North End 0

This has to go down as the best display of the season to date for Marcelo Bielsa side who were without three regular starters and their big money buy this season Patrick Bamford. Added to that
the victory against the only team who had beaten them this season ended a run of two successive draws and further enhanced Leeds promotion credentials.

Starting his successive game Tyler Roberts scored his first two goals for Leeds United and looks to be a real prospect. We have waited over eight months to see him perform since signing him from WBA as he was injured in his first training session after signing on.Leeds dominated the first half and took the lead on 37 minutes took when centre-half Liam Cooper headed in from a Barry Douglas corner.

The home side had numerous chances to add to their tally with Polish International… Read more

Millwall 1 Leeds United 1

Leeds had to battle hard to snatch a point at the death and keep their unbeaten run in the Championship alive. On eight of their previous ten visits to The Den, Leeds have tasted defeat so to snatch a point with time nearly up feels like a win considering the injury list at present.

On loan Man City starlet Jack Harrison's goal on 89 minutes earned Leeds a deserved point and it was also great to see Tyler Roberts start up front for the first time after all his injury woes.
Ezgjan Alioski heading narrowly wide early in the first half and Ben Amos saving well to deny Tyler Roberts a debut goal

Millwall took the lead on 55 minutes when Jed Wallace fired in off the post after the Leeds defence failed to clear a long throw. Then
Amos reacted superbly to keep out Luke Ayling's… Read more

Leeds United 0 Middlesbrough 0

This was a dour game involving the two top sides in the Championship in front of a huge crowd for a Friday night televised game (35,417)and while Leeds dominated in the possession stakes they had no clear chances on goal. Boro on the other hand are a huge physical team who rely on set pieces to create chances and it was here that they caused the home side most problems. Leeds fans will be happy with the point which keeps us on top but the failure to create chances is a worry going forward. Perhaps when Patrick Bamford gets up to speed fitness wise we will be a more potent force but one huge positive is the form of goalkeeper Bailey Bradley-Peackock. He was outstanding tonight and saved a certain goal when his own defender headed towards goal from a Boro corner.

Boro had the best… Read more

Tonight Liam Jones stepped down as President of Ennislusc and hand over the chain of office to his good friend Josie Hestor. Joe is well know to many people in Clare and beyond from his roll as a teacher in St Flannan's College before his retirement some years ago. A life long Leeds fan, Joe is a regular in Moroney's for the televised games and has been on numerous trip to Elland Road. All his friends at Ennislusc wish him well in his new role and know the club is in great hands going forward.

We would also like to thank Liam for his contribution to Ennislusc being part of the club from the beginning and always promoting the club particularly in East Clare. On the night Liam was the recipient of a surprise birthday cake ( a little bird had told us his birthday was on 1st Sept) presented to… Read more

Norwich City 0 Leeds United 3

This start to the season continues to get better and better. A stunning performance from Leeds sunk The Canaries at Carrow Road and keeps The Whites top of the Championship. It was also great to see Marcelo Bielsa say in his after match comments "But we have only played about 10 per cent of the season and we have to keep things in perspective."
and keep both the players and fans grounded for the long road ahead.

Mateusz Klich who has been called up to the Poland team squad for their friendly vs Italy gave United the lead on 21 minutes when he was on hand to finish to the net after ex Newcastle United keeper Tim Krul had parried Ezgjan Alioski's header. This was the tonic start Leeds needed after their tough mid week encounter with Swansea and five minutes later Alioski doubled the lead as… Read more

Swansea City 2 Leeds United 2

The Liberty Stadium has not proved a happy hunting ground for Leeds in recent years and when captain Liam Cooper got injured in the warm up it looked liked the omens were not good. However this is a different Leeds team under Marcelo Bielsa and they showed some resolve and determination to twice fight back from a goal down to gain a superb point and remain unbeaten in the league. Young Jamie Shackleton came in a right back and had a tremendous full league debut with Ayling deputising for Cooper

Leeds summer target Oli McBurnie, himself a Leeds born youngster put The Swans ahead on 24 minutes with an excellent finish. Despite playing second fiddle to the home side in form Kemar Roofe scored on 40 minutes to bring Leeds back into the game.

However six minutes into the second half McBurnie restored Swansea's lead… Read more

Leeds United 2 Rotherham United 0

Marcello Bielsa became the fist manager (head coach)in Leeds United's history to win his opening four competitive matches in a debut season. Many of us were wondering why was he appointed despite having an excellent CV but he's being nothing but a breath of fresh air and given us long suffering fans an air of expectancy we haven't had for many a year.

Leeds started brightly but were somewhat fortunate that Jon Taylor's shot came back off the inside of the post with Bradley-Peacock beaten. Despite having the best of the first half Leeds couldn't find the breakthrough but four minutes into the second half that all changed. Luke Ayling put Leeds ahead with his first league goal for the club with a diving header. Goal line technology was required to confirm the goal and Samuel Saiz had a shot cleared off the line as Leeds… Read more

This years first club trip of the season to Elland Road is the game vs Nottingham Forest on 27th October. As of now the game is on at 3pm on Saturday but if it was to be changed to Sunday for Sky Sports to show live at 12.15pm it would still allow those proposing to go over to see the game which is a great consideration. It is proposed to fly from Shannon to Manchester at 7.10am on 25th October and fly home on 27th at 20.30pm with Ryanair from Manchester. The hotel of preference is The Clayton which we have stayed in regularly and is an excellent spot. It will be decided nearer the time whether to hire a bus or travel by train to Leeds from Manchester.

If you are interested in traveling get booking quickly as prices will rise rapidly with Ryanair as numbers on the flight… Read more

Derby County 1 Leeds United 4

With Leeds live on Sky TV for the second consecutive league game they didn't disappoint with a scintillating performance at Pride Park and on this evidence it's no wonder Sky are showing us so often. Now let's not get carried away but this performance even shocked the most ardent Leeds follower as it's virtually the same team that finished last season but they seem to be completely transformed by new manager Marcelo Bielsa . Yes he's got them playing a high tempo game but it's the football that they are playing which is catching the eye. Simply we've seen nothing like it since we were playing in the Champions League back in Dave O Leary's time and that was when there was a never ending supply of cash made on high profile transfers and we all know how that ended. It's early says but boy… Read more