Blackburn Rovers 1 Leeds United 2

After the shock exit to non league Sutton United at the weekend Leeds got back on track moved to within a point of third-placed Reading after a hard fought win at Ewood Park. Chris Wood had the best chance of the first half but shot wide while Kemar Roofe headed over from a good position.

With seventeen minutes remaining Stuart Dallas broke the deadlock with a cool strike following a superb pass from Liam Bridcutt. This seemed to spur on United but they were caught out on 83 minutes when Elliott Bennett's shot from 20 yards bobbled over the out stretched arms of Rob Green in the Leeds goal. It looked to have stolen a point for Rovers but on loan Pontus Jansson won it when he headed in Pablo Hernandez's corner on 89 minutes. As Gary Monk said it wasn't a game fr the purist… Read more

Barnsley 3 Leeds United 2

Barnsley scored three goals in nine minutes to come from behind and beat Leeds United at Oakwell in a game that Gary Monk will want to forget. They never reached the standards of the Derby game and despite taking the lead the fell asleep on the stroke of half time when Tom Bradshaw headed home. With the defence expecting a cross from the free kick, Barnsley played it down into the corner and then crossed in with the Leeds back four at sixes and sevens.

Chris Wood tapped in his 18th goal of the season on 18 minutes and since his arrival at Elland Road Leeds have never lost when he scores first but that bubble was burst this evening.

On 48 minutes winger Ryan Kent turned Coyle and hit a cracking left foot effort into the bottom right hand corner of a diving Rob Green.… Read more

Leeds United 1 Derby County 0

Chris Wood's brilliant header on the stroke of half time was enough to send Leeds United third in the Championship with an impressive victory over fellow promotion hopefuls Derby County. The margin of victory should well have been even greater but for their inability to turn some gilt edge chances into goals. Liam Bridcutt, Souleymane Doukara and Bartley all missing decent opportunities in the opening half but on the plus side it was the quality of the football Leeds played that was most pleasing to all the supporters at Elland Road on the night and those watching around the world on Sky Sports live. This was as good a performance as we've seen from any Leeds team since we were relegated in 2002 and it has all us supporters on a high.

Chris Wood headed Pablo Hernandez's (Man oF The Match )corner past ex Leeds… Read more

Leeds United 3 Rotherham United 0

Leeds United made it six wins from eight games by beating The Millers in the Yorkshire derby at Elland Road. Chris Wood was recalled to the starting line-up by boss Garry Monk following the 1-1 draw with Aston Villa and Kyle Bartley returned after a knee injury to replace Liam Cooper. It was a dire first half for Leeds as they failed to muster a shot on target in a first half while Tom Adeyemi hit a post for the visitors.

However on 47 minutes things changed drastically for Leeds when Kyle Bartley put the home side ahead heading in Pablo Hernandez's corner. Then Chris Woods showed how much he was missed when injured netting twice in 14 minutes to secure another valuable three points. He rifled home on 66 minutes to double the lead before sidefooting his 16th of the season on 79 minutes… Read more

Aston Villa 1 Leeds United 1

Jonathan Kodjia 86 minute penalty following a hand ball by Leeds centre half preserved Aston Villa home record against in-form Leeds. This will be seen as two points dropped by Leeds manager Gary Monk but when he sits down an analysis the game he will be mightily pleased with his sides performance.

On loan Torina star Pontus Jansson headed Leeds in front on 54 minutes from a Dallas corner and six minutes later hit the crossbar with a volley following another corner. It was all Leeds at this stage until Liam Cooper handled and Kodjia sent Rob Green the wrong way from the spot. There was still time for Leeds winger Hadi Sacko to hit the bar and then Rob Green denied Kodjia a winner with a superb body block.

Leeds are in 5th place in The Championship and playing like a team that has a… Read more

On behalf of the committee of Ennislusc I would like to wish each and every one of our members, their families and friends a Happy New Year and here's to a Play Off place come the end of April. Marching On Together

Leeds United visit Villa Park tonight in a fixture that is live on Sky Sports 1 and as always Ennislusc fans will be meeting in Moroney's for the game. After a styttering start to the season and a change of manager Villa are steadily climbing up the table so this will be an extremely tough fixture for Gary Monk's men.

Preston North End 1 Leeds United 4

Leeds United put in an excellent performance to record a third successive Championship win by beating a Preston side who had Jermaine Beckford sent off against his ex-club. Beckford was sent off in the 69th minute after he reacted badly to a strong challenge from Kyle Bartley. This was his first game back after serving a suspension for fighting with his team mate Eoin Doyle so he's set for another period in the stands after this petulant reaction.

However that doesn't take away from a superb Leeds performance at Deepdale. Kemar Roofe who is now beginning to show the form we expect of this summer signing opened the scoring on 17 minutes turning in Pontus Jansson's goal-bound header. Things got better for Leeds on 23 minutes when Hadi Sacko scored coming in from the wing and shooting home from twelve yards. Gary Monk couldn't… Read more

Leeds United 1 Brentford 0

Kyle Bartley's 89 minute headed goal from a Stuart Dallas corner gave Leeds a precious three points as the continue to keep a place in the top six. The Bees striker Scott Hogan rightly had a goal ruled out for offside and despite not playing well Gary Monk will be thrilled with the result but conscious that he needs cover for injured striker Chris Woods if Leeds are to challenge for a play off place.

Luke Ayling shot over the bar from a Stuart Dallas corner before Souleymane Doukara also shot wide from a good position. The game looked all over a draw until centre half Bartley headed powerfully to the net to lift the gloom from Elland Road and send the fans home happy.

Leeds
1 Green
2 Ayling
5 Bartley (Booked on 51 mins)
18 Jansson
21 Taylor (Berardi 58 mins)
25 Vieira
23 Phillips (Bridcutt 72 mins)
24 Sacko
7 Roofe
15 Dallas
11… Read more

Leeds United 2 Reading 0

Leeds moved back into the Championship play-off places with a goal in each half at Elland Road but goal score Chris Woods had to be substituted on 33 minutes with a hamstring injury. In his after match interview Gary Monk said that it was a tightness in his hamstring but hopefully when it's assessed it won't be too bad as Woods is an integral part of the side and top scorer.

Woody scored his 11th league goal of the season ( his 14th in all competitions ) on 19 minutes following a Hadi Sacko cross. Reading who were 3rd in the table before kick off had the majority of possession but rarely threatened Rob Greens goal. Leeds wrapped up the points in the 91 st minute when Souleymane Doukara made no mistake from the spot after Chris Gunter was adjudged to have pushed Charlie Taylor… Read more

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Leeds United 0

Leeds were on TV for the third time in eight days but reserved one of their poorest performance of the season against the high flying Seagulls who went to the top of the table as a result of this comprehensive victory.

Ex Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray put the Seagulls in front from the penalty spot on 23 minutes after Kalvin Phillips was sent off for handling on the line. Rob Green must once again hold up his hand as his attempt to punch the corner was nothing short of shocking. It was a straight forward call for the referee and this effectively finished the game off despite over three quarters of the game to go.

Brighton dominated proceedings but only wrapped up victory on 82 minutes when Kyle Bartley was adjudged to have pulled back Lewis Dunk and with Tomer Hemed sent Rob… Read more

Leeds United 2 Aston Villa 0

The hardy band of Ennislusc members who travelled to Elland Road on Saturday certainly saw an excellent performance which now sees The Whites up to 4th in the Championship table.
Kemar Roofe scored his first goal for Leeds ending a 22 game goalless streak since his €3M move from Oxford and this certainly put a smile on manager Gary Monk's face. He has never lost faith with the striker and hopefully this goal will kick start his season. The defeat condemned Aston Villa to their first loss in eight games under Steve Bruce.

On 68 minutes Roofe headed in Souleymane Doukara excellent cross from the left wing and it was no more than he deserved after being Leeds liveliest forward up to then.Albert Adomah and Ashley Westwood missing good chances for Villa before Chris Wood slid in from close range in the fourth minute of… Read more

Tonight Leeds head to Anfield for the quarter final of the EFL Cup ( League Cup of old) with no pressure on them as they are rank outsiders against a very much in form Liverpool. Indeed The Pool are the top scorers in the competition to date so a busy evening can be expected for the Leeds defence. Some 24 of Liverpools past 28 games against Leeds have taken place in the Premier League where the Reds 14 wins is the most inflicted on the Yorkshire side in competition history. This just gives some idea of the task that Gary Monk's men face this evening.

The game is on live on Sky Sports 1 with KO at 7.45.

Rotherham United 1 Leeds United 2

Leeds United moved up to fifth in the Championship with a deserved but narrow win over bottom side Rotherham. Despite dominating the possession stats to the tune of 74 percent they rode their luck at the death when The Millers nearly nicked an equaliser which would have left manager Gary Monk furious.

Leeds went ahead on fourteen minutes when striker Chris Wood side foted Charlie Taylor's cross home. Things took a dramatic turn on 29 minutes when Peter Odemwingie was sent off for violent conduct having elbowed Liam Cooper. It was an easy decision for the referee and Leeds increased their lead on in the seventh minute of injury time ( due to injury to Cooper)when Souleymane Doukara scored from ten yards.

Leeds dominated the second half as one would expect but were nearly left to rue their wastefulness after Richard Wood pulled a goal back… Read more

Leeds United 0 Newcastle United 2

The Magpies moved five points clear at the top of the Championship after a catastrophic error by Leeds goalkeeper Rob Green gifted them the opening goal on 23 minutes. Fans held a minutes applause on 11 minutes to mark next Sundays fifth anniversary of the death of Leeds legend Gary Speed who played for both clubs.

Dwight Gayle will never get an easier chance after Rob Green drooped a speculative lob from 40 yards from Jack Colback and all he was left to do was tap in from two yards as Green failed to hold the ball. It was a disaster for Leeds who more than held their own in the opening twenty minutes.

Leeds had a Eunan O'Kane shot well saved but Gayle second on 54 minutes sealed Newcastle's eighth win in a row. This defeat defeat ends Leeds' three-game winning run and leaves them just… Read more

Norwich 2 Leeds United 3

On 91 minutes eighteen year old Ronaldo Vieira became a Leeds hero when he scored a late winner United came from behind to beat Norwich in the Championship. It was a daisy cutter from 25 yards which flashed into the net giving Norwich keeper McGovern no chance. Norwich took lead against the run of play on 24 minutes when Irish International Robbie Brady's header was deflected in off Leeds defender Luke Ayling. After dominating the opening twenty minutes where Gary Monk said it was the best start to a game for Leeds since he joined them they didn't drop their heads but showed fantastic resilience.

Fans hero Pontus Jansson who is on loan from Italian giants Torino headed home Pablo Hernandez's corner on 57 minutes and Leeds were back in the game. On 74 minutes Chris Wood fired in his 11th goal of the season… Read more

Leeds United 2 Burton Albion 0

Goals from Chris Wood and Souleymane Doukara gave Leeds a hard earned victory against Burton Albion and capped a great week for Garry Monk's boys after qualifying for the League Cup quarter finals on Tuesday night following a penalty shoot out victory against Norwich.

Leeds were the better team in the opening half but didn't translate their domination into scores. The Brewers came closest to opening the scoring when Ben Turner headed Matt Palmer's free-kick against the bar with Rob Green powerless in the Leeds goal.

Top scorer Chris Wood broke the deadlock on 83 minutes converting from the spot following a foul on Doukara. He also scored the first spot kick in the penalty shoot out vs Norwich so it was an excellent week for the big New Zealander.

The victor was sealed in the sixth minute of injury time when Doukara scored following a through… Read more

Wolves 0 Leeds United 1

Former Oxford United forward Kemar Roofe scored his first goal for Leeds to earn a well merited victory at Molineux. He scored from a Hadi Sacko cross on seventy minutes from close range to send the 2,800 travelling fans into ecstasy.
He should also have scored in the first half but his effort clipped the crossbar.

Molineux has not been a happy hunting ground for Leeds over the years. If one casts their mind back to the 1971/72 season Leeds had to beat Wolves at Molineux to win the title but were beaten 3-2 in their last game. They had some consolation winning the FA Cup but the elusive double was within their grasp.

Leeds are now up to 10th and three points off the play off places so despite a topsy turvy start things are beginning to improve for Gary Monk's men.

Leeds
1 Green
2 Ayling
5… Read more

Former Leeds United, Birmingham City and Wales goalkeeper Gary Sprake has died at the age of 71.
Swansea-born Sprake made more than 500 appearances during 11 years at Leeds United and was a First Division title winner in 1969. He also won a second division winner's medal in addition to the League Cup in 1968 and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups. Sprake who won 37 caps during a 12-year career with Wales, joined Birmingham City in 1973.

For Leeds fans of a certain vintage he will be remembered for many unfortunate moments and none more so than his own goal at Anfield on Saturday 9th December 1967 when he threw the ball into his own net while throwing it out to Terry Cooper. At half time the Anfield DJ played the No 1 hit at that time Careless Hands and Gary used this as the title of his autobiography in 2006. He was… Read more

Leeds United 1 Wigan Athletic 1

Shaun MacDonald grabbed a 91st minute equaliser for Wigan to knock the stuffing out of the home side who looked on course for the three points.
Leeds went ahead on 29 minutes when Chris Wood scored his eight goal in fifteen games when he hit the net following a cross from Hadi Sacko.
Late on Pontus Jansson had a header cleared off the line for United and Wood had a header brilliantly saved by Adam Bogdan.

Certainly a very disappointing end for United and the sea saw season for Gary Monk's men continues.

Leeds
1 Green
2 Ayling
5 Bartley
18 Jansson
21 Taylor
14 O'Kane
23 Phillips
24 Sacko (Grimes on 66 mins)
19 Hernández (Mowatt on 74 mins)
7 Roofe
9 Wood (Antonsson on 85 mins)

Substitutes
6 Cooper
10 Antonsson
12 Silvestri
16 Grimes
25 Vieira
27 Mowatt
31 Coyle

Attendance:
19,861