Leeds United 0 Leicester City 1

On a day when there was a minutes silence for the late great Bobby Collins (Footballer of the Year 1965) his beloved Leeds gave a heart warming display only to be caught with a later sucker punch from The Foxes. David Nugent grabbed a 87 minute winner as Championship leaders Leicester City stretched their advantage to seven points and doomed United to their sixth straight defeat, their fourth in a row in the league.

Leeds created a host of chances before the break as they restored pride with a fine display following their trashing against Sheffield Wednesday. Ross McCormack who was made club captain during the week hit the post with a header and could have had a hat-trick in the first 15 mins. He missed a glorious chance when one on one with Casper Schmichel but his chip was anticipated by the… Read more

Sheffield Wednesday 6 Leeds United 0

This defeat will sicken every Leeds supporter to the core as the players were bereft of pride, determination or respect for the jersey and manager Brian McDermott looked in a daze on the sidelines. Playing our two new signings Cameron Stewart and Jimmy Kebe for the lunchtime kick off seemed a poor decision by McDermott as neither player has played with their respective clubs and only joined Leeds in the last 48 hrs. And so it proved as neither were in the game and looked short of match fitness.

The last time Leeds concede six league goals was on 9th Sept 1959 away to Man United but The Owels were 20th in The Championship this morning and absolutely destroyed Leeds despite Matt Smith receiving a red card after only coming on as a substitute 45 seconds earlier.This cannot in any way be used as an… Read more

Leeds United 1 Blackburn Rovers 2

Once again Leeds can a cropper to Rovers and have now lost the last five meetings between the teams.One point from the three festive fixtures sends out a dire warning that the squad need new blood if we are to seriously consider a top six finish at seasons end.To compound matters for United former Leeds academy midfielder Tom Cairney inspired Blackburn to victory against his old club at Elland Road.

Cairney (22) on loan from Hull laid on first-half goals for Jordan Rhodes with a super through ball and Rudy Gestede headed a second on 36 mins to give The Riversiders a deserved half time lead. Matt Smith fired home for Leeds after 52 minutes following a defensive error to give us some hope but that was as good as it got for The Whites. Now all depends on the January transfer window to strengthen… Read more

Ennislusc would like to cordially welcome Seamus O Doherty and his son Donal to the club and hope they enjoyed their trip to Elland Road for the recent Middlesboro game. Seamus is a life long White and is a legend in Clare football following his exploits with his beloved Kilrush Shamrocks and The Banner senior footballers. Great to have ye on board boys and look forward to seeing ye on many more trips to Elland Road.

Nottingham Forest 2 Leeds United 1

Matt Derbyshire scored a superb winner (84 mins) one minute after Leeds had equalised to push Forest back into a top six place and knocked Brian McDermott's boys back to 7th place.In truth it was a game Billy Davies team deserved to win as the dominated all the stats against a lack luster Leeds.

United looked to have secured a point when Ross McCormack fired home in the 83rd-minute to cancel out Greg Halford's first-half header but then
Derbyshire came up with a 25-yard stunner just a minute later.It is patiently obvious that we have to add to our squad in the January transfer window but talk of Max Gradel coming back to Elland Road after two years in France with St Etienne doesn't inspire confidence.

Gradel scored 25 goals in 77 league appearances for the Whites before moving to France in August 2011 but don't… Read more

Another year dawns and our aspirations are still the same,when will we get back to the holy grail of The Premiership. Since Brian McDermott took charge last April we have seen some positive performances but unfortunately to date the new owners haven't been to kind in loosing the purse strings for the purchase of new players.

We now lie 7th in the table, something we would have taken at the start of the season. However we need to kick on and hopefully in this January transfer window we'll see some new arrivals at Elland Road to push for a play off place next May.The manager has identified four targets he'd love to add to the squad so it's now up to the board to stand by their word and dig deep in the club coffers. If these players came in it would give everyone a lift from the die hard supporters… Read more

Blackpool 1 Leeds United 1

While Brendan Rodgers was happy with a point in this away fixture I think the majority of Leeds fans will be disappointed as this was a game we should have won.Tom Ince's (son of manager Paul Ince of Man Utd fame) second-half equaliser on 65 mins earned Blackpool a point against a stubborn Leeds at Bloomfield Road.

Leeds right back Lee Peltier headed the visitors in front on 23 mins from Danny Pugh's cross and they were well on top when HT was blown. Against the run of play Thomas Ince's shot on 65 mins deflected off Marius Zaliukas to bring the Seasiders level with his seventh goal of the season.

Ex Glasgow Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot was sent off for a lunge at Zaliukas on 87 mins (Blackpool's ninth red card of the season) but it made little difference to United. Lee Peltier opened the… Read more

Leeds United 0 Barnsley 0

Leeds remain in 5th place in the Championship while Barnsley remain bottom after a hard-fought draw at Elland Road. New Barnsley manager Danny Wilson returned to Oakwell earlier this week and watched his team earn only their fifth away point of the season.His last match in charge of The Tykes was a 2-0 home defeat by Manchester United in May 1998, their last match of their only season in the top flight.

Incidentally Leeds had won only one of their last six matches against Barnsley and ex-Oldham striker Matt Smith should have scored twice in the opening 12 minutes. When Marcus Tudgay was sent off on 83 mins for an over the ball tackle on Marius Zaliukas (who's now doubtful for the St Stephen's Day clash away to Blackpool) it looked like Leeds would finally break the deadlock but alas they never threatened a stubborn Barnsley… Read more

Doncaster Rovers 0 Leeds United 3

This was a rare away win for Brian McDermott's boys and after losing six of the last seven games away from home in all competitions it was a vital win for Leeds's promotion ambitions. We rode our luck a little especially in the second half when Rovers were unlucky not to equalise when Theo Robinson had a goal controversially ruled out for offside.Leeds were the better side in the first half and went ahead on 17th mins when Matt Smith headed in Alex Mowatt's free-kick and this is the way it stayed until half time.

It was all Donny in the 2nd half and against the run of play on 76 mins Leeds hit their second goal.It was that man Ross again who was scoring his 11th goal in his last 7 games which is a fantastic strike rate in any division.Ross scored in opportunist style… Read more

On St Stephen's Day Leeds will be live on Sky Sports 1 vs Blackpool with a 17.15 kick off. As always we will be meeting up in Moroney's for the game and hope to meet all our members for a festive drink and cheer on The Whites.Marching On Together

Blackburn Rovers 1 Leeds United 0 30th Nov

It's over a decade since Blackburn last beat Leeds at home in the league when Garry Flitcroft scored in the 1-0 Premier League victory in September 2002 but they changed that stat with a first half injury time goal from defender Tommy Spurr. This was a game in which the first goal was always going to matter and this proved to be the case as Rovers clung on too their slender lead despite the best efforts of Rudolph Austin and Ross McCormack.

Leeds United
01 Kenny
02 Peltier (Byram - 59' )
16 Pugh
05 Pearce
24 Zaliukas Booked
04 Lees
06 Murphy (Poleon - 81' )
36 Mowatt Booked
11 Varney Booked (Smith - 59' )
44 McCormack
08 Austin
Substitutes
15 Warnock
17 Brown
18 Tonge
20 Smith… Read more

Leeds United 2 Wigan Athletic 0 4th Dec

Ross McCormack scored twice as United got back to winning ways beating the managerless Latica and move up to seventh in the Championship table. This was United's first ever win over Wigan in five previous meetings.Ross has now scored 9 goals in six matches and hopefully we can hold on to him in the January transfer window. The visitors were able to call upon England goalkeeper and ex Leeds keeper Scott Carson for the first time since October after he recovered from an ankle injury and he endured a busy night of action.

McCormack bundled home his eighth goal in six matches on 15 mins to ease the nerves before adding a second on 77 mins with a brilliant curling free-kick. If one was to go on the stats they would see that Wigan had 66 per cent possession which is an enormous amount… Read more

Watford 3 Leeds United 3 7th Dec

Troy Deeney's (who was sent off at the last fixture at Vicarage Road)late strike rescuing a point foir The Hornets in a superb game at Elland Road. Having raced int a 0-2 lead at half time thanks to goals by Deeney and Christian Battocchio.

However it was a different United that appeared for the second haf and Danny Pugh put the home side back in the game with a tidy finish from a tight angle on 50 mins.Then rangy centre forward Matt Smith nodded in the equaliser on 56 mins from close range and the pendulum had swung in favour of The Whites. On 78 mins Ross McCormack ran through to slip in Leeds third until the gloss was taken from the result with that late Deeney goal which cost us 5th spot in the table so slender are the margins in The… Read more

Last Friday 23 members of Ennislusc flew from Shannon to Liverpool on their way to Leeds for their annual winter trip. It's strange how times fly as this is now the club's 24th trip since our first trip on 17th March 2002 when we faced Blackburn Rovers in The Premiership.Incidentally on this trip two sons of members (Eoin O Loughlin and James Barry) were making the trip up from London to add to the occasion.

On the plane over to Liverpool our ex President Cyril (Slim) Corry gave all on sundry a tip for the 3.40 at Haydock with a horse named Desoto County. There were six Everton supporters on the plane who also heard the tip and said they would back it.True to form from our tipster Slim, Desota skated home at odds of 10/3 and those that backed him got their weekend off on a high. Unlike previous years… Read more

Charlton Athletic 2 Leeds United 4

Without doubt the best piece of business Brian McDermott did at the start of the season was holding on to Ross McCormack. Six goals in his last two league games shows just how important a player he is for United.The game was put back for thirty minutes as grounds men cleared the pitch of water after a constant downpour all morning and it was Leeds who started brightly.

Charlton had not conceded in more than seven hours going into the game but on 17th mins Ross changed that stat when scoring from inside the area.However on the stroke of half time Cameron Stewart equalised with a cracker from 25 yards. Leeds were back in front three minutes after the break when Danny Pugh was fouled inside the area and up stepped Ross to blast high to the roof of the net.On 70 mins Simon Church got… Read more

Leeds United 2 Yeovil Town 0

Scottish International Ross McCormack continued his rich vein of form with two second half goals to send Leeds back up to 8th in the Championship. He has now scored eight goals in 18 appearances for club and country this season which is one short of his tally for the whole of last season.Where would we be without him this season ?

After a scoreless first half which Leeds dominated Ross struck on 48 mins with a superb shot from 18 yards after being set up by Randolph Austin.His second came on 67 mins and was nearly a carbon copy of the first being set up once again by Austin and scoring from the same distance as his first strike. New signing Marius Zaliukas came on for Stephen Warnock on 41 mins and certainly looks to be a player who'll make a big difference to our… Read more

Huddersfield Town 3 Leeds United 2

Just when you think we have turned a corner Leeds go along and let us down with a bang. Considering we took the lead in the second minute through a Matt Smith header away from home the omens looked good but that was a false dawn for the travelling Leeds supporters.Victory for The Terriers was their fifth in eight league matches against Leeds.It was also their second in a row and first at home in four years.

Huddersfield equalised on 10 mins through a Danny Ward strike from the edge of the area and this was the way it stayed until half time. The home side took the lead on 62 mins when Tom Leees headed int his own net but n loan Nottingham Forest striker Dexter Backstock headed United level on 73mins with his first touch of the ball.
One would have expected Leeds to push… Read more

Leeds United 4 Birmingham City 0

What a turnaround for Brian McDermotts boys who turned in a great performance to beat our bogey team after a run of five defeats to them.
United took a deserved lead on 18 mins when Blues goalkeeper Darren Randolph's poor clearance allowed Ross McCormack to guide a shot into an empty net for.

Man of The Match Rodolph Austin headed in a McCormack cross on 34 mins and on the stroke of half time giant centre forward Matt Smith slotted home after Randolph's parried save.This was a surreal feeling for Leeds fans who hadn't looked forward to such a pleasurable pint and pie at half time in a very long time. David Murphy's free-kick hit the Leeds post before Smith headed in a fourth and his second on 74mins to give United a convincing victory.

Manager Brian McDermott's first defeat as Leeds boss was a… Read more

Derby County 3 Leeds United 1

It's April 2002 since United last beat Derby who have now won 10 successive matched against Leeds so no wonder new Rams manager Steve McClaren welcomed Brian McDermott's men to Pride Park on Saturday.However Leeds should have gone ahead on 10 mins but Rodolph Austin blazed a shot over from eight yards and they were made to pay as the Rams scored twice in three minutes.

Chris Martin's strike on 20 mins and Johnny Russell's cool finish on 23 mins put the hosts in control early on. Leeds were give a lifeline on the stroke of half time when Jason Pearce's headed home. Despite sustained pressure from United it was Derby's teenager sensation Will Hughes who sealed a deserved victory on 78 mins. It looks like another season of doom and gloom for United fans on the evidence of recent showings. Tough times ahead for… Read more

Leeds United 2 Bournmouth 1

Leeds ended a run of four defeats with a morale-boosting win over Eddie Howe's Bournemouth. The turning point came on 31 mins when Cherries keeper Ryan Allsop was sent off for bringing down Noel Hunt.However his replacement Darryl Flahavan dived low to save the resulting penalty from Ross McCormack. But not to be undaunted Ross met Stephen Warnock's cross from the left on 52 mins to put Leeds ahead.

Ex United star Ian Harte's free-kick was headed on for Lewis Grabban to fire in an equaliser on 73 mins and it was squeaky bum time at Elland Road once again. Then up steps Dominic Poleon on 80 mins to easy the nerves of the home crowd and give a badly needed boast to his manager Brian McDermott.

Leeds United
01 Kenny
15 Warnock
02 Peltier
05 Pearce
04 Lees
18… Read more