Norwich City 1 Leeds United 1

Leon Barnett's second-half header on 65 minutes salvaged a point for Norwich against fellow League 1 promotion boys Leeds United at Carrow Road. Winger Max Gradel gave Leeds the lead when he fired low into the bottom corner for his third goal of the season after 13 minutes,a lead that was thoroughly deserved by Grayson's men.

However defender Barnett levelled midway through the second half when he headed in David Fox's corner to ensure a fourth straight draw for Norwich. Gradel saw another effort tipped over by Norwich keeper John Ruddy, while Kasper Schmeichel denied Chris Martin. Norwich desperately went looking for a winner but were denied again by Schmeichel, who superbly blocked Elliott Ward's effort.

Leeds are now a point ahead in fifth, having won three and drawn two of their games since successive home defeats. Going to East Anglia this morning I'm sure Simon… Read more

Leeds United 3 Bristol City 1

Waking up on Friday morning the first feeling was relief that the high winds had abated. All was in readiness for our trip to Knock Airport and arriving at the West County there was a pep in the step. Our coach driver PJ Keogh arrived at the stipulated time of 6.45am and Bryan Woods, Marty Brennan, James O Neill, Mike Jones and myself boarded the coach on route to the Auburn Lodge to collect the main group.Last to arrive were the Lissycasey 8 and at 7.18 we headed north for Father Horan Airport. One must say that we had a pleasant surprise with the facilities at the airport and despite a delay of over an hour and a half with the incoming flight the lads enjoyed the bar facilities !

However when we were on approach to Leeds /Bradford airport we hit cross winds of over… Read more

Tomorrow morning 37 members (7 more are departing from Dublin on Saturday) of Ennislusc will set off from the Auburn Lodge, Ennis on a bus to Knock Airport for our 11am flight to Leeds / Bradford airport.Unfortunately there are no available flights from Shannon on Friday so hence our early morning rise. The only consolation in this case is we won't have any traveling when arriving like here to fore when we arrived in East Midlands, Manchester or Liverpool and had a two hour bus journey to look forward to. Furthermore we'll be in Leeds at 12.30pm,our earliest arrival time yet and when flying home it will be into Shannon from Manchester.

As always these trips would not be possible without the tremendous and unselfish work of our superb secretary Paul (Nuggy) Nihill. It's no mean feat collecting all the money for flights, printing the boarding cards ( which is a… Read more

Leeds United 2 Hull City

A late own goal from Bradley Johnson clinched an unlikely point for 10-man Hull at Yorkshire rivals Leeds. The Tigers broke the deadlock when John Bostock fired in a superb 30 yard free-kick. Leeds equalized on 33 minutes when Johnson hammered home from the edge of the area before Andy O'Brien's header gave the men from Elland Road the lead. Hull were reduced to 10 men when Bostock received a second yellow for a foul on George McCartney but they snatched a point when Johnson sliced a corner into his own net.

The result means Leeds have now gone four straight league matches without a home win, having lost their three previous games.If we could only right our home form then we would be genuine promotion contenders. There is no doubt that Simon Grayson will be terribly disappointed with this result as it was a… Read more

Coventry Town 2 Leeds United 3

Robert Snodgrass sparkled as Leeds edged a thrilling match at Coventry. Last week hat trick hero Jonny Howson nodded an early opener for the United before Snoddy cut in from the right curling home a 20-yard stunner to double the lead. Coventry's Lukas Jutkiewicz converted Ben Turner's header to pull one back but Leeds soon extended the lead with a Max Gradel penalty following a Richard Keogh foul.

Turner poked in Coventry's second after some very poor Leeds defending but then had to produce a fine tackle to deny Leeds a fourth in the closing stages. Leeds preparations were hit when goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel withdrew on Friday to attend the birth of his son but they performed admirably throughout against a side also pushing strongly for promotion to the top-flight.

Hopefully if United can sort out the back four and stop the concession of poor… Read more

Tomorrow night the legendary Leeds United midfield genius Johnny Giles will appear as a guest of Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show. He is launching his autobiography and also the Johnny Giles Foundation.

So tune in a hear one of the all time greats of Leeds speak his mind about his time in football. We're hardly likely to see his likes play for our beloved Leeds in the next few decades. A true great in every sense of the word.

Scunthorpe United 1 Leeds United 4

Leeds captain Jonny Howson scored a 15-minute hat-trick to help his side claim a commanding victory at Scunthorpe. The visitors took the lead when Max Gradel drilled a low finish across Tony Warner after a neat ball from Howson on eight minutes.

Scunthorpe hit back as Cliff Byrne rose highest at the back post to bury a header beyond Kapser Schmeichel. United rallied after the break and Howson crashed home a Paul Conolly cross, nodded in after a Gradel centre and then slotted a fourth.

One of just three starting survivors from Leeds last visit to Glanford Park in August 2008, Howson scored with his right foot, his left foot and his head as Simon Grayson's men returned to form after a run of one win in five. Grayson made three changes to the side that were thrashed 4-0 by Cardiff on Monday, and it… Read more

Leeds United 0 Cardiff City 4

Jay Bothroyd (who after a horror tackle on Becchio in the first half should not have been on the field) struck twice as Cardiff City ruthlessly took apart Leeds United to go joint-top of the Championship and score their biggest ever victory at Elland Road. A terrible up between fit again goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and Alex Bruce let in Bothroyd to give Cardiff the lead with his first of the night after 22 minutes.

Michael Chopra beat the offside trap ( BUT REPLAYS SHOW HE WAS IN AN OFFSIDE POSITION ON RECEIVING THE BALL BUT WHAT THE HECK WE ARE ONLY CLUTCHING AT STRAWS) to score the second from the edge of the box, before Bothroyd guided in a Chris Burke cross for his 11th of the season.

Left back and ex Celtic defender Lee Naylor's long-range strike rounded off an emphatic win for… Read more

Middlesbrough 1 Leeds United 2

Striker Luciano Becchio scored a stunning winner as Leeds added to Middlesbrough's problems with victory at the Riverside. Davide Somma opened the scoring for the visitors with a low left-footed shot into the bottom corner. Ex Rangers striker Kris Boyd nipped in front of Richard Naylor to prod the equalizer just after half time from Matthew Bates inviting cross. But our new hero Becchio lashed home a fine volley from Bradley Johnson's cutback to secure all three points for Leeds.

Boro fans greeted the final whistle with a crescendo of boos after a defeat which leaves them in 20th place, just one point above the Championship relegation zone. The following day ex Leeds hero Gordan Strachan was sacked as Boro manager after their horrendous start to the season. Sad to hear but that's football in today's world.

Leeds United
30 Brown
02 Connolly
05 Collins
06 Naylor
29 McCartney (Hughes 34)
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Leeds United 1 Leicester City 2

Leicester withstood a late Leeds rally to win at Elland Road (their second this season as already beaten Leeds in Carling Cup at Elland Road in September) and give Sven-Goran Eriksson his first Foxes win. On-loan defender Kyle Naughton gave Leicester the lead after 63 minutes when his deflected long-range effort looped over goalkeeper Jason Brown.

Substitute Steve Howard ( he seems to always score against us,this is his third consecutive winner against United) doubled the visitors' advantage with a neat finish after good work from Andy King. Once again Luciano Becchio pulled one back with seven minutes remaining but try as we might we were unable to find an equalizer. It was mistakes at the back once again that cost us and unless we shore up our defense we won't be challenging for a top six position as was our dream at the… Read more

Ipswich Town 2 Leeds United 1

Leeds made four changes from Tuesdays terrible defeat to Preston but once again our defense was at fault after Snodgrass had got us back into the game with 13 minutes remaining. Tommy Smith turned from villain to hero for Roy Keane's Ipswich as they saw off 10-man Leeds. But when Smith and Gareth McAuley both jumped for the same ball, Leeds won possession and the ball was played out to Robert Snodgrass, who equalize.

Guess who wasn't a happy camper on the Ipswich bench but due to more poor defending from Leeds they got the three points with seven minutes remaining. Smith was never meant to start the game, but got his chance when Irish International Darren O'Dea was injured in the warm-up. Ipswich's first goal came when on loan Spurs man Jake Livermore slotted a perfect pass through to ex Wigan forward Jason Scotland… Read more

Leeds United 4 Preston North End 6

To say this was an embarrasment is an understatement and one hopes the players feel the same after letting down the supporters with this horror show. Indeed it was the first time EVER that a team had scored six goals at Elland Road and it's time now that Grayson stood up and confronted his problems in the back line. True Casper Schmichel is out injured and Shane Higgs didn't cover himself in glory but our back four was torn apart once more this season. As George Graham our ex manager used say if you sort out the back four the rest will take care of itself.

Preston fought back from 4-1 down to beat Leeds in an extraordinary match. Jon Parkin gave Preston the lead from close range, before headers by Luciano Becchio and Alex Bruce and a double from Davide Somma put Leeds in… Read more

Leeds United 1 Sheffield United 0

Bradley Johnson's 84 minute goal gave Leeds their first win over Sheffield United for 17 years in front of the biggest Championship crowd of the season (33,622). Sheffield are now managed by former Leeds favourite Gary Speed who signed schoolboy forms along with Leeds boss Simon Grayson on the same day in 1984.

After a frantic start Ched Evans thundered an early free-kick into the Leeds wall on the edge of the penalty area, but it was the home side who dominated the first 25 minutes without creating any clear-cut chances. Johnson had Leeds best chance of a dour first half when he directing a superb header towards the top corner, only for Blades goalkeeper Steve Simonsen to push the ball away at full stretch. Former Leeds skipper Lucas Radebe (The Chief) received the biggest cheer thus far when introduced to the crowd during the interval,… Read more

Doncaster Rovers 0 Leeds United 0

It was time for change for United manager Simon Grayson after the midweek drubbing at Barnsley and he was true to his word as Leeds went into another local derby at the Keepmoat Stadium. Out through injury were Connolly and Fede Bessone, Luciano Becchio and Richard Naylor were both dropped (or as we were told rested), and there was a full debut for ex Cardiff and Rangers winger Ross McCormack.

Doncaster began the game the brighter, pinning Leeds back straight away with their intricate passing, but when they first came close to getting on the score sheet, it was by more direct means. Bradley Johnson fouled James Coppinger wide on the right, and when Martin Woods fired in a free-kick, Somma failed to connect as he tried to clear the ball, forcing a fumbled save from Shane Higgs.

Within minutes David Somma (who has impressed this… Read more

Barnsley 5 Leeds United 2

Barnsley tore through Leeds with a rampant second-half performance that takes them up to seventh in the Championship and quietened the 7,000 traveling Leeds supporters. Leeds got off to a dream start when Jonny Howson's crisp strike put Leeds ahead on three minutes before debutant Garry O'Connor fired the Tykes level. There was a suspicion of a handball in the lead up to the goal but in his after match analysis Simon Grayson dismissed this as clutching at straws and instead said that his players had let down the huge Leeds support tonight.

Jim O'Brien pounced on a loose ball to put the hosts in front before Diego Arismendi's finish and Neil Collins' own-goal put the match beyond Leeds. Adam Hammill capped a super performance with a shot for the fifth while Davide Somma's late goal for Leeds was of little consolation.

There is no doubt that… Read more

Today in Woodenbridge in The Garden County of Ireland the Ennis Senior Golf Team won the JB Carr All Ireland Title after a titanic struggle with a gallant Galway team. One of the stalwarts of the team is our very own Ennislusc member John Finn and we sincerely congratulate him and his colleagues on such a tremendous achievement. This competition is a Men's Team event for the Over 60's and it is played in the Scotch Foursomes format.

Ennis won on a 3-2 score line with Noel Pyne and Michael Culliney winning on the 19th to ensure victory. Also there shouting on the Ennis men was another Ennislusc member Eoin Doohan ( himself a scratch golfer) and it's said that our anthem Marching On Together got a airing in the bar afterwards. The captain of the Galway team, Jeff Brennan had himself connections with Ennis as in 1955 he won a… Read more

Leeds United 2 Swansea 1

Luciano Becchio struck his third goal of the season as Leeds came from behind to beat Swansea at Elland Road. Leeds started with Shane Higgs in goal as Casper Schmichel was ruled out with a ankle injury but his deputy had a excellent game,inspiring Graysons men to their third league victory on the trot. Stephen Dobbie had put Swansea ahead on 13 minutes, slotting home after Richard Naylor (following on from his error in last game vs Watford) misjudged a ball over the top. Just as Swansea struck against the run of play, Leeds almost did in first-half stoppage time when Johnson launched a fierce shot against the bar.

Bradley Johnson smashed Leeds level on 56 mins after Dorus de Vries saved Naylor's point-blank header. And eight minutes later Argentine Becchio fired home from close range to leave the Swans still searching for their first points… Read more

On Friday next 17th September Ennislusc will be meeting in Moroneys for the live televised league game vs Doncaster Rovers. Given our great start to life in the Championship we are expecting a great crowd and a discussion on our trip to Elland Road for the Bristol City game will follow after the match.

Presently we have 43 members booked for the trip, which is incredible give the present economic state of the country. As most members are aware we are flying from Knock Airport on Friday 12th November (unfortunately no matching flight available from Shannon) and back into Shannon on Sunday evening. Look forward to seeing you all on Friday evening. Marching On Together

On Sunday morning in Woodenbridge County Wicklow our good friend and Ennislusc member John Finn will line out for the Ennis Senior Golf Team in the JB Carr All Ireland Final. John who is a former captain of Ennis Golf Club is finding a new lease of life since retiring from his teaching career in St Flannans College and obviously his golf game has benefited from all those extra practice rounds!

The team is managed by Jimmy McNamara a former well know Clare GAA referee and the playing members include Noel Pyne, Tony Kehoe, Eamonn Corry, Luke and Tony Coote, Sean O Gorman, Paddy Cahill, Paul Higgins, Michael Culliney, Aidan Lynch and Tim McAllister.All John's friends in Ennislusc wish him and his team mates sincere good wishes and hope they bring the All Ireland home to The Banner County.

We would also like to the take this opportunity to congratulate our President… Read more

Watford 0 Leeds United 1

Leeds captain Richard Naylor hit the winner in his 450th career appearance to end Watford's unbeaten start to the season in a poor game at Vicarage Road. The ex-Ipswich defender prodded home from close range after just six minutes and eased the heartache of his own goal last week.
There was no place in Leeds starting line-up for new signing Ross McCormack who only completed his switch from Cardiff on Friday evening with manager Simon Grayson opting to select the same side that beat Millwall last weekend.

The 45th goal of Naylor's career (he was formerly a forward with Ipswich Town in his younger days) came when the hosts failed to deal with a cross into the box after goalkeeper Scott Loach had tipped Luciano Becchio's header over the bar.
Leeds lost left back Fede Bessone to injury at the break and replaced him with Andy Hughes,… Read more