Leeds United 2 Southend Utd 0

It's three league wins in a row for new boss Simon Grayson and never were they so needed as all our nearest rivals failed to drop points and we are 7th in the table, three points off a play off place. Rui Marques and Richard Naylor headers were enough to give Leeds victory over Southend and extend their winning run to three games.

Angola international Marques climbed to nod home Bradley Johnson's sixth minute corner for his first of the season. Shortly afterwards, Johnson took a short corner to Andy Robinson and his cross was headed in by Naylor. Theo Robinson came closest for the visitors with a powerful drive that flashed inches wide.

Leeds: Ankergren, Hughes, Marques, Naylor, Dickinson, Robinson (Snodgrass 69), Delph, Douglas, Johnson, Trundle (Howson 73), Beckford (Becchio 84).
Subs Not Used: Lucas, Michalik.

Goals: Marques 6, Naylor 11.

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Leeds will appear on Sky Sports three times over the comeing months. On Mon 9th February the home game vs Millwall will kick off at 19.45 as will the away fixture on 2nd March to Oldham Athletic.

Then on Easter Monday April 13th the league leaders Leicester City will be our opponents for this away fixture. The kick off for this game is 12.15pm and hopefully we will perform for the cameras and pick up some vital points.

Leeds United 3 Peterborough Utd 1

Haveing failed to beat The Posh earlier in the season Leeds gained sweet revenge at Ellan Road thanjs to two goals from a fit again Jermaine Beckford. Leeds keeper Casper Ankergren twice denied George Boyd and Posh stopper Joe Lewis twice thwarted Andy Robinson.

Substitute Beckford struck with a rebound after Lewis parried Bradley Johnson's free-kick and then deceived Craig Morgan before shooting home.
Craig Mackail-Smith pulled a goal back after Boyd hit the post before Jonny Howson scored in injury time.

Leeds: Ankergren, Hughes, Marques, Naylor, Dickinson, Robinson (Snodgrass 88), Douglas, Delph, Johnson, Trundle (Howson 81), Becchio (Beckford 58).
Subs Not Used: Lucas, Michalik.

Booked: Delph.

Goals: Beckford 62, 71, Howson 90.

Peterborough: Lewis, Martin, Morgan, Zakuani, Lee, Whelpdale (Batt 90), Coutts, Keates, Boyd, Mclean, Mackail-Smith.
Subs Not Used: McKeown, Torres, Crofts, Blanchett.

Goals: Mackail-Smith 79.

Att: 22,766

Brighton 0 Leeds United 2

The three new loan signings by Simon Grayson of Lee Trundle, Carl Robinson and Richard Naylor contributed to a great away day for Leeds at the Withdean Stadium against The Seagulls. At last Leeds have kept a clean sheet at the back and fans are already calling Naylor the next Vinny Jones.

Pity is he's on loan from Ipsich until the 19th of Februrary so it's imperative that we sign him on until the end of the season if he produces performances like last Saturday. He's already played 25 games for Ipswich this season so the surprise is that they let him out on loan at all.
Trundle was as busy as a bee on the wing and Robinson looked a cool customer when he replaced Richardson eith just over 2o minutes remaining.

Second-half goals from Lee Trundle and Fabian Delph ensured victory for Leeds at Brighton.
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Leeds United 0 Carlisle 2

New boss Simon Grayson ( ex Blackpool manager) has his work cut out if Leeds are to qualify for a top six play off place. Then now find themselves six points off 6th place and currently lie 10th in the table. Former Leeds players Danny Graham and Michael Bridges scored as Carlisle secured a deserved win at Elland Road. Graham, who was on loan at Leeds in 2006, swept in Cleveland Taylor's cross from close range to put Carlisle ahead.

Then, a mix-up between Leeds keeper Casper Ankergren and defender Lubo Michalik (once again ) allowed Graham to play Bridges through to score from a narrow angle. Fabian Delph had a penalty shout waved away while Luciano Becchio hit a post after the break as Leeds toiled.

Leeds: Ankergren, Richardson, Marques, Michalik, Sheehan (Johnson 56), Hughes (Robinson 62), Douglas, Delph, Snodgrass, Christie (Trundle 56), Becchio.
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It has been decided that the Tranmere game on the 18th of April will be the club's second trip of the season. Once again our excellent secretary Paul Nihill has checked out flights, bus transfers, hotels etc and the breakdown is as follows :

1)Flight to Newcastle dep Shannon @ 16.50 on 17th April return on 19th @ 18.40 arriving in Shannon @ 20.00 .Cost €65-70 with bus cost €35.

2)The Marriott Hotel for 2nts B&B is €100

3) Match Ticket €40

Total Cost €240

This is superb value and as of today we have 18 members signed up for the trip. So if you want to be in Elland Road in April get o0n the phone to Paul ( 086-8346091) and book your place. Marching On Together

Stockport 1 Leeds United 3

Late goals from Fabian Delph and substitute Malcolm Christie secured Simon Grayson his first victory since taking over as Leeds manager lest than a week ago. Stockport were ahead on three minutes as Johnny Mullins followed up to net after Karl Baker's shot was blocked.

Leeds' Jermaine Beckford hit the bar with an overhead kick, before Luciano Becchio equalised from close range. Delph pounced from long range after 73 minutes, then ex Derby striker Malcolm Christie smashed home a half-volley with four minutes to go.

Stockport: fon Williams, Mullins, Tunnicliffe, McNulty, Rose (McSweeney 25), Anthony Pilkington, Blizzard, Gleeson, Rowe, Davies (Thompson 78), Baker (Turnbull 77).
Subs Not Used: Dicker, Taylor.

Goals: Mullins 3.

Leeds: Ankergren, Richardson, Marques, Michalik, Sheehan, Hughes (Prutton 89), Douglas, Delph, Snodgrass (Howson 64), Beckford (Christie 64), Becchio.
Subs Not Used: Lucas, Robinson.

Booked: Sheehan, Delph.

Goals: Becchio 19, Delph 73, Christie 86.

Att: 10,273

Leeds United 1 Leicester City 1

In front of theie biggest crowd of the season Robert Snodgrass scored an injury-time equaliser to deny table toppers Leicester and earn Simon Grayson a point in his first game in charge of Leeds. Leicester looked to have had the game won when Matt Oakley converted Matt Fryatt's pass from close range. Earlier Argentinian Luciano Becchio had struck the post for Leeds.

But the Leeds were not to be denied and late on Snodgrass latched onto Jonny Howson's chip and forced the ball in at the far post.

Leeds: Ankergren, Richardson, Marques, Michalik, Sheehan, Prutton (Hughes 57), Douglas (Snodgrass 76), Delph, Robinson (Howson 77), Beckford, Becchio.
Subs Not Used: Lucas, Kilkenny.
Booked: Marques.

Goals: Snodgrass 90.

Leicester: Martin, Berner, Hobbs, Tunchev, Gilbert, Oakley, Andy King, Davies, Dyer, Howard, Fryatt (Dickov 85).
Subs Not Used: Cisak, Morrison, Adams, Powell.

Booked: Davies.

Goals: Oakley 24.

Att: 33,580.

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Once again Leeds are in the news for all the wrong reasons after the sacking of Gary McAllister and the appointment of ex Leeds player and current Blackpool boss Simon Grayson to the No 1 job at Elland Road. Blackpool have reported Leeds United to the Football League after the League One club named Simon Grayson as their new manager. The Seasiders claim they rejected five approaches from Leeds and did not accept Grayson's resignation.

The Championship club are also seeking legal advice over an alleged breach of contract by Grayson. Leeds chairman Ken Bates has insisted his club did nothing wrong in the process that led to Grayson's move. Bates told Yorkshire Radio that after his initial approach was rejected "that was the end of it" until Blackpool put the news in the public domain. He added that Grayson was appointed only after resigning as Blackpool boss.

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MK Dons 3 Leeds United 1

Leeds suffered their fifth straigh defeat in the league and have now dropped down to 9th in the table and five points off the play offs.

The hosts took the lead when Jemal Johnson's corner found Sean O'Hanlon and he headed into the Leeds net. Their lead doubled when Wilbraham poked another Johnson corner in, before Leeds got back into the game when Robert Snodgrass volleyed in from 20 yards.

But the Dons wrapped things up when Leeds left Wilbraham unmarked for him to head in Johnson's cross. Speaking after the match Leeds United manager Gary McAllister told BBC Radio Leeds:
"I feel I am letting the fans down. The city of Leeds deserves better. "We'll keep working, I'll continue to work hard with the players to put things right. That's my job."

Milton Keynes Dons: Gueret, Stirling (Howell 90), O'Hanlon, Llera, Cummings, Johnson, Navarro,… Read more

It had to happen even for a Leeds hero like Gary McAllister but five straight defeats in the league was not on and the writing was on the wall. Bad enough going out of the FA Cup to non league Histon but failing even to qualify for the play offs this season would be unthinkable. Also gone is his assistant Steve Staunton who in my humble opinion brought nothing to the club and seems to be out of his depth in a management role.

Well who'll take over I hear you say ? My preference would be Gus Poyet but also in the frame will be Adi Boothroyd, Alan Curbishley and of course Paul Ince. Neil Thompson and Andy Beasley took charge of training on Monday morning, but Leeds said: "We hope to appoint a new manager as quickly as possible."

Former Watford boss Boothroyd, 37, left Vicarage Road in November… Read more

Even in these times of recession and following five defeats in a row by our beloved Leeds United the membership of Ennislusc continues to grow. Today we welcome new member Jamie Kelleher who hails from Glendine, Miltown Malbay and has been a lifetime Leeds supporter.

However it took Ennis native and now resident Mullagh man Pat Basil Whelan to tell Jamie of Ennislusc. You see Jamie is a mechanic by profession and as we all know Basil loves his car restoration projects so when they met up Bas was wearing his Ennislusc jacket and as they say the rest is history.

So once again welcome to the club Jamie and we look forward to seeing you in Moroney's for some of the televised games or better still on some of our infamous trips to Elland Road. Marching on Together.

Leeds United 1 Colchester Utd 2

This result reminds one of our FA Cup meeting in the 3rd in 1971 with the same opposition when that great Leeds team of Bremmner, Giles, Lorimer, Gray etc were beaten 3-2 at Layer Road . Today we are not as fortunate to have such players at our disposal and if one listened to Yorkshire Radio for todays game and heard the great Eddie Gray comments it certainly would made all Leeds fans sad. In Eddie's opinion this was a very poor performance and if this great winger mades such comments one should listen. This was our fourth straight league defeat and if one took in the FA Cup game vs Histon that would make it five in a row.

What has gone wrong? Once again the opposition scored from two set pieces the first a corner and the second a free kick after David Prutton… Read more

Recently two of our members Jim Ryan and Pat Basil Whelan have spent some time in hospital and thankfully now they are on the road to recovery. Both are Ennislusc stalwarts and all their friends in the club would like to wish them well with their recovery.

On behalf of all associated with Ennislusc I would like to wish all our members and their famalies a Happy and Peaceful Christmas and hopefully despite the absence of the Celtic Tiger a prosperous New Year.
Obviously promotion is the wish of all Leeds supporters in '09 so if your listening Santa please please grant us our wish as we've had enough of League 1 ! Marching On Together

Tranmere Rovers 2 Leeds United 1

Tranmere came from behind to hand Leeds a fifth away defeat of the season. Fraser Richardson flicked on a Robert Snodgrass cross for Enoch Showunmi to beat Danny Coyne from eight yards and give the visitors an early lead.

But when United keeper David Lucas missed his punch from an Andy Taylor free-kick, Antony Kay was on hand to head Rovers level from 12 yards.
Ian Moore's speculative 20-yard shot wrapped up the win although Leeds had a Luciano Becchio header ruled out.

Tranmere: Coyne, Johnson, Chorley, Goodison, Taylor, Moore, Jennings, Kay, Wilson (Edds 82), Sonko (Shuker 86), Savage.
Subs Not Used: Achterberg, Antwi, Gornell.

Booked: Kay, Jennings.

Goals: Kay 17, Moore 49.

Leeds: Lucas, Richardson, Telfer, Marques, Sheehan, Snodgrass, Douglas, Prutton, Howson (Kilkenny 71), Becchio, Showunmi.
Subs Not Used: Ankergren, Michalik, Parker, Hughes.

Booked: Prutton, Telfer.

Goals: Showunmi 11.

Att: 8,700

FA Cup 2nd Round

Histon 1 Leeds United 0

Does it get any worse than this I hear you say ? Certainly as a life long Leeds supporter this has to be the bitterest pill to swallow even worse than when Colchester beat us 3-2 in the 1971 FA Cup at Layer Road. Then we had a star studded team of household names but the present team would wipe their boots. They have no heart and lack the fight needed when you play on waterlogged pitches and against 11 partimers who have nothing to lose. Sad to say Gary McAllister did'nt once get off his bench in the second half and looked resigned that his team were heading for defeat long before the final whistle.

Matthew Langston's header stunned Leeds and earned non-league Histon a home tie with Swansea in the FA Cup third round. In a game played in awful conditions, postman… Read more

Northampton Town 2 Leeds United 1

Substitute Nicholas Bignall grabbed the winner as Northampton gained revenge for last week's FA Cup defeat with victory over Leeds. The Cobblers took a deserved lead in the 28th-minute when Liam Davis fired in from the edge of the area.

Jermaine Beckford headed home an equaliser at the far post in the 69th minute before limping off injured. But Northampton rallied and in the 87th minute Bignall rose to head home a Danny Jackman corner and claim the win.

Northampton: Fielding, Kyle Walker, Crowe, Todd, Jackman, Gilligan, Coke, Guttridge (Holt 76), Davis, Constantine (Bignall 75), McGleish. Subs Not Used: Dunn, Hughes, Dolman.

Goals: Davis 28, Bignall 87.

Leeds: Lucas, Hughes, Telfer, Michalik, Parker, Prutton, Delph, Douglas (Snodgrass 65), Robinson, Beckford (Howson 79), Becchio. Subs Not Used: Ankergren, Richardson, Kilkenny.

Booked: Robinson, Delph, Douglas, Prutton.

Goals: Beckford 69.

Att: 6,008

Leeds United 4 Hartlepool 1

Jermaine Beckford scored his fourth and fifth goal as classy Leeds eased past Hartlepool. Becks opened the scoring when he glanced home a fine cross from Andrew Hughes but Joel Porter's header from Michael Nelson's centre on twenth five minutes made it 1-1.

Fabian Delph ( who has Liverpool and Arsenal monitoring his progress ) restored Leeds lead with a low drive from 12 yards on 50 mins and Beckford teed up Luciano Becchio who blasted in number three from eight yards on 64 mins..

Beckford rounded off the scoring, collecting a Hughes pass and firing in the home side's fourth in injury time. This completed a great week for Leeds haveing knocked Northampton Town out of the FA Cup on Monday night and now they are beginning to fire on all cylinders.Let's hope for all concerned it continues.

Leeds: Lucas, Hughes, Michalik, Telfer, Parker, Robinson,… Read more

The second round of this year's FA Cup sees Leeds travel to non league Histon on Sun 30th Nov for a 12.15pm kick off which is live on ITV. This is a potential bananna skin for The Whites but if we overcome the non league side we are then in the draw with the big boys and who know Man U at homee !
As usual we will be meeting in Moroney's for the game and will be discussing our next trip to Elland Road. There is talk about going over for the Scunthorp game and also takeing in the World Rugby League Final between the Leeds Rhinos and Manley Sea Lions (Australia)at Elland Road on Sun 1st Mar at 6pm. This would mean a possible three day trip to Leeds and will be discussed after Sundays game if members are interested.

Our good friend Frankie Woods has done some checking re… Read more