On Thursday 30th August the AGM of the Ennis Leeds United Supporters Club will take place in Moroneys Bar,Market Street ,Ennis at 8.00pm sharp. Among the iteams to be discussed will be trips to Elland Road for the coming season and the election of officers. Hope to see all true Leeds supporters there on the night as now that we're not on Sky we seldom meet as a group. Marching on Together

Leeds United 4 Southend 1

Late goals from Jermaine Beckford, Rui Marques and Tore Andre Flo helped Leeds claw back another three points against their 15-point penalty at Elland Road. Earlier it had looked like Adam Barrett had secured Southend a share of the points with a 69th minute equaliser following Alan Thompson's third minute goal for the home team.

A crowd of over 24,000 were at Elland Road for the first home game of the season,1,500 more than for the opening fixture last season. Once again Wise praised the fans for their contribution while also saying that he was especially happy with the second half performance from his players who played to the very end and got their just rewards.

Following Leeds victory vs Macclesfield ( 1-0) in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night their reward is an away fixture with Portsmouth at Fratton Park on August 27th. These two teams last met in in October 2004 in the Carling Cup also when Portsmouth were victorious by the odd goal in three once again at Fratton Park.

It will be interesting to see how this new look Leeds team copes with a top Premiership side who have invested heavely this season in their quest for a European place next season.

Tranmere Rovers 0 Leeds United 1

Leeds United began life in League One with a 2-1 win at Tranmere a result that will give Dennis Wise and his boys a lot of confidence for the long season ahead. Thw Whites fell behind to a Chris Greenacre goal but hit back through a Matt Heath header following a Alan Thompson free kick before Tresor Kandol bagged a late winner.

It was the fighting spirit especially in the second half which was very pleasing to see considering how poor the team were for all the first half.It looked like they had just met that morning for the game such was their dire showing but following some stern words from Wise at half time the got their act together and got their just reward.Great stat but long way to go yet.

It was with deep sadness that news came through today that Ger Mullane who was know throughout Ireland for his athletic prowess ( ex Irish International) had passed away in hospital in Dublin. Ger had collapsed during the Kildysart 10k on Sunday week last and never recovered. An avid Leeds United fan, he worked in the Revenue Offices in Limerick and was great friends with our colleague Frankie Woods.

Indeed Ger used to keep Frank abrest of things at Elland Road through his constant emails and was always asking how things were going with the Ennis Branch. Frank did his best to get Ger on one of our many trips but his weekends were taken up with travelling around the country for road races.

Our sincere sympathy goes out to his family and colleagues on their tragic loss.

Leeds have lost their appeal against the Football League's decision to dock them 15 points. Chairman Ken Bates had been hoping the Football League would agree to a compromise and cut the deficit, but the board has stood its ground.

"Leeds United presented their appeal and why they thought the board was wrong,"said Football League chairman Lord Mawhinney. "We then had a vote, in which the league overwhelmingly endorsed the decision that there should be a sanction. "In a second vote, the league then overwhelmingly endorsed the decision that the sanction should be 15 points. "If you want to know what overwhelmingly means, it means in both cases the vote was over 75 per cent."

Leeds must therefore start the season 15 points in arrears and facing a huge challenge to earn promotion back to the Championship. Manager Dennis Wise forever the optimist has said his side will need to… Read more

Leeds must start the League One season with a 15-point deduction after receiving their Football League share. Our beloved Whites have been trying to secure the share in time to begin the new campaign next weekend against Tranmere Rovers.
But in order to take up their spot in League One for the coming season, Dennis Wise's Leeds must accept a 15-point penalty.

An appeal has been lodged with the Football League but it remains to be seen if this will be successful.With the Inland Revenue looking for £7m in outstanding taxes also it's being a trying time being a Leeds supporter.One piece of sunshine on the horizon is that Dennis Wise can now get in some new players even though with only a week to the season kick off it's not ideal time to bed in new players.Now we'll see the true Leeds supporters in the coming months.

The future of Leeds United looks a little brighter after the Football League agreed to meet club officials next week. Serious doubts linger whether the club will start the new League One season as they are still awaiting their 'golden share'. However, after receiving all the necessaryinformation from Leeds' administrators KPMG, the League have agreed to meet club officials in a bid to resolve the club's precarious position.

This is great news for all Leeds fans and hopefully will allow the club to make some new signings before the start of the new season.Although it does not give players much time to bed in it would be great to finally see some new blood join the club in our quest to get back to the Championship.

With the Leeds players on their pre season tour in Germany it has come to light that the players are still awaiting payment of wages for over six weeks while the administration side of things are being sorted out.

The Professional Footballers' Association has called on Leeds United to pay their players their outstanding wages. The summer saga regarding the club's ownership has meant Dennis Wise's squad have gone six weeks without pay. With Ken Bates winning the second round of bidding for the club, PFA representative Mick McGuire has urged Leeds to stump up the cash.

"It's an absolute mess and it needs to be resolved urgently because the players are reaching the end of their tethers," stated McGuire. There are funds around so there needs to be some common sense to make sure the players get their wages. It's getting on for six weeks now and you cannot expect… Read more

Leeds United chairman Ken Bates is buoyant on the club's future now that they have been given a 'clean start'. Bates is back in control of the club after administrators KPMG accepted his consortium's offer in the second round of bidding.

Former Chelsea supremo Bates has hit out at those who have delayed him gaining control, stating the club have missed out on a number of targets as a result. However, Bates remains hopeful and believes there are plenty more fish in the sea for manager Dennis Wise to sign as Leeds begin life in League One.

"Leeds were in a mess when we took over - the Peter Ridsdale era and the last board were incompetent but now we've got a clean start and a clean sheet of paper. It's a big club - it's not at the moment but it will be - and we can take it… Read more

Leeds United's administrators, KPMG, have put the Elland Road club up for sale. The decision from KPMG comes after HM Revenue and Customs revealed it is owed £7.7million by Leeds and would contest chairman Ken Bates' takeover of the club. Club creditors had accepted an offer of 1p-in-the-pound from Bates which would see him buy back the club and pull The Whites out of administration.

But HM Revenue and Customs are unhappy with the deal proposed by Leeds United Football Club Ltd. Leeds may be barred from starting the League One season as the situation was not set to be resolved until the start of September. However as a result KPMG have now acted by welcoming new offers for Leeds, and have set a deadline of 5pm on Monday for bids to be received.

"We are putting the club up for sale and offers must be in by 5pm on… Read more

Leeds kicked off their pre season with a game in Dublin last night against Shelbourne and emerged 2-0 winners. A total of 21 players were used by Leeds including 7 trialists with one of theses David Prutton ex Southampton scoring the second in the 76 minute.In the first half Robbie Blake had opened the scoring with a trademark free kick from the edge of the area.

Other trialists on view included Russell Fry ex Hull City, James Mullen ex Man United youngster, Curtes Weston who was the youngest player ever to play in a FA Cup Final with Millwall in 2004, Graham Coughlan ex Sheffield Wednesday captain, Leon Constantine ex Port Vale and Paul Boertine ex Derby County. All the squad played for 45 minutes and Dennis Wise & Gus Poyet said they were very pleased with the run out after their first week back training.

Once again there was a large… Read more

On Saturday 7th July Leeds will play Shelbourne at Tolka Park Dublin with a kick off time of 7.45pm. The last time Leeds came to Ireland was in 2003 so it gives Irish fans the chance to see Dennis Wise's men on home soil.Although Leeds played in Limerick last season it was mainly reserve and youths players that were in action so this is a chance to see what players will tog out for the 2007/08 season.Tickets can be purchases from Ticketmaster or direct from Shelbourne football club.

The League 1 fixtures came out today and Leeds kick off the season with an away tie at Tranmere Rovers on Saturday August 11th. Unfortunately there are not the glamour fixtures we were used to some season back but never the less the club will be making it's annual trips again with Huddesfield Town on December 8th being one the members may choose. This will be decided at our AGM which will take place before the start of the season and all members will be informed of the date for this in the near future.

Fixtures 2OO7/2008

Saturday, 14 July 2007
Friendly Match
York v Leeds, 15:00

Saturday, 28 July 2007
Friendly Match
Burnley v Leeds, 15:00

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Friendly Match
Darlington v Leeds, 19:30

Saturday, 04 August 2007
Friendly Match
Wigan v Leeds, 15:00

Saturday, 11 August 2007
Coca-Cola Football League One
Tranmere v Leeds, 15:00

Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Carling Cup
Macclesfield v Leeds, 19:45

Saturday, 18 August 2007
Coca-Cola Football League One
Leeds v Southend,… Read more

On Saturday week last Basil met his match in Mullagh Church when he walked down the aisle with his lovely bride Patricia Cahill.The reception was held in the Bellbridge House Hotel in Spanish Point and a mighty day was had by all. Take a look at the pictures in the gallery of their special day. Best Wishes to you both from all your friends at Ennislusc.

Ryanair have announced that from November they will have a three times weekly flight to Leeds / Bradford from Shannon Airport. This is great news for us Leeds fans and just mayby Kevin Green's letter to Michael O Leary got him thinking of opening this new route. Well at least that's what Kevin says.

The flight days are Tuesday, Thursday and Sundays with flight times yet to be finalized. While this might not suit some of our plans we could fly out on Saturday mornings it the times allow and could return via East Midlands if we so wishes. At least we now have the opportunity to fly direct to Leeds ,something we never thought would happen. The only disappointment is were not in the Premiership but we can dream! Thank you Mr O Leary for listening.

The opening of a new Etap Hotel in Leeds has given us another option when going over for games. It's 10 minutes walk from the City Centre and offers great value at £32 per night for ensuite accommodation with satellite TV and a buffet breakfast. This is a big saving on our present option of The Queens and as they say a change now and again is no harm. However as always we'll leave it up to the members to decide their preferred option.

Also it should be note that Paul and Angie of The Prince Of Wales pub have made 12 bed available to our members if they wish to stay at a nominal cost. This is a very kind gesture by our good friends who visited us last weekend and enjoyed the crack during the Fleadh Nua weekend in the company of Slim Corry, Mike McNamara, Kieran and Kaki… Read more

On Saturday next the 2nd June our very own Basil Whelan will walk down the aisle in St Mary's Church Mullagh and into married life with Patricia Cahill by his side. Afterwards there is a reception in The Bellbridge Hotel Spanish Point and Basil has extended a warm welcome to any members and their partners to come along to the evening reception.

Then on Wednesday 6th June in far away Sorrento Italy our good friend and fellow member Enda Howard will wed Marguerite "Mags " Murphy from Clarecastle. Howardy being a staunch Eire Og follower says that the Red & Bandage are the only boys for him and that Mags will never get him to shout for The Magpies.

All in the club wish both couples every success in life and look forward to seeing them on some of our trips in the future.

Our good friends Paul and Angie who run the Prince Of Wales pub in Leeds are over in Ennis for the weekend and looking forward to meeting up with many of the gang who they have met over the years when the club goes to Leeds.On Monday they are going fishing with clubmember Jimmy Allard who is an international fly fisherman and as avid fishing people they are really looking forward to this part of the trip. Bring plenty of sandwiches as Jimmy loves his food as we well know from our trips.
They also told us that they will now after all be staying in The Prince of Wales and in fact are doing major renovations to the pub.We all look forward to seeing the new look Prince when we travel over for our first Division 1 fixture in November.

Derby County 2 Leeds United 0

In what was a meaningless match for both sides Leeds finished the season with a defeat and 10 men. Wise gave a chance to some of the younger players notably Robert Bayly, Seb Carole, Jemal Johnson who were in the starting 11 with Tom Elliott,Jonny Hewson and Fabian Delph on the bench. All made appearances during the game but unfortunately Bayly saw red for an attempted head butt after he was involved in a bad tackle.

Goals from Darren Currie on 45 mins and one from Tyrone Mears on 86 mins gave Derby a deserved victory and a place in the play offs. The 1,500 Leeds supporters sang all during the game and at the end gave a standing ovation the the players for their efforts.Nice to see the fans still love the club and next season we will need them more than ever.