Suzanne’s review of trip to Leeds 9 March, 2007

We began our journey on 9 March from Shannon to Liverpool. From there we took an hour long coach journey to our 4 hotel, the Queen’s in Leeds city centre where we stayed for two nights.

The next day we went to the match at Elland Road between Leeds and Luton Town. After many near goal chances, Leeds opened the scoring with a well-executed goal from Richard Crewell. The stadium erupted with cheers as the Luton players stared on in disbelief. Going in at half-time Leeds should’ve been well up but they ended the first half 1-0. in favour of the home team.

In the second half a Luton player went down in the box and was awarded a penalty. As he struck the ball everyone held their breath, luckily Casper saved it with his legs and held on tightly.

Jonathan Douglas and… Read more

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All the pictures taken on our recent trip to Elland Road for the Luton Town game are now posted on the picture gallery.Take a peek and see what you think.

Southend 1 Leeds United 1

In what was billed as a six point game Leeds were lucky to escape with a point thanks to a 88min equalizer from substitute David Healy. United should have gone ahead on 7 mins when Richard Cresswell fed Frazier Richardson down the right wing and his cross was met by Tresor Kandol, seven yards out but he failed to hit the net. This was to prove costly when in the 23rd min Michalik failed to clear and Lee Bradbury raced on to the through ball and squared for Mark Gower who gave Ankergren no chance from 10 yards. It could and should have been 2-0 to Southend three minutes later when Freddie Eastwood hit the post with Ankergren beaten all ends up. The half ended with Darryl Flahavan being called into action to deny Cresswell from 15 yards.

The second half was not without incident with both… Read more

Leicester City 1 Leeds United 1

Fresh aftertheir victory over Luton on Saturday Dennis Wise and his men were in confident mood for their trip to Leicester.Out through injury was Eddie Lewis and he was replaced by Armando Sa.In a dour first half all the action was confined to the last minute of normal time.

Leeds were awarded a free kick on the edge of the Leicester area for a foul on Jemal Johnston which keeper Henderson was booked for. Up stepped Robbie Blake but his first effort was blocked by the wall but he hit the rebound with his left foot right in the bottom corner for a well taken goal.Now all United had to do was survive until half time.

No such luck however and straight from the kick off a cross from Jarrett was met by Iain Hume and his effort went in off the crossbar after Casper Ankergren seemed… Read more

Leeds United 1 Luton Town 0

Special Report from Peter Guckian who made the trip along with his Dad Peter and 20 other Ennis Lusc Supporters.

Ennis Leeds United Supporters Club Trip to Leeds vs. Luton Town

Back when this trip was being planned, things were different. Hopes of us surviving in the Championship were very low and none of us even thought how big this game would be. Little did we know it would make or break our worst season in decades, never mind a six pointer this one was going to be a nine pointer!
We set off from the West County Hotel to Shannon Airport at around ten o clock Friday morning, most of us thinking we were already relegated, although looking towards a gloomy weekend spirits were high as we boarded and travelled on the plane to the famous John Lennon Airport in Liverpool. From there we got our… Read more

In the next few days pictures from the trip will be posted in the picture gallery and as always should not be missed. Many thanks to Peter Guckian's for his article on the trip it was superb.As always the site is foe all Leeds Supporters and articles are always welcome ,so get writing.

On Friday next the 9th March 23 members of Ennislusc Branch will leave Shannon en route to Leeds for the Championship match vs Luton Town on Saturday. First timers in the group this time include Kieran & Kaki Ryan and Tadgh Murphy son of fanatical Alan who himself will be making his second trip to Elland Road. Hopefully we can get the three points in our efforts to avoid relegation and no need to ask but we'll have a great weekend. Look out for the trip report next week.

Report from the recent QPR home game.

On Feb 20th John Galvin and Kevin Greene travelled over for as the Yorkshire Post put it “ Tonight it a true 6 pointer”. The game being on over the Feb Mid Term Break suited Kevin and myself. We arrived in Leeds early on the Tuesday morning getting the early flight to Leeds Bradford from Dublin. The atmosphere around the city and out at Elllen Rd, was palpable. We headed out to Ellen Rd, for a few pint at Biddys Bar and some shopping at the Leeds shop. Then back to Bewleys Hotel for a mini rest before the game.

Denis Wise after the Cardiff game urged the Leeds fans to come out in force for this crunch game. Ken Bates, the chairman followed suit and slashed prices for this epic struggle. The fans on the night were not found wanting as over… Read more

Leeds United 2 Sheffield Wednesday 3

On loan signing Radostin Kishishev from Charlton made his debut in midfield in place of want away captain Kevin Nicholls and Ian Moore started up front in place of Robbie Blake. The visitors were quick out of the blocks and on six minutes Deon Burton headed against the bar and when the ball was crossed in again Marcus Tudgay made no mistake with a good header from eight yards. Leeds however started to dominate proceedings and Healy ,Cresswell and Rui Marques had good efforts on goal.

However as so often has been the case Leeds fell to a sucker punch. A poor clearance by Stack was not controlled by Frazier Richardson and from fully 45 yards Northern Ireland International Chris Brunt left Stack stranded in the Leeds goal with a super chip. Just on the stroke of half time Ian Moore went close with a header.… Read more

Wolves 1 Leeds United 0

Another disaster for the Whites when Mick McCarthy's men brushed aside a poor Leeds side to secure three points in their quest for promotion while leaving Wises men routed to the bottom of the table. Once more Leeds were forced to make changes to their starting line up when Alan Thompson and Armado Sa were ruled out through injury with Frazier Richardson and Seb Carole recalled. In the Wolves line up was ex-United youngster Andy Keogh who went on to have a fine game in midfield.

Over the 90 minutes it was all Wolves with Rob Edwards hitting the woodwork twice before the all important winner coming in the 76th minute. Michael Kightly started a run from midfield and skipped past two tackles, one from skipper Kevin Nicholls who made a clumse effort to stop the winger. From 16 yards Kightly hit an unstoppable shot which gave… Read more

Birmingham City 1 Leeds United 0

We should be getting used to this scoreline by now as Leeds draw another blank in front of goal. In what was always going to be a tough fixture Leeds when down to a Nicklas Bendtner headed goal on 15 mins following a Gary McSheffrey corner. However Wises boys were unlucky as they had a goal chalked off by a linesmans flag on 30 mins and Richard Cresswell hit a post after being put through by David Healy.

Try as they may Leeds failed to penetrate a stubborn Birmingham back four and indeed only for a great save by Graham Stack and a post Bendtner would have had his hat trick.

Leeds United 0 Queens Park Rangers 0

Before their biggest crowd of the season Leeds failed to collect a valueable three points and indeed were playing second fiddle to a determined QPR side for most of the second half. Thanks to Casper Ankergren in the Leeds goal it was the home side who will be delighted to gain a point.

Two of our members Kevin Green and John Galvin (who was making a return trip to Leeds after a 20 year absence) were in attendance tonight and hopefully enjoyed the game despite the lack of goals. On their return they will give an update of their trip for EnnisLUSC and it should make interesting reading.

Cardiff City 1 Leeds United 0

Once again Cardiff defeated Leeds and this time despite being down to nine men when the game finished and also having a penalty saved. Not since 1984 have Leeds defeated City in any fixture, Cup or League, and so it was once again on Saturday. In City's lineup were two ex-Leeds players Stephen McPhail and Simon Walton who late on in the game was sent off for a second bookable offence. Leeds made one change from the Palace game with Armando Sa replacing Frazier Richardson in defence.

City started well with Whittingham threatening down the left and top goalscorer Michael Chopra with 18 goals to his credit having a shot at every opportunity. Ian Moore and Ian Westlake were Leeds best players in the first half forcing corners from the City defence but with no results. Then Leeds fell to a sucker punch on 44 mins… Read more

In the coming week we will be replacing the message board with a guestbook and hopefully Leeds supporters far and wide can put their thoughts on the site. All comments are welcome particularly those relating to the site and the present state of Leeds United.

Our First Official Tour

While we had one official trip in our inaugural year to Elland Road some members also went on trips to see the Liverpool game ( unfortunately a 4 nil drubbing ) and to the Gary Kelly Testimonial vs Glasgow Celtic which ended in a 4-1 defeat for Leeds. The highlight of this particular night in May 2002 was the non-stop singing of the Celtic fans from before kick off until well after the game had ended. One can only wonder what it would be like if Celtic were in the Premiership with such support as on this occasion 8,000 fans traveled down from Scotland for the game some even going via Dublin ( we were on the same flight ) as it was a cheaper route for them than traveling direct.

However the highlight of the year has to be the branches first official trip to… Read more

Leeds United 2 Crystal Palace 1

If ever three points were badly needed it was today and particularly after our nearest rivals Southend handed QPR a drubbing on the Friday night live game on Sky. Today we were without Alan Thompson through injury and he was replaced with Eddie Lewis and Wise caused a shock by starting new signing Casper Ankergren in goal in preference to Neil Sullivan.

Palace dominated the early stages with Ankergren saving well on two occassions from Palace midfielder Fletcher but it was Leeds who struck for the all important first goal on 27 mins. Robbie Blake struck a super corner from the left and Matt Heath headed home at the far post for his second goal in three games. Leeds nearly struck again five minutes later when Leon Cort made a goal saving tackle on Ian Moore and on the stroke of half time Gabor Kiraly denied… Read more

Norwich City 2 Leeds United 1

Fresh from their midweek victory at Hull ,Leeds travelled to Carrow in buoyant form. Once again Dennis Wise was forced to make two changes as David Healy and Eddie Lewis were both out injured and were replaced by Robbie Blake and skipper Kevin Nicholls.

Norwich started well and had the ball in the Leeds net after 10 mins but ex Leeds player Darren Huckerby was ruled out for offside. Leeds were defending well and on 20 mins Robbie Blake hit a low cross from the left that was meet by teenager Jonny Howson and he shot home from 15 yards. On the half hour mark Jonathan Douglas was booked for a foul on Huckerby and five minutes later he failed to get on the end of a fantastic cross from Alan Thompson that would have put Leeds in the driving seat.

The second half started with… Read more

Hull City 1 Leeds United 2

This was a must win game for Leeds and the day did'nt start too well for Dennis Wise when he found out that new signing Tore Andre Flo suffered a hairline fracture to his foot in training. Wise made five changes to the team beaten by WBA in the FA Cup with Frazier Richardson, Matt Heath, Jonathan Douglas, Jonny Howson and Trsor Kandol starting. On the bench was England U 17 International Tom Elliott who was having his first start in the squad.

Leeds started brightly with Howson testing Bo Myhill in the Hull goal after 2 mins. Douglas and Alan Thompson were having the better of the midfield exchanges and on 21 mins a free kick from Thompson was flicked home by Matt Heath for his first and most valueable goal for the club. Dean Windass that much travelled player had a snap shot for… Read more

Our Club President Steve Underwood will celebrate his 50th birthday in Tony Mac's pub in Killanena on Friday 9th February and all the memembers wish him long life health and happiness and of course Leeds to stay up! A great night is in store for anyone going to the celebrations and our own club member Cathal Moloney will be providing the music with his band The Naked Bears. Have a good one ,Steve.