must not laugh :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::D

75 minutes gone and they are still losing, I am trying my best not to laugh as well but :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

75 minutes gone and they are still losing, I am trying my best not to laugh as well but :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

:hihi::82 minutes on the clock

So did they lose

yes, lets all laugh at leeds

Oh dear..... :hihi:

How sad :hihi::hihi::hihi:

lets all laugh at leeds

Histon 1 dirty leeds 0


wonder how much of this will be on look leeds and calendar tv

yes, lets all laugh at leeds

thats nasty ,:hihi::hihi::hihi:HISTON 1 L***S 0.:hihi::hihi::hihi::D

life is not that bad after all. :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:lets all laugh at l***s:D

Gary Macalister. Christa Ackroyd, Harry Gration, your boys took a hell of a beating........................................... ...........from a non league team

Gary Macalister. Christa Ackroyd, Harry Gration, your boys took a hell of a beating........................................... ...........from a non league team
:hihi::hihi::hihi::D:D:banana::banana::banana:

Well done Histon.

Oh dear they may have to show yesterdays championship goals on Look L**ds.

Only the F.A.cup make make dreams like this.... well done Histon... and well done look leeds for the a to z of "We all need excuses" for tomorrows show...

Now I wonder what the back page headline will be. Something like Postman's Knock-out. :hihi:

Well done Histon.

Oh dear they may have to show yesterdays championship goals on Look L**ds.

While the sackcloths and ashes are out too ......

I'm heartbroken.:hihi::hihi::hihi:

Tomorrow's headlines:

"Unlucky L**ds foiled by pitch, ref, weather and bad luck" - Yorkshire Post

"Unlucky L**ds foiled by pitch, ref, weather and bad luck" - L**ds Simpleton

"Histon effort L**ds to part-time glory" - The Sun

"L**ds screwed by the postman" - Daily Sport

"McAlister has Brooking's lovechild" -Daily Mirror

"If it wasn't for the foreigners, we'd have won by a bigger margin claims Histon tea lady" - Daily Mail

"That were a bloody laugh" - Histon Gazette

"Ha Ha Ha!!" - Sheffield Star

I must admit I had no idea where Histon was before today, I've just been on Google Earth and it looks like a small village on the outskirts of cambridge (which is tiny itself).

Is the place, I can't stop laughing to look for another one, the grounds looks like stocksbridge Steels.

I must admit I had no idea where Histon was before today, I've just been on Google Earth and it looks like a small village on the outskirts of cambridge (which is tiny itself).

Is the place, I can't stop laughing to look for another one, the grounds looks like stocksbridge Steels.
That's the one.:thumbsup:

I bet there's a bloke in Histon browsing Google Earth at this very moment ..... looking for L**ds and discovering that it's just a tiny place outside Sheffield.:hihi::)

Quality:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:
Where's that bus driver poster gone:hihi:
Oh how the mighty have fallen

Quality:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:
Where's that bus driver poster gone:hihi:
Oh how the mighty have fallen
You just beat me to it.

I was going to ask if there were any busdrivers in Histon's team?

:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

I must admit I had no idea where Histon was before today, I've just been on Google Earth and it looks like a small village on the outskirts of cambridge (which is tiny itself).

Is the place, I can't stop laughing to look for another one, the grounds looks like stocksbridge Steels.

Population of Histon 4,360
Population of Leeds 715,404

:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

Population of Histon 4,360
Population of Leeds 715,404



Perhaps I was being overly generous then with the comparison of Stocksbridge, think there's more than that living in Stocksbridge.

Anyone stopped laughing yet:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

Well done histon, tough draw for wedneday, fulham are doing very well at the moment, hopefully a good cup run can give us more confidence for the league!:cool:

You just beat me to it.

I was going to ask if there were any busdrivers in Histon's team?

Sorry mate
Will give you 1st crack at it when they lose to a local pub team in a friendly:thumbsup:

I think I've worked out why the busdriver now lives in Sheffield.


http://johnleach.co.uk/words/archives/2006/04/25/217/

Perhaps I was being overly generous then with the comparison of Stocksbridge, think there's more than that living in Stocksbridge.

Anyone stopped laughing yet:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

Stocksbridge is about three times the size of Histon.

Oughtibridge might be a better comparison.

And still :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

As the token Leeds fan I'd love to turn up and make excuses (and there are some valid excuses), but I can't really help laughing. It was inevitable. They were as good as we were on the day, they raised their game, we dropped ours, and Histon deserved the win. Good luck to them.

Although I will say if all you lot who think it's somehow wildly amusing to censor 'Leeds' watch their matches just so you can laugh when they lose, you really, really need to find something better to do with your time.

As the token Leeds fan I'd love to turn up and make excuses (and there are some valid excuses), but I can't really help laughing. It was inevitable. They were as good as we were on the day, they raised their game, we dropped ours, and Histon deserved the win. Good luck to them.

Although I will say if all you lot who think it's somehow wildly amusing to censor 'Leeds' watch their matches just so you can laugh when they lose, you really, really need to find something better to do with your time.

That's such a 'gay' response.

That's such a 'gay' response.

Of course it is. You're a Wednesday fan. To you, everything I say to everything is a 'gay' response. Because you're obsessed.

As the token Leeds fan I'd love to turn up and make excuses (and there are some valid excuses), but I can't really help laughing. It was inevitable. They were as good as we were on the day, they raised their game, we dropped ours, and Histon deserved the win. Good luck to them.

Although I will say if all you lot who think it's somehow wildly amusing to censor 'Leeds' watch their matches just so you can laugh when they lose, you really, really need to find something better to do with your time.

No you're not the only one, but are probably the only one with the guts to come on here today, however you try and ice somthing unpalatable..

It's not wiildly amusing. We just still remember your fellow fans' arrogance, and their indignity when United knocked you out the league cup about 7 years ago, about how a work colleague of mine stated "we shouldn't be losing to teams like Sheffield United"; and when Wednesday beat you 3-2 at Elland Road when you went down , I reproduce a quote from your fans' own website of how "Losing to teams like Sheffield Wednesday is unacceptable".

That is two reasons why we take delight in your misfortune. I'm afraid I don't have twenty four hours spare to mention all the others.

Of course it is. You're a Wednesday fan. To you, everything I say to everything is a 'gay' response. Because you're obsessed.

I'm not in the slightest obsessed with Leeds.

I didn't even watch the game yesterday.

As a local rival, Leeds will get stick from Sheffield fans when they lose. Especially to a bunch of part timers from some Emmerdale Farm like village.

Add in the Leeds arrogance factor and it gives it that bit more of a warm feeling to laugh at Leeds.

That's all.

No obsession.

So stop turning round on us as they we have the issue, becasue we don't.

But you and your team do.

No you're not the only one, but are probably the only one with the guts to come on here today, however you try and ice the cake.

It's not wiildly amusing. We just still remember your fellow fans' arrogance over the last eight years, and their indignity when United knocked you out the league cup about 7 years ago, about how "we shouldn't be losing to teams like Sheffield United"; and when Wednesday beat you 3-2 at Elland Road when you went down , I reproduce a quote from your fans' own website of how "Losing to teams like Sheffield Wednesday is unacceptable".

That is two reasons why we take delight in your misfortune. I'm afraid I don't have twenty four hours spare to mention all the others.

We have a couple of fans (well, more than a couple) who go a long way to destroying what little credibility we have, and it's sad. But the attitudes I see here from Wednesday fans are often comparable. I sometimes think some of these people would rather Leeds went down than Wednesday went up, which is just completely ridiculous as far as I'm concerned.

But it's all relative. We got knocked out of the cup by United, but cup upsets will always happen, and someone has to be on the receiving end. If Liverpool and Chelsea can go out to Barnsley then Leeds, even at their best, can go out to United (who really should've made the FA Cup semis last year, they deserved to beat Boro, a team a division above them). But by the same token, when Leeds have a strong squad and Wednesday don't (I don't recall our exact squad at the time, it certainly wasn't the strength of the 2001 team but it was better than you'd expect for a relegated side), saying losing to Wednesday is unacceptable isn't a sign of arrogance or a dismissal of the opposition, it's setting an expectation based on the relative quality of the two sides at the time. Arsenal losing to Stoke and Hull is unacceptable. Leeds losing to Histon is unacceptable.

Or, put more simply, if either Wednesday or United lost to Leeds in a cup game this season, you'd consider it unacceptable, because theoretically it's a game you should easily be able to win. With your strongest side, the only way you would lose to us would be through a sub-standard, complacent performance. That isn't arrogance, and I wouldn't consider that offensive or disrespectful, that's having a realistic expectation to win games against theoretically inferior sides.

I'm not in the slightest obsessed with Leeds.

I didn't even watch the game yesterday.

As a local rival, Leeds will get stick from Sheffield fans when they lose. Especially to a bunch of part timers from some Emmerdale Farm like village.

Add in the Leeds arrogance factor and it gives it that bit more of a warm feeling to laugh at Leeds.

That's all.

No obsession.

So stop turning round on us as they we have the issue, becasue we don't.

But you and your team do.

I have no issue whatsoever. I came on to take a light-hearted bit of stick because my team comically got stuffed by a team that about 3 people in the world have heard of. Instead I got an abusive response from you.

That is two reasons why we take delight in your misfortune. I'm afraid I don't have twenty four hours spare to mention all the others.

Just the twenty four? Even then you'd be in a magnanimous mood.

Like many Sheffielders, i cant wait to see the expressions on both Harry and Christas face tonight, when (or if) they feature the once Mighty Leeds United being humiliated by non league Histon in the FA Cup.

Or will both Look Leeds and Calendar decide to screen a hastily resheduled 'Revenge of the Monster Trucks Special' to distract the viewers, from having to mention this victory for Histon

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/Leeds-United-tumble-out-of.4747318.jp

Enjoy

I can't wait to see Paul Hudson's face :hihi:

its nice when the no hopers win. come on wednesday sign up that postman who scored, you could say he made a first class delivery, joke get it

somehow think they may have a technical fault and are unable to show us histons goal:hihi::hihi: shouldnt laugh:hihi::hihi::hihi::D:banana:

lol...:hihi::hihi::D

I have no issue whatsoever. I came on to take a light-hearted bit of stick because my team comically got stuffed by a team that about 3 people in the world have heard of. Instead I got an abusive response from you.

But you didn't really come on here to take a bit of stick did you.

You commented that all people mocking your defeat 'really need to find something better to do with your time.'

What a petty, mardy thing to type.

That's what led to my comment.

If you don't like the abuse, don't open yourself up to it by spitting the dummy.

Now, back on topic.

Ha ha ha ha ha. :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

But you didn't really come on here to take a bit of stick did you.

You commented that all people mocking your defeat 'really need to find something better to do with your time.'

What a petty, mardy thing to type.

That's what led to my comment.

If you don't like the abuse, don't open yourself up to it by spitting the dummy.

Now, back on topic.

Ha ha ha ha ha. :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

The people on the opening pages were giving live updates on the score! What other conclusion could one possibly come to?

Poor Old Le*ds, they got p***ed on
Lost one - nil to the mighty Histon
'Marching on together' they cry
Losing to a part-time side

Poor Old Le*ds, didn't like the rain
The pitch, the ground, the rough terrain
The 'Mighty Whites' from Helland Road
They're truly crap, and boy, it showed

As they lost on tele, on ITV
But it's had me laughing endlessly
"We all hate Le*ds" shout the Owls and 'Blunts'*
So now you know, they're a bunch of useless third division bottom burps.

* Used with my own permission. Being a SUFC fan myself, Blades just does not rhyme with Burps.

Lets see what the lunchtime one brings.....ooooo its Harry :hihi:

I can't wait to see Paul Hudson's face :hihi:

Isn't he a Bantams fan?

Oh hold on, think I get what you mean.

Isn't he a Bantams fan?

Oh hold on, think I get what you mean.

He certainly is a Bantams fan!

On a Monday it usually does sport and the weather. Now as Bradford don't like Leeds I wonder if any "comments" will be made, he's done it before when Bradford and Leeds have been playing each other

Nice to see your obsession with all things Leeds continues. Shame there's nothing more interesting going on down here for you lot to get excited about.

Oh, and by the way, we're not famous any more ;)

Not even a mention!!!!

How could Look North miss the most exciting news story in the last 2 years that EVERYONE is talking about

As the token Leeds fan I'd love to turn up and make excuses (and there are some valid excuses), but I can't really help laughing. It was inevitable. They were as good as we were on the day, they raised their game, we dropped ours, and Histon deserved the win. Good luck to them.

Although I will say if all you lot who think it's somehow wildly amusing to censor 'Leeds' watch their matches just so you can laugh when they lose, you really, really need to find something better to do with your time.

10 out of 10 for having the balls to post after that humiliation:thumbsup:
Am still laughing though:hihi:

Nice to see your obsession with all things Leeds continues. Shame there's nothing more interesting going on down here for you lot to get excited about.

Oh, and by the way, we're not famous any more ;)

Mm.

Think you'll find that the entire footballing country still regards Le*ds with contempt and anyone older than 10 will probably agree that they still have the most moronic set of fans, still hell bent on smashing up towns and grounds whenever they play away.

It isn't just us in Sheffield laughing at the latest stuffing to a non-league outfit. As the song goes: 'We ALL hate L*eds' and that hatred not only unifies Wendy and Blades but fans of every other team in the league (and maybe Europe).

You never were famous, but infamous.

Enjoy your third division football, your chairman and your delusions of grandeur.

Nice to see your obsession with all things Leeds continues. Shame there's nothing more interesting going on down here for you lot to get excited about.

Oh, and by the way, we're not famous any more ;)

Would you like some cheese to go with those sour grapes?

Leeds are now out of all the cups and falling down the league table like a stone - but at least now you can combine your christmas and end-of-season parties into one!

Poor Old Le*ds, they got p***ed on
Lost one - nil to the mighty Histon
'Marching on together' they cry
Losing to a part-time side

Poor Old Le*ds, didn't like the rain
The pitch, the ground, the rough terrain
The 'Mighty Whites' from Helland Road
They're truly crap, and boy, it showed

As they lost on tele, on ITV
But it's had me laughing endlessly
"We all hate Le*ds" shout the Owls and 'Blunts'*
So now you know, they're a bunch of useless third division bottom burps.

* Used with my own permission. Being a SUFC fan myself, Blades just does not rhyme with Burps.

I can think of summat else that rhymes better with Blunts ;)

And just to prove that Leeds still have a massive thug element, a report from yesterday's game says that they stole a microphone off the camera crew, yelled filthy chants and made intimidatory gestures live on television when they knew full well kids would be watching!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/facup/3536914/ITV-apologises-after-fans-grab-microphone-at-Leeds-Histon-match.html

What great fans, eh?

And just to prove that Leeds still have a massive thug element, a report from yesterday's game says that they stole a microphone off the camera crew, yelled filthy chants and made intimidatory gestures live on television when they knew full well kids would be watching!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/facup/3536914/ITV-apologises-after-fans-grab-microphone-at-Leeds-Histon-match.html

What great fans, eh?

Nice one grandad. Bet you're an absolute scream at parties.

Mm.

Think you'll find that the entire footballing country still regards Le*ds with contempt and anyone older than 10 will probably agree that they still have the most moronic set of fans, still hell bent on smashing up towns and grounds whenever they play away.

It isn't just us in Sheffield laughing at the latest stuffing to a non-league outfit. As the song goes: 'We ALL hate L*eds' and that hatred not only unifies Wendy and Blades but fans of every other team in the league (and maybe Europe).

You never were famous, but infamous.

Enjoy your third division football, your chairman and your delusions of grandeur.

Famous, infamous, love, hate. they're all obsessions. Don't you realise that all this just fuels our notoriety?

We must be the most famous 3rd division club in the world, ever. We get more column inches than a lot of premier league teams. Defintely more than your two teams. No wonder your jealous and obsessed.

We must be the mose famous 3rd division club in the world, ever.

Wow, what an accolade.

Wow, what an accolade.

It's not me with the obsession.

We don't mind allowing brave little Histon their moment of glory. Now we can concentrate on getting promoted.

It's not me with the obsession.

Course it isn't, love.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/search.php?searchid=7820107

Course it isn't, love.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/search.php?searchid=7820107

Wow, I'm just like a celebrity, I have a stalker!!!!!!!

Nice to see you have so much time on your hands.

Wow, I'm just like a celebrity, I have a stalker!!!!!!!

Nice to see you have so much time on your hands.

Yeah right, cos it takes soooo much time to type in a user name and search term, doesn't it?:rolleyes:

I only came on this thread to make Leeds fans look stupid, but as I see you can manage that without my help I'm out of here.

See you in the third round! Oh no, hang on.....:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

Yeah right, cos it takes soooo much time to type in a user name and search term, doesn't it?:rolleyes:

I only came on this thread to make Leeds fans look stupid, but as I see you can manage that without my help I'm out of here.

See you in the third round! Oh no, hang on.....:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

Still a damn site longer than I would have spent following you round this forum :suspect:

I'll see you tonight when I get home. No doubt you'll be hiding in the bushes at the back of my house trying to expose my Leeds connections! :loopy:

Is that why Carlsberg are closing down Tetley's brewery in Leeds, because the product is being watered down with your tears?

Is that why Carlsberg are closing down Tetley's brewery in Leeds, because the product is being watered down with your tears?

Well, seeing as I'm living in south yorkshire (clue's in the name) I'm guessing they'd have an effect in Sheffield before they saw a problem at the Carlsberg brewery.

Considering the above, wasn't that an ill thought out post?

Well, seeing as I'm living in south yorkshire (clue's in the name) I'm guessing they'd have an effect in Sheffield before they saw a problem at the Carlsberg brewery.

Considering the above, wasn't that an ill thought out post?
My comment was aimed at "you" (the metropolis of Leeds) collectively i.e the citizens of roughly an area between Wakefield & Harrogate south to north, and Pudsey and Wetherby west to east, as opposed to "you" personally.

Hope that clears that particular misunderstanding up.

My comment was aimed at "you" (the metropolis of Leeds) collectively i.e the citizens of roughly an area between Wakefield & Harrogate south to north, and Pudsey and Wetherby west to east, as opposed to "you" personally.

Hope that clears that particular misunderstanding up.

It does now, try being a bit clearer in future.

It does now, try being a bit clearer in future.

Ok, I'll be even more generous and extend the area north to Ripon, and west to Skipton, excluding the environs of Bradford, the citizens of which generally have about as much love for "you" (collectively) that we we do.

How does that sound?

Ok, I'll be even more generous and extend the area north to Ripon, and west to Skipton, excluding the environs of Bradford, the citizens of which generally have about as much love for "you" (collectively) that we we do.

How does that sound?

It's becoming clearer.

Mm.

Think you'll find that the entire footballing country still regards Le*ds with contempt and anyone older than 10 will probably agree that they still have the most moronic set of fans, still hell bent on smashing up towns and grounds whenever they play away.

It isn't just us in Sheffield laughing at the latest stuffing to a non-league outfit. As the song goes: 'We ALL hate L*eds' and that hatred not only unifies Wendy and Blades but fans of every other team in the league (and maybe Europe).

You never were famous, but infamous.

Enjoy your third division football, your chairman and your delusions of grandeur.

Yes, we have more complete idiot supporters than most teams. We probably have more idiot supporters than any team in the country. But they're still very much a minority. Probably about 0.5% of our supporters are moronic thugs. That is a much higher percentage than most, if not all, teams in Britain, but it's still a number small enough to make it seem unreasonable that you would tar us all with that brush. I hate the Leeds fans that smash things up. They're not fans. They're complete retards, they're scum, they don't care about the football. I want to watch my team play without a few hundred thoughtless hooligans ripping things apart and making everyone think I'm the same. Sadly the negative things will always make the press, and we have had enough (fair, I'm not denying we have supporters that create major problems) seriously bad incidents of 'fan' behaviour that the 39,700 of us (well, in 2001 at least, the number's probably nearer 5 now!) who want to arrive at Elland Road, watch a football match and go home are now stereotyped to the profile of the 300 people who insist on creating havoc.

This isn't about arrogance or delusions of grandeur, this is about sticking up for my team despite relentless abuse to try and reason that 99% of us are decent people who want to watch a football match, and I'm very sorry that so many of us (relatively, at least) are dirty scumbags, but they're my hometown team, I've supported them all my life, despite the humiliation of starting the third tier on -15, and I'm not going to change now just because, despite having never done anything violent at a football match ever, some people see fit to label me as a thug having never met me, because of the actions of a very small minority.

did anyone watch look leeds and calender tonight and was there any mention of the result. Were Harry and Christa wearing black armbands tonight. I did not finish work while 7 pm so do not know

They did show the highlights of the game but very quickly along with all the weekends matches apart from the Blades highlights but thats no surprise.

It was briefly mentioned by Tanya Arnold (and i mean briefly), and if like a previous poster mentions Paul Hudson being a Bantam, why was Lisa asked to present the Weather, i ask?

No doubt we will all be treated to a one hour promotion 'Look North special' should Leeds United gain promotion at the end of this season.

didn't watch it last night. Was it mentioned. Oh I hate Leeds Football Team, Their Supporters, Just anything to do with Leeds United. But The city Of Leeds, Is Fantastic. True Sheffielder At Heart.!

I can think of summat else that rhymes better with Blunts ;)

I thought it was Reading, that had a couple of Hunts?

In the course of the preceeding dialogue, you would be forgiven to be thinking that I have never met anybody decent and friendly from the Leeds area.

That it simply not the case, as I have met some very nice people in the last twelve years, and my perception of the city has changed for the better in that time.

It's just that I didn't, in a thirty year period between 1966 and 1996 , which I admit may have slightly prejudiced my view!

didn't watch it last night. Was it mentioned. Oh I hate Leeds Football Team, Their Supporters, Just anything to do with Leeds United.

Huh. Thanks. :mad:

didn't watch it last night. Was it mentioned.

Yes, very briefly. They opened with some complicated fixtures chart for Rugby though.

Threads merged

http://www.waccoe.com/index.php?showtopic=145009

Looks like it hasnt gone down well with these L**ds fans.

http://www.waccoe.com/index.php?showtopic=145009

Looks like it hasnt gone down well with these L**ds fans.

Fantastic link! Very funny! Word of warning though, lots of naughty words!

Me thinks L**ds fans have now realized they are no longer a big time club anymore.

Me thinks L**ds fans have now realized they are no longer a big time club anymore.

I think we realised that a long time ago. A big name, perhaps, by the standards of the average team, but a big club? No. The further you fall the smaller you get, and right now we're insignificant. When we first went down and I would look through the table I always thought we were the eyecatching club, the big name in the mass of little teams, like Wednesday were when they went down, like Nottingham Forest were, and so on. But you get one shot to bounce back and show that it was a minor lapse unless you're to disappear into obscurity. We got to the last game and completely blew it, and now I look at the League 1 table and don't even see us as the team that stands out, because I don't feel we're any 'bigger' or more important than the likes of Leicester or Millwall.

We went from being a BIG club to a big club when O'Leary left and Venables took over. We went from being a big club to a small club when we lost the playoff final to Watford. We went from being a small club to a nothingness, a laughing stock of nobodies, when we went down to League 1. When we lost to Doncaster, we became even less than that. And I don't know how to describe less than that.

I love the club as an entity, because I'm hard-wired to. But I hate the chairman, the manager, the fans and the team. I hate the lack of consistency, the fact that the players rarely seem to try, the manager's inability to adapt his tactics (Sunday was the perfect example of this), the chairman for just being Satan with a bigger beard, and the embarrassment of continuing to play in an 80% empty stadium.

And, unlike so many other Leeds fans who lie to themselves, I don't see a way out. Wednesday and Forest are proof that past glories and a big name don't protect a club from freefall. Unless we suddenly get a billionaire sheik wanting to buy us, I don't see us back in the top half of the Premiership in the next decade, if not much longer.

I think we realised that a long time ago. A big name, perhaps, by the standards of the average team, but a big club? No. The further you fall the smaller you get, and right now we're insignificant. When we first went down and I would look through the table I always thought we were the eyecatching club, the big name in the mass of little teams, like Wednesday were when they went down, like Nottingham Forest were, and so on. But you get one shot to bounce back and show that it was a minor lapse unless you're to disappear into obscurity. We got to the last game and completely blew it, and now I look at the League 1 table and don't even see us as the team that stands out, because I don't feel we're any 'bigger' or more important than the likes of Leicester or Millwall.

We went from being a BIG club to a big club when O'Leary left and Venables took over. We went from being a big club to a small club when we lost the playoff final to Watford. We went from being a small club to a nothingness, a laughing stock of nobodies, when we went down to League 1. When we lost to Doncaster, we became even less than that. And I don't know how to describe less than that.

I love the club as an entity, because I'm hard-wired to. But I hate the chairman, the manager, the fans and the team. I hate the lack of consistency, the fact that the players rarely seem to try, the manager's inability to adapt his tactics (Sunday was the perfect example of this), the chairman for just being Satan with a bigger beard, and the embarrassment of continuing to play in an 80% empty stadium.

And, unlike so many other Leeds fans who lie to themselves, I don't see a way out. Wednesday and Forest are proof that past glories and a big name don't protect a club from freefall. Unless we suddenly get a billionaire sheik wanting to buy us, I don't see us back in the top half of the Premiership in the next decade, if not much longer.

Good on ya for telling it like it is and not being blinkered:thumbsup:

I think we realised that a long time ago......


Excellent post.

I must be going soft, because you ALMoST invoked some sympathy from me there........ but not quite!

It nearly happened once before, over the manner in which you lost to BAyern, in the European Cup final. But then, images of Norman Hunter and Billy Bremner flashed up, and I quickly regained my senses :)

But Cantona was right, and French refs can also be bought, as we discovered only too well.

On a serious note, almost a decade ago now I spent an evening with one of the two best Leeds fans I have ever met, and we both got absolutely bladdered in an experience of unique human bonding.

It was the night after his brother had died, and it puts everything on here into perspective.

The ironic thing, is that had Leeds lost the first round replay at Northampton, nobody would have considered it a disgrace, so you see progress can somethimes be a bad thing :)

Excellent post.

I must be going soft, because you ALMoST invoked some sympathy from me there........ but not quite!

It nearly happened once before, over the manner in which you lost to BAyern, in the European Cup final. But then, images of Norman Hunter and Billy Bremner flashed up, and I quickly regained my senses :)

But Cantona was right, and French refs can also be bought, as we discovered only too well.

On a serious note, almost a decade ago now I spent an evening with one of the two best Leeds fans I have ever met, and we both got absolutely bladdered in an experience of unique human bonding.

It was the night after his brother had died, and it puts everything on here into perspective.

It does indeed. Try as we might to suggest otherwise, it's really not that important in the grand scheme of things. Was his brother one of the two murdered in Istanbul? Or is that just a coincidentally close date?

The ironic thing, is that had Leeds lost the first round replay at Northampton, nobody would have considered it a disgrace, so you see progress can somethimes be a bad thing :)

And therein lies my problem with consistency. We're never going to win a cup, we need to win league games. We play Northampton away in the FA Cup and win 5-2. A few days later we play exactly the same fixture in the league and lose 2-1.

We're not like Burnley or Barnsley or Cardiff or Sheffield United, even at our very best we're simply not good enough to catch a top Premiership team off guard. The top half of the championship teams can get a decent cup run. We can't. We have a 46-game league campaign (probably 49, since we'll lose the playoff final, it being what we do), the FA Cup, League Cup and JPT. The JPT was all we had a chance of winning (until Rotherham battered us), I don't even know why we try with the other competitions. Rest the players, get knocked out, save the energy for league, it being the important thing.

It does indeed. Try as we might to suggest otherwise, it's really not that important in the grand scheme of things. Was his brother one of the two murdered in Istanbul? Or is that just a coincidentally close date?
No (and he didn't go to Istanbul either) but you are correct in working out that the incidents were not long apart

Working from memory here, I believe his brother died in Leeds a few (but only a few) months prior to that. Whether that death discouraged him going to Istanbul, is not a subject I have ever subsequently broached, and now is probably not an ideal time to do so.

Hello Mr Busdriver,
You haven't has much to say for yourself in the last month.

Why's that?

Good day out at the Trannies place on Saturday, was it?

hahaha leeds are going down the pan and us wednesdayites are loving it

hahaha leeds are going down the pan and us wednesdayites are loving it

Not just you Wednesdayites. All decent fair-minded football fans are enjoying the Elland Road pantomime!