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14 Nov 2026 11:28:24
Heres a quick Leeds United poser

1) What's your most FAVOURITE Leeds United goal ever scored? And why ?

And

2) What in your opinion has been the most TECHNICALLY difficult/ brilliant Leeds United goal ever scored? And why ?

( P.S 1) and 2) might /can be the same answer )

14 Nov 2026 11:35:51
You gotta think yeboah v pool takes both those.
I'd add my two fav assists Georgie to that loan guy and further back ayling to wood. Didn't see him as a striker until that day.

14 Nov 2026 11:36:24
1. Alan clarkes goal at Wembley against arsenal for our (so far) only F A cup winning goal
2. Tony Yeboha's goal against Liverpool. Had a Liverpool fan before the game telling me we were getting stuffed. What a stunning goal! Didn't need to say anything to the Liverpool fan.

14 Nov 2026 12:00:03
Mine would be

1) I am very tempted to say Alan Clarke's FA. Cup winner

but edging it for me my favourite ever Leeds goal is

Mercurial super talent Eddie Gray's mesmeric dribbling box of tricks goal in dribbling and beating numerous Burnley players in 1970.

( Eddie also scored a sublime 40 yard lob in same match)

2) Tempted by several Lorimer, Yeboah and Viduka goals of course

but edging it for me for technical brilliance

I am going for Super Tony Currie swerve shot from right hand corner flag into top left corner of Arsenal goal at Highbury in 1978.

14 Nov 2026 14:00:46
Beckford at old trafford was my fav. Because I was there. My dad and I were quietly in Manchester united hospitality. I was 16 he decided to do it for my Xmas present, and living in London it was only my 10th or so ever game. It was the Sunday right before school started again. My dad isn't typically football emotional. He was that day. We weren't idiots, we knew to be quiet and respectful in the united end. I wore my Leeds top under about seven other layers it was so cold. Little Easter egg my only other game that season was 0-3 at home to Swindon.

Technically difficult could go to Rod Wallace for the spurs goal. I love the yeboah Liverpool and Wimbledon goals but feel like the wallace dribble deserves a bit of acknowledgement.

14 Nov 2026 14:22:59
Chapman's header at Bournemouth to clinch promotion.

Sir Eddie going past the whole Burnley team (a couple of them more than once) was the most technical.

14 Nov 2026 17:47:45
Beckfords goal for me
We were at our lowest ebb in the last 50 years and we could still go there and win in what were some of our darkest days
The home fans leaving the ground early and the rage of their manager
At that moment in time, what that goal and the resulting victory meant to us can not be surpassed.

14 Nov 2026 18:00:13
Some very good shouts and explanations Aus, Mezman, Canada, Ealing and Leeds1970

Yep the FA Cup win Beckford goal at Man U in 2010 particularly special for reasons detailed by Leeds1970.

14 Nov 2026 18:51:32
Duncan McKenzie at Elland Road 1975 winning 4.0 v Leicester city with his back to the goal chance look dead turned and whipped it straight in top right hand corner and such a nice man as well.

14 Nov 2026 21:13:49
Aha Whitey,

I thought there was a pretty good chance someone might select magical Duncan McKenzie's pirouette beaut of a goal ; what a player.

A big shout out too to Harry Kewell's left footed long range bazooka shot goals vs Villa in 2000 and Arsenal in 2003 ; absolutely sensational goals

Leeds United really have had tremendously entertaining talents over the years.

14 Nov 2026 21:27:55
So too many to mention in my 61 years of watching LUFC, but I have gone for some more recent ones, so here goes: The Beckford goal to win promotion against Bristol Rovers led to one of the best, emotional atmospheres at ER in my opinion.

Closely run by Pablo's winner at Swansea which meant we were back in the big time. I also loved last seasons equaliser at Sunderland when all 11 players touched the ball.

14 Nov 2026 22:03:24
I always preferred Yeboah's strike vs Wimbledon over the one against Liverpool (fine margins though) . To control the ball at that pace and then connect so brilliantly, Wow!

Eddie Gray's effort vs Burnley ranks right up there too but how about Carl Shutt vs Stuggart in the replayed match as it was so unexpected.

14 Nov 2026 22:09:31
Not to forget Rod Wallace's solo effort up the left wing against Spurs if my memory serves me correctly.

14 Nov 2026 22:31:05
Baz there has been some fantastic goal the list is endless some good ones above mate to, have to mention Peter Lorimer 238 he had so many amazing goals, amazing player, rocket against Man U to in my early day,1970. RIP never will be forgotten by us oldies.

14 Nov 2026 22:59:29
Great shouts LUFCfeath re the momentous highly emotional promotion charged Beckford and King Pablo goals ( huge shouts and screams from moi with both those vital goals)

I think Yeboah's goal vs Liverpool won goal of 1995/96 season but I agree with you Cleggy I preferred his even better goal imo vs Wimbledon. immense balance, control technique,power.

Whitey yes Lash scored so many great goals ; his best ever imo was his flick lob over a Citeh defender before lashing a 35 yard volley into roof of net in 1971.

Lorimer as Leeds United record goalscorer will forever reign supreme.

14 Nov 2026 02:01:15
Good grief giv3 m3 strength - if Poch is already crying ( we are all so delicate now) what’s he going to do after six months dealing with Ratcliffe and the Glazers shenanigans ?

14 Nov 2026 21:30:07
A few more bad results and he might wonder what he has let himself in for working for Grim Jim.

13 Nov 2026 07:39:20
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 10 - Quick Round Up

12 Nov 2026 18:29:21
The "I'lle give it till Christmas" mantra is starting to make a few managers look in the jobs vacant columns.
Looking at the stats shows Coventry in need of not only a win but a few draws would not go amiss. I guess there are a some hoping Christmass does not come early?

12 Nov 2026 21:07:01
Coventry are giving it a go to stay up 9 points from 10 matches is better than some expected.

That said they will probably finish seez in bottom 3 but I predict Coventry stick with Frankie as manager all seez and into next.

Just as Norwich did with Farke.

13 Nov 2026 10:04:08
Only 5 points off us so lets hope they don't pick up a couple of wins !

13 Nov 2026 12:04:31
There's a difference between doing as well as can reasonably be expected (coventry) , doing worse than the year before for a good reason (Palace) , and wildly underperforming (Man U) .

Palace have lost the likes of Eze, Olise, Guehi, Andersen, Munoz etc. The only replacement on their level is Wharton and he's drowning amid a lack of talent most other spots.

They entirely panicked last season during poor form and burned a lot of the profit they had on Johnson (already flipped for a loss/Mcneil) and Strand Larsen, who isn't bad but nowhere near worth what they paid. Palace have a small stadium by prem standards so revenue is unforgiving.

I felt for Sage because their four most important players are Henderson, Wharton, Sarr, and Mateta. Henderson missed some time, Sarr and Mateta have barely played.

12 Nov 2026 11:21:47
I really like what Bard is doing, admittedly on a small sample size. He had 15 mins vs Chelsea, when that game was
already mad. He had 45 mins vs. Spurs and made a difference.

This doesnt mean i suddenly dislike Gabby, and that's important. Gabby is good, and solid, but has his flaws. But what I like most is it would appear he and Bard offer slightly different options.

Gabby loves to take on his man on the wing, and when fit certainly has the turn of pace to make that successful. He doesn't look up much but between beating his man and the space at the line he doesn't have much time to. What i like there is he doesn't try to rush and pick someone out. He just tries to put the ball in a dangerous spot and say 'go on DCL' or someone else that's for you to be there.

He didn't have an assist last season but i remember lots of chances created and he probably had an assist xg of 3 or 4. Created Justin's vs. Arsenal exactly that - his cross was actually just into a dangerous area, DCL couldn't get on it, but it came through to Justin.

Bard is a little more tenacious defensively, and seems to prefer to cross from a little deeper and picking someone out. GG also wasn't quite as effective vs. Spurs because of an injury (a bit fragile), and Nmecha played more narrowly than Okafor so fewer wide options. Bard operated almost inverted at times, running into central mid.

GG is the incumbent for now, and deservedly so. Easy to forget he himself only cost £10m which is more than Bard, but if you told me you could nab a pair of very competent left backs for £15m, and have a promising Lienou in the pipeline two yrs ago, I wouldn't have believed you.

Ofc i do stress Bard is a only a super impressive cameo so far. But that half alone is probably worth his loan fee.

12 Nov 2026 12:50:03
If bard has learnt that much in 6 weeks. Good on him. Our gk didn't.
I actually didn't think he was that bad v Chelsea even though he got slated.
To me. The only difference between two games was he created more space and was more aggressive v spuds.

But like his endeavour. Gg is injury prone so hope bard gets a good chance to shine. Or not.

12 Nov 2026 15:01:13
Gabi imo a tad overated going forward and ok at best defensively.

Play Bard want to see more of him.

13 Nov 2026 11:56:09
Whiteman the reason their fans blame the Glazers is because they didn't buy the club with their own money, but instead borrowed heavily to do so, leaving the club with a mountain of debt estimated at £1.1 Billion to pay off the loans plus interest, what's known in financial circles as a "leveraged buyout".

Then on top of that took even more cash out in the form of dividends, which from 2016 to 2022 was some £166M. Even for a club as rich as them these huge outgoings have severely limited their spending ability.

13 Nov 2026 12:08:16
Not sure its a case of Bard 'learning' Aus, I think he was always just a good player.

Farke does have a habit of not starting some new players immediately, same thing happened with James Justin last season.

Maybe I am overrating him or maybe it's just nice to have two competent, natural left backs for the first time in years.

13 Nov 2026 13:39:54
Sorry, tapped the wrong Reply button for my post above.