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The players, partnerships and cult heroes who became part of Leeds United's identity.
Gordon Strachan arrived at Leeds United in March 1989 with a reputation, experience and a rather awkward question hanging over him: could a Scottish international who had just been playing for Manchester United really become the man to help Leeds climb out…
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Lucas Radebe arrived at Leeds United in 1994 from Kaizer Chiefs. Eleven years later he left as one of the most admired players of the modern club, a member of the greatest Leeds XIs and, above all, The Chief. The captaincy wasn't simply a reward for his…
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Mark Viduka arrived at Leeds United in the summer of 2000 for a then club-record £6 million from Celtic. Four years later he left for Middlesbrough, having scored 72 goals in 166 appearances. But the numbers only tell part of the story.
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There have been technically brilliant Leeds United free-kick takers. But few have ever made the act of striking a stationary football seem quite as violent as Mel Sterland.
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Tony Dorigo joined Leeds United from Chelsea in the summer of 1991. It would be difficult to imagine a better opening season. And don’t worry, we know he hasn’t really been “forgotten”.
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There are Leeds players who were exceptional. Then there is Eddie Gray. Affectionately known as “Mr Leeds”, Gray remains one of the defining figures in the entire history of the club.
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Billy Bremner did not simply captain one of the greatest Leeds United teams. He became the symbol of it.
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Lee Bowyer was never an easy player to summarise. At his best he was dynamic, aggressive, technically gifted and capable of deciding a football match. He was also surrounded by controversy. And that contradiction is part of his Leeds story.
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There are plenty of football nicknames that disappear almost as quickly as they appear. “The Yorkshire Pirlo” wasn't one of them. For Kalvin Phillips, it captured something Leeds supporters recognised before the rest of the football world fully appreciated it.
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Pablo Hernández arrived at Leeds United on loan in 2016. Five years later, he left with 175 appearances, 36 goals, a promotion medal and something much harder to measure: a place in the hearts of Leeds supporters.
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Before Bremner. Before Giles. Before Gray. Before Lorimer. There was John Charles. “The Gentle Giant” became Leeds United's first truly global football superstar.
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Gary Speed's Leeds United career lasted from the late 1980s into the middle of the 1990s. He won the Second Division title. He won the First Division. He played in one of the finest midfields the club has produced. But his place in Leeds history ultimately…
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Jermaine Beckford was not supposed to become one of the most recognisable players of the Leeds United era. He wasn't a record signing. He wasn't an academy superstar. He arrived from Wealdstone. And then he started scoring.
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Some Leeds United line-ups are remembered because of individual superstars. The midfield of Strachan, Batty, Speed and McAllister is remembered because all four fitted together.
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Billy Bremner and Johnny Giles were different players. They were also one of the greatest midfield partnerships Leeds United has ever had.
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Mark Viduka, Harry Kewell and Alan Smith were three very different attackers. Together they became a defining combination of the late O'Leary era.
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Lucas Radebe and Jonathan Woodgate looked like an unlikely pairing. One was the experienced South African captain. The other was a young local defender with exceptional pace. Together they represented different sides of the same Leeds team.
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Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United became famous for the manager. But Bielsa alone didn't run, press, pass and tackle for 46 Championship games. The players had to believe. And they did.
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The 1980s are one of the strangest decades in Leeds United history. The previous decade had delivered league titles, European finals and domestic trophies.The next would eventually deliver promotion and another First Division title.Between the two was a…
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