Joe Green, a local defender, joined City in the spring of 1915 with
the club uncertain of its future and competitive football likely to
be suspended following the advent of World War I.
Little detail is known about the left-back, whose only appearance for
the Peacocks came in the last League game of 1914/15
- a 2-0 defeat at home to Barnsley on 24 April, when he replaced George
Affleck.
JRB reported thus in the Leeds Mercury: 'Walker had in front of
him a mediocre pair of backs, who were very shaky at the commencement
of the game. Indeed, it was Green - Leeds City's latest recruit - who
was responsible for Barnsley's first goal, which came after five minutes'
play. Barnsley attacked on the left, and Lees sent in a rather low drive.
Green, in attempting to clear, had his kick charged down by Fletcher,
the ball going off the centre-forward into the net. Had the ball not touched
Fletcher it was almost certain to pass Walker.'
Green was still on City's books at the start of the following campaign
but never again figured in the first eleven.
