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Caleb Ekuban was
one of Victor Orta's signings in his first transfer windows and
possibly one of his worst, bought on the strength of being one
of the top scorers in the Albanian first division
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'I invented the
step-over.' Chris Galvin was one of Don Revie's nearly men, the
back-up players who struggled to make it into Revie's starting
eleven
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David McNiven
won a reputation as a supersub under Jimmy Armfield's management,
coming off the bench to snatch vital goals
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Glan Letheren was
a reliable back-up keeper to David Harvey and David Stewart during
Jimmy Armfield's time at Elland Road, sitting on the bench for
the European Cup final in 1975
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Zoumana Camara
was one of several loanees recruited in 2003 in a desperate attempt
to keep Leeds up on a minuscule budget. It was a doomed strategy,
though Camara showed his quality in flashes
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Phil Masinga was
signed along with Lucas Radebe by Howard Wilkinson in 1994 and
was thought to be the bigger name. It was Radebe, however, who
became the star as Masinga left for Europe in 1996
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As a childhood
Leeds fan, Leigh Bromby saw his dreams come true when Simon Grayson
took him to Elland Road. He played alongside fellow supporter
Richard Naylor at the heart of the Leeds defence as the team secured
promotion
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Joel Griffiths'
career was littered with controversy and fights — he was
the signing that never was for Leeds United, leaving within six
months after after 'non stop criticism' by manager Kevin Blackwell
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Steve Balcombe burst into the
Leeds first-team with a remarkable goal on his debut but just
as quickly vanished into obscurity
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Sam Sodje's whole-hearted
displays made him a cult figure with the Leeds faithful. That
included playing on despite suffering a dislocated shoulder in
the play-off semi-final against Millwall and sorting the issue
out himself
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2018/19
Part 1 The Genius on the Blue Bucket - Part
2 Results, table, transfers |
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Morris was Leeds'
only permanent signing in 2003/04, but was gone within a year
after off-field controversy, which brought back the criticism
of his misspent youth
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Andrea
Radrizzani pushes the boat out to get one of the world's greatest
coaches and the gamble so nearly pays off |
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2017/18
Part 1 The Dane and the Tyke - Part
2 Results, table, transfers |
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Dave
Tomlinson's ninth book about Leeds United –
The Man with
the Plan is the story of a master builder of football clubs,
who brought success back to Leeds United in the early 1990s.
Within four years of taking charge
in 1988, Howard Wilkinson turned Second Division also-rans into
English champions
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Thomas
Christiansen takes Leeds to the top of the table before things fall
apart in the spring, and Paul Heckingbottom takes over |
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2015/16
Part 1 Heavy Metal Football - Part
2 Sombrero Steve - Part 3
Results, table, transfers |
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Dave
Tomlinson's eighth book about Leeds United covers the period from
1980 to 2000, when Leeds crashed and burned before rising from
the ashes to become the last English champions and then Everybody's
Favourite Other Team under David O'Leary
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A season of massive
change as Massimo Cellino buys the club from GFH Capital, sacks
then reinstates Brian McDermott on Mad Friday and Leeds' form collapses |
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Leeds
United in the 21st Century |
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With
the appointment of Garry Monk, calm and normality is restored
to Elland Road, but he only just survived a poor opening run
— A
chance meeting leads
Andrea Radrizzani
to a takeover of Leeds United and the ending of Cellino's time
at the helm
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This is the sixth book
about Leeds United by Dave Tomlinson - How Leeds moved from Champions'
League glory in 2001 through financial collapse, liquidation and
disastrous changes of ownership and on to how we took the Premier
League by storm |
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This is Dave Tomlinson's
fourth book about Leeds United. Why are Leeds United so universally
reviled by rival football fans the length and breadth of the
country? The story of
Revie, Reynolds and Dirty Leeds is truly unique.
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Dave is a lifelong
follower of Leeds United and has developed an encyclopaedic knowledge
about the club. He has now had three books published on the club
and contributed to a fourth
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Read what's
new at www.mightyleeds.co.uk - The Definitive History of Leeds
United
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