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Anyone else see Leeds (currently top of League 1 - the third flight in England) knock Man Utd out of the FA Cup the other day? Nice boost for them - they're still paying off the debts of old.

LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - UK soccer club Leeds United said on Wednesday it had failed to agree a rescue with its lenders and continued failure might make it seek protection from creditors, sending its shares diving 29 percent. For full article, go to...

I love this cartoon from Ben Sargent. Very topical too!

Yeah, Putin arrested the richest man in Russia - quite a break from tradition, and if it signifies a shift in Russian government policy, Abramovic could be in a spot of bother. Still, he can always defect to the west, and hide in Chelsea Village! ;)

Chelsea were in a lot of financial difficulty too. They had debts of £80,000,000, which Abramovic wiped out. I guess the differance was that Leeds repayments are much tougher to make as they are to a lot of smaller loans - so there is a big flow of cash out, and also that they didn't own a...

I see... :confused:

He of the three goals last season? Further sales have no real merit. Leeds are probably going to be religated sooner rather than later, and that will signal the financial implosion that will be the end of the club. Their loan and mortage payments are far too much for any club outside...

I'm sure Leeds are delighted! ;) Value for money there.

One last thing: Robbie Fowler is still searching for the third Premiership goal of his Manchester City career. Yet if the City board are wondering as to the wisdom of spending £6m in January on a striker whose waistline is only matched by his lucrative property portfolio (yup, Robbie doesn’t...

Peter Reid is under pressure. Serious pressure. Second bottom of the league is not good enough. Not for him, not for the fans, not for the players and certainly not for Leeds' finances. If Leeds are... relegated... the drop will mean the club is doomed to implode under the weight of its own...

True. It'd be nice to see Kewell lighting up a few games for a top team. Man Utd in particular may bite, or failing that, Liverpool. The pity for me is not the loss for Leeds fo a few good players, but rather the loss of a great young entertaining team. Though I guess that started going away...

They won 6-1 away last weekend - crap teams don't do that. They started 9 players from their CL campaign a couple of years ago, 5 of whom were starters. (I heard these stats, so don't ask for names ;)) The team is still there, or at least enough of it to kick some ass in the Premiership. They...

I've just posted an article in the transfers forum on the possibility (probability?) of Kewell being sold in the summer. The new chairman seems to want his wages off the books, and his transfer fee would be welcome too. Leeds can't stay up next year if they keep selling though.

Are you serious? Reid has had some impressive results - what he did at Sunderland was impressive, and I thought they were too quick to sack him, but he's tactically inflexable (and possibly inept) and shows a rediculous degree of loyalty to mediocre/crap players like Kevin Kilbane. He promotes a...

It'd be fun, wouldn't it. :D They're usually too trigger-happy. Do you remember Nunez at Barca? I think he went through 6 managers in his first 6 seasons. He even fell out with Cruyff, and fired him :rolleyes:.

A few weeks can make a huge differance, can't they. Leeds are now managed by Peter Reid, possibly the only Premiership manager left who might actually get them religated. "Monkey-man", as he's affectionately known, has a big bonus lined up if only he can get 5 more points. :gasp: Now Ridsdale...

No, it's tonight. I won't get to watch it, but I'll see if I can find a match report to post tomorrow.

Any predictions on the Leeds - Man Utd. game tomorrow? A year ago I would have been cheering on Leeds, hoping for some Kewell magic, or some Keane magic, or just a good team performance. Now I'd have to settle for Kewell scoring and United leaving too many gaps as they scramble for the...

I've never been a Leeds fan, which is not to say that I didn't admire them. They played a really entertaining brand of attacking, passing football, and they worked really hard off the ball. Throw in the enormous Irish element of O'Leary, Keane, Kelly, Harte and McPhail, and you had me watching...

Now Woodgate is gone. £9 million to Newcastle. Good riddance, but the core of the team that was leeds is gone. I agree that the "rotton apples" like Woodgate and Bowyer had to go (and should have gone the moment they were arrested), but I still feel that it's all the fault of the ever-crap El...