A warmly written history of Yorkshire's biggest football club!
In The Biography of Leeds United, Telegraph journalist and lifelong fan
Rob Bagchi writes the story of this famous club and chronicles a century
of history that will educate, entertain and inform both old and new
supporters. Packed with fresh stories about and from former players,
managers and the money men, as well as the fans, the book is an
affectionate and insightful portrait of a football club like no other.
Leeds United were founded in 1919 to revive professional football in
Yorkshire's biggest city following the expulsion of their fragile and
bungling predecessors, Leeds City. A century on from their formation, a
club that makes a virtue out of its many ups and downs in its own
anthem, has endured a turbulent existence of crushing disappointment and
conflict tempered by extraordinary, often mercurial, success.
When United mark their centenary in October 2019, vivid recollections of
their greatest days, the three league championships, FA Cup, League Cup
and floodlit memories of nights of European glory will be celebrated
throughout the vast fanbase. Elland Road icons John Charles, Billy
Bremner, Jack Charlton, Peter Lorimer, Norman Hunter, Eddie Gray, Tony
Currie, John Sheridan, Gordon Strachan, David Batty, Eric Cantona, Gary
Speed and Lucas Radebe played for teams that were both revered and
reviled, contributing to the club's fame throughout the world. Don
Revie's team of the Sixties and Seventies propelled the club and city to
unprecedented heights. But when they reached the top, they failed to
plan and there was nowhere to go but down. The theme of the past five
decades has been the struggle to get back, a story of great adventures,
fleeting splendour, relegation and defiant, hard battles against
authority, owners and self-sabotage.
