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Selasa, 20 Maret 2012

English Leagues the 70s: Leeds Manchester City Division One 1978 1979

13 January 1979
Elland Road,
Leeds
Attendance 36,30

  This has been the season in which the First Division has been split into three distinct groups — the elite, the also-rans and the strugglers. Without naming them, the clubs in the middle bracket know who they are. The strugglers are Birmingham, Chelsea, Q.P.R.. Wolves, Middlesbrough and Botton, all liable to go down to the Second Division, at some stage of the season. This definitive split has come about because the Magnificent Six have been able to draw away from the pack and form virtually an exclusive club, Liverpool, Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Arsenal, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest unquestionably offer all that is best in British football. Liverpool, of course, have been almost permanent members of that group for the past 20 years; Everton have been trying to match them without quite succeeding; Albion have come of age this season; Arsenal's progress has been gathering pace over the past two years; and Forest wrote their own names in with brilliant style by almost sweeping the board on their return to the top. That leaves Leeds and their progress this season has been impressive. the extraordinary fact is Leeds could have been excused for losing their feet on a banana skin after the sort of upheavals they've suffered. The season began without a manager at Elland Road after the departure of Jimmy Armfield and only one of the first four matches was won. Then Jock Stein arrived and all appeared sweet and light — until that is Scotland found themselves looking for Ally MacLeod's successor and naturally enticed the Big Man.


At that stage Leeds could have felt the whole world was against them and been lulled into a careless sort of attitude. Interestingly the reverse happened. Things continued to tick over until the arrival of Jimmy Adamson, and since the quiet man left Sunderland for Elland Road there has been barely a dull moment. The only disappointment came with the League Cup Semi-Final defeat by Southampton, but in terms of the First Division there has been no more convincing side as the record for Adamson's first . 17 games proved: Won 10 Drawn 6 Lost 1 Goals (for) 33 (against) 15. One man in particular who appreciates what's going on at Elland Road is Scottish international goalkeeper David Harvey, one of the few survivors of the Don Revie era. "Only Eddie Gray, Peter Lorimer, Paul Madeley and myself of the current squad were here at the turn of the Seventies, and of the rest most have been bought within the last three seasons. "I can honestly say this is now the best team we have had since the super team of the Sixties .. . the days of Bremner and Giles, Hunter and Cooper, Clarke and Jones," he says. Harvey's own position has become clearer in recent weeks. With the sale of another Scottish international 'keeper David Stewart to West Brom he has now re-established himself as the number one at Leeds.

"David and I have been alternating over the past couple of seasons getting about 20 odd games apiece in the First Division. Sometimes one has been injured letting the other one in, occasionally we've both been dropped. "People talk of competition being good for you in terms of keeping you on your toes, but it doesn't always work that way. Providing a goalkeeper is playing well he should have peace of mind so far as his place is concerned, but when there's someone as good as Dave standing in the wings it can bring a touch of nervousness to your play. "i honestly believe I'm keeping goal as well as ever at the moment, and my one burning ambition is to get back into the Scotland side. My application hasn't always been what it might have been, but I'm enjoying my football now as much as at any time in my career. "Once you've kept goal in international football it's hard to accept someone else is in the position you think you should be occupying. Scotland have had a succession of goalkeepers since I last played, and I'm just hoping now that Jock Stein comes and has a look at me again. "He knows my capabilities having been at Elland Road even for such a short period, and I'm praying he doesn't forget me." Harvey, who has played over 300 times for Leeds, recalls with utter despair the League Cup Semi-Final defeat by Southampton. "We really fancied our chances in that one — and perhaps that was our undoing. We'd beaten Southampton 4-0 in the League only a few weeks before and we turned them over to such an extent that subconsciously we probably thought it was going to be easy.

"After going two up just after half-time in the first-leg we should have sewn it up but we didn't and we were punished with two bad goals and then defeat in the return. 'That's the third Semi-Final in a row we've lost. "I suppose you could say that's the difference between the current side and the one which brought us all those honours. "I'm sure this side will have learned a lesson. Lads like Paul Hart and Brian Flynn are learning all the time. Paul, In particular, had an awful start when he pmed us from Blackpool. "Brian also took time to settle in, but I've never seen anyone work so hard, and he's very skilful. He and Tony Currie must be one of the best midfietd combinations in the game. 'This season we've gone to Liverpool and Everton and led them both until the closing stages of the game before conceding a point, we've also won at West Brom in the League, drawn there twice in the F.A. Cup and League Cup, drawn at Arsenal and won at difficult grounds like Tottenham, Ipswich and Chelsea 'Team spirit is super and I reckon we've now got a squad that can only get better. "The way things are going right now we're a must for Europe next season and that means an awful lot to Eddie, Paul and myself who enjoyed some great moments in Europe and have hankered for another crack ever since the ban that was imposed after the European Cup final fiasco in Paris. 'The team we have now can win trophies I'm quite sure, and I'm looking forward to another successful period at Leeds," he says.










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Selasa, 06 Maret 2012

Cup Winner's Cup 1972 1973 Milan AC Leeds United

Final
16 May 1973
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, 
Thessaloniki
Attendance: 40,154
Referee: Christos Michas

With the Wembley defeat by Sunderland still dogging them, rumours that Don Revie was to leave the club, the suspensions of Allan Clarke and Billy Bremner and an injury to Johnny Giles, it was a deflated and depleted Leeds United who prepared to contest the European Cup-winners' Cup Final in Salonika against the might of AC Milan. Thunder and heavy rain greeted the teams as they stepped out into the new Kaftatzoglio Stadium in northern Greece. It was to prove an appropriate backcloth for an infamous match. After only four minutes, the referee curiously penalized Paul Madeley for an infringement and Luciano Chiarugi saw his free-kick clip a United defender and brush one of his own forwards before hitting the base of a post and going in. 

 Once in front, the Italians retreated to their own penalty area and did not appear to mind how they stopped Leeds as referee Christos Michas ignored a succession of fouis, much to the anger of both the Leeds and Greek supporters in the crowd. Mick Jones and Peter Lorimer were both flattened in the penalty area, a Paul Reaney cross was blatantly handled by Romeo Benetti and a host of shots and headers ail went desperately close. United's frustration finally boiled over minutes from the end when Norman Hunter was hacked down from behind by Gianni Rivera and retaliated. In the confused mêlee which followed, Hunter and one of the Italians, Sogliano, were ordered off. It was a bitter end to a bitter season.

Don Revie brushed aside talk that AC Milan, a point ahead of Juventus and Lazio at the top of the Italian league, would be more concerned with winning the national championship than the Cup Winner's Cup: 'Milan will want to win this cup first and win the title after-wards.' For Leeds, Mick Bates, Joe Jordan, Frank Gray and Paul Madeley stood in for Bremner, Clarke, Giles and Eddie Gray. To add to Revie's problems, Giles failed a fitness test on a hamstring strain. A minor source of encouragement was the raucous support of a 45,000-strong crowd at the new Kaftatzoglio Stadium.  Jack Mansell, a former Rotherham United manager then in charge of one of Salonika's three Greek First Division sides, told the press that the locals were 'Leeds United daft. 

 There was tremendous disappointment here when they lost the FA Cup Final,' he added, rather improbably. 'Ail my players are Leeds fans and three of my players actually cried.' A thunderous deluge greeted the teams as they took the field. It provided a fitting backcloth to a tempestuous match, remembered now mainly for the scandalous performance of referee Christos Michas. (The Unforgiven book)







AC Milan: 
Vecchi; Sabadini, Zignoli, Anquilletti, Turone, Rosato(Dolci), Sogliano, Benetti, Bigon, Rivera, Chiarugi.
Leeds United: 
Harvey; Reaney, Cherry, Bates, Yorath, Hunter, Lorimer Jordan Jones F.Gray(McQueen), Madeley.





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Kamis, 01 Maret 2012

Leeds United in Washington

  In this special edition of The White Video, we follow Leeds United all the way to the United States. 
On the field, United take on Columbus, leaders of the USA's Major League, and Washington. There's highlights of both games, plus interviews with club captain David Wheteral, newsignings 
Pierre Laurent and Derek Lilley, Lee sharp and David O'Leary. But the most memorable moments are off the field as we tour the US Capital and seethe sights along with the lads, who reveal musical talents you never dreamed of in your worst nightmares!




Codec H264, Mkv
Bitrate 1200
Sound 128 kbps
French Comments
Vhs Master Rip







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Senin, 23 Januari 2012

European Cup 1974 1975 Leeds Barcelona

Semi Final, 
First Leg
Elland Road, Leeds
9 April 1975
Attendance: 50,393
Referee: Vital Loraux

 Le face à face de Billy Bremner et Johan Cruyff en demi-finale doit être le clou du spectacle Leeds-Barcelone, chacun en est persuadé. Bien avant que ne commence la première manche à Elland Road, Billy le rouquin a déclaré que Cruyff possédait peut-être la classe mondiale mais qu'en tout état de cause, il n'aurait pas « le loisir de l'exprimer à Leeds. » Et Billy d'ajouter, vexant : « Cette équipe de Barcelone n'a vraiment rien de spécial. » Bremner et Cruyff vont se rencontrer en plusieurs occasions lors de 180 minutes de tempête et de feu. Mais Johan y mettra manifestement les formes, peu soucieux de provoquer le caractère volcanique de Bremner dont on sait qu'il se masse les chevilles au whisky et que cela lui monte parfois à la tête.

L'objectif de Barcelone à Elland Road le 9 Avril est de limiter les dégâts et de ne pas encaisser plus d'un but d'écart. Cette tactique attentiste, à ce niveau-là, contient en elle-même bien des germes d'impuissance. Car Leeds n'est pas du bois dont on fait les sifflets de foire. Son équipe de pirates fait flotter en permanence le drapeau noir sur sa marmite : alors, attaquer un galion d'or dans un port espagnol entre tout à fait dans ses cordes. Le gros problème pour les Britanniques, croit-on, est celui de la surveillance de Cruyff. Mais les joueurs de Leeds, avec cette fierté superbe qui frise l'inconscience, ont décidé de nier son existence. « Personne ne marquera Cruyff spécialement mais chacun le prendra dans sa zone » annonce Bremner. C'est ce qui se passe et l'on voit ce spectacle rare : Johan Cruyff se promener en liberté sans son garde du corps habituel. Que la fête commence ! Sans tenir compte de l'adversaire, sans regretter les quatre matches de Cup d'Angleterre joués contre Ipswich, privé de Hunter et Lorimer, mais animé de cette volonté farouche qui renverse les montagnes, Leeds avance, superbe et généreux. Le ballon vole comme la bille d'acier sur les plots lumineux du « flipper » et, dès la dizième minute, Jordan le bondissant prolonge sa course sur Bremner. Le capitaine écossais, sans s'énerver, déclenche un tir croisé si violent et si précis que Sadurni ne peut que saluer le ballon au passage. 

Leeds semble tenir la victoire qu'il mérite. Il domine, il joue bien, il se crée des occasions. Pourtant, à la 65e minute, sur un coup franc accordé pour faute de Reaney sur Heredia, Asensi égalise. Leeds, pétrifié, n'en croit pas ses yeux. Mais Leeds ne meurt jamais. Douze minutes avant la fin, Clarke lui a rendu l'avantage (2-1). Barcelone pavoise et se gargarise. Cruyff parle de « résultat idéal », Michels d'un « pied en finale ». Et pourtant, et pourtant, comme dit la chanson ! Le 23 avril, à Barcelone, c'est la fête de San Jordi, patron de la Catalogne, et toutes les magnificences, toutes les ferveurs de ce jour d'exception se reportentsur le « Barça » et sur l'aventure qui l'attend. Toute la journée, et comme le veut la coutume, on s'est offert un livre et une rosé. Mais sur le terrain, par une douce soirée du printemps catalan, il ne faut pas s'attendre à ce que l'on s'offre beaucoup de rosés, sinon les rosés aux longues épines. Ainsi de celle que Migueli dépose un peu brutalement sur le visage de Jordan.

Il faut dire qu'à ce moment-là, Leeds mène déjà 1-0 sur un coup de canon qui a rendu célèbre dans les Iles Britanniques le dénommé Lorimer. Et Leeds attaque sans discontinuer, plongeant dans l'embarras le plus grand les joueurs de Barcelone. Son jeu simple, serein, intelligent.contraste avec les ruades désespérées de son adversaire et une aberrante disposition tactique. Ne voit-on pas cinq Espagnols rester figés en défense pour annihiler les évolutions de deux diables blancs dont un, Jordan, perd son sang comme un toro après le passage du picador ? A Barcelone, on attend le roi Johan mais il est là sans sa couronne. Ses coups d'épée ne sont que coups d'épingle, à l'image de toute sa saison. Au bout d'une heure de jeu, Leeds mène toujours 1-0, c'est-à-dire 3-1 sur l'ensemble des deux matches. 

Le poids des formidables passions engendrées par l'enjeu, par la recette-record de 260 millions d'anciens francs et par la nécessité vitale pour le Barça de vaincre ou de mourir, va peser tout de même lourdement dans la dernière demi-heure, sur les épaules de Leeds. La violence devient une règle. L'héroïsme anglais est partout. Soudain, sur un coup franc et un coup de tête de Clarès, Barcelone égalise. Il reste 21 minutes à jouer ! Le Nou Camp gronde, vacille d'espoir et chante. Me Queen, excédé par les irrégularités adverses, gifle Clarès et se fait expulser. Madeley détourne un ballon du bras et les Espagnols réclament le penalty. Et, à la 80e minute, Cruyff déclenche un tir magnifique que chacun voit au fond des filets anglais. D'une prodigieuse détente, Stewart détourne le ballon en corner. A dix contre onze, Leeds va tenir jusqu'au bout. Ivres de joie, saoulés de fatigue, Bremner et les siens saluent le public catalan et lui arrachent des applaudissements qui sont autant de reproches à ses propres joueurs. Leeds atteint enfin la rive enchantée du bonheur.




Resume 25 mnts 
Codec Divx, Avi
Sound 128mo

260 mo
or
http://rapidshare.com/files/427410322/Ch.Lg.74.75.Lds.Bar.New.Twb22.avi




 (Nothing new on the video except new (great) pics, text and documents on that post i did one year ago). Rapidshare links working















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