The Glory that was Leeds

 

What a mess!

Over the last few days, I've talked to several of my friends from Yorkshire. To a man and woman, none of them have any sympathy. Leeds seems to have done something in the past to upset all those other people from Yorkshire.

It is also interesting to read the history of Leeds City. They were the forerunners of Leeds United and like United they played at Elland Road.

They ended up being disbanded after a football scandal in 1919. At the time their manager was the great Herbert Chapman, who later found fame at Huddersfield and Arsenal.

So are Leed United going to suffer a similar fate to Leeds City? I'm no expert, but there is a feeling that as they owe HMRC (Revenue and Customs) over five million pounds there may be objections to the restructuring and Leeds United might be pushed into the abyss to teach other clubs, with similar intentions of avoiding their debts, a lesson.

Part of me hopes this will happen, as I've had enough of their and their fans arrogance. On the other hand it would leave a large part of Yorkshire without a major football team. To make matters worse Bradford, their nearest geographical rivals, are now in Division 4.