Yes the mighty whites have been beaten, the unbeaten record as gone so I'm sulking tonight. Despite my dissapointment I will say well done to Carlisle you did well.
Leeds actually led at halftime with a Jermaine Beckford goal and looked in complete control until Carlisle scored a 35 yard wonder goal to equalise. Slack marking at a corner led to the Cumbrians 2nd and a late third due more to the fact Leeds were commiting too many men forward in search of a equaliser flattered the Cumbrians.
Listening to the commentary on Radio Leeds were actually playing well but somedays the ball doesn't run from you. The pulling power of the mighty whites showed again with Carlisle getting their first full house for 31 years.
Anyway I'd have settled for 9th in the table after 14 matches (11wins, 2 draws & 1 defeat), really we would have been happy to be out of the relegation zone at this stage given our 15 point deduction. Infact without that penalty we would be 8 points clear at the top of the league (the real table).
The important thing is we bounce back on Tuesday when we travel to the South Coast to play Bournemouth. The last time we visited there was in the eighties when we won the old 2nd division on a Bank holiday weekend back in 1990. Great idea putting Leeds with their fanatical support in a seaside town on a Bank Holiday.
All I'll add is the people of Bournemouth now hate us cos that day was a little wild, over 20,000 travelled a lot never even got in the ground (photo below) and the place ended in a mess following a three day beach party. I reckon I've worked out why its a tuesday night this time ! 
What the hell lets cheer us up and look back at that title winning day back in 1990 :-
4 comments:
wow, it's just amazing what people will do for their team!
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Best fans in the world, not the biggest following but as passionate as they come.
I guess the loss had to come at some time, I'm not too sad about it.
You know, we was watching ESPN classic the other night, and highlights of the 1973 Cup winners Cup final was on between Leeds and AC Milan. Of course we lost 1-0, but an interesting bit of info floated across the screen, that the ref was found to have taken bribes. Now isnt that funny? Wasn't it found out that the ref (for the European Cup final we lost against Bayern Munich) was also found to have taken bribes??
It makes you wonder how many times we where done out of games, especially in Europe!
Airlie,
The facts about the 1973 ref is correct, I think the case was never proved in 75 Paris final although everyone knew it,the Ref never did another European match so that says it all.
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