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‘Oh my, finally’: Leeds fans celebrate as ‘fantastic’ club tweet emerges Photo by Visionhaus Leeds fans have taken to Twitter to react after the club tweeted a video of the new pitch being laid at Elland Road, ahead of tonight’s clash with Everton. There were issues with the turf during the 1-0 defeat to Brighton recently, in which the grass became boggy and began to chop up easily as well. ALL 20 January Signings RATED brid /static/uploads/2021/02/712942_t_1612308274.jpg 712942 cent...

Yorkshire-based charity Open Country has presented Sustrans’ North team with an award for its contribution to improving disabled access across Yorkshire. Open Country’s Good Access Scheme award celebrates efforts to open up more accessible routes for walkers and cyclists. Sustrans’ team in Yorkshire completed an extension of the cycle path from Thorp Arch to Newton Kyme creating a six-kilometre traffic-free route linking Wetherby and Newton Kyme. Its project on Route 69 of the National Cy...

‘Actually weird’: £10m player shares what Bielsa did in Leeds training yesterday It’s no secret that Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa is a tad unorthadox. In fact, he joined the Elland Road club back in 2018 after already earning the nickname El Loco – the crazy one. And the legendary Argentine coach seemed to live up to that nickname on Wednesday, according to Leeds hitman Patrick Bamford. Bielsa’s side slumped to a surprise 1-0 defeat to Brighton in West Yorkshire last weekend. Mes...

Some Leeds United fans react to Diego Llorente display for U23s Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images Some Leeds United fans have urged head coach Marcelo Bielsa to include Diego Llorente in the starting lineup against Newcastle United. Llorente was in action for the Leeds U23 side against their Stoke City counterparts at Thorp Arch this afternoon. The Spain international central defender played for the first 45 minutes and scored from a header on 28 minutes. The 27-year-old played alongside Cha...

It was a flying visit back to Leeds United for young striker Ryan Edmondson. The big number nine returned to Thorp Arch this week after...

Tim Munns, centre, of Thorp Arch Estate, with Mark Fordyce, left, and Alan Millband, of York Data Services, celebrating the arrival of state-of-the-art internet connectivity at Thorp Arch Estate. Picture: Frank Dwyer A RURAL business park which employs more than 2,000 people is celebrating the arrival of state-of-the-art internet connectivity. Thorp Arch Estate, home to 170 businesses, now has full fibre internet, capable of delivering up to 10 Gigabits per second, for premises on site. Yor...

Date published: Thursday 7th January 2021 4:30 - Steve Pearson In our weekly Scout feature, we take a deep dive into an emerging player on track to become a footballing superstar before our very eyes. This week’s edition focuses on Leeds forward Sam Greenwood, a player Arsenal fans will soon come to regret losing. Player Profile Greenwood, 18, was snapped up from Arsenal in the summer of 2020 for a fee of £1.5m potentially rising to £3m. Though centre-forward is his primary po...

Millwall Facing Competition From Cardiff and Blackburn for Bialkowski Monday, 6th Jan 2020 11:13 TWTD understands Millwall are facing competition for on-loan Blues keeper Bartosz Bialkowski from Cardiff City and Blackburn Rovers. Bialkowski is currently on a season-long loan with the Lions where he has enjoyed a very successful first half of the campaign and quickly become a fans’ favourite. The keeper is believed to be very happy at the Den. However, we understand the Blues would like to c...

‘What a player he’s going to be for us’: Some Leeds fans hail Bamford revelation on team-mate Some Leeds United fans on Twitter are absolutely loving what Patrick Bamford revealed recently. Speaking on the club’s official podcast, Bamford claimed that United team-mate Ian Poveda needed something of a talking-to with regards to late arrivals. But the Leeds striker also revealed that since being spoken to by some of the more senior players in Marcelo Bielsa’s squad, the 20-year-old is t...

‘He was turning up late’: Bamford suggests one Leeds player struggled this season Photo by Phil Noble – Pool/Getty Images Patrick Bamford has revealed that Leeds United team-mate Ian Poveda has improved his attitude away from the football pitch. Poveda joined the Whites from Manchester City last January and is seen as a player with a lot of potential. The 20-year-old hasn’t played a huge amount of Premier League football under Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa this season, managing 270 minutes....