A warmly written, readable and intelligent history of this famous
football club... published just as United have been promoted back
to the Premier League. In The Biography of Leeds United, Telegraph
journalist and lifelong fan, Rob Bagchi, chronicles a history that
will educate, entertain and inform both old and new supporters.
Packed with fresh stories about (and from) former players, managers
and money men, the book is an affectionate, comprehensive and
blackly humorous portrait of a 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. Over 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 extraordinary, often
mercurial, success tempered by crushing disappointment and
conflict. This book is a roar of defiance against the recent period
of mediocrity served up prior to the past few seasons of revival
and, as well as providing vivid recollections of their greatest
days, the three league championships, FA Cup, League Cup and
floodlit memories of nights of European glory, it offers a broad
sweep of the club's often neglected early history. The Biography of
Leeds United includes the voices and thoughts of Johnny Giles,
Eddie Gray, Scott Sellars, Gordon Strachan, David O'Leary and Gary
Kelly and uses them to look deep into the soul of the club and at
the spirit that resides with in it. A passionate manifesto that
captures the essence of a club that has for the past five decades
been in it's own story of great adventures, fleeting splendour,
relegation and defiant, hard battles against authority, owners and
self-sabotage, this rousing and comprehensive book is written for
the supporters and echoes their passionate cry - We Are Leeds! 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, local and international,
such triumphs promoted. Elland Road icons John Charles, Billy
Bremner, Jack Charlton, Peter Lorimer, Norman Hunter, Eddie Gray,
Tony Currie, John Sheridan, Gordan 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 60s and 70s, that
immortal line-up that rolls off the tongue of generations of
football fans, 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. So, here we
go with Leeds United, a club adorned by hall of fame managers from
Major Frank Buckley to Don Revie, Brian Clough, Jock Stein, George
Graham, and Marcelo Bielsa, is also an institution that has
perennially toiled to pay its own way and in recent years has
suffered as a vehicle for the greater good of Peter Ridsdale,
Kenneth Bates, Massimo Cellino and others. Yet it survives and now
thrives because of the millions of people who love it. 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, this
book is an affectionate and insightful portrait of a football club
like no other, 'Super Leeds'.
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