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Transfer round-up: Hull, Blades, Owls, Doncaster, Leeds, York
PREMIER LEAGUE newboys Hull City are set to launch a bid to sign Wigan Athletic’s Honduran defender Maynor Figueroa - according to reports.
£8m or not, Byram will stay at Leeds - McDermott
BRIAN MCDERMOTT believes Sam Byram is committed to remaining with Leeds United next season and has claimed again that the right-back’s development will be best served at Elland Road.
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Ex-Leeds United defender Greenhoff dies aged 60
FORMER LeedS United defender Brian Greenhoff has died at the age of 60.
McDermott identifies Leeds transfer targets
LEEDS United manager Brian McDermott insisted last night that he was hoping for a “straightforward” summer in the transfer market, claiming he had a fixed idea of how his team and squad should look next season.
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Leeds boss shocked as McCormack left out of Scotland squad
ROSs McCormack’s international career has suffered another setback after Scotland coach Gordon Strachan omitted the striker from his squad to play Croatia next month.
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Bahrain businessman gets top job at Leeds Utd
BAHRAIN-based businessman Salah Nooruddin has been named as Leeds United’s new vice-chairman with immediate effect.
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Stepping up at Leeds as Madine is timed out
THE post-Ken Bates era at Leeds United has taken a further step forward with the promotion of the man expected to be named as the club’s chairman later this summer.
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SportsTalk: Bradford City cap memorable season, our manager of the year, and the return of Magic Weekend
Saluting Bradford City for a triumphant season and our pundits name their managers of the year. Download to your iPod or listen online to this Yorkshire Post podcast.
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Sporting Bygones: Still carrying the fight on behalf of Leeds United after dreams of European glory were dashed by corrupt referee in Salonika
Forty years on from their one and only appearance in the final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup and the sores still fester for Leeds United.
McDermott reveals pre-season plans for Leeds
There are some for whom the football season never truly ends. In a summer when Brian McDermott admitted that Leeds United “need a break”, as many as five of his squad will engage in international duty in countries across the world.
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Police boss demands law change for football charging
WEST Yorkshire’s police commissioner is lobbying the Government for an “urgent change” in the law to allow forces to charge for keeping the peace in a wider area around football grounds.
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Gulf owner sells off more of Leeds Utd - but not to Ken Bates
GFH Capital has further diluted its stake in Leeds United by assigning a small portion of shares to unnamed members of the club’s board.
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‘Value play’ as Gulf bank’s books reveal more gambling over Leeds future
THE International Investment Bank, the Bahraini firm which bought 10 per cent of Leeds United in March, paid £2.5million for its minority stake according to the company’s latest financial report.
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Leeds defender Byram caps off fine season with England call-up
Sam Byram will receive his first international call-up tomorrow when he is named in England’s provisional squad for the Under-20 World Cup.
Mancini exit could scupper Byram deal with Leeds
MANCHESTER City’s plans to table a close-season bid for Leeds United defender Sam Byram have been cast in doubt by the sacking of Roberto Mancini.
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Leeds-blades violence: New appeal for last three suspects
DETECTIVES investigating football violence involving Leeds United and Sheffield United supporters today launched a new appeal to trace three men who remain unidentified.
Bolton’s Matt Mills could be £1m Leeds transfer target
LEEDS UNITED transfer target Matt Mills is keen on a move to Elland Road and a reunion with Whites chief Brian McDermott – who managed him at former club Reading.
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Books confirm Gulf owners seeking new investment in Leeds Utd
THE parent company of Leeds United owner GFH Capital has confirmed that the search for investment in the club is ongoing after announcing its latest financial results.
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Out of Africa: Leeds rubbish Diouf transfer talk
LEEDS United and El-Hadji Diouf have rejected as “complete rubbish” fresh insistence from African club AS Kaloum that they are poised to sign the forward.
Dawson delights in three-year deal with Leeds
CHRIS DAWSON has reflected on a year of quick and promising progress after landing another long-term contract with Leeds United.
Poleon confident he can make it with Leeds
Brian McDermott is not the first manager to think that Dominic Poleon has something to offer at Elland Road. Poleon has been a prospect-in-waiting since Leeds United took him from Southend United’s youth system at the age of 16.
Ormsby: Why President Bates strikes a sour note with Leeds fans
LEEDS United pundit and former player Brendan Ormsby says Ken Bates’s three-year engagement as club president has gone down badly with fans.
Redfearn: Leeds’s Byram is like a young Gareth Bale
NEIL REDFEARN has likened Sam Byram’s stunning ascent at Leeds United to the impact made by a young Gareth Bale at Southampton.
3 commentsMcDermott will look for Leeds to challenge
LEEDS United crushed Watford’s dream of gaining automatic promotion – and their manager Brian McDermott expects his side to mount their own push to reach the top tier next term.
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FT: Watford 1-2 Leeds United
Leeds United signed off their season with a 2-1 win at Watford as the Hornets fell short of automatic promotion.
Match Centre: Hull City reach Premier League; Huddersfield Town, Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday all safe
The Championship finale is a huge day for four Yorkshire clubs with promotion and survival issues still to be decided. Follow the results here.
McDermott is looking ahead as 10 are axed
A YEAR ago, Brian McDermott was heading for the Premier League after steering Reading to promotion as champions.
Team news: Huddersfield Town v Barnsley; Sheffield Wednesday v Middlesbrough, Hull City, Leeds United; Bradford City
Judgment day has arrived in the Championship for Yorkshire’s teams. Log on for team news from your club.
Leeds will be out to assist Hull, maintains McDermott
LEEDS UNITED manager Brian McDermott has reassured Hull City that his side will be going all out to spoil the promotion party Watford are hoping to stage tomorrow.
Leeds plays host to Rugby World Cup
LEEDS United’s Elland Road stadium has been confirmed as one of 13 venues for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, tournament organisers announced today.
Matteo back at Elland Road as Leeds ambassador
FORMER LeedS United captain Dominic Matteo has returned to Elland Road as a club ambassador – with a promise to maintain open and honest communication with United’s supporters.
Leeds owners sign Ken Bates for three year term as president
KEN BATES will officially step down as Leeds United chairman at the end of next month – and start a three-year term as club president.
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Leeds will forgive Diouf for red card outrage
LEEDS UNITED bOSS BrIAN McDermott has confirmed that El-Hadji Diouf has pledged his commitment to the club – as he seeks to atone for his red mist on Saturday.
Bruce hopes Koren is available to help lift Hull
STEVE BRUCE is hoping captain Robert Koren can give Hull City a major boost ahead of their final-day promotion showdown by returning to training.
El-Hadji Diouf fined by Leeds
Leeds forward El-Hadji Diouf has been fined two weeks’ wages for seeing red in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Brighton.
1 commentLeeds United 1 Brighton & HA 2: Diouf back in hot water as McDermott bristles
Leeds manager Brian McDermott insists controversial striker El-Hadji Diouf must learn from his mistakes after a gesture to Brighton fans earned him a red card and left his side with nine men in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat.
FT: Leeds United 1-2 Brighton & HA
Brighton’s place in the npower Championship play-offs was confirmed as Gus Poyet’s men emerged from a bad-tempered meeting with Leeds with the victory they wanted.
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Match Centre: Doncaster Rovers and Rotherham United promoted, York City safe, Barnsley make Hull City wait, Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town still nervous
JudgmENt day in the Football League did not fail to deliver. Hereare the results and permutations for the games involving all our clubs.
Fan reaction justifies McDermott’s confidence
NEW Leeds United manager Brian McDermott is sensing an air of positivity around Elland Road.
Bated: Leeds could not afford Becchio wages
NINE years out of the Premier League does things to a football club, writes Richard Sutcliffe.
6 comments‘I made mistakes, but I am leaving this club in a much better shape...’
FOR Ken Bates, the past eight or so years as Leeds United chairman have been far from easy.
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GFH clause left Bates unable to sack Warnock
IN lamenting what he considers to have been a “wasted season” for Leeds United, out-going chairman Ken Bates last night revealed how the protracted takeover saga thwarted his plan to sack Neil Warnock last October.
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Jamaican international is first name on McDermott’s Leeds hitlist
LEEDS United could move to sign Motherwell winger Chris Humphrey this summer with the Jamaican international aiming to return to England at the end of his contract.
Video: Don Revie’s daughter at Elland Road with her new band video
THE DAUGHTER of legendary Leeds United boss Don Revie returned to the club’s Elland Road home with a set of musicians she hopes will be the next big thing.
Retrial for Leeds United youth player on hotel rape charge
A JURY trying the case of a Leeds United youth player accused of raping a woman at a city centre hotel has been discharged.
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Poyet: Fans want ME to be Leeds boss
GUS Poyet has set the tone for Saturday’s clash between Leeds United and Brighton by claiming his “powerful” relationship with United’s supporters could lure him back to Elland Road as manager in the future.
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Brother of Galatasaray victim Christopher Loftus charged over Leeds soccer hooliganism
THE brother of a Leeds United fan who was stabbed to death in Turkey on a notrious night of football-related violence has been charged over alleged hooliganism.
- Woolwich police raid house in Lincolnshire
- Two shot after soldier is hacked to death in street with meat cleaver
- McDermott identifies Leeds transfer targets
- Leeds MP beaten unconscious in homophobic attack hits out at Tory gay marriage rebels
- £20,000 damages for Yorkshire policewoman offered a pink gun
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