Since the Russian invasion began, Leeds has been twinned with Kharkiv, a city in north-eastern Ukraine just 20 miles from the Russian border.
On April 3, 1993, Sheffield moved south for the day.
YORKSHIRE may, sadly, have no Premier League representative to fly the flag at the seasonal curtain-raiser in August, but a medley of memories from the opening day of the top-flight season in years gone by remain.
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