Tags: english premiership

Mortgage Madness


23rd May 2007
The BBC is reporting that the club are to ask Leeds City Council for a mortgage to buy back Elland Road and Thorpe Arch training facilities. They are currently owned by a shadowy British Virgin Islands based company that no-one has a clue about. Bates ha… more »

On the brink....


23rd May 2007
Apologies once again for a somewhat prolonged absence. My work continue to employ IT nazis who refuse to believe my rambling monologues about my beloved football team are relevant to my job?!?Back to business. When I left you last time, I had begun to be… more »

Apologies for absence (and thats not our defence)


23rd May 2007
Hello, and many apologies for not posting over the last week or so. Ive been off on holiday and seeing as most of my bloggin is done whilst at work (in my lunch hour of course) I havent been as diligent as I should have been.It appears I am not the only… more »

Gus Poyet scores for Leeds


23rd May 2007
I was reading on the Leeds United website about how Gus Poyet had scored a goal in a friendly match against a Cypriot XI. Unfortunately I think this is the PR machine whirring into Bates mode and smoothing the way for an announcement that Poyet and Wise… more »

Brendan Ormsby speaks


23rd May 2007
I dont remember a time when former Leeds United captain Brendan Ormsby spoke that it made any kind of news headlines. In fact I dont really remember his comments getting much more coverage than the pitch. Truly, in terms of great captains weve had, I wou… more »