Taking The Mighty Whites To The Big League

[LUFC_Baz]

Taking The Mighty Whites To The Big League

Chairman Ken Bates has shocked most of nation with his call to bring in as some may say "A Nobody". Sam Barrell will be the new manager of Leeds United being a Leeds fan Sam Barrell hopes to bring in all the success he can. He believes he can take Leeds United to the Premier League. Sky Sports caught up with Sam Barrell earlier and had this to say.

SS=Sky Sports
SB=Sam Barrell

SS: You start your new job as manager of your beloved club Leeds United how do you feel?

SB: This is my dream job and I am more than delighted to be appointed.

SS: You believe you can take Leeds United to the Premier League but your fans seem to be a bit dissapointed to see old manager Simon Grayson walk out the door.

SB: I can understand why they are dissapointed but theres a new face at Elland Road and will bring success.

Leeds United 2009/2010 Season

August 2009

In:

Stephen Wright £300k

Febian Brandy (Loan)

Out:

Ankergren-West Brom-£120k


Pre Season:

Leeds Reserves-HOME- 3-1 (Win)
Lyon-HOME- 1-5 (Loss)
Plymouth-HOME- 0-1 (Loss)
AFC Wimbledon-HOME- 2-0 (Win)
Guiseley-AWAY- 4-0 (Win)
GH Academy-HOME- 3-0 (Win)
Cliftonville-AWAY- 5-1 (Win)
Farsley-AWAY- 3-0 (Win)

Many games in pre-season saw Leeds pick out 6 wins out of 8.

Coca Cola League 1 Carling Cup FA Cup

First game of the new season see Leeds play Exeter at home and Sam Barrell and his men will expect an easy victory.

Leeds United 3-0 Exeter

Leeds United got their expected win with a 3-0 victory over Exeter. Becchio netted a hat trick in the opening game of the season a great start for Leeds United. Manager Sam Barrell said his men put in a strong performance and hope they go into the right direction.

Attendance: 24,981



Carling Cup 1st Round


Leeds United 3-0 Macclesfield

The Carling Cup didnt see any shocks in the 1st Round with Leeds United winning at home against Macclesfield. Strikes from Ben Parker, Gary McSheffrey and Tresor Kandol saw Leeds come out with a 3-0 victory. The team went out looking strong after their 3-0 victory over Exeter.

Attendance: 10,983

Leeds United will play Wolves in the 2nd round of The Carling Cup.

Luciano Becchio took a knock in the Macclesfield game and is out for 3 weeks.

This a major blow for the team said Sam Barrell.


Coca Cola League 1:

Wycombe 1-1 Leeds United

A late strike in the 94th minute from Andy Robinson saw Leeds United only get a point out of Wycombe. Away games could be a problem for the Leeds side this season. Manager Sam Barrell said we didnt play to our full potential and got what we deserved a wake up call.

Attendance: 7186

Walsall 2-5 Leeds United

Leeds United took on Walsall expecting a win away from home. Did they not only get the win but scoring 5 goals. Gradel got the first goal for Leeds putting Leeds 1-0 up. The injury of Luciano Becchio saw Gary McSheffrey taking his position and getting off the mark giving Leeds a 2-0 lead. Patrick Kisnorbo netted the 3rd goal for Leeds giving them a 3-0 lead going into half time. Walsall responded in the 61st minute from a strike from Troy Deeney. Beckford then calmly tucked away a penalty. Beckford then struck again 10 minutes later. Troy Deeney struck again for Walsall in the 87th minute. Leeds got a deserved win from a great performance from Jermaine Beckford.

Attendance: 7621


Leeds United 2-1 Tranmere Rovers

Leeds United took on Tranmere Rovers at Elland Road. A very entertaining game which Leeds would have expected to win by a bigger margin. In the 20th minute Leeds captain Jonathan Howson got Leeds underway leading Leeds 1-0 going into half time. In the 71st minute ex Leeds striker Ian Thomas-Moore struck for Tranmere. 6 minutes later Max Gradel struck at The Revie Stand. Elland Road erupted and Leeds scraped a 2-1 victory.


Attendance: 25,358


Carling Cup 2nd Round

Wolves 1-1 Leeds United
Wolves win 5-4 on pens.

A penalty shootout saw Leeds go out the Carling Cup. It was a great game as expected. In the 19th minute saw the home side go 1-0 up through Kevin Doyle. Wolves went 1-0 up at the break. The 60th minute gave Leeds hope with Jermaine Beckford getting the equaliser. The game went into extra time with fitness being a major blow for the Leeds side and Shane Higgs showed why he is Number 1 keeper. The game went into penalties with Andy Robinson missing his and Leeds went out of The Carling Cup.

Manager Sam Barrell said this: "It was a good performance by the lads and we can now focus on the league and getting into the Championship.

Attendance: 18,028




Colchester 1-1 Leeds United

A bore draw at Weston Homes Community Stadium. Leeds took on top of the league Colchester and were dominated throughout the game. Kevin Lisbie opened the scoring sending Colchester 1-0 up. In the 56th minute Leeds got a lifeline with Jonathan Howson's header sailing past Ben Williams the Colchester keeper.

Attendance: 7209

Injury News: Gary McSheffrey injured during the Colchester match and is out for 6-7 weeks.

Sam Barrell's team pushing for promotion with 2 strikers out injured is not a good sign for Leeds United.


Transfer News:


Casper Ankergren joins West Brom for £120,000


Right Back Stephen Wright joins Leeds for a sum of £300,000


Leeds sign Man Utd striker Febian Brandy on a 5 month loan deal.

 

[casey32]

Good luck looks like I have competition

 

[LUFC_Baz]

Im no competition mate going through a rough spot will update later

 

[SwineFluGotYou]

Looking good keep it up.

 

[NUFC_Tony]

Keep going mate, good start to the story..

 

[LUFC_Baz]

2009/2010
September

Johnstone Paint Trophy

Leeds United 4-1 Darlington

An expected win from a strong Leeds United side in The Johnstone Paint Trophy. Bradley Johnson struck first for the Leeds side. Darlington responded positively and got one of their own in the 14th minute. The went into the break at 1-1. The next goal came in the 65th minute from substitute Jermaine Beckford. Febian Brandy played his 1st game for the club and got on the scoresheet in the 76th minute with Jermaine Beckford adding to Darlington's pain.

Attendance: 6473

Southend 0-2 Leeds United

Leeds United take their unbeaten streak to 6 league games with a 2-0 win over a strong Southend team.A boring 1st half at Roots Hall saw the teams go into the break at 0-0. The first goal fell to Robert Snodgrass in the 79th minutes who tucked it away for Leeds. On the 83rd minute Leeds caught Southend sleeping and Jermaine Beckford pounced onto the chance to tuck away a one on one.

Attendance: 7564


Leeds United 0-1 Stockport

His late 75th minute goal saw Stockport ease past Leeds

A result which Leeds should wake up from. Peter Thompson's 75th minute goal saw Stockport win away from home at Elland Road. Sam Barrell and his men should be wondering why they couldnt win this game. "We had enough chances, but couldn't put them away" said manager Sam Barrell when talking to LUTV.

Attendance: 22694


Leeds United 0-1 Gillingham

Gillingham did well to see off Leeds but the result could have gone the other way but yet again manager Sam Barrell is having troubles getting his players to produce in the last quarter of the pitch. The only goal came from Chris Shuker in the 4th minute. Leeds pay for not taking their chances.

Attendance: 23,927



MK Dons 0-2 Leeds United

Luciano strike again twice in the meeting with MK Dons. Leeds put on a classy performance and put the recent results behind them and concentrate on the game in hand. Becchio struck in the 19th and 39th minute sinking the Dons who seemed like they just couldn't do anything to stop him.

Attendance: 10,429


Leeds United 6-1 Carlisle

In the last game of September Leeds took on Carlisle, but I dont think anybody was expecting a 6-1 victory. With Becchio striking in the 3rd minute put Leeds onto a flyer then 2 minutes later Beckford tucked one away to put Leeds 2-0 up. 10 minutes later Beckford snatched another. In the 36th minute Gradel got on the scoresheet with a powerful strike into the top corner. 3 minutes later Leeds were deserved a penalty. The Carlisle players didn't think it was worthy of a penalty but was definately shown by the replay. Beckford stepped up and calmly put it into the right bottom corner. At the break Leeds were 5-0 up. Surely they were happy with that, obviously not because 2 minutes later Gradel picked out another goal. Leeds seemed to go queit after that with Shan Higgs making some brilliant saves but Carlisle finally got past, Stephen Elliot with the goal.


Howson went and picked up The Young Player Of The Month for September
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[jthamrun]

Good luck

 

[NUFC_Tony]

Brilliant read so far mate, keep it going.

 

[LUFC_Baz]

2009/2010
October

Leeds have a tough month upon them playing against:

Charlton-HOME
Rotherham-AWAY-Johnstone Paint Trophy 2nd Round
Norwich-HOME
Millwall-AWAY
Bristol Rovers-AWAY



Coca Cola League One

Leeds United 3-2 Charlton

A well fought battle from both sides at Elland Road with Leeds coming out on top. Becchio struck in the first 30 seconds of the game breaking a new record. 3 minutes later it was Beckfords turn who smashed the ball straight into the bottom corner. Charlton were not down and out just before half time Mooney got one back for the away side.Becchio showed why he was getting praise from ex Leeds star David Batty and Lucas Radebe when he got his second of the game.The teams went into the break at 3-1 to the home side. 7 minutes later Charlton had hope when McKenzie bursted down the left wing going in and out of defenders and tucking in the far corner. Leeds are surely happy with that result giving their promotion race a real go.

Jonathan Howson out for 6-7 weeks
Stephen Wright out for 3 weeks


Johnstone Paint Trophy

Rotherham 1-0 Leeds United

Nicky Law sinks Leeds

Rotherham entertained Leeds at the Don Valley Stadium in the 2nd round of The Johnstone Paint Trophy. Leeds were having injury troubles missing their captain Jonathan Howson and right back Stephen Wright. Leeds will pay for not taking their chances. Febian Brandy failed to find the net and Sam Barrell
released that he is not interest in signing Febian permanently. Despite Nicky Law's strike manager Sam Barrell came out of the game smiling. We questioned his why he was so happy despite going out of the Paint Trophy he said "Now we can concentrate on the league and we are only in the FA Cup so we don't suffer any uneeded injuries".

Coca Cola League One

Leeds United 3-1 Norwich

A nice easy win for Leeds at Elland Road pushing their promotion race even further. Beckford tucked away in 12th and 53rd minute for Leeds. Snodgrass also got on the scoresheet just before half time. Nonda got a consulation goal for Norwich but Leeds were the better side.


Millwall 4-2 Leeds

It all kicked off at The Den in the promotion race with Millwall sitting in 1st place and Leeds in 2nd what a game it was! Leeds lacked in defence and a bad tackle by the Millwall player turned into a huge brawl on the pitch. Leeds went into the break 2-1 down. Harris struck for Millwall in the 63rd minute. Leeds were given a penalty in the 83rd minute. Beckford tucked it in the left corner. 1 minute later Millwall told Leeds why their top of the league when Harris struck again.


Bristol Rovers 0-1 Leeds United

Leeds got a deserved win over Bristol Rovers with Bradley Johnson sweetly striking a volley into the top corner. The goal came on the 59th minute giving Leeds a lifeline after suffering a heavy loss by Millwall the week before. Surely this result will push Leeds further.

Ben Parker out for 3 weeks


League Table to come at the end of December



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2009/2010
November

Going into November Leeds boss Sam Barrell must be confident that his team can walk through this league with an opening game against Swindon.

Coca Cola League One

Leeds United 2-2 Yeovil

Stephen Wright Sent Off

Scorers: Becchio (20),Grade (23) ,MacDonald (36),Wallwork (47)

A bad start to the month from Sam Barrell's side who could only get a point of a poor Yeovil side.

Man Of The Match: Shaun Macdonald

Max Gradel out for 3-4 weeks
Patrick Kisnorbo out for 6 days

FA Cup 1st Round

Leeds United 4-1 Gainsborough

Scorers: Johnson (1) ,Stamp (9),Grella (32,64,76)

A one sided affair as expected at Elland Road with Mike Grella picking up his first apperance and scoring three.

Leeds United with play Oldham at Boundary Park

Man Of The Match: Mike Grella

Coca Cola League One

Swindon 3-0 Leeds United
Cuthbert (7)
Pericard (48)
O'Brien (71)

A bad performance by the favourites to win the league. Swindon were a different class in todays encounter. Leeds were caught sleeping.

Beckford out for 2 weeks

Man Of The Match: Alan O'Brien


Brighton 0-3 Leeds United

Scorers: Becchio (23),Johnson (28),Brandy (41)

A solid performance by Leeds, Brighton stood no chance and didn't get a look in. With Jermaine Beckford injured Febian Brandy stepped in and got on the scoresheet.

Man Of The Match: Febian Brandy


Leeds United 4-1 Leyton Orient

Scorers: Johnson (26), Tehoue (7),Robinson (33),Brandy (72),Snodgrass (pen 87)

An easy win for Leeds scoring 4 goals. Producing 7 goals scored in 2 games. Manager Sam Barrell must be happy with his teams performance.

Luciano Becchio out for 6-7 weeks

Man Of The Match: Bradley Johnson

FA Cup 2nd Round

Oldham 0-2 Leeds United

Scorers: Brandy (41),Kisnorbo (63)

Leeds United go through to the 3rd round of the FA Cup after a convincing 2-0 win at Boundary Park. Brandy striking again thats 3 goals in 3 games for him convincing manager Sam Barrell to sign him on next season.

He has this to say "Febian has been on top from lately and if he continues to be bagging them in for us I may consider him to sign on for the club".

Max Gradel recovered and came into action and was on the bench for the cup game.
Patrick Kisnorbo just came back from injury and got on the scoresheet.

Man Of The Match: Patrick Kisnorbo

 

[Aussie_gooner]

good story and good luck!