When George Connelly fired Celtic ahead in the first minute of their European Cup semi-final against Leeds United at Elland Road on April 1, 1970, Bertie Auld was delighted but not surprised.
The race to the Premier League was in full flow when Sky Bet Championship programme was suspended with just nine games remaining.
With football in England currently suspended amid the coronavirus crisis, this season’s FA Cup remains on hold at the quarter-final stage.
The coronavirus pandemic continued to affect the world of sport on Thursday.
Leeds’ players, management and senior staff have volunteered to defer their wages for the foreseeable future.
An outsourcing firm has hit back at claims it is not following Government guidelines to tackle coronavirus by having staff remain working its sites.
The seeds of Sunderland’s remarkable 1973 FA Cup triumph may well have been sown during an enforced lay-off as flu swept through the city and the club months earlier.
Sporting stars have had to find other ways to keep themselves busy with the coronavirus pandemic having decimated the global fixture calendar.
Leeds announced on this day 16 years ago that their immediate future was safe after Gerald Krasner’s consortium completed a takeover.
Leeds tackled their postponed Championship game against Cardiff by simulating the game on FIFA 20 instead.
A peckish pig which ate a pedometer sparked a fire near Leeds.
Huddersfield boss Danny Cowley has no doubt Leeds will end their long wait for a return to the Premier League after hailing “genius” Marcelo Bielsa.
Leeds returned to the top of the Championship with a rousing 2-0 victory over Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield.
Neil Warnock feels keeping a sense of humour on the training pitch will be key as teams battle it out for promotion from the Sky Bet Championship.
Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa will select from the same squad that was on duty for the win at Hull for Saturday’s derby clash with Huddersfield.
Charlton have been unable to confirm whether or not they passed on an offer of support from Kick It Out to Jonathan Leko in his racism case against Kiko Casilla.
Kick It Out insists it did try to contact Charlton concerning the allegations of racist abuse made by Jonathan Leko against Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla.
The Football Association has revealed its written reasons behind its decision to suspend Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla for racial abuse.
Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa has resigned himself to being without first-choice goalkeeper Kiko Casilla but praised stand-in Illan Meslier for his assured performance in the 4-0 win over Hull at the KCOM Stadium.
Leeds coped without suspended goalkeeper Kiko Casilla as they beat Hull 4-0 at the KCOM Stadium to keep up the pressure on Sky Bet Championship leaders West Brom.
Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla has been given an eight-match ban after he was found to have used racist language towards a Charlton player during a Sky Bet Championship match in September.
Hull striker Tom Eaves has been ruled out of Saturday’s Sky Bet Championship clash with Leeds after being told his season is over.
Marcelo Bielsa says Leeds deserve credit for seeing the game out at Middlesbrough to take another step towards the Premier League.
Leeds have a five-point cushion to third place in the Sky Bet Championship’s race for automatic promotion after beating Middlesbrough 1-0 at the Riverside Stadium.
Middlesbrough remain without Patrick Roberts and Daniel Ayala for the visit of Leeds.
Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa hailed the impact of under-fire goalkeeper Kiko Casilla after their 1-0 win over Reading at Elland Road.
Leeds took full advantage of slips by their promotion rivals with a 1-0 win over Reading.
Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa has no new injury concerns for his side’s Sky Bet Championship game with Reading.
Marcelo Bielsa believes his Leeds side are better equipped to seal promotion this season following their 1-0 win over Bristol City.
Luke Ayling scored against his former side as Leeds eked out a gritty 1-0 win over Bristol City to go three points clear in the Championship automatic-promotion spots.