I think a lot was to do with the press, who were all London based and London biased, apart from Man Utd (because of the Busby Babes, plane crash etc), and cheeky chappy Liverpool, home to the Beatles etc etc.
Leeds were the obvious 'grim' Northern club to bash. I think there was also an element of jealousy about our team spirit, we didn't just have 1 or 2 'hard men', we had a team full who could and would put it about for each other. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 July 2007 21:40 To: Paul Dally; Mark Humphries; 'Sean Emmott'; 'Nick Allen' Cc: 'LEEDS LIST' Subject: Re: [LU] FL Decision delayed I was just a little one in the early 70's, but in the mid-eighties worked with a West ham fan. Lovely bloke but he absolutely detested Leeds. Where did the bile really come from? Were Leeds that dirty then (and it is not like Chelsea and others did not have their nut cases)? I don't remember the fans being as bad as they were in the 80's (was always Man U, Chelsea, Millwall when I was growing up) so couldn't necessarily have been that. And we didn't even really win that much. So why does Leeds inspire this much hate? Nick -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Paul Dally" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My reading of the situation is that it all those people who hated Leeds in > the 70's are getting their revenge. > > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org
