Hugging Strangers

The Official Leeds Utd Podcast

Leeds United

Soccer, Sports

4.9 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On 7th March 2020 more than 36,000 fans piled into Elland Road for the 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town which continued the march towards promotion to the Premier League. Since then not a single fan has been back in to watch Marcelo Bielsa’s side in person. This week Patrick Bamford, Jermaine Beckford, Emma Jones and Matthew Lewis reflect on that fact as we approach the year mark since the stands fell silent.

With more promising times on the horizon and a hopeful return of fans in the coming months, members of the Leeds faithful tell us what they’ve missed most and what they’re most looking forward to, from journeys to the ground to time spent with friends and family and some of the more suspect odours they now long for. Pat gives us an insight into what it’s really like playing in empty stadiums, and the team look forward to the time they can cheer on the Mighty Whites in person.

Let us know what you’re most looking forward to using the hashtag #LUFCPod.

Transcript

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0:00.0	My name's Paul Blakemore and this is Liam and we're a season ticket holders in the family stand.
0:06.4	We miss everything about Ellen Road but we've picked one thing that we missed most.
0:11.1	What's yours?
0:12.0	When I'm walking down Beasternil and I'm getting butterflies when I get closer to the ground.
0:16.6	Good lad.
0:17.6	And mine, there's so many to choose from but I think the minute marching on together starts to play and the players come out, you know, it's just an amazing feeling and we miss it very much, don't we, Paul?
0:30.3	Yeah.
0:31.1	Liz, Liz, Liz, Leeds, Leeds, Leeds It.
0:32.4	Here we go with Leeds United.
0:37.2	We're going to give the boys a hand. Can you believe it's going to lead's united? We're going to give the boys a hand.
0:40.3	Can you believe it's been almost a year to the day since Leeds fans last watched their team here at Ellen Road?
0:46.3	On the 7th of March 2020 we beat Huddersfield 2-0 here just before the country went into their first lockdown.
0:52.3	So to mark this anniversary this week we're going to reflect on you.
0:56.7	The Leeds are faithful, the most important part of any club.
1:00.5	We're going to be hearing what you miss the most about being here
1:02.6	and what you're most looking forward to in Touchwood, the not too distant future.
1:07.7	But first, let's introduce the gang as usual.
1:10.5	Matt Lewis is here from across the pond.
1:12.3	You're right, Matt? Yes, very well. Thank you very much. How's it going becoming a champion?
1:17.7	Well, it's going okay. It's going okay. We've had a bit of a COVID scare over here, Florida, obviously.
1:23.8	I feel like every day is a COVID scare over here. So I've had to be sort of postponing things. But I had a test.
1:28.3	I am negative.
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