TMB30: Leeds United 1-2 Manchester City | 10th Apr 1991

The Square Ball: Leeds United Podcast

The Square Ball

Sports, Unknown, Leeds United, Lufc, Comedy, Soccer

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On the 30th anniversary of United's game at home to Peter Reid's Sky Blues, we look back on a game that the Peacocks lost despite dominating. Niall Quinn's aerial prowess proved too much as Leeds United's chance to overtake Palace in third went begging. With levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show. It's brought to you with Levi Solicitors 10% off your legal fees
0:11.2	at Levi Solicitors.co.uk forward slash the square ball. My name is Dan Moil and hello
0:17.9	and I'm joined by Michael Normanton. Hello. And Moscow white Daniel Chapman. Hello.
0:24.6	30 years on game by game, we chart the progress from promotion in 1990 to the lifting of the championship
0:31.6	trophy in 1992. This is the match ball 30 where we do a match ball on the anniversary of every game.
0:40.2	Three wins on the bounce before this and we are back to Ellen Road to host Manchester City
0:45.4	who are just behind us in the table. We're just ahead of us at Crystal Palace. This one,
0:50.9	if we win, could go third on goal difference in Europe. Beckons. And you can tell it's reflected
0:57.8	in the attendance nearly 29,000 inside Ellen Road today for this one. You can see the place filling
1:02.8	up the anticipation growing a European tour on the cards. Everybody's eyeing the channel.
1:09.3	I believe this, are they still digging that? Yeah, but you know, we can give you them a long
1:14.2	leader in Europe. The lineups for this game, then John Luke itch in goalfully
1:18.6	genited with Mel Stirlen, Mike Whitlow, John McClelland and Chris White making up the defense.
1:23.7	So Chris Faircliffe still on the bench. He's not quite fit yet. midfield is David Batty,
1:29.2	Andy Williams, Gary McCallister, and Gary Speed. There's a very significant name missing.
1:34.1	There isn't a car shot on Lee Chapman, completing the 11 on the pitch with Faircliffe and Bobby
1:38.7	Davison on the bench. Where's Strack? Late injury. Yes. Wilkinson was being quite coy about his
1:46.6	lineup. Obviously we have Nile Quinn to deal with in the Manchester City team and he was asked
1:52.7	which two defenders he was going to pick with McClelland playing quite well, but Chris Faircliffe
1:56.6	being fit. And Wilkinson said, I shall name two central defenders. Or am I even named three?
2:04.4	Well, they just named two. What a wily old fox. Left Faircliffe on the bench, but yeah,
2:09.2	Strackens injured his groin in training. So misses out, which is pathetic. The second game he's missed
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