The Leeds United Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Harry Wilson's — 8.34
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.34, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Facundo Buonanotte, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.77
A mark of 7.77 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Brenden Aaronson
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Noah Okafor in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Leeds United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Leeds United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Facundo Buonanotte
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match15 Aug 2026
Leeds United find a way past Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town made Leeds United work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nathan Carter joins the Leeds United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Carter is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jason Simmons steps up from the Leeds United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jason Simmons has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market David Clark steps up from the Leeds United academy
- Market Edward Howard steps up from the Leeds United academy
- Squad Joe Rodon falls out with a teammate over standards