The Leeds United Courier
Match21 Aug 2027
Leeds United make home a hard place to visit
19 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Ao Tanaka breaks a bone — 18 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Lucas Perri keeps Leeds United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jaka Bijol signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jaka Bijol commits to Leeds United for another 4 years.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Wilfried Gnonto at Leeds United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Wilfried Gnonto is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Harry Wilson
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s goal not enough for Leeds United
Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Crystal Palace, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market23 Aug 2027
Leeds United promote Mark Palmer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Palmer has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Nathan Robinson joins the Leeds United first team
- Market One of our own: Benjamin Edwards joins the Leeds United first team
- Market One of our own: Steven Davis joins the Leeds United first team