The Leeds United Courier
Squad12 Feb 2029
Sam Alker breaks a bone — 23 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 23 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market12 Feb 2029
Raúl Rangel hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leeds United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Leeds United
Morgan Gibbs-White and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Ousmane Diomande falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Simon Spencer joins the Leeds United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Spencer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Jonathan Mitchell joins the Leeds United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Mitchell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2029
Leeds United promote Simon James from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon James 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.
Match10 Feb 2029
Leeds United come up short against Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
Oscar Bobb was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- The dugout the manager: “No excuses”
- The dugout Jaka Bijol knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout No hiding place for Patrick Agyemang