The Leeds United Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jaka Bijol 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
Graduation day at Leeds United
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jaka Bijol
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jaka Bijol, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Benjamin Jackson steps up from the Leeds United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Jackson 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Richard Matthews joins the Leeds United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Richard Matthews 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
One of our own: Steven Watson joins the Leeds United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Steven Watson 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
Leeds United promote James Harvey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. James Harvey 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Leeds United are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
No investment in the facilities at Leeds United
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
In brief
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Jaílson
- Squad Harry Wilson has seen what the next man earns