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Happy birthday Helena Marusarzówna (born on 17th January 1918, died on 12th September 1941)…. Helena Marusarzówna was born in Zakopane, Poland in 1918 and learned to ski at an early age. Between 1936 and 1939 she won seven Polish skiing championships.

After the German occupation of western Poland in 1939, she joined the Polish resistance and used her skills to carry reports and materials across Poland's mountainous southern border and guide people through mountain passes. In March 1940 she was caught by the Slovak police and handed over to the German Gestapo. Despite being tortured many times, she did not reveal any secrets to the Germans.

She was almost certainly executed on 12th September 1941 in Pogórska Wola near Tarnów, but it's also possible that she was one of five female resistance fighters who were shot on 23rd July 1941 in the Kruk Forest….

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Vintage Viz - Noel Edmonds (1982)….

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Dogs vs cops

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The matchday programme - Leeds United v Harrogate Town 11/1/2025

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Leeds United: Darlow, Ampadu, Struijk (Rodon 65), Rothwell (Tanaka 65), Solomon (James 77), Ramazani, Joseph, Guilavogui, Byram (Firpo 77), Gnonto (Gruev 89), Schmidt.

Subs not used: Meslier, Bogle, Aaronson, Wöber. Leeds made hard work of this third round FA Cup tie against a team two divisions below us.

Harrogate defended resolutely and it took us an hour to finally break them down.

Leeds only managed to create two chances of note prior to the goal - Mateo Joseph hit the post just before half time and Manor Solomon hit the bar a few minutes after the restart.

Solomon set up the goal with a great cross into the box which was headed home by Largie Ramazani.

Karl Darlow didn't have much to do, but every time he touched the ball a significant number of fans reacted with ironic cheers. I wonder if Daniel Farke will have the balls to start Darlow in our next league game or if he'll stick with Illan Meslier….

On the plus side, there were brief cameo appearances from Junior Firpo and Ilia Gruev.

We definitely need to sign a striker in the January window, but I doubt if it will happen.

Leeds will face Millwall at home in the next round….

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CT scan

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Dumb and dumber....

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In vatnik clownland, there were no Soviet troops in Poland after the 1950s….

In reality, Poland remained under Soviet occupation for another 30 years.

At least 300,000 Soviet troops were stationed in the country in the aftermath of World War 2.

Numbers had reduced to apporoximately 60,000 by the time communist rule was peacefully overthrown in 1989, and this led to the eventual withdrawal of all Soviet troops from Poland, which was complete by 1993.

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WARSAW’S URBAN SCENERY

Skwer Sue Ryder

Sue Ryder was born in Leeds on 3rd July 1924.

During the Second World War she joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) and was then assigned to the Polish section of the Special Operations Executive, where she served until the end of the war.

Ryder worked with the Cichociemni (“silent and unseen”) - the elite special operations group of the Polish resistance movement - and even drove them to the airport when they flew out on their missions.

After the war she organised humanitarian aid for Poland, and established charitable organisations, notably the Sue Ryder Foundation (now known as simply "Sue Ryder"). She was made a life peer on 31st January 1979, and adopted the title "Baroness Ryder of Warsaw". In Poland she was made an honorary citizen of Warsaw, Konstancin-Jeziorna and Gdynia.

Ryder died on 2nd November 2000 in Bury St Edmunds.

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Now reading….

Andrzej Sapkowski - Rozdroże Kruków / Ravens' Crossroad

Part 9 of the Sapkowski native language reading challenge….

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A little bit of Leeds outside Cocktail Machine in Osaka….

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Leeds United: Meslier, Bogle, Ampadu, Rodon, James, Rothwell (Guilavogui 90), Piroe (Joseph 90), Aaronson, Solomon, Tanaka, Wöber (Byram 66).

Subs not used: Darlow, Ramazani, Gnonto, Gelhardt, Schmidt, Debayo. For the second game in a row Leeds United somehow managed to throw two points away. We're still a point clear at the top of the league but can't afford to keep fucking up like this. Illan Meslier also made another goalkeeping howler which should lead to him being dropped….

The first half as scrappy. Leeds dominated the play but failed to get on the scoresheet. Hull scored an early goal on the break.

In the second half, Ao Tanaka's equaliser gave us hope and goals from Dan James and Joel Piroe appeared to have won the game for Leeds. But with 20 minutes still to go, the Leeds players seemed to take their foot off the gas.

Hull's second goal came from a set piece. A ball over the top should have been dealt with by Meslier, but instead he palmed it straight to Joao Pedro to tap home from close range. Even more disappointingly, we then conceded another goal from a poorly defended corner just before full time….

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David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) @ Aviva Studios, Manchester 3/1/2025

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2073 @ Home, Manchester 2/1/2025

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Leeds United v Blackburn Rovers 1/1/2025

The matchday programme, hospitality lanyard and team sheet....