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She's a perfect 10....

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Salvador Dali mural in Leeds

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Leeds United: Darlow, Bogle, Firpo (Byram 68), Ampadu, Rodon, James (Schmidt 73), Piroe (Bamford 73), Aaronson (Guilavogui 90+1), Solomon (Gnonto 68), Tanaka, Gruev.

Subs not used: Meslier, Ramazani, Joseph, Wober. This game was played while I was flying from Barcelona to Manchester.

I wasn't expecting Leeds to win, but eagerly checked my phone as soon as we landed and was pleasantly surprised to see the result, and to also discover that we were back on top of the league, because Burnley and Sheffield United had dropped points.

Dan James' second minute goal turned out to be the winner, because although Leeds scored two other perfectly good goals, both were wrongly disallowed for offside.

Amazingly enough, the first of these goals was disallowed by linesman Darren Williams, who has also wrongly disallowed two other Leeds goals this season, in our games against Millwall and Coventry. Fortunately, it didn't affect the result - Middlesbrough did have some decent chances to score in the second half, but their finishing was shite….

James has been our best player of late, so it's a little worrying that he limped off injured in the second half.

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Searching I found you....

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Shots at Korchma Rodyna....

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The view from Tibidabo....

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Hello It's paul from www.punk77.co.uk again I'm doing a history of Birmingham punk. Would you be able to do me a copy of Censored 5 and do you by any chance have a copy of Censored #3? More than happy to pay for your time.

Thanks

punk77@tiscali.co.uk

Hi Paul

I do have issue #5 of Censored fanzine, but not #3.

I've just scanned a zine called Tomorrow The World?, which I will post later this month, but can do Censored #5 in May.

Cheers

J

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A little bit of Leeds in Fujikawaguchiko….

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Leeds United: Darlow, Bogle (Byram 87), Firpo, Ampadu, Struijk (Wober 86), Rodon, James, Piroe (Aaronson 79), Solomon (Schmidt 87), Tanaka, Gnonto (Bamford 63).

Subs not used: Meslier, Ramazani, Guilavogui, Gruev. Leeds United’s automatic promotion hopes took another hit as we were held to a 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road by a dogged Luton Town side.

Prior to the game, Daniel Farke insisted that he is "100% certain" Leeds will be playing Premier League football next season - a statement that’s beginning to sound more hopeful than convincing, especially as games like this continue to slip away. He also announced that he finally decided to drop Illan Meslier and give Karl Darlow a chance. Nobody's claiming that Darlow is the answer to all our goalkeeping problems, but a change was long overdue (to put it mildly). Brenden Aaronson was also dropped in favour of Willy Gnonto.

Joe Rothwell (calf injury) and Mateo Joseph (illness) were unavailable, but Patrick Bamford finally made a return to the matchday squad.

Before kick off, Leeds supporters and players united once again to remember Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight on the 25th anniversary of their deaths.

Leeds started brightly, with early chances falling to Manor Solomon and Junior Firpo. But just as the Whites looked to assert control, we were caught cold on the break. Jordan Clark found space on the left, delivering a dangerous ball to the back post where Isaiah Jones met it first time, volleying Luton into an early lead.

However, Leeds managed to equalise before half time, through Dan James. After picking up the ball on the right, he cut inside with intent and curled a beauty into the far corner with his left foot to level the score.

Early in the second half, Darlow was called upon for the first time, producing an excellent low save to deny Thelo Asgaard’s powerful drive from range.

Gnonto was struggling to make any impact on the game and was replaced by Bamford on the hour mark. The striker was immediately involved, linking well with James and forcing a smart stop from Kaminski.

James should have had an assist to his name late on when he squared for Solomon at the back post, only for the winger to blaze over from close range - a huge chance squandered.

Apart from that, neither side looked like grabbing a winner.

There was further frustration for Leeds when Pascal Struijk was forced off with an injury a few minutes before the end.

We've slipped down to third in the table, which means it's out of our hands now. Burnley and Sheffield United have to drop more points than Leeds in the last six games or we'll miss out on automatic promotion. Although they still have to play each other, on current form it doesn't look likely….

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It's the same picture....

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In vatnik clownland, liberals are worse than the Nazis….

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In tankie clownland, anti-authoritarianism is fascism….

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Miles Davis - Blue In Green (1959)

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Olivia Cuttill Quintet: Kind Of Blue @ The Blues Kitchen, Manchester 2/4/2025

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WARSAW’S URBAN SCENERY

Charles de Gaulle statue

Charles de Gaulle was one of 400 French officers who took part in the French Military Mission to Poland after the First World War. He lived in Poland for two years from 1919 to 1921 and fought with distinction in the Polish-Soviet War, after which he was awarded the Virtuti Militari Silver Cross.

The statue overlooks a roundabout, named after de Gaulle, in the southern city centre of Warsaw….

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Classic Polish movie posters - MUCHA (The Fly)

Directed by: David Cronenberg (1986)

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The matchday programme - Leeds United v Swansea City 29/3/2025