OzWhite's Leeds United F.C. History
Leeds United F.C. History : Foreword
1919-29 - The Twenties
1930-39 - The Thirties
1939-46 - The War Years
1947-49 - Post War Depression
1949-57 - The Reign of King John
1957-63 - From Charles to Revie
1961-75 - The Revie Years
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1982-88 - The Dark Years
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1996-04 - The Rollercoaster Ride
2004-17 - Down Among The Deadmen
2018-22 - The El Loco Era: Back Where We Belong
2022-24 - Marsch back to the Championship
100 Greatest LUFC Players Ever
Greatest Leeds United Games
Players' Profiles
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Leeds City F.C. History
Leeds City F.C. Player and Manager Profiles
Leeds United/City Statistics
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02-08-1997: Nottingham Forest (a) 0-1 (HT 0-1) Crowd (8,141)

Shirt No.Player NameGoals Scored

Leeds United:

1.

Martyn, Nigel

2.

Kelly, Gary

3.

Robertson, David

4.

Haaland, Alf-Inge

5.

Wetherall, David

6.

Radebe, Lucas

7.

Wallace, Rod

8.

Hopkin, David

9.

Hasselbaink, Jimmy-Floyd

10.

Ribeiro, Bruno

11.

Sharpe, Lee

Nottingham Forest:

1.

Pascola, Marco

2.

Lyttle, Des

3.

Rogers, Alan

4.

Cooper, Colin

5.

Chettle, Steve

6.

Thomas, Geoff

1 (10' 0-1)

7.

Bonalair, Thierry

8.

Johnson, Andy

9.

Van Hooijdonk, Pierre

10.

Campbell, Kevin

11.

Allen, Chris

Geoff Thomas scored the only goal of the game in the tenth minute to win the game for the home team. Lee Sharp picked up an injury and was replaced by Pierre Laurent, but United also made several other substitutions with Gunnar Halle coming on at Right Back for Gary Kelly, Lee Bowyer replaced David Hopkin at Inside Right, while Rod Wallace was replaced by Derek Lilley, who later gave way to Harry Kewell. Forest made four replacements. In the twelfth minute Craig Armstrong came on for Colin Cooper. Two minutes before half-time Dean Saunders came on for Kevin Campbell. On the hour Steve Stone was brought on in place of Thierry Bonalair and finally with seven minutes on the clock Scot Gemmill replaced Chris Allen.

Match Action:

Lucas Radebe tackles Kevin Campbell

Bruno Ribeiro tries to evade Des Lyttle

David Robertson and Des Lyttle clash

David Hopkin beats Andy Johnson to a header

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