Leeds United Friendlies: Player Testimonial Friendlies
| Name of Player Testimonial | Date | Opponents | Score | Scorers | Team | Crowd | Opposition Scorers | Notes and Comments | |
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Bob Preston | 26-09-1921 | Heart of Midlothian (a) | 1-0 (W) | Armitage (85') | 8,500 | ||||
George Affleck | 26-03-1925 | Grimsby Town (a) | 1-2 (L) | Whipp | Unknown | Thain 2 | Half-Time 0-0 | ||
Alf Saxby | 14-04-1926 | Chesterfield (a) | 2-3 (L) | Unknown | Unknown | Cookson Whitfield Roseboom | Half-Time 1-0 |
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Joe Gowdy | 29-09-1926 | Falkirk (a) | 2-2 (D) | Turnbull Duggan | 4,000 | Paterson Cox | Half-Time 0-0 |
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Willie White | 30-04-1928 | Heart of Midlothian (a) | 2-1 (W) | Wainscoat 2 (30') (42') | 7,000 | Smith 84' | Half-Time 2-0 Referee: J.W. Roberts (Edinburgh) |
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Fred Emery | 14-04-1930 | Doncaster Rovers (a) | 5-0 (W) | Keetley 3 Longden Wainscoat | 3,000 | Half-Time 1-0 |
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Tommy Fenoughty | 02-05-1934 | York City (a) | 7-1 (W) | Unknown Unknown Cochrane Wilcockson (og) Duggan Firth J. Milburn | Unknown | Hathaway | Half-Time 3-0. |
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Frank Betteridge | 27-04-1936 | Halifax Town (a) | 2-2 (D) | Brown Hydes | Unknown | Smith Merry | |||
Jim Harvey | 20-09-1937 | Third Lanark (a) | 4-0 (W) | Buckley 21' Ainsley 24' Hodgson 2 (40' 43') | Unknown | Half-Time 4-0. Referee: J. Hudson (Glasgow). |
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Jim Imrie | 24-04-1939 | Doncaster Rovers (a) | 2-0 (W) | Hodgson Powell | 4,000 | Half-Time 1-0. |
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Eric Stephenson | 27-05-1947 | Celtic (h) | 1-3 (L) | Dodds | 19,000 | Sirrel Evans Hazlett | Half-Time 0-1 |
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Arthur Crowther, Willis Edwards & Bob Roxburgh | 19-04-1950 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (h) | 1-1 (D) | Dudley | 19,000 | Unknown | Half-Time 0-0 |
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Bert Brenen | 30-04-1951 | York City (a) | 4-0 (W) | Williams Stevenson Iggleden P. Harrison | 11,000 | ||||
Paddy O'Leary | 27-05-1951 | Cork Athletic (h) | 2-0 (W) | P. Harrison Hughes | Unknown | Unknown | Half-Time 1-0. Played at the Mardyke Ground during the Irish Tour in May 1951. |
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Benny Henderson & Tommy Kinsella | 18-05-1955 | Drumcondra (a) | 2-0 (W) | Henderson (40') Charles (60') | Unknown | Unknown | Half-Time 1-0. Irish Tour May 1955. |
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Jack Scott/Jack Marsden | 14-03-1956 | All Stars XI (h) | 5-2 (W) | Charles 3 Forrest Brook | 6,000 | Unknown | Half-Time 2-1 |
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Jack Scott/Jack Marsden | 30-04-1956 | Sheffield Wednesday (h) | 3-3 (D) | Nightingale 2 Forrest | 15,210 | Shiner 2 Broadbent | |||
Bill Dunn | 01-05-1956 | Darlington (a) | 3-2 (W) | Charles Nightingale Ripley | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Freddie Capel | 02-05-1956 | Chesterfield (a) | 2-3 (L) | Charles 2 | 6,580 | Sowden 2 Taylor | |||
Len Browning | 01-10-1956 | Sheffield United/Wednesday Combined XI (a) | 1-7 (L) | Hickson | 17,337 | Hawksworth 2 Watson 2 Finney 2 Smith | Half-Time 0-4 |
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Willis Edwards/Bob Roxburgh | 17-10-1960 | All Stars XI (h) | 4-2 (W) | Revie 2 Fitzgerald 2 | 8,009 | Staniforth Clapton | Half-Time 2-0 |
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Tommy Younger | 21-05-1963 | Tommy Younger's XI (h) | 2-5 (L) | Lawson Johanesson | 8,969 | O'Grady St John Hunt Harley Quinn | Half-Time 2-2. Referee A.W. "Arthur" Luty (Leeds) |
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Ken Gilliland | 05-08-1964 | Linfield (a) | 3-0 (W) | Weston 2 Collins | Unknown | Irish Tour August 1964. |
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Grenville Hair | 08-03-1965 | Wellington Town (a) | 2-2 (D) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Referee J. Miller (Wolverhampton) |
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Freddie Goodwin | 25-10-1965 | Scunthorpe United (a) | 2-2 (D) | Bremner Gray | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Grenville Hair | 15-11-1965 | Grenville Hair All Stars XI (h) | 4-2 (W) | Lorimer 2 Gray Cooper | 6,203 | Unknown | Referee A. Holland (Barnsley). Half-Time 1-2. Abandoned due to fog after 75 minutes. |
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Ted Burgin | 02-05-1966 | Rochdale (a) | 2-2 (D) | Cooper Winspear | Unknown | Unknown | |||
John Atyeo | 10-10-1966 | Bristol City (a) | 4-2 (W) | Gray Storrie Unknown (og) Unknown | 17,425 | Unknown | |||
Peter Fitzgerald | 07-08-1967 | Waterford (a) | 4-2 (W) | Giles 2 (1 pen) (25' 35' pen) Hunter (40') O'Grady (50') | Unknown | Lynch Hale (75') | Half-Time 3-0. Referee James Quinn (Ireland). Played at Kilcohan Park Waterford. Crowd close to a record. |
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Eamonn D'Arcy | 10-08-1967 | Drumcondra Select XI (a) | 1-2 (L) | Charlton (35') | 12,000 | Leech (58') Hannigan (87') | Half-time 1-0 Referee P. Coates (Dublin) Played at Tolka Park. |
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Grenville Hair | 12-08-1967 | Bradford City (h) | 3-2 (W) | Belfitt Charlton Cooper | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Ivor Allchurch | 25-05-1968 | Swansea Town (a) | 3-2 (W) | Greenhoff Hunter Reaney | Unknown | Williams Charles | Referee J. Gow (Swansea) |
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Grenville Hair | 30-07-1968 | Bradford City (a) | 4-0 (W) | Charlton Greenhoff Cooper (og) Hunter | 10,607 | Half-Time 1-0. Referee Frank Cowan (Oldham). Receipts over £2,000. |
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Chris Chilton | 03-05-1971 | Hull City (a) | 6-7 (L) | Charlton 2 Belfitt 2 Hunter Jones | 28,250 | Chilton 3 Wagstaff 3 McKechnie | Referee: Maurice Fussey (Retford, Nottinghamshire). |
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John Charles | 08-12-1971 | John Charles All Stars XI (a) | 5-8 (L) | Sprake (pen) Lorimer Clarke Jones Jordan | 18,950 | Toshack 2 (9' 15') McDougall 2 (23' 79') Haynes (33') Reece 2 (46' 53') Greaves (89') | Half-Time 3-4. Played at Ninian Park Cardiff. Referee Clive Thomas (Treorchy). |
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Jack Charlton | 07-05-1973 | Celtic (h) | 3-4 (L) | Clarke 2 (28' 53') Bremner(68') | 34,963 | Dalglish (18') Lennox (49') Johnstone 2 (65' 85') | Half-Time 1-1. Referee Gordon Hill (Leicester). |
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Billy Bremner | 30-10-1973 | Stirling Albion (a) | 3-2 (W) | Bates 2 (25' 63') Jones (62') | 9,000 | McMillan (33') McAleer (46') | Half-Time 1-1. Referee A.F.J. Webster (Falkirk). |
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Billy Bremner | 06-05-1974 | Sunderland (h) | 0-0 (D) | 37,708 | Half-Time 0-0. Referee Gordon Hill (Leicester). Receipts £32,500 |
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Bill Gates | 07-05-1974 | Middlesbrough (a) | 4-4 (D) | Jordan Yorath Lorimer Bremner | 31,643 | Mills Foggon 3 | |||
Steve Smith | 03-08-1974 | Huddersfield Town (a) | 2-1 (W) | Bates Giles | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Ted Bates | 13-08-1974 | Southampton (a) | 1-1 (D) | McKenzie 18' | Unknown | O'Neil | Half-Time 1-1. Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth). |
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Norman Hunter | 05-05-1975 | Don Revie XI (h) | 2-3 (L) | Bremner 2 | 36,118 | Channon 2 MacDonald | Half-Time 0-0. Referee Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton). |
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Nick Atthey | 13-05-1975 | Walsall (a) | 3-3 (D) | Clarke Jordan McKenzie | 8,498 | Unknown | |||
John Giles | 22-10-1975 | John Giles XI (a) | 1-3 (L) | McKenzie | 8,652 | Mulligan Dougan A. Brown | Played at the Hawthorns |
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Bobby Kerr | 26-04-1976 | Sunderland (a) | 2-1 (W) | McNiven (13') Clarke (51') | 24,880 | Hughes (10') | Referee: Pat Partridge (Co. Durham). |
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Paul Reaney | 03-05-1976 | Newcastle United (h) | 4-5 (L) | Lorimer 2 (1 pen) Clarke Stevenson | 19,376 | Gowling MacDonald 2 Burns Kennedy | Half-Time 2-2. Referee Bob Matthewson (Bolton). |
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Paul Madeley | 26-03-1977 | John Giles Eire XI (h) | 2-5 (L) | Jordan Harris | 12,501 | Unknown | Half-Time 1-4. Referee George Hartley (Wakefield). |
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Peter Lorimer | 09-11-1977 | Scotland Select XI (h) | 5-2 (W) | Giles 2 Flynn Currie Thomas | 18,812 | Unknown | Half-Time 1-1. Referee Terry Morris (Leeds). |
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Eddie Gray | 28-03-1979 | Super Leeds XI (h) | 1-4 (L) | Stevenson (pen) | 19,097 | Lorimer 2 Giles Belfitt | Half-Time 0-1. Referee Keith Styles (Barnsley). |
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Paul Bradshaw | 11-09-1979 | Sheffield Wednesday (a) | 2-4 (L) | Hankin Thomas | Unknown | Unknown | |||
David Harvey | 05-03-1980 | Vancouver Whitecaps (h) | 2-1 (W) | Graham (16') Parkinson (59') | 11,222 | Ingram (84') | Half-Time 1-0. Referee Terry Morris (Leeds). Receipts £13,475 |
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Norman Rimmington | 14-10-1980 | Barnsley (a) | 2-3 (L) | Graham Thomas | 6,560 | Unknown | Referee Trelford Mills (Barnsley) |
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Harry Wainman | 03-02-1981 | Grimsby Town (a) | 1-2 (L) | Graham | 5,841 | Unknown | Referee D. Bray (Holton-le-Clay) |
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Trevor Cherry | 14-10-1981 | Sheffield Wednesday (h) | 3-3 (D) | Cherry (pen) Connor Hird (pen) | 9,331 | Unknown | Half-Time 0-1. Referee Terry Morris (Leeds). |
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Gordon Foster | 21-08-1982 | Doncaster Rovers (a) | 1-0 (W) | F. Gray | Unknown | Referee: A. Challinor (Rotherham). |
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Darren Smith | 10-04-1983 | Yorkshire Amateurs (a) | 2-0 (W) | Unknown | 1,000 | Half-Time 2-0. Referee C. Paylor |
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John Simpson | 09-05-1983 | York City (a) | 3-2 (W) | Ritchie (20') Wright 2 (80' 87') | 3,066 | Walwyn Pearce | Half-Time 1-0.Referee: Peter Willis (Co. Durham). |
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Phil Chambers | 10-05-1983 | Barnsley (a) | 1-3 (L) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Referee: Trelford Mills (Barnsley). |
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Peter Lorimer | 20-11-1985 | Manchester United (h) | 2-2 (D) | McCluskey (21') Sheridan (59') | 8,460 | Stapleton (9' pen) Hughes (22') | Half-Time 1-2. Referee T. Simpson (Leeds). 60 minute game. Receipts £25,000 |
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Les Scott | 23-03-1987 | Whitby Town (a) | 5-2 (W) | Taylor 2 (25' 32') Edwards 3 (65' 76' 81') | 524 | Scaife 2 (41' 78') | Half-Time 2-1. |
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Bobby Collins & John Charles | 12-04-1988 | Everton (h) | 3-2 (W) | Rush 3 (6' 21' 52') | 13,671 | Adams (8') Heath (61') | Half-Time 2-1. Referee Keith Hackett (Sheffield). |
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Don Revie | 11-05-1988 | Don Revie International XI (h) | 2-1 (W) | Baird (46') Sheridan (70') | 7,305 | Gascoigne (4') | Half-Time 0-1. Referee Jim McAuley (Leeds). |
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Mel Sterland | 12-11-1990 | Sheffield Wednesday (h) | 2-7 (L) | Pearson Varadi | 6,246 | Francis 3 Hirst 2 Harkes Mooney | Half-Time 1-0. Referee John Key (Sheffield). Ray Stephen was a 28yo trialist from Nancy (France). |
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Maurice Lindley | 31-07-1991 | Bradford City (a) | 1-0 (W) | Fairclough (30') | 3,630 | Half-Time 1-0. Referee Stephen Bell (Bradford). Receipts £15,000. The game was also a West Riding Senior Cup Group Match |
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Jim Beglin | 11-08-1992 | Liverpool (h) | 1-4 (L) | Batty (78') | 8,492 | Rush 2 (12' 31') Redknapp Saunders (80') | Half-Time 0-2. Referee: Stephen Lodge (Barnsley). |
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Arthur Jones | 02-08-1993 | Hatfield Main (a) | 3-1 (W) | Fidler (22') Forrester(62') Tobin (80') | Lannargan (10') | Half-Time 1-0. |
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Frank Bridge | 06-08-1993 | Grimsby Town (a) | 1-0 (W) | Whelan (60') | 5,874 | Half-Time 0-0. Referee Keith Hackett. |
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John Buckley | 31-01-1994 | Rotherham United (a) | 2-4 (L) | Forrester Whelan | 4,735 | Goater Hazel Howard O'Hara (og) | Half-Time 1-1. Referee Alan Dawson (Jarrow). |
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Peter Haddock | 21-03-1994 | Bradford City (h) | 3-2 (W) | Hoyle (og) Forrester Rod Wallace | 6,100 | Jewell Tolson | Half-Time 1-2. Referee: Robert Hart (Darlington). |
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Mervyn Day | 08-08-1994 | Carlisle United (a) | 1-0 (W) | Wetherall (62') | 6,000 | Half-Time 0-0. Referee Ian Cruikshanks (Darlington). |
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Gavin Oliver | 17-10-1994 | Bradford City (a) | 3-2 (W) | Pemberton 2 Rod Wallace | 3,908 | Murray Hendrie | |||
Mel Sterland | 03-09-1995 | Boston United (a) | 1-0 (W) | Whelan (34') | 3,165 | Half-Time 1-0. Referee Uriah Rennie (Sheffield). |
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John McDermott | 10-08-1996 | Grimsby Town (a) | 2-0 (W) | Bowman (64') Rod Wallace (74') | 4,696 | Half-Time 0-0. Referee: J. Winter (Middlesbrough). |
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Gary Lee | 12-08-1996 | Gainsborough Trinity (a) | 0-1 (L) | Williams (46') | Half-Time 0-0. |
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John Lukic | 31-08-1996 | Arsenal (h) | 1-2 (L) | Kewell | 2,773 | Helder Taylor (78') | Half-Time 1-1. Referee: Stephen Lodge (Barnsley) |
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Andy McMillan | 21-07-1999 | York City (a) | 1-1 (D) | Boyle (52') | 2,875 | Bullock (15') | Half-Time 0-1. |
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Paul Pitman | 26-07-1999 | Whitby Town (a) | 2-1 (W) | Bridges (37') Jones (44') | 1,452 | Pitman (85' pen) | Half-Time 2-0. |
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Steve Beaglehole | 01-08-1999 | Doncaster Rovers (a) | 2-0 (W) | Ribeiro (2') Bridges (31') | 4,360 | Half-Time 2-0. |
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Gary Kelly | 07-05-2002 | Celtic (h) | 1-4 (L) | Bowyer (29') | 26,440 | Thompson (21') Larsson (25') Hartson (56') Maloney (63') | Half-Time 1-2. Referee: Dermot Gallagher (Banbury) |
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John Taylor | 11-11-2003 | Cambridge United (a) | 5-3 (W) | Seth Johnson (29') Sakho (63') Chapuis (68' 69' 83') | 5,803 | Taylor (75') Billson-Page 2 (85' 87') | Half-Time 1-0. Referee: Michael Thorpe (IPswich). |
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Lucas Radebe | 02-05-2005 | World International XI (h) | 3-7 (L) | Aaron Lennon (34') Lucy Ward (68') Kilgallon (88') | 37,886 | Melchiot (37') Carew (44') Radebe 2 (66' pen 89') McCoist 2 (72' 85') Halle (78') | Half-Time 1-2. Referee: Dermot Gallagher (Banbury) |
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Michael Barron | 22-07-2006 | Hartlepool United (a) | 1-2 (L) | Stone (60') | 2,912 | Brown 2 (14' 55') | Half-Time 0-1. Referee: Graham Laws (Whitley Bay) |
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Graham Rodger | 31-07-2006 | Grimsby Town (a) | 1-1 (D) | Lewis (52') | 3,575 | McDermott (9') | Half-Time 0-1. Referee: Mark Swift (Grimsby). |
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