Leeds United F.C. History: Foreword
Welcome to OzWhite's History of Leeds United F.C. - one of the original and most extensive web resources on all things Leeds United Football Club (LUFC), established in 2006 by Tony Hill aka OzWhite.
Thomas Anthony (Tony) Hill was a Leeds lad and maintained a lifelong connection with the Whites despite the great distance after moving to Australia in 1969. Once he retired, Tony spent all his spare time on this History of Leeds United website, as well as collecting LUFC books and programmes. Tony passed away after a long illness in 2022. Tony's son passed the site onto me in the hopes that it would be preserved and built upon well into the future. This site is quite rightly now dedicated to his memory: Vale Tony Hill.
OzWhite's History of Leeds United F.C. will continue into the future and is now in the slow process of being updated. There is much to do! Please get in touch if you would like to help.
ON ON ON! Cheers, Sam Gibbard (aka the Leeds Librarian) June, 2024
April 2025 - UPCOMING MAJOR SITE UPDATES: Calling all readers and users of this site, we need your help to update this brilliant resource and bring it into the modern age. Since Tony Hill started the site in 2006, much has changed in the web design world. Websites need to function across a wide variety of devices (desktops, phones, tablets, etc). This site has also not had significant content additions since 2018. I am seeking YOUR feedback in how we can improve the site, what parts of it you use the most, and want to keep, and what you would like to see changed. I am hoping to involve more people in the content creation side of things, as well as make it easy for users to suggest edits and add to the volume of work. More to follow, but if you are keen to participate, contact me at: leedsunitedaustralia@hotmail.com or via X (Twiiter) @LeedsLibrarian
We continue to welcome authors and other websites to use this website as a reference, but ask that you please cite OzWhite's History of Leeds United as appropriate. An example of how to cite this webpage is below:.
“The Wilko Years: 1988-96.” OzWhite's History of Leeds https://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/1988-1996.php. Accessed 4 March 2021.
Site Acknowledgements from Tony Hill:
In compiling this reasonably extensive but by no means comprehensive History of Leeds United from 1919 to present day (and subsequently a section on the History of Leeds City) much use has been made of personal memorabilia and first hand experiences, but in general the accepted facts have been strictly adhered to and several well known reference books have been used.Additional acknowledgement is made to the following:
Jabba: For his comprehensive statistics and in particular, the details of each season results, appearances and goal-scorers, which have been hyperlinked to the relevant season. Unfortunately Jabba ceased to maintain his site and the information was no longer available. Therefore I and others created a Statistics section which now provides every result, team and player statistics. It was a long project and thankfully it is now complete, and has now replaced and updated the information formerly provided by Jabba. Whereas Jabba provided a database system, this does not. Subsequent to my commencing this arduous task Jabba's site reappeared and may now be found at http://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/history/index.html so my thanks once more to Jabba for providing it for such a long time and resurrecting it!
Paul Felton and RSSSF: For the use of the league tables for all the Football Leagues. These have been hyperlinked to each season to give a broader outline on just where Leeds United and others figured in the pecking order of that particular season.
Thanks also to http://www.soccerbase.com for the use of their player statistics in the player profile section and to http://soccernet.espn.go.com and http://www.statto.com for their season statistics in recent years.
Mr Colin S. Jeffrey: For his ‘12 Years at the Top’ The Story in words and pictures of Leeds United’s Great Years 1963-1975, which IMHO could not be improved on!
Mike Beckmann and Paul Winning for their invaluable advice and assistance and without whom this site would not have been possible.
Paul Gregson for his excellent graphics and assistance.
Neil Roche for his incredibly detailed research together with Bernard Longstaff and Mark Ledgard who have made outstanding contributions on special projects.
Just a personal opinion, for those who wish to have a further in depth view of the History of Leeds United, I thoroughly recommend http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/index.htm and http://www.wafll.com/leeds-united.html, while for more nostalgia of LUFC, John Charles, Harold Williams, Jack Scott and also the City of Leeds, Thirkers provides that on http://www.thirkersleeds.co.uk/page10/page10.html!
For LUFC Songs, Poems and Chants "Laughing Leeds Fan" has it all on his website
http://www.electronickop.com and for
all historical kits of LUFC or any British Club
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Leeds_United/Leeds_United.htm
and thanks for the use of them particularly in the "Greatest Games" section.
Over the years Michael Hewitt has provided me with the most proficient and prompt supply of Leeds United home programmes, while Kenny Sharpe has provided access to his fine collection of Leeds United programmes.
For a comprehensive display of all Leeds United programmes may I suggest to check with Michael Hewitt at hewittprog@aol.com
or visit Kenny Sharpe's website at http://www.leedsunitedprogrammeguide.co.uk/Index.html
Cheers
© Tony Hill, and contributors 2006-2025
Except as permitted by the copyright law applicable to you, you may not reproduce or communicate any of the content on this website, including files downloadable from this website, without the permission of the copyright owner(s).
Tony Hill (Oz White)