Shove yer apologies
Incompetence reigns supreme in modern officiating, not conspiracy — no matter what terminally online Arsenal fans might say.
- By Chris McMenamy
Blog
Wow!
Losing to Portsmouth was easy to write off as a blip as long as Leeds won their next game, which only begged the question... what the hell would happen if we didn't win?
- By Rob Conlon
Late bus
If Leeds are heading towards a date with destiny, then I hope we can at least count on them to be punctual.
- By Rob Conlon
Mirage
To remember the game is to remember a time before Ao and Joe in midfield. Some bloke called Georgi was there though.
- By William Almond
King of the Colosseum
"It wasn’t a predetermined thing. I remember Totti saying, ‘Martyn, Martyn, nooo!’”
- By Chris McMenamy
Comedown
Much like the rest of the game, Joe Rodon's last-ditch tackle might not have been pretty, but it was still a stumbling step in the right direction.
- By Rob Conlon
Roman Empire
Leeds vs West Brom at Elland Road, you say? That can only mean one thing: Pablo Hernandez.
- By Chris McMenamy
Cardiff Beach Holds No Terrors!
Revie knew he had a special player to thank for the win. Johnny Giles, he said, is “one of the greatest inside forwards that has ever lived.”
- By Rob Conlon
Pandemonium, meet carnage
Nights like this don’t come around very often at Leeds United. Only twice a week.
- By Rob Conlon
Inverting the inversion
I’m sure Dan James knows what xG means, but in a spiritual sense, he absolutely doesn’t know or care about it at all.
- By William Almond
Humping a leg
I would follow Joe Rodon into war.
- By Chris McMenamy
Knee trembler
Was I going to pass out? Throw up? Burst into tears? It would have been the happiest anyone has ever done any of those things.
- By Rob Conlon
Seventh heaven
This is the sixth issue of The Square Ball's 35th season and Leeds United's 2024/25 title-winning campaign.
- By The Square Ball
Golden balls
What was meant to be the era of Erling Haaland vs Kylian Mbappe has been gatecrashed by our old gunslinger Raphinha.
- By Rob Conlon
Not-so-beautiful game
With Red Bull onboard, Leeds United’s journey towards multi-club ownership seems inevitable, writes Wayne Gamble. Although its exact destination is less clear.
- By The Square Ball
TSB
It's Pep's fault
If Daniel Farke’s Leeds have made football feel a little too transactional, writes Miles Reucroft, maybe we’re blaming the wrong people.
- By Miles Reucroft
