2025-26 | Issue 03

This is the third issue of The Square Ball’s 36th season and Leeds United’s 2025/26 definitely-not-ending-in-relegation campaign.

Don’t worry, most of this was written before the Burnley game so is mostly quite positive. But we still had time to sprinkle a bit of Turf Moor misery onto the pages. Arley Byrne‘s excellent cover artwork is a teaser from our upcoming 2026 charity calendar, featuring Ao Tanaka rocking the mic in a 1999/00 away shirt. What’s not to love?

Inside the mag, you’ll find from your favourite regular contributors:

• Rob Conlon goes on a European away day all the way to York, taking in the local delicacies and the chance to see Jonny Howson back in a Leeds shirt
• Actor and musician Niall McNamee tells Chris McMenamy about living a football fantasy, scrapping with Jackie Chan and why he could only write a miserable Leeds song
• James Richardson meets Marcelo Bielsa and Junior Firpo in Kuala Lumpur for Uruguay’s friendly with the Dominican Republic
• Architect Jack Morgan takes a closer look at the Elland Road redevelopment plans
• Plus OAP limbs in the South Stand, staring into Pablo Hernandez’s eyes, swapping Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s feet with two more heads and how supporting Leeds United makes us question the existence of time itself