Team History Tuesday: Marching on Together

Gary McAllister's appointment as Leeds manager has me in a strange mood. If Leeds were England, I'd feel patriotic. They're not, though, so here's a (late) Team History Tuesday on one of the greatest terrace anthems in football: Marching on Together.
Few football teams can boast an original song as their anthem; fewer still can boast a song originally recorded by the team's players; and I'm pretty sure only one team can boast an anthem written by the guy who wrote "It's Not Unusual" for Tom Jones. That team is Leeds.

Leeds Offside's Lunchtime Links: January 30th

Gary McAllister is the new manager of Leeds United! Fans the world over rejoice. I sit back with an apprehensive expression on my face and think, "but he's never actually accomplished anything as a manager, has he?" Regardless, he's contracted until the end of this season, with a remit to win promotion to the Championship. ...

Gary McAllister: in talks with Leeds this afternoon

Well, that was quick. Ken Bates has already started talks with Gary McAllister, literally 20 minutes after Dennis Wise left for Newcastle.

Updates as they happen.

Leeds Offside's Lunchtime Links: January 29th

Tony Cascarino on Dennis Wise leaving Leeds. He may have left a job half-done at Leeds, but Cascarino thinks Wise will prove everyone wrong and shine at Newcastle.

The Yorkshire Evening Post profiles Gary McAllister. Essential reading, especially seeing as he's now the Red Hot Favourite for the vacant Leeds job.

Ken Bates won't consider Assistant Manager ...

Wise goes to Newcastle; is Steve McClaren the next Leeds manager?

So, he's off. After 15 months as manager of Leeds United, Dennis Wise has become Director of Football at Newcastle United.

It's hard to know how to react to this news. Dennis Wise was never popular with the hardcore of Leeds fans, thanks to his time spent as a player at Chelsea. Chelsea, of course, is ...

Holy S***: Dennis Wise leaving Leeds for Newcastle?

Leeds manager Dennis Wise has been offered the position of Director of Football at Premier-league outfit Newcastle United by Kevin Keegan, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post. Wise will definitely be in charge of Leeds for tomorrow's match against Southend United, but there's no guarantee that he'll be ...

Luton Town 1 - 1 Leeds United

Frustration? You bet. Leeds led 1-0 (courtesy of a Paul Huntington header from a Peter Sweeney free-kick) until the dying seconds of the match, when Luton Town's Sam Parkin tapped in a cross from Dean Morgan. This came after both Jermaine Beckford and Tresor Kandol couldn't get a pair of easy shots on target.

It's frustrating, ...

Forget about Leeds: a teacher, a taxi driver, and a janitor take on Liverpool

Nothing to do with Leeds, but frankly, theirs isn't the biggest game tomorrow: it's non-league Havant and Waterlooville's FA Cup match against Premier League Liverpool. The BBC just posted Havant and Waterlooville's first-choice team and it makes fascinating reading. It also makes it even more ludicrous (not to mention offensive, blinkered, shameful, and against the ...

Former Leeds player in African Nations sex scandal! (Allegedly...)

The scene: African Cup of Nations, 2006. A retired Ghanaian footballer, who "fans of English football will remember him from his highly successful period with Leeds United", has joined the Zimbabwean national team for a drink. (The following is alleged by Peter Ndlovu on footyhighlights.com. Take it with a grain of salt.) Being a sensitive ...