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General Facts:
Year Formed:
1904 (Leeds
City)
1919 (Leeds United)
Turned Professional:
1920
Colours:
All white with yellow & blue trim
(Change)
All
Yellow with white & blue trim
Club Nickname:
"United" or "The Whites".
Ground Capacity:
40,242
Pitch
Measurements:
105m v 65m
Honours:
Football League Record:
1920 Elected to Div. Two 1924-27 Div. One
1927-28
Div. Two
1928-31 Div. One
1931-32 Div. Two
1932-47 Div. One
1947-56 Div. Two
1956-60 Div. One
1960-64 Div.
Two
1964-82 Div. One
1982-90 Div. Two
1990-92 Div. One
1992-04 F.A. Premier League
2004-07 Championship
Football League Cup Winners: (1) 1968
Runners-up:
(1) 1996
Football League Division One Champions
(3) 1968-69, 1973-74, 1991-92
Runners-up:
(5) 1964-65, 1965-66,
1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72
Football League Division Two Champions:
(3) 1923-24, 1963-64, 1989-90
Runners-up:
(3)
1927-28, 1931-32, 1955-56
FA Cup Winners
(1) 1972
Runners-up
(3) 1965, 1970, 1973
F.A. Charity Shield
Winners
(2) 1969, 1992
F.A. Youth Challenge Cup Winners
(2) 1992-93, 1996-97
European Cup Finalists
1974-75
European
Cup Winners' Cup Finalists
1972-73
European Fairs/UEFA Cup
1966-67 (Runners-up)
1967-68 (Winners)
1970-71
(Winners)
Records:
Record Attendance:
57,892 v Sunderland
FA Cup Rd 5 replay, 15 March 1967
Record
Receipts:
£1,006,000 Everton v Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup semi-final 9th April 1995
Record Victories:
League:
8-0 v Leicester City, Div.One, April 1934
FA Cup: 8-1 v Crystal Palace, Rd.3, Jan 1930
League Cup: 5-1 v Mansfield
Town, Rd.2, Sept 1963
Europe: 10-0 v Lyn Oslo, European Cup Rd.1, leg 1, Sept 1969
Record Defeats:
League:
1-8 v Stoke City, Div.One, Aug 1934
FA Cup: 2-7 v Middlesbrough, Rd.3, leg 2, Jan 1946
League Cup: 0-7 v Arsenal,
Rd.2, Sept 1979 &, 0-7 v West Ham Utd., Rd.3, Nov 1966
Europe: 0-4 v SK Lierse, UEFA Cup, Rd.1, leg 2, Sept. 1971
Record
League appearances:
Jack Charlton 629 (1952-73)
Sequence Records:
Most League Goals:
98 Div. Two 1927-28
Most
League goals in a season:
John Charles (42) Div. Two 1953-54
Best undefeated start to a season:
(29) 25th Aug.
1973 - 23rd Feb. 1974
Most matches undefeated:
(34) 19th Oct. 1968 - 30th Aug. 1969
Most home matches undefeated:
(39)
4th May 1968 - 28th Mar. 1970
Most away matches undefeated:
(17) 19th Oct. 1968 - 30th Aug. 1969
Longest
run without a home win:
(10) 16th Jan. 1982 - 15th May 1982
Longest run without an away win:
(26) 18th Mar. 1939
- 30th Aug. 1947
Most League wins (dates inclusive):
(9) 26th Sept. 1931 - 21st Nov 1931
Most League defeats
(dates inclusive):
(6) 26th Apr. 1947 - 26th May 1947
Most League matches without a win:
(17) 18th Jan. 1947
- 23rd Aug. 1947
Most home wins:
(13) 9th Nov. 1968 - 13th Aug. 1969
Most away wins:
(8) 21st Sept. 1963
- 28th Dec. 1963
Most League goals in a career:
Peter Lorimer 168 (1965-79 & 1983-86)
Most goals in a
match:
Gordon Hodgson: 5 v Leicester City, Division One October 1938
Most capped players:
Lucas Radebe (South
Africa, 61)
Johnny Giles (Eire, 60)
Billy Bremner (Scotland, 54)
Oldest player:
Eddie Burbanks 41 years, 23
days v Hull City, April 1954
Youngest player:
Peter Lorimer 15 years, 289 days v Southampton, September 1962
Record
transfer fee received:
£33,100,000 from Manchester United for Rio Ferdinand, July 2002
Record transfer fee paid
£18,000,000
to West Ham for Rio Ferdinand, November2000
Last Updated: 20/03/07
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