Patrick Bamford was at the front of the West Stand for Leeds United’s play-off semi-final against Norwich City. Bamford was forced to sit out both legs of Leeds’ 4-0 aggregate win over the Canaries due to injury and has revealed it is ‘touch and go’ whether he will be fit for the final. In front of a raucous crowd, Leeds were absolutely rampant at Elland Road and came racing out of the blocks thanks to Ilia Gruev’s brilliant free-kick. David Wagner – who has since been sacked by Norwich – admitted his side struggled to cope with the atmosphere and the game was over by half-time thanks to goals...
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Darren Bent believes Leeds United have the ‘next superstar’ in their ranks after watching the play-off semi-final win over Norwich City. Former Ipswich Town striker Bent had actually backed Norwich to come away with a 2-1 win from Elland Road in the second leg, though he could not have been more wrong. With a raucous atmosphere behind them, Leeds completely dominated Norwich from start to finish and ran out comfortable 4-0 winners to set up a final with Southampton at Wembley. Ilia Gruev opened the scoring for Leeds early on with a very clever free-kick, before Joel Piroe and Georginio Rutter ...
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Patrick Bamford has shared what it was like watching Leeds United’s play-off semi-final victory over Norwich City from the stands. The Whites ran out comfortable 4-0 winners over Norwich at Elland Road on Thursday night to book their place in next Sunday’s Wembley final, where they will face Southampton. Bamford was, unfortunately, out of both legs due to a knee injury he picked up almost a month ago in Leeds’ 4-3 victory away at Middlesbrough. With 11 wins from the 15 matches Bamford has started, Leeds have statistically been a better team with him in it this season, but thankfully, he wasn’t...
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Southampton manager Russell Martin has provided an injury update on Che Adams ahead of the Championship play-off final with Leeds United. The Saints booked their place at Wembley on Friday night with a 3-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion, 24 hours after Leeds battered Norwich City 4-0 to seal their passage. Having finished third and fourth in the table respectively, OPTA’s supercomputer had Leeds and Southampton as the favourites to reach the final in the build-up to the play-offs getting underway. Southampton finished three points behind Leeds in the regular season but were actually the onl...
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Patrick Bamford has shared a brand new individual injury update ahead of Leeds United’s play-off final with Southampton next weekend. Bamford missed Leeds‘ last two matches of the regular season, as well as both legs of the emphatic semi-final victory over Norwich City earlier this week. The 30-year-old picked up a knock to his knee almost a month ago in Leeds’ 4-3 win at Middlesbrough, which initially looked as though it was just some bruising, as opposed to a proper injury. Daniel Farke had even given him a chance of being back for the 4-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers, though clearly that w...
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Patrick Bamford has shed light on the conversation he had with Georginio Rutter just before Leeds United’s win over Norwich City. Bamford was absent from Leeds’ squad for both legs of the play-off semi-finals against the Canaries, having picked up a knee injury back in April in the win at Middlesbrough. In what is an inexperienced squad, Bamford is certainly one of the more senior players at 30 and therefore wanted to ensure he had something to offer off the pitch, if he couldn’t be on it. Rutter had been struggling for form and confidence prior to Thursday night, failing to register a single ...
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Neil Warnock has given his verdict on who he wants to win the Championship play-off final between Leeds and Southampton. After Leeds booked their place at Wembley on Thursday with an emphatic 4-0 win over Norwich City, it was Southampton who confirmed they would be joining them last night. The Saints defeated West Bromwich Albion 3-1 in the second leg and it will now be the two sides who finished third and fourth respectively fighting for that last spot in next season’s Premier League. Leeds finished three points above Southampton in the regular campaign but were also beaten in both league mee...
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Leeds United may have coasted to a 4-0 win over Norwich City in the play-off semi-finals, but that did not stop Joe Rodon from fuming at one of his teammates in the 90th minute. The Whites produced a near perfect performance at Elland Road to move to within just 90 minutes of an immediate return to the Premier League. With a raucous atmosphere behind them, it did not take Leeds long to open the scoring as Ilia Gruev’s clever free-kick found its way past Angus Gunn into the bottom corner. Joel Piroe – who many believe produced his best display in a Leeds shirt – then doubled the lead shortly af...
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Leeds United’s play-off semi-final victory over Norwich City won’t have meant more to anyone than Archie Gray. Gray is a boyhood Leeds fan and given he is only 18-years-old, it wasn’t that long ago he was on the terraces himself supporting his club. He is living the dream of every Leeds supporter right now and to have played his part on such a special night yesterday could well have even eclipsed the moment his deflected shot went in against Leicester City in February. Having played as a number 10 at Carrow Road, Gray was back in the position he has spent much of the season at right-back last ...
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Liam Cooper could not have asked for a better send off from Elland Road in Leeds United’s 4-0 win over Norwich City. Cooper is out of contract at Leeds next month and is not expected to be offered a new deal, which will bring an end to his incredible 10-year spell at the club. With just two Championship starts in 2024, Cooper has played more of a bit-part role this season but was brought on for the final 10 minutes of last night’s victory. Cooper was serenaded for much of the night every time he warmed up in front of the West Stand, and his introduction from the bench brought one of the loudes...
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