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Leeds Utd, albeit Massimo Cellino has parted company with Steve Head before he even stepped foot at the club...
It was reported last week that Head was joining Leeds to become head of recruitment at Elland Road.
What you may not know it that he is still employed by Norwich City, orbeit has been on gardening leave since Adams parted company with the Canaries back in January.
Head has had 5 months to holiday, its a pretty strange time to pack yer bags, sunnies and flip flops, when you're about to start a new job!
Even stranger though, Cellino has just sacked Norwich' chief scout
It is 40 years to the day since Leeds were cheated out of victory by Bayern Munich at the e Parc des Princes, Paris.
I'm too young to remember the event, but have watched it on video.
All I can say it that the people who have investigated EUFA, need to dig a little deeper.
Here is the match summary.
Leeds dominated most of the match and had a number of near misses. After three minutes Bayern's Swedish international defender Björn Andersson had to be replaced by the inexperienced Sepp Weiss after a hard tackle from Terry Yorath, described by Uli Hoeneß as the "most brutal foul I think I have ever seen".[1]
He only played a handful more matches for Bayern. In the 23rd minute, Bayern captain Franz Beckenbauerwas in his own penalty box on the ground and rested on his left arm which subsequently came into contact with the ball. The Leeds players appealed for a penalty, which the French referee Michel Kitabdjian denied.
More controversial, however, was when the referee denied Leeds a penalty in the 34th minute after Beckenbauer tripped Allan Clarke, who was attacking the Bayern goal from the left wing and seemed ready to round Bayern goalkeeper Sepp Maier. The first half also saw German international Uli Hoeneß, later president of Bayern, suffer a serious knee injury in the 42nd minute after a tackle by the Scottish left-back Frank Gray, which would ultimately bring his career to a premature end in 1979 at the age of 27, and thus starting as prematurely his career in club management.
He was replaced by one time German international Klaus Wunder.
In the 62nd minute, Billy Bremner was denied from five metres by a reflex of Sepp Maier in the Bayern goal. Less than a minute later a goal by Peter Lorimer was disallowed, due to Bremner being in a tight passive offside position in front of the goal at the six-yard box.[1]
Referee Michel Kitabdjian initially pointed to the centre circle (indicating a goal) and then Beckenbauer convinced him to consult with the linesman who had run back to the halfway line and had not raised his flag. The referee then indicated offside against Bremner. This decision caused riots to break out.
After a match interruption Roth finished off a counter-attack in the 71st minute with the 1–0 for Bayern after a short pass from Conny Torstensson. This completely derailed Leeds and 10 minutes later another counter led to the 2–0 for Bayern through Gerd Müller after a cross from the right side by Jupp Kapellmann. This put the match completely beyond the reach of the team from England.
The violence saw Leeds banned from Europe for four years, although this was reduced to two years on appeal.[1][2][3] Ultimately, this ban was never applied due to a decline in the performance of the club in the late 1970s preventing European qualification until 1979–80.
Leeds Utd, albeit Massimo Cellino has parted company with Steve Head before he even stepped foot at the club...
It was reported last week that Head was joining Leeds to become head of recruitment at Elland Road.
What you may not know it that he is still employed by Norwich City, orbeit has been on gardening leave since Adams parted company with the Canaries back in January.
Head has had 5 months to holiday, its a pretty strange time to pack yer bags, sunnies and flip flops, when you're about to start a new job!
Even stranger though, Cellino has just sacked Norwich' chief scout
It is 40 years to the day since Leeds were cheated out of victory by Bayern Munich at the e Parc des Princes, Paris.
I'm too young to remember the event, but have watched it on video.
All I can say it that the people who have investigated EUFA, need to dig a little deeper.
Here is the match summary.
Leeds dominated most of the match and had a number of near misses. After three minutes Bayern's Swedish international defender Björn Andersson had to be replaced by the inexperienced Sepp Weiss after a hard tackle from Terry Yorath, described by Uli Hoeneß as the "most brutal foul I think I have ever seen".[1]
He only played a handful more matches for Bayern. In the 23rd minute, Bayern captain Franz Beckenbauerwas in his own penalty box on the ground and rested on his left arm which subsequently came into contact with the ball. The Leeds players appealed for a penalty, which the French referee Michel Kitabdjian denied.
More controversial, however, was when the referee denied Leeds a penalty in the 34th minute after Beckenbauer tripped Allan Clarke, who was attacking the Bayern goal from the left wing and seemed ready to round Bayern goalkeeper Sepp Maier. The first half also saw German international Uli Hoeneß, later president of Bayern, suffer a serious knee injury in the 42nd minute after a tackle by the Scottish left-back Frank Gray, which would ultimately bring his career to a premature end in 1979 at the age of 27, and thus starting as prematurely his career in club management.
He was replaced by one time German international Klaus Wunder.
In the 62nd minute, Billy Bremner was denied from five metres by a reflex of Sepp Maier in the Bayern goal. Less than a minute later a goal by Peter Lorimer was disallowed, due to Bremner being in a tight passive offside position in front of the goal at the six-yard box.[1]
Referee Michel Kitabdjian initially pointed to the centre circle (indicating a goal) and then Beckenbauer convinced him to consult with the linesman who had run back to the halfway line and had not raised his flag. The referee then indicated offside against Bremner. This decision caused riots to break out.
After a match interruption Roth finished off a counter-attack in the 71st minute with the 1–0 for Bayern after a short pass from Conny Torstensson. This completely derailed Leeds and 10 minutes later another counter led to the 2–0 for Bayern through Gerd Müller after a cross from the right side by Jupp Kapellmann. This put the match completely beyond the reach of the team from England.
The violence saw Leeds banned from Europe for four years, although this was reduced to two years on appeal.[1][2][3] Ultimately, this ban was never applied due to a decline in the performance of the club in the late 1970s preventing European qualification until 1979–80.
