Peter Bonetti (The cat) had a finger broken after saving a shot from outside the box and it was either at Stamford Bridge or replay of the final we lost.
A huge brawl that ensued on the pitch after the pre season friendly between Eintracht Frankfurt and Leeds Utd has been blames on Ze Germans Leeds were mostly vindicated for their actions. Frankfurt have been fined €20,000 (£14,600) for the incident, as confirmed by the media arm of the German football federation (DfB). The report also cleared Leeds of any wrongdoing (that's a first) in the incident and that two security guards had been injured in the incident, in which Frankfurt supporters cut through a fence to enter the premises.
My first game must have been around 1986. I must have been 9 or 10. My father's business partner took me to Fratton Park, where he was a season ticket holder. It was Portsmouth v Leeds. At the time Leeds were in the bottom half of the table, and their form was not particularly good, Portsmouth on the other hand were top of the table. Portsmouth ended the half a goal up, and things were looking bleak. I was told that there would be worse to come in the second half And there was....... But it was Portsmouth on the receiving end. Two goals by Andy Richie, and a goal from Bairdy put Leeds firmly in the driving seat, and even though Portsmouth pulled one back, Leeds left the South Coast with 3 points in the bag. Don't think my father's business partner talked at all on the way back. I felt very smug indeed. Found some highlights on youtube.
In my early working life I had a wine bar in Boston Spa for a while and Bairdy used to live on a house in the middle of a roundabout just up the road! Eddie Grey used to come in sometimes too for a vino with his daughters
