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None of these pictures are mine, happy to give credit if need be. Mainly sharing old newspapers of the history of football in Leeds, Leeds City & Leeds United.

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Leeds District Police HQ being constructed on the former Leeds Greyhound site, Elland Road. Following the closer of the greyhound stadium in 1982 Ladbrokes placed a 20 year covenant on the land preventing it from being developed.
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1933, Leeds United players lending a hand with preparation of the pitch for the FA Cup 4th round replay v Tranmere Rovers. Leeds United would win 4-0 in front of a crowd of 25,000
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@UtdBeforFergie I never realised what a prominent role Walter played in your history, it’s a story I’ll look into.
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Jack Charlton fishing with his mam at Kielder Reservoir in Northumberland.
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@LUSCgriffinLUFC There was also a newspaper cartoonist by the name of Norman Hunter at the same time which makes searching extremely difficult!
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@JulianBarker111 Fantastic. Who’s that?
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@Yorkshire_Tales Although I did send this guy a message once so he posts my Tweets now and not just the images.
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@borage99978350 This is from 1931, looks like he had two stints at the club.
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Norman Hunters dad (also Norman) died shortly before he was born, his autobiography says he was quite a bit older then his mum was.
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@lufcprog I believe so.
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Leeds City FC help stranded travellers during the railway strikes of 1919, offering lifts on their return journey from their 4-2 victory, in what would be their last ever game, away at Wolverhampton Wanderers, October 1919.
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David Batty, summer 1985.
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Last one for now. Bit of a smaller tv here though.
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@TheSkyStrikers @Pisci @modmag1905 Carl Leaburn wheeling his tv home.
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