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Promotion Watch
   Based on the last 5 years, Leeds should only need between 90/91 points for promotion as Champions. So Cleethorpes Whites are counting down the challenge :-) 11 games to go and 7 wins required
Poll Can Leeds get promoted?
Southampton v Leeds Saturday 13th March Kick off 3.00 pm pre match report Coming soon all the match build up. Come back soon Prediction League
Colchester 0 - Brighton Hove Albion 0 Aidy Boothroyd and his team slipped up at home on the live match on Sky. Firing blanks and losing 2 points.
Tranmere 1 v Leeds 4 Tuesday March 9th Kick off 7.45 pm Post Match Report Leeds United returned to form with an emphatic win at Tranmere Rovers thanks to a man of the match performance by Jermaine Beckford.
Leeds made one change from the side that drew 1-1 with Brentford on Saturday
Captain Richard Naylor returned from the thigh injury that caused him to miss Saturday, he replaced Leigh Bromby in the centre of defence.
Leeds had an early chance but Becchio headed with from a corner.
Robert Snodgrass gave Leeds the lead just inside ten minutes, his free kick eluded everyone and found it`s way into the back of the net.
Leeds doubled their lead inside twenty minutes when Jermaine Beckford scored from the penalty spot after a foul on McSheffrey.
Ankergren had to make his first save just inside twenty minutes when Luke O`Neill shot at goal and Ankergren turned it out for a corner.
From the resulting corner, the ball fell to John Welsh who gave Ankergren no chance.
Leeds made it 3-1 just past the half hour after some quality play from Leeds, Beckford`s cross found Becchio and his diving header gave Daniels in the Tranmere goal no chance.
Becchio chanced his arm moments later when he spotted Daniels off his line but his chip went just over the bar.
Beckford was next to have a go, his long range shot going straight at Daniels.
The referee blew for half time shortly afterwards with Leeds looking comfortable.
Tranmere introduced Bas Savage at the start of the second half and he was quickly trying to unsettle the Leeds defence.
Tranmere had the first chance of the second half but Edds just failed to get on the end of a corner.
Beckford had Leeds first effort of the second half but his shot just drifted wide of the post.
Jermaine Beckford increased Leeds lead with a fantastic individual goal when he coolly lobbed the ball over Daniels.
Beckford had a great chance to get his hat trick after a good move involving Howson and Snodgrass, the ball was played into the middle and found Becchio, he cleverly back heeled the ball to Beckford but he couldn`t get enough power on his shot.
Jermaine Beckford was replaced inside the final ten minutes to a standing ovation from the travelling Leeds fans after an excellent performance by the leading goalscorer.
Alan Mahon brought a great save from Ankergren late on with the big Dane turning over Mahon`s shot.
A great win for Leeds which sees them increase their lead over Charlton to five points with both sides facing tricky away fixtures on Saturday.
Teams
Tranmere
Daniels, Edds, Goodison, McLaren, Broomes, Thomas-Moore, Welsh, Bakayogo, Curran, Sordell, O`Neill
Subs
Logan, Cresswell, Savage, Mahon, Collister, McCready, Barnett
Leeds
Ankergren, Hughes, Kisnorbo, Naylor, White, Doyle, Howson, McSheffrey, Beckford, Becchio, Snodgrass,
Subs
Martin, Bromby, Gradel, Kilkenny, Johnson, Kandol, Dickov
Match Officials
Rob Shoebridge will be the man in charge when Leeds travel to Prenton Park on Tuesday night to face Tranmere Rovers.
The Derbyshire official has taken charge of 22 games so far this season showing 54 yellow cards and he is yet to show a red.
The last time he was in charge of either side was in the corresponding fixture last season when Tranmere won 2-1,
Referee: R.L Shoebridge (Derbyshire)
Assistants: S.P Bennett & A.C Newell
Fourth Official: P.P Davies
Prediction league
Swindon Fan’s Join In With Celebration of Lennon Wood’s Being Mascot 
Cleethorpes Whites have been contacted by Iain Huddy from the fans forum The Town End.Com. Iain has asked the branch if their members could contribute to making Lennon’s day special and present him with a gift (We said “3 points would be the perfect gift on the day”) It just goes to show that fan’s win the day again and all the inside football politics gets demoted to second place. You can view all the comments about Lennon by either clicking their logo above or clicking here What a fantastic gesture from our opponents and I for one would like to meet up with their supporters before the game to thank them. I will be mentioning their offer to Lorna and Paul Dew’s “media manager for Leeds” and see if we can get something in the programme? Even a presentation on the pitch would be great...... On behalf of Cleethorpes Whites, Iain a big thank you to you and your fellow supporters.... Committee Cleethorpes Whites
Leeds v Brentford Saturday March 6th Leeds United boss Simon Grayson thought the side played well against Brentford, despite them dropping more points in their pursuit of promotion.
Speaking on Sky Sports News Grayson said " I thought we was good today, the first goal in any football match is vitally important and we didn`t get it. We kept going and got our just rewards in the end by at least getting a point.
On another day we could have won the game quite comfortably."
Leeds dominated for long periods without ever seriously threatening the Brentford goal. Snodgrass probably had Leeds best effort of the first half in the opening minutes when Szczesny in the Brentford goal tipped his free kick wide.
The visotrs took the lead on the hour when MacDonald`s shot was well saved by Ankergren only for his save to hit Strevens and find it`s way into the back of the net.
Leeds eventually got back on level terms with just under twenty minutes remaining when Beckford tapped in from close range.
Michalik came closest to winning all three points for Leeds in the dying minutes but his shot came back off the post.
With Charlton winning, Leeds have seen the gap between them and Charlton cut to two points in the battle for second place.
An Evening With Johnny Giles 
Any Cleethorpes Whites fans interested in attending this event? Contact the committee This event is on the eve of the last match of the season (Bristol Rovers) and could be that a night in Bewley’s hotel would not be a bad idea.........Breakfast and then a morning in Wetherspoons before the match....... Followed by a promotion celebration at Elland Road...........
Cleethorpes Whites Newsletter Out NOW! 
March newsletter has just been released by our branch secretary “Roger Tiger Dixon” to view the newsletter click here
Cleethorpes Whites Members Ticket Update CW have been informed that we have been unsuccessful with our branch applications for the following games: Southampton and Norwich - Only season ticket holders were successful Tickets for Yeovil seem favorable and we have a good chance We are next on the list for Tranmere and are hopeful of getting our allocation. The committee are really disappointed on behalf of our members and ourselves that we have been unsuccessful. The 15% allocation of tickets for members is not enough and Leeds really need to review this for next season......
Last Man Standing Well arter yesterdays Forest v Swansea game 14 people where knock out but 20 went on to next round the 20 are Andy Hartley, Dave Addison, Andy & Harry Hargreaves, Paul & Kane Vincent, Roy Woods jnr, Luke Berridge, Fergy, Jess Woods, Cameron Welsh, John Costello, Mark Brighton, Alan Redfearn, Keef Myers, Reece Mumby, Billy Adlard, Josh Proctor, Phil Davies and Harry Rowbotham
Round 10 Burnley v Wolves
Promotion Run in The heat is being turned up in the kitchen and Leeds have only 13 games left this season to win promotion. Below are the main 4 contenders in the battle with Leeds for the top two spots. Colchester 
Norwich 
Swindon 
Charlton 
Huddersfield v Leeds 
Saturday 27th February Stats 
The West Yorkshire derby between Huddersfield Town and Leeds United finished all square after a pulsating game of football at the Galpharm Stadium.
Leeds made one change from the side that beat Oldham Athletic in midweek.
Gary McSheffrey replaced Aidan White in midfield; there was also a return for Tresor Kandol on the bench.
Jermaine Beckford had the ball in the back of the net in the first few minutes but the referee had already blown his whistle for a foul on Kay.
Huddersfield had enjoyed the early exchanges but it was Leeds, who had the first proper chance but Becchio`s header cleared the bar.
Huddersfield took the lead with the first shot on target; Antony Pilkington`s long-range shot took a deflection and gave Ankergren no chance in the Leeds goal.
Snodgrass came close to equalising for Leeds but his shot was well saved by Smithies in the Town goal.
Pilkington almost got his second of the afternoon but this time his effort just missed the target.
Rhodes had an even better chance to make it 2-0 but his effort failed to hit the target when unmarked.
Novak had a good chance on the stroke of half time but his shot went wide of the post.
Leeds went in at half time lucky to be just one goal behind after allowing Huddersfield players far too much space on the ball.
Pilkington started the second half off the way he`s played the first by showing Lowry a clean pair of heels, this time Ankergren was quickly off his line to snuff out the danger.
Beckford had a great chance to equalise for Leeds inside the opening first five minutes of the second half but his weak header missed the target.
Leeds were enjoying a bit more of the attacking play in the second half and Peter Clarke just managed to get his foot to the ball with Beckford ready to pounce.
Leeds pressure finally paid when a good cross from Snodgrass found the head of Howson who gave Smithies no chance just past the hour mark.
Luciano Becchio fired Leeds into the lead soon afterwards when he got his head to a Snodgrass corner.
Huddersfield came close to equalising soon afterwards but his glancing header just missed the target.
Huddersfield had a great chance to make it 2-2 but Ankergren made a fantastic save to deny Novak.
Leeds could have extended their lead seconds later but Beckford just failed to convert his chance.
Leeds made their first change of the game with just under fifteen minutes remaining, Bradley Johnson replacing Gary McSheffrey.
Huddersfield equalised with just over five minutes remaining when Gary Roberts got to a Pilkington cross to set up a tense final few minutes.
Leeds brought on Tresor Kandol in place of Luciano Becchio for the final few minutes to try to find a winner.
The referee added five minutes of added time on with both sides still searching for a winner in an enthralling West Yorkshire derby.
Neither side could find a clear cut chance in the time added on and after a shaky first half Leeds battled back well to earn a deserved point.
Teams
Huddersfield
Smithies, Peltier, Clarke, Roberts, Kay, Heffernan, Rhodes, Pilkington, Novak, Drinkwater, Trotman
Subs
Eastwood, Collins, N Clarke, Robinson, T Clarke, Pearce, Eccleston
Leeds
Ankergren, Hughes, Naylor, Kisnorbo, Lowry, Snodgrass, Doyle, Howson, McSheffrey, Beckford, Becchio
Subs
Martin, Bromby, Grella, Gradel, Kandol, Kilkenny, Johnson
Prediction League Update 
Congratulations to Paul “Vinny” Vincent who won the prediction league with 9 points for February...... 8 games in February and it was a tough month for all our members to predict the scorer let alone the result..... Loads of plonkers........Are you one of them? To view the league and also predict for the next game click here
Cleethorpes Whites Announcement 
The committee of Cleethorpes Whites are pleased to announce that Lennon Woods is going to be a mascot at the Leeds v Swindon Game is on the bank holiday weekend of April 3rd (Saturday) This is fantastic news because it means Lennon is so much better. Cleethorpes Whites raised over £1,000 with the help of Waccoe. Many people helped Lennon when he was so poorly and this will now be a celebration for the little lad of all the horrible things he has been through. Review the donations and story about Lennon here If you would like to go to the game to see Lennon on the pitch? Please contact the committee. Congratulations Lennon on getting your wish of being a mascot for Leeds United. To read all the good luck messages on Waccoe click here
Gary Edward’s February Blog Out Now 
A big thanks to our branch president Gary Edwards who has just released February’s blog for you to read. To view the latest installment click here Sorry it took a little while to post it up Gary :0)
Congratulations 
To Luke Berridge who won the last man standing round 5.........£30 Leeds Vouchers coming your way. Unlucky Parris....Good effort
The Morgue 
Another 6 victims have entered the morgue........ Were you on the coach going to Spurs? Are you featured this week? Take a look click here
Leeds v Millwall 
Game has been moved to a Monday and will be screened live on Sky New date March 22nd - Kick off 7.45 pm
Fans Remember - Kevin Speight and Chris Loftus 
The family and friends of Chris and Kevin feel that they wish to commemorate this significant milestone and have decided to raise money for Candlelighters childrens cancer charity in their memory. The original idea was to hold a celebrity event at Elland Rd in April 2010 with a all proceeds going to Candlelighters, however with the input of enthusiastic family + friends this has now snowballed to the level where we are trying to hold one fund raising event a month between September 2009 and April 2010. To visit the site and see what events are being staged? please click here |
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