The Final Curtain Call :(

The day, season and all with it is over! Going into Administration was the only option to keep the club alive and the 10 points deducted as a result of it, sent Leeds United spiraling down to League One! All may seem lost for the once Mighty whites, but there has to be a light at the end of the tunnel! Though there is a dark cloud hanging over Elland Road and the atmosphere is gloomy, there is still hope that we can start from scratch again and get back to the glory days!

The Fall:
Six long years ago, Leeds were battling it out with Valencia for a place in the Champions League final - which they lost; fast forward to 2007, and they were battling for survival in the Championship - which, sadly, they lost. If they had won that battle and had marched on to the finals, things could have been very very different. Failure to qualify in 2000-01, 01-02 started the decline of a Club which had a proud history and an even more proud fan base. 2002 started the steep decline and Leeds took the shortest route possible to League One!

The Big-name Exodus:
Rio Ferdinand - 30m to ManU
Robbie Keane - 12m to Tottenham
Lee Bowyer - 100,000 to West Ham
Olivier Dacourt - 3.5m to Roma
Robbie Fowler - 6m to Man City
Jonathan Woodgate - 9m to Newcastle
Harry Kewell - 5m to Liverpool
Mark Viduka - 4.5m to Middlesbrough
Paul Robinson - 1.5m to Tottenham
Alan Smith - 7m to ManU

The once proud line up which was glittered with stars has to be re-worked on with home grown talent to take them up the ladder rung by rung - not one rung is to be missed or the fall might be greater than expected!

The Future:
Now, all that's left is a team with fringe players and few glitters here and there. More names, such as David Healy, leaving the club will not be a surprise and to be honest, nothing will be a surprise after all that has happened over the last few years at Elland Road. We look forward to fight in League One and slowly scratch ourselves back up...and this time around, try not to follow the same old path.

To be Remembered:
Leeds United showed the world "How not to manage a Professional Football Club"

Signing off with a heavy heart!
Abe - Always a Mighty White! "LUFC for ever"