Comments on: A brief history of Elland Road

By: Pavelu Bento

Pavelu Bento — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:21:41 +0000

Great article. There’s a lot of good information here, though I did want to let you know something – I am running Mac OS X with the current beta of Firefox, and the look and feel of your blog is kind of quirky for me. I can read the articles, but the navigation doesn’t function so good.

By: TSS

TSS — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:45:04 +0000

When the ground was built, some travellers were evicted from the land and said they’d cursed the stadium. Don Revie found this out years later and as he was notoriously superstitious, he had a gypsy come in and lift the curse.

By: lar

lar — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:43:41 +0000

nice one..anything on the gypsies curse.
supporting leeds 40 years..heard bits and pieces of the story.
thank you.

By: West Stand Rebel

West Stand Rebel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:28:51 +0000

Thanks from me too ….great article. You should be invited to write for the match day programme.Certainly more interesting than that self indulgent rubbish from White Van Man or Paint it Black. My memories go back to I think it was 1967 when I was locked out against Sunderland in an FA Cup replay. Over 57000 were counted in but more went over the walls or sat on the roof of the old Scratching Shed.I was also locked out against Huddersfield in about 1970.
Ah those were the days …I hope I live long enough to see them again.
Thanks again
MOT

By: TSS

TSS — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:42:43 +0000

White 1950 is correct. It is sometime in the 1950′s.

By: peter woodward

peter woodward — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:48:30 +0000

Very interesting about elland road.
went to my first game at e/r 1946 after re start from world war 2.
living in noosa now and still follow leeds and always will.we are going well this season and waiting to see us back in the premier league.we all love you leeds united.

By: paull

paull — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:22:24 +0000

Thanks for this, I always enjoy reading your comments and this one brings back some good memories. MOT

By: White 1950

White 1950 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:18:30 +0000

At a guess I’d say the photo was early 60′s as the West Stand has been redeveloped (after the fire)

By: Keith Floyd

Keith Floyd — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:12:25 +0000

Thanks for a very interesting article,what year was the photo taken roughly?

By: Dje

Dje — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:04:06 +0000

Personally ‘The Old Peacock Ground’ adds a bit more romance to the game than ‘Elland Road’, which sounds like it should only be tossed about in conversations between HGV drivers and their ensuing concerns about getting snarled up between in Ossett and Mirfield.