The Mangle: ‘tis the season to be Leeds
Halloween’s a tricky one to costume. To stick by the British tradition of ghoulish, the American anything goes approach, or opt for the ‘sexy’ version of ghoulish, which essentially ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: dancing to different tunes
You don’t even know me/ you say that I’m not living right/ you don’t understand me, so why do you judge my life?
The issue of Elland Road boycotts has no doubt ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Leeds United and the speedy spiral of despair
I’ve been trying to write something for another publication on the current status of stuff at Leeds, due out in September, deadline mid-July.
What I’ve quickly worked out is this ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Seventh Sign
We’re going to finish seventh.
No, Dom Matteo’s bet-fishing column in the YEP, suggesting to the gullible that we’re still worth a punt for the playoffs was not outrageously far-fetched ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Ken Bates is Proper Leeds
For this Mangle I’ve been set a challenge by TSS’s good editor: to fulfil his own dream of writing a piece highlighting Ken Bates’ blatant narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: New markets for the LUFC message
Leeds United: the business doesn’t market itself to potential future fans anymore – it’s content with the rolling income of a half-full stadium, complete with the attendant reduced ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: So this is Christmas…
…and what have we done?
Well, evidently not so much, if the sort of league position you tend to hover around is the meter of doing summat.
A decidedly non-Leeds mate of mine can’t ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Bitter Suite
The Gary Speed Suite.
Well, we’ve been told for so damn long about what top-of-the-range facilities are being put together as part of the Great Beeston Project – so what a massive ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Ken Bates, Man of the Moment
Austerity, austerity, austerity: it’s all we hear these days, banging into our skulls like a claw hammer on a piece of string or Ken’s regular Yorkshire Radio diatribes.
A not ... Continue Reading →
