Question for Leeds Supporters

[rlno1]

I have come across a game between Leeds and Moscow at Headingley won by Leeds 34-16 however I can't find what year this was or if it was a friendly or in a cup game.

Any long term Leeds supporters able to shed some light on this game?

[GUBRATS]

19 minutes ago, rlno1 said:

I have come across a game between Leeds and Moscow at Headingley won by Leeds 34-16 however I can't find what year this was or if it was a friendly or in a cup game.

Any long term Leeds supporters able to shed some light on this game?

Leigh played Lokomotiv Moscow in the CC back in 2002 , and Strella Kazan a few years after that 

[corvusxiii]

1 hour ago, rlno1 said:

I have come across a game between Leeds and Moscow at Headingley won by Leeds 34-16 however I can't find what year this was or if it was a friendly or in a cup game.

Any long term Leeds supporters able to shed some light on this game?

I went(I think). The Russian team were solid as i remember. Not too clever with the ball but resolute in defence until any sort of break/half break when that was that. No pace to recover the situation which was a shame as they were hard work to break down otherwise. 

What year? Not even sure which decade it was. 

[rlno1]

1 hour ago, corvusxiii said:

I went(I think). The Russian team were solid as i remember. Not too clever with the ball but resolute in defence until any sort of break/half break when that was that. No pace to recover the situation which was a shame as they were hard work to break down otherwise. 

What year? Not even sure which decade it was. 

Guessing I would say around 1990.

The Leeds team from what I can make out from the commentary was

G.Spencer

Wilson

S.Irving

??

N.Francis

G.Jones

M.Rowse?

P.Worthy

M.Smithson

D.Young

N.James

S.Hill

G.Middleton

 

Subs:

F.Maloney

P.Mitchell

Gill?

??

 

The ref was Fred Lindop

 

The Russians warmed up before the game with half their team doing a number of forward rolls on the field.

[Wolford6]

1 hour ago, corvusxiii said:

The Russian team were solid as i remember.

 

That'll be the permafrost.

[UBranger]

I remember Fartown playing Moscow magicians at Fartown, probs around 91/92. I sill have a metal badge and probably the programme somewhere.

[rlno1]

10 minutes ago, UBranger said:

I remember Fartown playing Moscow magicians at Fartown, probs around 91/92. I sill have a metal badge and probably the programme somewhere.

Do you remember if it was a friendly or cup game?

[rlno1]

A Moscow team played the curtain raiser before the First Test at Wembley in 1990 between Gt Britain and Australia.

 

[M j M]

More on this game here -

https://www.footballprogrammecentre.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=145738

 

According to the teamsheet the Leeds team, officially the Alliance side, was -

1. Gary Spencer

2. Warren Wilson

3. Simon Irving

4. Ikram Butt

5. Norman Francis

6. G Jones

7. Martin Rowse

8. Paul Worthy

9. Martin Smithson

10. David Young

11. Neil James

12. Graham Middleton

13. Gary Divorty

 

14. Francis Maloney

15. P Mitchell

 

16. Paul Gill

17. S Hill

Coach: Norman Smith

 

 

[rlno1]

Divorty was a late withdrawel and replaced by S.Hill in 2nd Row and Middleton dropping back to loose forward.

S.Chick?? was the new reserve.

[rlno1]

28 minutes ago, M j M said:

More on this game here -

https://www.footballprogrammecentre.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=145738

 

According to the teamsheet the Leeds team, officially the Alliance side, was -

1. Gary Spencer

2. Warren Wilson

3. Simon Irving

4. Ikram Butt

5. Norman Francis

6. G Jones

7. Martin Rowse

8. Paul Worthy

9. Martin Smithson

10. David Young

11. Neil James

12. Graham Middleton

13. Gary Divorty

 

14. Francis Maloney

15. P Mitchell

 

16. Paul Gill

17. S Hill

Coach: Norman Smith

 

 

was there a date on this program. I can't get the pictures to open

[M j M]

It was 4th May 1990 at Headingley. Two days before we lost to Widnes in the semis of the Premiership.

[rlno1]

5 minutes ago, M j M said:

It was 4th May 1990 at Headingley. Two days before we lost to Widnes in the semis of the Premiership.

Thanks for that. Couple of final questions, was it the Leeds senior team or Alliance?

Were the team from Moscow the Magicians or just Moscow?

[ATLANTISMAN]

I was at the match and stayed at the Hilton Hotel (Where the ruskies were put up) 

They Brought over 500 Glasnost T/Shirts and sold them all for £ 5 each and with the money purchased the entire Beatles back catalogue along with several hundred TDK cassettes and some shoes.

I took them to HMV in Leeds to buy the fab 4 records.

Breakfast was a laugh i remember the players putting yoghurt on bacon and sausages you name it they piled it on.

One player was crying that he had managed to purchase a wonderful pair of shoes.

A far cry from nowadays Russia which has been turned into a hellhole by Putin and his cronies in the old days everyone just got on.

 

Paul

 

 

Edited February 28 by ATLANTISMAN

[M j M]

42 minutes ago, rlno1 said:

Thanks for that. Couple of final questions, was it the Leeds senior team or Alliance?

Were the team from Moscow the Magicians or just Moscow?

Officially Leeds Alliance vs Moscow Magicians.

[redjonn]

Must admit I found this thread a Jolly Good Read...

[Wigan Riversider]

2 hours ago, rlno1 said:

A Moscow team played the curtain raiser before the First Test at Wembley in 1990 between Gt Britain and Australia.

 

10 a side I think? I was there.

[meast]

5 hours ago, UBranger said:

I remember Fartown playing Moscow magicians at Fartown, probs around 91/92. I sill have a metal badge and probably the programme somewhere.

 

5 hours ago, rlno1 said:

Do you remember if it was a friendly or cup game?

It was a friendly, 1990, Moscow were touring and playing friendly games, I'm sure I have a programme from the game somewhere, I'll see if I can dig it out.

[graveyard johnny]

there's always someone somewhere - with a big nose, who knows 

[Wolford6]

3 hours ago, redjonn said:

Must admit I found this thread a Jolly Good Read...

To paraphrase Gary Lineker, Leeds have always been a team to preferably watch on Teletext.

[daz39]

6 hours ago, UBranger said:

I remember Fartown playing Moscow magicians at Fartown, probs around 91/92. I sill have a metal badge and probably the programme somewhere.

I was there too. Still have the programme somewhere.

[creditwhereitsdews]

Remember going to Batley v Tiraspol (now in Moldova) in 1990 and Dewsbury v Lokomotiv Moscow in a friendly match circa 2007, which I still have the poster for. I don't remember either Russian team being that bad.