I'm probably going against the grain here, but
I thought the article was rather good. I didn't agree with all of it, but the
portrayal of the Leeds teams of that era as thuggish, intimidating and unloved,
I recall as being largely accurate. It IS true that Lappin conveniently chooses
not to mention that there were also bundles of skill and entertainment too, and
lots of other things that would undermine his argument, but when talking to
most neutral bystanders about those days and those teams, they often have
very similar recollections to his and mine.
The Yorkshire Ripper reference is obviously in
terrible taste and totally out of order, but I am happy to allow the poetic
license in mentioning domestic violence in the same breath as those Leeds teams
- there seems to be a certain resonance. I also recall the city of Leeds in the
1970's being a less than "upbeat" place.
I dunno, maybe I remember it differently to
all of you, but to me the unpleasantness connected to that team was one of the
reasons I found them so attractive. I rather like being unloved in a football
sense.
Adrian Dingle
Atlanta Whites
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http://sport.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1405612006
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