Like most parts of the country, East Anglia has quite a Leeds following amongst fans of a certain age. I'm originally from Harwich in the far north-east corner of Essex. I started supporting Leeds as a 7 year-old in October 1970, when I picked up a Sunday paper for the first time and saw Leeds were top of the old first division! At primary school nearly all the boys in my class supported Leeds, and some of them still follow Leeds all these years later. I remember the headmaster getting excited when Ipswich reached the 6th. round of the FA Cup in 1975 (which I think was the first time they'd got that far in the FA Cup). In assembly, he said he was hoping they'd beat Leeds in the 6th. round tie, and got booed for his efforts. He told us "You're a poor lot of supporters, very poor! There should be no doubt who you support!") Happy days! Tim W.
--- On Mon, 24/8/09, David Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: From: David Brennan <[email protected]> Subject: [LU] local support To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 24 August, 2009, 12:13 PM Been on holiday in Suffolk recently, and whilst in Framlingham I thought it was nice to see in the window of the local sportswear shop a big Ipswich Town flag and Ipswich Town kit on display. Ipswich is after all their local big club. Compare this to the main sports shop in Leeds city centre which has scum, chelsea scum, arse, and cesspool kits hanging in its window and behind the counter, with not a Leeds shirt in sight! Disgusting. Although to be fair it's not all bad in Leeds, as HMV in the White Rose do have a Leeds section, even if it does seem a bit odd in between all the DVDs and CDs. I also had a chat with home kit wearing Leeds fan in Southwold, which was nice. He came from Norwich and said there's a big Leeds contingent there. I'm familiar with the East Anglia Branch. I wonder why Leeds is so popular there? DRB _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist http://www.worldnet.org.uk WorldNET2009
