Leeds United Trivia
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60 free Leeds United trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Leeds United were born in 1919 out of the wreckage of Leeds City, bought a rugby ground for £250, and under Don Revie became one of the most feared (and most disliked) sides in Europe. This quiz covers the whole story: the Salem Chapel meeting, the blue-and-gold years, John Charles and the world-record sale to Juventus, Revie's switch to all-white, the two First Division titles, the Fairs Cups, the 44 days of Brian Clough, the Paris riot of 1975, Howard Wilkinson's 1992 champions, Cantona, O'Leary's babies, the Ridsdale collapse, League One, Bielsa's promotion and the 2025 Championship title. The early questions suit anyone who has stood on the Kop or watched a Roses derby; the later ones are for supporters who know their Scratching Shed from their Gelderd End: what Elland Road was called before it was Elland Road, who sold it to the club, why the owl badge annoyed Revie, and which Fourth Division side dumped Leeds out of the Cup in 1971. Good for a supporters' club night or a Yorkshire pub quiz. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the club, its history and Elland Road, and each question shows its source.
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Q 01Leeds United were formed in 1919 at a meeting held where?
Salem Chapel
Salem Chapel. Supporters packed its hall within hours of Leeds City's break-up; the club they founded started out in the Midland League and was voted into the Football League in 1920.
Q 02Why did the Football League expel Leeds City, Leeds United's predecessor, in 1919?
Illegal wartime payments to players
Illegal wartime payments to players. The directors refused to hand over the documents the inquiry demanded, so the League threw the club out just eight games into the season.
Q 03Yorkshire Amateurs sold Elland Road to the new Leeds United for how much?
£250
£250. Yorkshire Amateurs had moved in when Leeds City folded, then stepped aside for the new club and became its first-ever opponents, losing 5-2 on the same pitch in November 1919.
Q 04Which club's chairman, Hilton Crowther, tried to merge it with the new Leeds United and then bankrolled Leeds instead?
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town. Their supporters blocked the move to Elland Road, and the club Crowther left behind then won three straight league titles, the first two under Herbert Chapman, once Leeds City's manager.
Q 05John Charles left Leeds in 1957 for a fee of £65,000 to join which club?
Juventus
Juventus. In Italy the Welsh forward became Il Gigante Buono, the Gentle Giant, a nickname earned by going his entire career without being booked or sent off.
Q 06Who became Leeds United's first black player in 1957, four years before Albert Johanneson arrived?
Gerry Francis
Gerry Francis. He gave up work in the shoe trade and travelled to England for a trial at Leeds, and he later played in Don Revie's first match as manager.
Q 07In 1961-62 Don Revie switched Leeds to an all-white strip in the style of which club?
Real Madrid
Real Madrid. The switch is usually told as Revie's bid to make his Second Division strugglers believe they could match the all-conquering Spanish side, and Leeds have worn white ever since.
Q 08Which Spanish club knocked Revie's Leeds out of the 1965-66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi-final?
Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza. The tie finished 2-2 on aggregate and Leeds won the toss to host the play-off, but the Spaniards won it 3-1 at Elland Road.
Q 09Leeds lost the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final to which Croatian side?
Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb. A fixture pile-up pushed the 1966-67 final into the start of the next season, when Leeds lost 2-0 in Yugoslavia and drew 0-0 at Elland Road.
Q 10Whose volley won Leeds the 1968 League Cup final, the club's first major trophy?
Terry Cooper
Terry Cooper. The left-back volleyed in a half-cleared corner, the losers protested that their goalkeeper had been impeded, and Leeds shut the game down.
Q 11Leeds' first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup win, in 1968, came over two legs against which Hungarian side?
Ferencváros
Ferencváros. The second leg in Budapest was nearly called off after the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, but Leeds travelled and held out for a goalless draw.
Q 12Leeds clinched the 1968-69 league title with a goalless draw at which ground?
Anfield
Anfield. The Leeds players walked towards the Kop after the final whistle, and to their surprise the Liverpool crowd saluted the team that had just beaten their own to the title.
Q 13Which club sold Allan Clarke to Leeds for a British-record £165,000 in 1969-70?
Leicester City
Leicester City. Clarke was man of the match in the Foxes' 1969 FA Cup final defeat, and their relegation that spring let Revie swoop with a record bid.
Q 21In the 1974 Charity Shield, Billy Bremner was sent off for fighting which Liverpool player?
Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan. Both men pulled off their shirts as they walked off, and the FA fined each of them £500 and banned them for eleven matches.
Q 22Leeds lost the 1975 European Cup final 2-0 to which club?
Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich. Leeds were refused a penalty when Franz Beckenbauer tripped Allan Clarke and then had a goal disallowed, before the Germans scored twice in the last 20 minutes.
Q 23Leeds played the 1975 European Cup final at which stadium?
Parc des Princes
Parc des Princes. Leeds fans rioted in the Paris ground after a goal was ruled out, and UEFA punished the club with a four-year ban from European competition.
Q 14In 1970 Leeds chased a treble and lost the FA Cup final after a replay to which club?
Chelsea
Chelsea. Leeds led twice at Wembley and again in the replay, but the Londoners levelled every time and only went ahead for the first time in extra time.
Q 15Which Fourth Division club famously knocked Leeds out of the FA Cup in 1971?
Colchester United
Colchester United. Veteran striker Ray Crawford scored twice as the minnows raced 3-0 up, and a two-goal Leeds fightback came too late.
Q 16Leeds' 1972 FA Cup final win, their first in the competition, came against which opponents?
Arsenal
Arsenal. Allan Clarke's header won the cup, but Leeds had to play at Wolves two days later needing a draw for the double and lost 2-1.
Q 17Whose famous double save denied Leeds in the 1973 FA Cup final?
Jim Montgomery
Jim Montgomery. He palmed away a diving header, then turned the close-range follow-up onto the underside of the bar to protect the only goal of the final.
Q 18Which Italian club beat Leeds in the 1973 Cup Winners' Cup final, whose referee UEFA later banned for life?
AC Milan
AC Milan. The Greek crowd jeered the winners and gave beaten Leeds the bigger ovation on a lap of honour, but UEFA refused a replay and the Italians kept the trophy.
Q 19Don Revie left Leeds in 1974 to take which job?
England manager
England manager. Three years later Revie walked out on the national side for a lucrative contract with the United Arab Emirates, having flown to Dubai to negotiate it in secret.
Q 20Which manager lasted just 44 days at Leeds in 1974 after succeeding Don Revie?
Brian Clough
Brian Clough. He reportedly told the champions to throw their medals in the bin because they had won them by cheating, and the dressing room never forgave him.
Q 24Which manager lasted just 44 days at Leeds in 1978 before leaving to take charge of Scotland?
Jock Stein
Jock Stein. Celtic had eased their European Cup-winning manager aside with the offer of a job in the club's pools company, and he chose Leeds rather than accept it.
Q 25Which Scottish midfielder did Howard Wilkinson sign from Manchester United in 1989 and make captain?
Gordon Strachan
Gordon Strachan. Written off as a spent force, he dropped down a division, led Leeds to promotion and the league title, and was voted Footballer of the Year in 1991.
Q 26Which French striker did Leeds sign in January 1992, then sell to Manchester United that November?
Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona. The sale began when Leeds rang Manchester United to ask about buying Denis Irwin, and Alex Ferguson asked about the Frenchman instead.
Q 27Which club did Leeds beat 3-2 to secure the last First Division title in 1991-92?
Sheffield United
Sheffield United. Each side scored an own goal in a chaotic derby, the Blades' centre-back heading the winner over his own goalkeeper, and Manchester United's defeat hours later made Leeds champions.
Q 28Leeds' 1992-93 Champions League exit came to which club in a tie dubbed the 'Battle of Britain'?
Rangers
Rangers. Gary McAllister volleyed Leeds ahead in the first minute at Ibrox, but the Scottish champions came back to win 2-1 there and 2-1 again at Elland Road.
Q 29Wilkinson's Leeds lost the 1996 League Cup final to which club?
Aston Villa
Aston Villa. Leeds were beaten 3-0 at Wembley and Wilkinson never recovered: he was sacked that September after a 4-0 home defeat by Manchester United.
Q 30George Graham left Leeds in October 1998 to manage which club, with assistant David O'Leary taking over?
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur. Graham walked out on bad terms to return to London, and within six months he had won the League Cup with his new club.