Q 01/05

Leeds United were formed in 1919 at a meeting held where?

A) Salem Chapel

B) Leeds Town Hall

C) The Griffin Hotel

D) Holbeck Working Men's Club

Answer · why

A) 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 ...

Q 02/05

Why did the Football League expel Leeds City, Leeds United's predecessor, in 1919?

A) An unpaid transfer fee to Burnley

B) Illegal wartime payments to players

C) Refusing to play on Christmas Day

D) Fielding an unregistered cup player

Answer · why

B) 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 eigh...

Q 03/05

Yorkshire Amateurs sold Elland Road to the new Leeds United for how much?

A) £25

B) £250

C) £2,500

D) £25,000

Answer · why

B) £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 t...

Q 04/05

Which club's chairman, Hilton Crowther, tried to merge it with the new Leeds United and then bankrolled Leeds instead?

A) Bradford City

B) Barnsley

C) Sheffield Wednesday

D) Huddersfield Town

Answer · why

D) 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 firs...

Q 05/05

John Charles left Leeds in 1957 for a fee of £65,000 to join which club?

A) Juventus

B) AC Milan

C) Barcelona

D) Real Madrid

Answer · why

A) 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 s...