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

The new club took the Midland League place vacated by Leeds City Reserves after Leeds City were forcibly disbanded.

Q 02/05

Why were Leeds City, Leeds United's predecessor club, forcibly disbanded by the Football League in 1919?

A) Failing to pay a transfer fee to Huddersfield

B) Illegal payments to players during World War I

C) Refusing to play fixtures on Christmas Day

D) Fielding an unregistered player in the FA Cup

Answer · why

B) Illegal payments to players during World War I

Leeds City had been formed in 1904 and elected to the League in 1905; the scandal killed them after just eight games of the 1919-20 season.

Q 03/05

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

A) £25,000

B) £2,500

C) £250

D) £750

Answer · why

C) £250

Local businessmen had contemplated digging up the clay under the pitch and turning the ground into a brickyard before Yorkshire Amateurs stepped in.

Q 04/05

Which club's chairman, Hilton Crowther, loaned Leeds United £35,000 and inspired their first striped kit?

A) Bradford City

B) Barnsley

C) Sheffield Wednesday

D) Huddersfield Town

Answer · why

D) Huddersfield Town

Crowther was trying to merge the two clubs, which is why Leeds' first strip was modelled on his own team's.

Q 05/05

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

A) Juventus

B) AC Milan

C) Barcelona

D) Real Madrid

Answer · why

A) Juventus

The West Stand had burned down that year and the club needed the money to rebuild it; the stand now carries Charles's name.