A lot of Leeds United fans have responded to a tweet from LUFCMOT that shows United’s 3-2 win over Reading on the 16th of April 2016.
The footage shows Michael Hector give the Royals the lead (0:01) before Toumani Diagouraga pulls the Whites level (0:11) and then Chris Wood just about squeezes a header over the line. (0:19)
Reading then equalise through a strike from Deniss Rakels (0:34) before Wood scores his second as he pounces on a long ball forward and a slip from a Reading defender to race through on goal and win the game for Leeds. (0:46)
This footage has drawn a reaction from these Leeds fans.
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https://twitter.com/LUFCMOTcom/status/1250713061788471296
How times have changed. Elland road looks dead there
— Freddy Dalton (@freddylufc) April 16, 2020
Ground half empty … tough times following us back then
— ST (@Yorkshire77) April 16, 2020
Aahh the segregation in the south stand , what a farce. The way the club was being run was terrible .
— kent (@kenthorton27) April 16, 2020
3-2 And it’s Hectors fault! Great game that. Meant nothing but was one of the few enjoyable games at home that season
— Robert Hardy ?? (@mightywrites) April 16, 2020
Gosh how far we have come in so little time
— Richard Lang (@richardlang05) April 16, 2020
Big result in our charge to 15th
— Tom Holgate (@TomHog1994) April 16, 2020
What do we think?
Leeds finished in 13th that season, and Elland Road looks empty on the footage. It is a far cry from where they are now.
Under Marcelo Bielsa the club’s average home attendance is 35, 321 and they are currently top of the Championship seven points clear of Fulham in third place.
Though this was a good win for Leeds in 2016, we think it is good to see them doing so much better with Bielsa in charge.