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Leeds United 3-0 Wolves: Everybody loves the sunshine • The Square Ball And sometimes, just sometimes, the sun shines on Elland Road. So make sure you savour it.

#LUFC 3-0 Wolves: Everybody loves the sunshine

And sometimes, just sometimes, the sun shines on Elland Road. So make sure you savour it.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

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Days of Treacle | Jon Howe | Signed & Personalised Book • The Square Ball Days of Treacle – a brand-new fiction book by Jon Howe You’ve read all the facts you’ll ever need to know about Leeds United, now read the fiction. TSB legacy contributor Jon Howe adds to his canon of...

If, like me, you are still shaking with adrenalin and can't be trusted to drive a motorised vehicle for another 24 hrs after last night, & are likewise confused by the structural concept of public transport, you can also still purchase online at @thesquareball.net

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"how very fucking hell" really does sum it up

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West Ham 2-2 Leeds United (P): What is this feeling? • The Square Ball I need to sit in a dark room on my own for a month.

Can only apologise for this.

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2 weeks ago 31 3 1 1

I am the baddie. Apologies, that's fixed now!

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Who are Super League's greatest treble winners?

Three rugby league fans fight with their own bias.

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1 month ago 6 3 0 0

Is it questionable AI?

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IT'LL BE GOOD TO SEE MATCH OF THE DAY AGAIN.

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#butterthefoodbutterthemood

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Leeds United 0-1 Sunderland: Shut the curtains • The Square Ball Anyone know how to wash bleach out of your eyes? Asking for a mate.

#LUFC 0-1 Sunderland: Shut the curtains

Anyone know how to wash bleach out of your eyes? Asking for a mate.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

1 month ago 20 1 0 0

That may be the worst game of football I've ever seen

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Leeds United 0-1 Manchester City: When the sun goes down • The Square Ball There was a lot to like about Leeds United vs Manchester City, and enough to leave a sour taste.

#LUFC 0-1 Manchester City: When the sun goes down

There was a lot to like about Leeds United vs Manchester City, and enough to leave a sour taste.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

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Unearthing the treasure chest of Big Joe Thompson The story of one of the greatest rugby league players you've never heard of.

In 1932, Joe Thompson boarded a ship from Southampton for his third Ashes tour of Australia carrying a leather Victor suitcase.

Almost a hundred years later, I had a rummage through the same suitcase to see what he brought back.

www.realclass.co.uk/unearthing-t...

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Unearthing the treasure chest of Big Joe Thompson The story of one of the greatest rugby league players you've never heard of.

In 1932, Joe Thompson boarded a ship from Southampton for his third Ashes tour of Australia carrying a leather Victor suitcase.

Almost a hundred years later, I had a rummage through the same suitcase to see what he brought back.

www.realclass.co.uk/unearthing-t...

1 month ago 4 4 0 0
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Season 36, Issue 06

25 years have passed since #LUFC swaggered their way to a #UCL semi-final, so we wrote about it:

- Eirik Bakke interview
- Joe Brennan speaks to Gaizka Mendieta

Plus asking for divine help, conquering Rome, best XI faced and more!

thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26-issue-06/

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Jesse Marsch needs to find a new hobby • The Square Ball Now that Jesse Marsch has resorted to using spreadsheets in defence of his Leeds United tenure, we think it's time he finds something better to do with his time.

Cracking article by @cmcmenamy.bsky.social of @thesquareball.net
Taking an unfashionable cue from Will Smith by saying, "Keep my club's* name out of your f*ing mouth!".
#lufc

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1 month ago 10 3 0 0

I've never known a 3-0 away win feel as grim as that Watford game.

1 month ago 3 0 1 0

and then I wake up the next morning and remember there's no fucking chance

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We're back! Super League 2026 preview

Been back in the studio for the first Real Class podcast of the year, chatting all things Super League in 2026

open.spotify.com/episode/3y90...

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We're back! Super League 2026 preview

Been back in the studio for the first Real Class podcast of the year, chatting all things Super League in 2026

open.spotify.com/episode/3y90...

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Gary Jarman (R) spars with Andy Lee. They are both wearing yellow boxing gloves.

Gary Jarman (R) spars with Andy Lee. They are both wearing yellow boxing gloves.

'“I used to hang out with [Amy Winehouse] and jam sometimes, late nights at her house, doing the exact same stuff that she was doing." Within months of Winehouse’s death, Gary Jarman had enrolled at a boxing gym.'

The Cribs’ Jarman Brothers on Their Love of Boxing

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2 months ago 7 2 0 0
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Truly sickening

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Probably for the best we couldn’t hear the echo in the studio. Would’ve only added to the sense I was having a breakdown

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The record will show I abstained from that, your Honour

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Can only apologise for the shambles of last night’s Match Ball. Can’t promise this makes much more sense either.

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Still my favourite bit of the whole thing

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Operation: Doomsday • The Square Ball The city of Leeds’ greatest contribution to the mythology surrounding Marcelo Bielsa has been leaving him alone to shop in Morrisons. Leeds folklore has chapters devoted to extraordinary people who, h...

You can read the original story from four years ago here.

What started off as a daft pub conversation turned into one hell of a rabbit hole trying to work out whether MF DOOM lived in Leeds or not.

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MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds - Introducing... MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds - BBC Sounds How did reclusive rap icon MF DOOM come to live in obscurity in the north of England?

I make a little appearance in the final episode of this new podcast series on MF DOOM and how he ended up living in Leeds.

The soundtrack is by Matt Helders, so I'm counting it as fulfilling my childhood dream of collaborating with Arctic Monkeys.

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2 months ago 31 3 3 0
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Leeds United 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Difference maker • The Square Ball A season of pleasant surprises has taken its latest twist: Keep Calm and Give It To Gruev.

#LUFC 3-1 Notts Forest: Difference maker

A season of pleasant surprises has taken its latest twist: Keep Calm and Give It To Gruev.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

2 months ago 18 2 0 0