Leeds City F.C.
Full name | Leeds City Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | The Peacocks The Citizens City | |
Founded | 1904 | |
Dissolved | 1919 | |
Ground | Elland Road, Leeds | |
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Leeds City Football Club was the leading professional club in
History
The club was established in 1904, taking the coat of arms of
Leeds City's whole league career was in the
Port Vale took over their remaining fixtures (as well as their results up to that point).[4] Leeds City were the first club to be expelled from the League mid-season, and one of only two to be expelled from the League due to financial irregularities, with Bury expelled a century later in 2019. Ironically, Leeds City's successors, Port Vale, nearly lost their League status for similar reasons in 1968, although they ultimately managed to retain it in an end-of-season vote among the other clubs. On 17 October 1919, an auction was held at the Metropole Hotel in Leeds, where the playing staff was auctioned off along with other assets of the club. The 16 members of the playing squad were bought by nine clubs for a total of £9,250:[5]
Player | Destination | Bid |
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Billy McLeod | Notts County | £1,250 |
Harry Millership | Rotherham County | £1,000 |
John Hampson |
Aston Villa | £1,000 |
Willis Walker | South Shields |
£800 |
Tommy Lamph | Manchester City | £800 |
James Edmondson | Sheffield Wednesday | £800 |
Bill Hopkins | South Shields | £600 |
George Affleck | Grimsby Town | £500 |
Ernest Goodwin | Manchester City | £500 |
Billy Kirton | Aston Villa | £500 |
William Ashurst |
Lincoln City | £500 |
Fred Linfoot | Lincoln City | £250 |
Herbert Lounds | Rotherham County | £250 |
Arthur Wainwright | Grimsby Town | £200 |
Billy Short | Hartlepools United | £200 |
Frank Chipperfield | Lincoln City | £100 |
In the wake of its demise,
See also: Category:Leeds City F.C. players
Subsequent clubs
A second Leeds City was established in 1924 as an amateur club and joined the Yorkshire League.[6] That club folded after leaving the league at the end of the 1926–27 season.
Another Leeds City was formed in 2006 and joined Division Two of the West Yorkshire League.[7] They were Division Two runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to Division One. The following season saw them finish as runners-up in Division One, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division.[7]
Honours
War-time
- Midland Sub Tournament North: Winners 1915–16[8]
- Midland Section: Winners 1916–17,[9] 1917–18[10]
- League Championship Cup: Winners 1917–18[10]
Ground
Having originally played at the Wellington Ground, the club moved into Elland Road after Holbeck Rugby Club folded in October 1904.[11] In their first season in the Football League their average attendance was 10,025, the third highest in the Second Division.[12] Their best season, 1913–14, saw them average 15,845.[13]
References
- ^ "1905–06, Where it all began..." Dave Tomlinson. Mighty Leeds. Retrieved 13 October 2006.
- ^ "Leeds City". Dave Moor. Historical Kits. August 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2006.
- ISBN 978-0-9529152-8-7
- ISBN 1852915951.
- ^ "Review of 1919–20 – Disaster strikes". Dave. MightyLeeds.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2006.
- ^ Yorkshire League 1920–1953 Non-League Matters
- ^ a b West Yorkshire League 1999–2012 Non-League Matters
- ^ "1915–16 Season Final Tables". EFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "1916–17 Season Final Tables". EFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b "1917–18 Season Final Tables". EFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- OCLC 14977257.
- ^ 1905–1906 European Football Statistics
- ^ 1913–1914 European Football Statistics
External links
- The complete Leeds City match statistics WAFLL
- All Leeds City Football League results and tables at footballsite
- The Leeds City years Mighty Leeds
- The Leeds City Scandal Mighty Leeds
- Leeds City at the Football Club History Database