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Leeds Author. Seven gritty urban fiction tales with a terrace twist.
Essential reading for Saturday’s Kids.
From the streets to the terraces.

#LUFC #Leeds #author #LeedsHistory

https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0BHXBGY78/
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Billy Morris books- Gritty Leeds tales with a terrace twist…Urban fiction from a time when it was definitely still grim up north.

6 Stories from the streets and the terraces. Essential reading for Saturday’s Kids.

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#LUFC #Leeds #ALAW #MOT #LeedsBooks #LeedsHistory
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Someone on twitter found a photo of the 1968 Rangers ‘giant screens’. Hopefully will bring back some memories for those who were there…
#LUFC #60sLeeds
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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1968- wonder if this was the first ever ‘beam-back game’ at Elland Road? Assume the ‘giant screens’ were on the pitch…did anyone go to it?
#LUFC #60sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The King’s return? I’m guessing this is a late 50s visit from John Charles after he’d gone to Italy. Leeds players are, I think, Grenville Hair, Gerry Francis, Big Jack, ??, Archie Gibson?, Chris Crowe, George Meek. Not sure who the other bloke in the suit is?
#LUFC #50sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Iconic mid-80s Elland Road shot - Baird, WGK shirt and permed long-back, scoring against top of the table Oxford in April 85 in front of the Kop and nearly empty Lowfields seats. All that’s missing is the copper stood on the grass bank! #nineteen85

#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I’ll be impressed if anyone can name this game…even more impressed if anyone was there! Clues- Leeds team included Lukic in goal, Connor, Barnes, Sabella and Graham upfront and I think it was Brian Greenhoff who gave the penalty away…
#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Saturday night in the early 70s you’d most likely find the #LUFC stars at Club Nouveau on East Parade or at Cinderellas Rockerfellas, Merrion Way. Looking at the girl’s expression maybe Sniffer and Mick the Mover were nicknames earned on the dance floor not the pitch?!
#70sLeeds #Leeds #ALAW #MOT
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Anything on telly tonight? Saturday night viewing back in the days when we had 4 channels, no Sky, Netflix, YouTube or chipped fire sticks!
#nineteen85
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Remember 1985? When it really was grim up north, and especially in Leeds 11…

The new book by Billy Morris, out now. #nineteen85

amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FY1GZBBX

#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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‘We’ll have new stars, you’ll see. Young Wright there and Sellars. They’ll get us back up where we belong.’ #nineteen85

Tommy and Scott, Shez and Irwin. The writing was on the wall for Eddie and his very young team when we missed out on promotion in 85.

#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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That Friday Feeling…the weekend begins here!
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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You’ll never see a photo like this nowadays- an unsegregated end, an away player celebrating a goal, a few fans celebrating, no abuse from the rest and no iPhones being brandished. Pretty sure it’s at QPR 1974.
#LUFC #70sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds #MOT
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Neil Aspin instructs a young Roger Eli on how to do the #LUFC pre-match centre circle wave on his debut in the 5-2 win over Wimbledon in December 1984. I’m surprised we were still doing it then. Anyone remember when it stopped? #nineteen85

#80sLeeds #MOT #ALAW #Leeds
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Bonfire night in Blandford Gardens, Woodhouse, LS2 in the days before Health and Safety and Public Liability insurance when you just burnt your ‘chumps’ at the end of the street!
#70sLeeds #LeedsHistory #Leeds
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Holbeck Moor bonfire 1923…why was it in July not November?? Read about it below…I’d love to have seen the blaze which was fuelled by 100 pianos!! 😳

southleedslife.com/the-annual-h...

#LeedsHistory #Leeds #Holbeck
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Phil Hughes in a rare appearance in goal for Leeds in 84/85. He played 4 times that season including a 1-1 draw with Man City in front of a bumper bank holiday crowd of 22,000! (The following week we beat Notts County 5-0 with 11,000 there) #nineteen85

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November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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New Year’s Day 1978 and a big question on the cover of Shoot with Lash, Big Ray and Byron…the answer at that point was unfortunately - NO!
#LUFC #70sLeeds #ALAW #MOT #Leeds
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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NEW BOOK! It’s 1985 and it’s definitely grim up north, but adversity represents opportunity for 3 men. The politician, the tabloid reporter, and the crime boss who wants to buy Leeds United.

#nineteen85 by Billy Morris. Out Now.

amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FY1GZBBX

#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #MOT #Leeds
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Someone posted this on Facebook about Elland Road in the late 60s. Anyone remember Sammy, King of the Kop and these chants? Can’t see these being resurrected somehow…

#LUFC #60sLeeds #LS65 #MOT #Leeds
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Forty years ago. Feels like a lifetime.

#nineteen85… new book by Billy Morris, out now.

amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FY1GZBBX

#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #MOT
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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It’s going to be a long journey home after that …

#LUFC #ALAW #MOT
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Looking busy on Briggate this afternoon….
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Brighton then…

#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #MOT #Leeds
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Forty years ago. Feels like a lifetime.

#nineteen85… new book by Billy Morris, out now.

amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FY1GZBBX

#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #MOT
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Saturday’s Kids…
November 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Terry Connor scored more goals for Brighton (51) than he did for Leeds (19). Here’s his goal at Old Trafford in 79 which tends to be overshadowed by Brian Flynn’s 2 years later. How good was Hird’s run here…and how bad was Alan Curtis’s finishing!
#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM