Beren Cross
@berencross.bsky.social
Leeds United writer with The Athletic.
It looks like Liam Cooper is about to return to English football.
I spoke to him last week on:
🥵 Training alone
👨👩👧👦 Full-time dad
⏳ Why he's had to wait
🚍 Watching the #lufc parade
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
😢 His 2024 release and that farewell lap of Elland Road www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
I spoke to him last week on:
🥵 Training alone
👨👩👧👦 Full-time dad
⏳ Why he's had to wait
🚍 Watching the #lufc parade
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
😢 His 2024 release and that farewell lap of Elland Road www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
Liam Cooper interview: Ex-Leeds captain on life as an unemployed player
The Scotland international has spent the last three months training alone looking for a new club
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November 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It looks like Liam Cooper is about to return to English football.
I spoke to him last week on:
🥵 Training alone
👨👩👧👦 Full-time dad
⏳ Why he's had to wait
🚍 Watching the #lufc parade
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
😢 His 2024 release and that farewell lap of Elland Road www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
I spoke to him last week on:
🥵 Training alone
👨👩👧👦 Full-time dad
⏳ Why he's had to wait
🚍 Watching the #lufc parade
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
😢 His 2024 release and that farewell lap of Elland Road www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
Hannibal Mejbri has been charged with misconduct by The FA after he was accused of spitting at Leeds United fans last month. #lufc www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri hit with FA misconduct charge for allegedly spitting at Leeds fans
Mejbri has until November 28 to provide a response to the charge.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hannibal Mejbri has been charged with misconduct by The FA after he was accused of spitting at Leeds United fans last month. #lufc www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
Leeds United's home match with Crystal Palace has been moved from 2pm on Sunday, December 21 to 8pm on Saturday, December 20. This is due to fixture congestion for the visitors. Leeds more than happy to accommodate it for better matchday revenues and atmosphere under the lights. #lufc
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Leeds United's home match with Crystal Palace has been moved from 2pm on Sunday, December 21 to 8pm on Saturday, December 20. This is due to fixture congestion for the visitors. Leeds more than happy to accommodate it for better matchday revenues and atmosphere under the lights. #lufc
This is far from the first time Daniel Farke has called the Leeds United fanbase emotional.
The messaging, and his intention, are the same, but the circumstances are very different. #lufc
The messaging, and his intention, are the same, but the circumstances are very different. #lufc
Leeds United, the mood pendulum, and the looming threat of must-win territory
Defeat at Forest means Leeds’ next match is virtually a must-win fixture if Daniel Farke hopes to preserve squad and fan morale
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November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is far from the first time Daniel Farke has called the Leeds United fanbase emotional.
The messaging, and his intention, are the same, but the circumstances are very different. #lufc
The messaging, and his intention, are the same, but the circumstances are very different. #lufc
DF: "I don't think they're mentally struggling. If the outside world is panicking and mentally struggling after everything is a bit closer, we can't influence it. We are quite calm within the group. We don't need a mental break right now." #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
DF: "I don't think they're mentally struggling. If the outside world is panicking and mentally struggling after everything is a bit closer, we can't influence it. We are quite calm within the group. We don't need a mental break right now." #lufc
DF: "Difficult run with three away games in four. Never in the bottom three, still on a one-point-per-game average."
Says Gnonto was an option off the bench, but they felt the extra two weeks of training after today would be better than risking him today after so long out, including a surgery #lufc
Says Gnonto was an option off the bench, but they felt the extra two weeks of training after today would be better than risking him today after so long out, including a surgery #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
DF: "Difficult run with three away games in four. Never in the bottom three, still on a one-point-per-game average."
Says Gnonto was an option off the bench, but they felt the extra two weeks of training after today would be better than risking him today after so long out, including a surgery #lufc
Says Gnonto was an option off the bench, but they felt the extra two weeks of training after today would be better than risking him today after so long out, including a surgery #lufc
DF: "The fanbase is very, very emotional. Everyone doubts us after every loss. Everyone has the right to be critical because we have conceded too many goals in the last two games. We could have made our lives easier, for sure. I didn't expect a smooth, easy ride this season." #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
DF: "The fanbase is very, very emotional. Everyone doubts us after every loss. Everyone has the right to be critical because we have conceded too many goals in the last two games. We could have made our lives easier, for sure. I didn't expect a smooth, easy ride this season." #lufc
Farke very angry with the referee before the second goal. Felt Stach should have been given a foul not penalised for one, which Forest eventually scored from. Does though criticise the defending of the cross for the goal. #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Farke very angry with the referee before the second goal. Felt Stach should have been given a foul not penalised for one, which Forest eventually scored from. Does though criticise the defending of the cross for the goal. #lufc
DF: "Quite normal you're angry after a loss. Small details important. A few details not good enough today. Really good start. Great finish from Nmecha. Gave this away so cheaply. Should have been more on it in the duels." #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
DF: "Quite normal you're angry after a loss. Small details important. A few details not good enough today. Really good start. Great finish from Nmecha. Gave this away so cheaply. Should have been more on it in the duels." #lufc
Full-time. Forest 3-1 Leeds. Another afternoon of one-way traffic on the road. Whatever your perspective on the performances, the points-per-game and the reality of being a newly-promoted team, it's only getting harder between now and 2026. #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Full-time. Forest 3-1 Leeds. Another afternoon of one-way traffic on the road. Whatever your perspective on the performances, the points-per-game and the reality of being a newly-promoted team, it's only getting harder between now and 2026. #lufc
Superb save from Sels to deny James from 20 yards. Was bending into the corner. Save rolled to Gudmundsson for a low drive, but an offside Bogle diverted it wide of goal. #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Superb save from Sels to deny James from 20 yards. Was bending into the corner. Save rolled to Gudmundsson for a low drive, but an offside Bogle diverted it wide of goal. #lufc
Longstaff in the book for a foul on Ndoye as Forest broke. Hosts entirely in the ascendancy after that second goal. Leeds looking more and more ragged. Piroe and James coming on. #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Longstaff in the book for a foul on Ndoye as Forest broke. Hosts entirely in the ascendancy after that second goal. Leeds looking more and more ragged. Piroe and James coming on. #lufc
Goal Forest. Gibbs-White. Hutchinson beats Gudmundsson too easily as he drives onto his left foot on the right flank. Crosses for the far post and the home skipper ghosts in to glance home. #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Goal Forest. Gibbs-White. Hutchinson beats Gudmundsson too easily as he drives onto his left foot on the right flank. Crosses for the far post and the home skipper ghosts in to glance home. #lufc
Forest cut through Leeds quickly. Ndoye and Jesus combine near halfway to release the former. Rodon competes with him, nearly sends him over in the box, but the cutback is made and Bogle is there to block Jesus's effort. #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Forest cut through Leeds quickly. Ndoye and Jesus combine near halfway to release the former. Rodon competes with him, nearly sends him over in the box, but the cutback is made and Bogle is there to block Jesus's effort. #lufc
Forest have created far more than Leeds, even if the possession has been 50-50, they just haven't had the quality or final ball to punish United. Leeds scored with their only attempt of the half. They are looking fairly solid in their defensive shape. #lufc
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Forest have created far more than Leeds, even if the possession has been 50-50, they just haven't had the quality or final ball to punish United. Leeds scored with their only attempt of the half. They are looking fairly solid in their defensive shape. #lufc