After twenty seven games on the job, I finally get assigned one in the city I live in. I'd been to Elland Road a few years ago but had little memory of it, aside from the loss of innocence at paying £28 for a League One game on a rainy Tuesday night, vs Millwall. Not the best located stadium, getting the bus from the city centre you pass through uninspiring suburbs, industrial wasteland and over a motorway, but the ground itself I was impressed by. Despite the stadium being only half full, the home end looked packed, and the atmosphere was decent enough from my position in the East Stand on the halfway line. Leeds, a mixture of promising youngsters and journeymen (far more of the latter) won 2-0 despite a drab performance - the first fifteen minutes of the second half were full of frustration - one of the things I love as a neutral is watching fans getting wound up over their team, Leeds gave the ball away constantly, but then followed it with a goal - the contrast in emotion and the relief that follows is one of the great things about football.
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