Forgotten Football Classic Leeds United vs Liverpool 1991
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2013
- Leeds United (4) - (5) Liverpool, 1st Division, Elland Road, 13th April 1991
Leeds United Goals: Chapman (3), Shutt
Liverpool Goals: Houghton, Molby (pen), Speedie, Barnes (2)
Leeds United: Lukic; Sterland, Whitlow, Batty, Fairclough, Whyte, Strachan, Shutt, Chapman, McAllister, Speed. Unused Subs: Davison, Williams.
Liverpool: Hooper; Hysen, Staunton, Nicol, Molby, Burrows, Beardsley, Houghton, Rush, Barnes, Speedie. Unused Subs: Rosenthal, Harkness
Referee: Mr K. Redfern (Whitley Bay).
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Wonderful lofted pass for the first goal by Barnes. What a footballer.
The game is so different now. Look at the Leeds fans at 7:38 applauding Liverpool’s fourth goal. It’s not just a few people either, you can hear quite a lot of applause on the VT. How times have changed!
Was at this game. Didn’t applaud myself but I think by that stage you just had to admire the football. John Barnes was unplayable.
I can only remember Leeds fans applauding an opposition goal once before. The goal in question was scored by Roy Wegerlie (hope I spelt his name correctly) for QPR. He beat half the Leeds team before sticking ball in net.
With players named Speed and Speedie playing, this match was always going to be played at a cracking pace!
Liverpool's passing game in this era was an absolute delight to watch and technically impressive.
I don't know why they didn't keep this team together after Kenny quit. It was still pretty much as good as Arsenal, just marginally Arsenal were better - but that was due to Hansen retiring. They only needed a Centre back or two. And a decent GK.
Barnes' footwork, close control and vision at 3.10. Wow!
I was there! I remember a couple of lads behind me left after Leeds went 3-0 down. Missed a cracking finale. Weird seeing the Lowfields stand again.
I was very young when this match took place and remember it. First of all, when Barnes scored the fourth goal, the Leeds fans stood up to applause, don't think this was mentioned in this highlights package but should be mentioned. Also, this match sums up Liverpool's problems over an almost 30 year period. Brilliant going forward but suspect defensively. This was an issue as well in the mid to late 1990s with David James in goal and again recently with Brendan Rogers and Jurgen Klopp.
One thing Liverpool can always say, through the generations they play some of the best football the world has seen, whether they win big trophies or not, a nice tradition to have.
By the way, Barnes, Beardsley, Houghton, Rush, what an attacking combination back then.
I was in the kop well pissed off at half time and so glad I wasn't one of the numb skulls who left then. We may have lost, but it was still one of the finest games I've ever had the fortune to see in the flesh.
You Jammy Arab!
This was Leeds' 1st season back in Division 1...they finished 4th.
Next season they won the league, after a 2 horse race with the scum for most of the season.
John Barnes. What a player and what a left foot - back then when I was a kid I remember thinking it was like cheating with him in our side.
Remember this game like it was yesterday. So close to clawing back that great Liverpool team.
class players, great atmosphere, less foreigners
this was the year before SKY killed our game
ps chapman doesnt understand why his 'goal' was dissallowed
Actually it was the year before the year before. However, you're partly right, Sky and the Champions league have ruined English footy.
Always those pesky foreigners eh?
@@jamstonjulian6947 games worse for em as it's gone softer and diving is rewarded. Game for fannies now
Leeds fan, but this was an awesome Liverpool side. Respect. gd
I had forgotten how good they were. Surely Liverpool would have picked up more European trophies between 85 and 91 with this mob. Steve McMahon wasn't even playing and he was phenomenal as well.
Leeds United weren't too bad either Graham
Too right Eamon ! It was a fabulous game. Hoping that Leeds can start next season in the premier league.
Will have to wait and see.
The Premiership is poorer without a good Leeds United side in there
Fully agree.
Great memories. I was on Lowfields Terrace that day.
Crazy game, played in an incredible atmosphere.
Some beautiful passers of the ball on display here. Molby, Houghton, Beardsley, McAllister, Strachan....
I wonder how many of them would even get a sniff at a top flight club these days. Not being able to do the 100m dash in 9.5 seconds seems to be more important than accurate, incisive passing ability now sadly.
16 years old and I was there. Liverpool were an awesome team and they ripped us apart the first half. What an amazing second half we were treated to. I am biased but the Leeds United days from around 87 to 92 were the best days. Even better than the champions league challenge and team from around 2000. Obviously I wasn't born in the Revie era.
"forgotten" only because its 1991, if you ask all man utd fans football only started in 1992.
That's Sound That not for me I’m a United fan and football died for me after 92-93 I was glad just to see us win that first championship when football was still pretty much as it was but the years after that well you can keep it
Yes, and Liverpool fans hate the fact no one cares about their bygone glory days.
Chapman had to be one of the best headers of a ball in that era
Under rated as well. He wasn't as prolific as other scorers (Alan Smith pipped him in this season by one goal for the top scorer) but his goals were against good opposition and he flung himself at everything. One of those players that gets forgotten.
@@koncsaj he scored 31 that season ....and 20 the nest season when Leeds won the league ,,,,good goal stats
Awesome game. What a privilege to witness that match. Best live game I ever went to even though we lost!!!!
fantastic match, fantastic day and two great clubs
Great game! It's good to see Peter Beardsley and Gordon Strachan on the same pitch. Very similar in style. Great players!
Good comparison
This game showed the strengths and weaknesses of Liverpool that season in 90 minutes. Great attacking play but awful in defence at times. The 4-4 cup replay at goodison was another example
Yeah, they only needed a decent replacement for Alan Hansen and a proper decent GK to replace Grobelaar and they might have continue being perennial contenders. Graeme Clueless dismantled the lot.
That 4th Liverpool goal was unbelievable. Great to see a lot of the Leeds fans applauding as well, you'd never see that these days.
Remember looking at electric scoreboard when 4th Liverpool goal went in,28 minutes. Barnes, Houghton, Beardsley pulled our defence all over and made it look easy.
I remember this game as a kid still ranks amongst the best football games i have ever seen.John barnes in his prime was an absolute pleasure to watch.Definetly in my opinion in the top 3 wingers of all time alongside george best and johan cruyff...
If this match is played in 2016, one of the two teams wins 3-0 simply because there wouldn't be enough players left on the field for the game to go on due to all the red cards that would be handed out. David Batty would probably be the first to go.
Back then the ref wasn't even giving fouls for tackles and challenges that would be a straight red today not to mention the victim would be writhing in agony as if a raging bull has just flattened them.
SnorkelCrackle spot on. Back in 1991 football was a sport played by men, where today it is a sport played by prissy, molly coddled wimps
Thank god people talk sense on here totally agree with both comments.
@@Tazza81 Chapman leading with his arm for the disallowed goal would today see Chapman serve a 6 match suspension and be forced to go on TV and give a drooling woke speech about BLM???
John Barnes!
The standard/quality of Liverpool's play in these years remains unsurpassed,they were from another planet.Shame about their decline as we were then lumbered with ferguson's louts/thugs winning trophies by their brand of "Kick Anything That Moves",really lousy soccer to watch and their special 'relationship' with the referees really was insult to injury.10>1.Amen.
+zzzaaa0990
And don't forget fergie banging his watch and shouting at the referee...keep playing till we equalise or score a winner!
Clive Bindley
Yes,just a horrible period for English football,disgraceful.
Sour grapes much?
End of the Liverpool era.
Great game.
I think this was the last proper season that great Liverpool side played together before injuries took over and players were sold.
Can you imagine todays players playing on that pitch they would cry like babies and the excuses they would have for poor play! Also can you imagine John Barnes on the quality of pitch today
Terrible defensively but as an attacking force, you couldn't help but admire Liverpool's play.
The two English teams in my heart! LEEDS the city I was born in! LIVERPOOL the team I started supporting when I was 10!
***** It started in middle school! During play time we usd to play football! Nobody wanted me on the LUFC team! I was on my own when a LFC friend asked me to join their team! I did and tried my best to play well. (I wasn't very good) Scored a goal and now after 37 years I'm still supporting LFC!
***** You are right! In those days it was either LUFC and LFC! I was already a LUFC fan but the LFC fans made me play with them and so I changed teams! Being 9 years old it was easy then!
Quite funny to see that it was several norwegian commercial signs at Elland Road back then. Didn't know that norwegians companies had interest in Leeds.
That said, the field looked terrible back in '91 compare to today's standard :P
God I miss 80’s and early 90’s football
Sky and ManU killed football. Rest in peace Division.1 and FA Challenge Cup.
@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 Manchester United didn’t kill it. They were forced out by the FA who wanted them to enter the world club cup to enhance their bid for the 2006 World Cup.
I remember this game. Great Leeds players like Lee "twat your wife" Chapman and Gary "Noose" Speed. Happy days
I say Barnes at his peak ( 88-91) was better than Gerrard, Dalglish and Suarez
waz 312 good call
waz 312 although I would say 87-90
Barnes playing like
was there
Yes oh yes
Had Liverpool got Kenny back, like he said he would if they only asked, he might have signed more quality to back up the squad.
like David Speedie? Jokes
last great liverpool team before souness took over and created mediocraty
Good footy played on a potato field.