Why are LEEDS UNITED the most HATED club in football? 

Im a Liverpool fan but i dont hate leeds cause your biggest rival is our biggest rival and when you beat Man U i like it nearly as much as when we beat them

At least in Japan, there are a lot of Leeds fans☺️

Worth mentioning that in the 70's many of the pitches were like muddy ploughed fields when wet and rock hard when frozen. Elland Road was one of the first grounds to get under soil heating so Leeds were able to play games when other teams matches were called off. One of the most famous games was the brutal 1970 cup final with Chelsea where there was 1 yellow card and no red cards. After a review in 1997, it surfaced that there should’ve been 6 red cards and 20 yellow cards at the very least. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v4zntE8oXR8.html It was a very different time and every team had a 'hard man' Tommy Smith for Liverpool Ron 'Chopper' Harris for Chelsea etc. they could play but were intended to stop or 'reduce' skillful passers or very creative players. Also remember that there was only 2 not 3 points for a win at this time.

if you hate Leeds United have a go!

Lived in bournemouth at that time and my girl friend worked at one of the only bars open on that evening .she realy liked the Leeds fans and said that they had been all very freindly . It was a bar with live music and always filled with scousers scots and paddies .It was always very raucus but good humered.

Interesting topic! I've been a fan since 1973 & it wasn't really until then that Leeds were really being singled out by many. The hype about Leeds being hated is certainly true, but we are nowhere near the most hated team in football. I've looked through many threads & it's Man U in UK footy by miles. Leeds were probably hated the most in the seventies for various reasons, but not nearly so much anymore. The "dirty Leeds" call is certainly from the Revie era, but everyone was at it, not just Leeds. Revie was a genius and he created a family of players that were simply detested because others were plain jealous. The fans (a constant minority) were also pretty hardcore back then, and that contributed to Leeds being hated. But the fan problem was everywhere else as well. It lingers on mostly because of the 70s. Things just get stuck & Leeds have the most passionate fans I know. Fantastic supporters! Pretty much unrivaled as well. But look up Man U, and you'll find that they're currently the most hated team in English football, and have been for a good while. Chelsea seem to be #2 on a lot of sites (not sure why ~ maybe their huge spending?) But every thread and site I visited had Man U at #1. Good call that! MOT!

Hi Max Those times we're different in the football terms.. Lots of football fans we're fighting each other in those days...not just Leeds...

The problem with the Bournemouth match is that a local man lost his life that day. Bournemouth was and is, a town where people moved to in retirement, a somewhat sleepy place with no football history to speak of

Love this video Max!

PE School teachers taught you how to foul back in the day without referees seeing it, the odd nudge and dig were a part of the game 😮 Great stream Max, keep up the good work 👍🏻

'Louder than the home fans'......if you want proof, then just watch the game on the 9th Dec. When Leeds will be away at Blackburn. Leeds sold their allocation of about 7,400 tickets in seconds 🙂 And I got two of them 😍

The mid eighties was the most mental time, well after the service crew. '85/86 Was the battle of St.Andrews, Odsal, The Den, Maine Road, Oakwell etc. Ended up with the jailing of many Leeds fans (Operation Wild Boar)

I always find the "yorkshire rivalry" to be a joke. The hate is all one sided i have nothing but apathy to other yorkshire clubs. Ive got to save what hate i do have for scum and chelski.

I use to go and watch them as a kid in the 70's, Giles Bremner Clarke Lorimer... That Chelsea game bloody hell crazy stuff, yes dirty Leeds from then on. MOT

When the DON put Leeds United on the map the usual suspects with the teams established in the Top flight didn't like it before that Leeds moved between the TOP FLIGHT and Division 2. Every team had a hard man Leeds had 11 on the park also. LEEDS where probably the first team in the Top flight to play European style of football the DON was way head of his time good podcast Max 🦚🇮🇨. Gary Speeds anniversary today R.I.P to a legendary Leeds United footballer sadly missed not forgotten. Also R.I.P to Terry Venables a humble Gentleman a man loved By all supporters total respect to Terry Venables the right manger at LEEDS UNITED 20years ago at the wrong time. Thoughts and prayers to Terry's family and friends at this sad time All Leeds aren't we marching on together we all love Leeds keep fighting 🦚🇮🇨👊✊🤍💛💙

Been a Leeds supporter since the 60's and the "dirty Leeds" tag was invented by the press. Leeds were no dirtier than most teams but could mix it with the worst if they had to. Teams would turn up thinking they could bully us but Leeds would give it back then play them off the park.The press hated Revie for bringing a more European style of football to England but he was right when you look at football today. I think that, along with some very dodgy treatment by the FA and officials, is where the siege mentality comes from.

It’s true I’m the only one who supports Leeds out of people I know and talked to 😢

As a Swansea fan my hatred for Leeds United is on par with Cardiff City. At the same time tho I do have some degree of respect for Leeds United! Absolutely love going to Elland Road, Leeds always sells out when they come to Swansea makes for a decent atmosphere. Can't wait for tomorrow night's game hopefully to can get a smash and grab win just like last time out at Elland Road. Ohh and if your a betting man a cheeky tenner on Piroe to score anytime is a good shout. Former Swansea players especially strikers always score against us.

Excellent Max …Norman was Norman “Bites yer legs” Hunter (not bite). Pedantic I know but just incase you didn’t!

My hatred for Leeds goes back to the early 70's but then again I'm a Derby supporter. If you know your history you don't need me to tell you more. But really, I'm too old for this, I know it's stupid. I think of Leeds fans as arrogant so it's good to hear an eloquent Leeds supporter who genuinely seems like a good guy. Tbh, if I was Leeds supporter I'd revel in the "everybody hates us" image. Brilliant stuff.

Take me back to the 80s . I've stuff in my head you would not believe. But would not change it

It goes back to don revie ,when men were men and kicked lumps out of each other, not the play acting of today. LEEDS were tuff, look at when they played liverpool etc.

I didn't know that Norman Hunter was literally one of the first practiced "dirty players" even back in the mid 60s with Jack Charlton. I just read about it tonight. Made me laugh though. Jack Charlton was apparently quite in on it as well! You rarely here that about Jack Charlton. Other Leeds players getting a mention were: Johnny Giles & Billy Bremner. But there were famed monsters from many clubs from that era. I've seen many players decked by blatant punches remain on the field without even a card. Horrific, cynical studs up lunges & it's just a talking to as the victim gets stretchered off. The sixties & seventies were certainly vicious! Not a doubt about it. Another world. The game's utterly changed today because it's simply not possible anymore. Today's "hard men" would tremble if they were somehow transported back in time! But it's also gone too far in the other direction with dirty players looking to get others sent off or carded for anything. The dramatics of today were not there back when. Diving for a penalty, getting an accidental hand in the face & dropping to the floor in agony, teaming up against the ref to get a player carded or sent off, etc. For me, that's as ugly as what used to be. It's ruining the game & it's in every match that involves VAR. Two sides of the same coin!

What Yorkshire rivals? 😮

2:09 But we don’t hate Hull back Hull just needed someone to hate so they picked us cuz they wanted to be cool 😂

Every team players that played hard, it was the media that latched on to the dirty tag as were successful and jealously

Where'd you get that jacket? Really nice.

It wasn`t just Leeds who were at the forefront of over-aggressive play, it was the media who tagged them "dirty Leeds" but why not dirty Liverpool? it`s because Liverpool are establishment darlings, right up to Gerrard and Suarez - pure filth but never called out for it.

Leeds through and through.

I like the fact we’re hated. If you hate Leeds United have a goooooooooooooooo

WE ALL LOVE LEEDS LUFC MOT ALAW

Leeds United was one of the best club in England until 2004, they hate them bcs of that!

You have got to love being hated lolz #MOT 💛💙

Geldard aggro hello.

Did you mention the 1975 Paris stadium rip up and the following Euro ban? Looking at that final, even the refs hate us.

More clubs hate each other in London and Lancashire clubs in premier league yorkshire clubs go up and back down like Leeds and other yorkshire clubs

As a Leeds United supporter myself, I think it's fair to say that Leeds United are the most "Marmite" English football team, you either love them or hate them Also I live in North Yorkshire where there is loads of Leeds United fans like myself but also loads of Middlesbrough fan (like some of my work colleagues) and they hate Leeds with a passion

I love leeds😁

I think it's more to do with the War Of The Roses. The defeated Yorkshiremen were seen as arrogant and unpatriotic, and the white rose became a symbol of this to the victors. These ancient tribal feelings stay in the blood.😮

After Millwall, Everton, Man U, to name but 3.

Been a fan of Leeds since the early 70's some of the chanting is below the belt or they cross the line in the sand? Theres no need for it,and by doing it let the club and its reputation, down!

I thought Liverpool were the most hated club in football

I don’t think Halifax town hate us Max 😂

Dirty Leeds 👊

I would have said Man U is that now. I know of "Dirty Dirty Leeds" which is still used, even though it's not been true...well except when Bowyer played ;). hated by locals is country wide. Swansea hate Cardiff. Millwall fans were worse

Nothing to do it’s half of why he says? It’s cos we’re Northern. Northern crime rate. Red light areas. The accent. The bleakness. Sutcliffe. Aggression. Loudness. Council estates. Industrial. Yorkshire. Even our name ‘Leeds’ is rough. It’s all the opinions of the old generation that pass to their kids (who are now adults) about Leeds… then the tag ‘Dirty Leeds’ too

Ok Ok but why have you a kid in the background in RED blue n white? Not even Leeds blue? C'mon lad.

Thickest fans on planet earth.

It's old hat why drag this up.

Hate leeds wish they would go down the leagues

You forget deluded.

The truth is mate nobody really cares about Leeds these days..Your talking about 40/50 years ago maybe so but Leeds have only been in the top flight 2 years in past 30 👍 Leeds are irrelevant in todays game

Don't really give a toss tbh tjose who hate us aren't as well supported home or away and don't complain when we fill their away ends every week Anyway I thought Millwall had that honour lol 😅😅😅😅

ALAW . MOT . Thanks Max.