Leedsunited.com 26/1/09
BECKS FASTEST FOR 40 YEARS
Jermaine Beckford has become the fastest Leeds United player to score 20 goals in a season since Peter Lorimer some 41 years ago.
Becks bagged his 20th and 21st goals of the campaign against Peterborough United last weekend, with his second goal of the afternoon proving enough to take him past last season's 20-goal haul.
Elland Road legend Lorimer netted 30 goals during the 1967/68 campaign with his 20th goal coming on December 2 1967.
It took Becks until January 24, on his 27th appearance, to reach the 20-mark, and had it not been for a double hamstring injury, he may well have been celebrating earlier.
In more recent years, Mark Viduka scored 22 goals in the 2002/03 season, but didn't reach the 20-goal mark until April 22.
The Aussie also scored 22 goals during the 2000/01 campaign - including four in the Champions League - and on that occasion he hit his 20th on March 31 to secure a 2-0 win at Sunderland.
Other 20-goal a season men in recent years include Michael Bridges (21) in 1999/2000, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (20 and 22) in 1998/99 and 1997/98, Lee Chapman (20) in the title winning season 1991/92.
Chapman also scored 31 goals during the 1990/91 season, but didn't pass the 20-mark until February.
Looking further back, Ray Hankin scored 21 goals during the 1977/78, Allan Clarke scored 20-plus goals a season on four occasions, and Lorimer netted 23 in 1972/73, 29 in 1971/72.
The all-time leading goalscorer in a season remains John Charles with 43 goals in the 1953/54 campaign.
Times 25/1/09
Lee Trundle rekindles an old friendship and his form at Leeds
Leeds United 3 Peterborough United 1
Ian Whittell at Elland Road
Andy Robinson, the Leeds United midfield player, believes that Lee Trundle, the Coca-Cola League One club’s on-loan forward, is the best man for the job in several senses, a point underlined by the impact the veteran has made on the promotion hopes of his temporary employers. The pair’s friendship dates back to their days with Swansea City and blossomed to the extent that Trundle was best-man at Robinson’s wedding.
“I was in our old manager Gary McAllister’s ear about signing him because I knew he was having a rough time at Bristol City,” Robinson said. “They were playing him on the right, on the left, then sometimes he wasn’t in the squad at all.
“We both came into the game late, so feel we have something to prove. We want to play at the highest level and there’s no better place to do that than at Leeds.
“I’d encourage him 100 per cent to sign. I don’t need to sell Leeds to Lee. He’s here until the end of the month and, hopefully, that will be extended until the end of the season and if he proves himself, hopefully we’ll get a crack at the Championship.”
The odds of reaching that target have improved thanks to an impressive win over a Peterborough United team beaten only once in their previous 21 league matches.
Trundle’s pass set up a decisive second goal for Jermaine Beckford after he had scored a 61st-minute opener – three minutes after coming on as a substitute – when Joe Lewis, the Peterborough goalkeeper, failed to hold Bradley Johnson’s free kick. Craig Mackail-Smith reduced the deficit for the visiting team before another substitute, Jonathan Howson, wrapped it up in injury time.
Disappointment for Darren Ferguson, the Peterborough manager, was tempered by a strong 60 minutes from a team that he is confident are good enough to secure a second straight promotion. “My chairman [Darragh MacAnthony] offered me about five players this week who would have cost over half-a-million and I said no to them all,” Ferguson said. “I don’t think we need them. Hopefully, I’m proved right at the end of the season. If you’ve got a close-knit squad and believe in it, I don’t see the point in changing it and right now it would take a good player to get into our team.”
BECKS FASTEST FOR 40 YEARS
Jermaine Beckford has become the fastest Leeds United player to score 20 goals in a season since Peter Lorimer some 41 years ago.
Becks bagged his 20th and 21st goals of the campaign against Peterborough United last weekend, with his second goal of the afternoon proving enough to take him past last season's 20-goal haul.
Elland Road legend Lorimer netted 30 goals during the 1967/68 campaign with his 20th goal coming on December 2 1967.
It took Becks until January 24, on his 27th appearance, to reach the 20-mark, and had it not been for a double hamstring injury, he may well have been celebrating earlier.
In more recent years, Mark Viduka scored 22 goals in the 2002/03 season, but didn't reach the 20-goal mark until April 22.
The Aussie also scored 22 goals during the 2000/01 campaign - including four in the Champions League - and on that occasion he hit his 20th on March 31 to secure a 2-0 win at Sunderland.
Other 20-goal a season men in recent years include Michael Bridges (21) in 1999/2000, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (20 and 22) in 1998/99 and 1997/98, Lee Chapman (20) in the title winning season 1991/92.
Chapman also scored 31 goals during the 1990/91 season, but didn't pass the 20-mark until February.
Looking further back, Ray Hankin scored 21 goals during the 1977/78, Allan Clarke scored 20-plus goals a season on four occasions, and Lorimer netted 23 in 1972/73, 29 in 1971/72.
The all-time leading goalscorer in a season remains John Charles with 43 goals in the 1953/54 campaign.
Times 25/1/09
Lee Trundle rekindles an old friendship and his form at Leeds
Leeds United 3 Peterborough United 1
Ian Whittell at Elland Road
Andy Robinson, the Leeds United midfield player, believes that Lee Trundle, the Coca-Cola League One club’s on-loan forward, is the best man for the job in several senses, a point underlined by the impact the veteran has made on the promotion hopes of his temporary employers. The pair’s friendship dates back to their days with Swansea City and blossomed to the extent that Trundle was best-man at Robinson’s wedding.
“I was in our old manager Gary McAllister’s ear about signing him because I knew he was having a rough time at Bristol City,” Robinson said. “They were playing him on the right, on the left, then sometimes he wasn’t in the squad at all.
“We both came into the game late, so feel we have something to prove. We want to play at the highest level and there’s no better place to do that than at Leeds.
“I’d encourage him 100 per cent to sign. I don’t need to sell Leeds to Lee. He’s here until the end of the month and, hopefully, that will be extended until the end of the season and if he proves himself, hopefully we’ll get a crack at the Championship.”
The odds of reaching that target have improved thanks to an impressive win over a Peterborough United team beaten only once in their previous 21 league matches.
Trundle’s pass set up a decisive second goal for Jermaine Beckford after he had scored a 61st-minute opener – three minutes after coming on as a substitute – when Joe Lewis, the Peterborough goalkeeper, failed to hold Bradley Johnson’s free kick. Craig Mackail-Smith reduced the deficit for the visiting team before another substitute, Jonathan Howson, wrapped it up in injury time.
Disappointment for Darren Ferguson, the Peterborough manager, was tempered by a strong 60 minutes from a team that he is confident are good enough to secure a second straight promotion. “My chairman [Darragh MacAnthony] offered me about five players this week who would have cost over half-a-million and I said no to them all,” Ferguson said. “I don’t think we need them. Hopefully, I’m proved right at the end of the season. If you’ve got a close-knit squad and believe in it, I don’t see the point in changing it and right now it would take a good player to get into our team.”
