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LEEDS MUST CUT THEIR CLOTH - BLACKWELL: Sporting Life - Football | Premiership, Championship, Scottish & European News, Scores, Results LEEDS MUST CUT THEIR CLOTH - BLACKWELL Leeds manager Kevin Blackwell has delivered a stark warning to fans frustrated at the lack of entertainment on offer at Elland Road. Blackwell's side scraped through to the second round of the Carling Cup with a 1-0 win over Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield on Tuesday night courtesy of Danny Pugh's close-range strike midway through the first half. In Blackwell's first five games in charge, Leeds have scored just four goals, and none of those has come from the club's strikers despite United fielding the likes of Michael Ricketts, Julian Joachim and Brian Deane up front. But with the club still £40million in debt, there is no money for Blackwell to splash any transfer cash, although there are rumours of fresh investment due shortly from outside sources. Any potential investors will have ...

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Leeds United | Blackwell glad to progress Leeds 1-0 Huddersfield Kevin Blackwell was relieved to see his side make progress after a hard-fought Carling Cup win over Huddersfield. The Leeds boss said: "I always knew it was going to be a tough game - a real tricky Cup tie. "This was all about getting through the round and sometimes you take it any way you can get it. "Sometimes it's never pretty at this stage. It was a battle, a war of attrition and the banana skin was there for us."

Leeds United Football Club - Matchreport Leeds United vs Huddersfield Town Leeds 1 Huddersfield 0 United are in the second round of the Carling Cup after coming through a passionate encounter with Huddersfield at Elland Road thanks to a second goal for the club by Danny Pugh. It was perhaps not the classic cup tie many had hoped for between these two near neighbours, but Huddersfield refused to yield and continued to fight for an equaliser right to the end. The visitors also had a number of chances that on another night they may have converted, but Kevin Blackwell's men proved they can compete with the physical side of the game and the defence recorded their third clean sheet of the season so far. It was not pretty, but Pugh's goal proved decisive. Pre-Match United boss Kevin Blackwell made just one change to the side that drew with Nottingham Forest on Saturday, bringing in Michael Ricketts for Brian Deane, who was rested. It also meant Clarke Carlisle kept his ...

Telegraph %7C Sport %7C Guppy spoils his good deed for Leeds Guppy spoils his good deed for Leeds By Chris Barnett at Elland Road (Filed: 22/08/2004) Leeds Utd (1) 1 Nottm Forest (0) 1 Steve Guppy was both hero and villain as Leeds failed to make their domination count. Guppy, who is on a pay-as-you-play contract, put Leeds ahead in the 28th minute when he lost Matthieu Louis-Jean at the far post and rose to head home Frazer Richardson's cross from the right. It was just reward and Leeds could have gone further ahead with shots missing the target by the narrowest of margins. However, Guppy then needlessly conceded a late penalty which was converted by Andy Reid to give Forest their fourth draw of the season - and one they barely deserved. The sides had cancelled each other out in a lively opening but it was Leeds who had the first opportunities to open the scoring. Forest keeper Paul Gerrard failed to keep hold of the ball in a mix-up with a team-mate but Brian Dean...

Leeds Today United boss set to step up his search by paul dews LEEDS UNITED boss Kevin Blackwell insists he will not be lowering his standards in his search for new talent. Cameroon international Serge Branco yesterday became Blackwell's 14th signing when he agreed to put pen to paper on a one-year contract. But the United boss is still working hard to add more strength in depth after injuries to Lucas Radebe and Eirik Bakke reduced the numbers further. "Losing two influential players has been a blow," said the United boss. "We've Eirik out for the season and Lucas possibly for good, but we won't be rushing into anything. "It's difficult to get the players who fit the bill. "Maybe I'm being too hard on setting the standards I'm setting, but the minute I drop them we can only go one way. Attitude "As the board have said, any players that come in to this club have to be right for Leeds United because they are not just c...

BBC SPORT %7C Football %7C My Club %7C Leeds United %7C Branco agrees Leeds switch Cameroon midfielder Serge Branco has agreed a one-year contract at Leeds United, reports BBC Radio Leeds. The 23-year-old former Eintracht Frankfurt and Vfb Stuttgart player, who is out of contract, has been on trial at Elland Road and will not cost a fee. But he has not received international clearance in time to face Nottingham Forest in the Championship on Saturday. Manager Kevin Blackwell told Leeds' website: "He brings real quality to the squad at the time when we need it." In addition to Branco's one-year deal, the Yorkshire club also have an option to keep him for a further year at Elland Road. He won a gold medal with the Cameroon side at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and also trained with Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers this summer.

Times Online - Newspaper Edition Wolves 0 Leeds 0: Radebe career under threat Patrick Maxwell at Molineux LUCAS RADEBE was in hospital last night, his Achilles tendon thought to be ruptured and his playing career considered over. Radebe was injured after 15 minutes, falling to the turf with no other player in the immediate vicinity. After receiving treatment, the former Leeds captain was taken off on a stretcher. His distress was obvious. Kevin Blackwell, the Leeds manager, said: “It looks like Lucas has ruptured his Achilles and it’s more than likely going to be his last game for Leeds as this is his final season with us anyway. He went to move forward to play the ball and it felt like he was kicked. But it was actually the snap of his Achilles, and that’s why we fear the worst.” If 35-year-old Radebe is forced to retire, it will be a sad end to an illustrious career. He has been with Leeds for just three weeks short of 10 years, during which time the South African has e...