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Chapter 1276 Hatred

After Chelsea swept their old rival Arsenal 2-[-], they have already led No.[-] by as many as [-] points. They sang all the way in the league. In the English Premier League, all opponents have long been scared and powerless, but their opponents have already It is not the opponent of the Premier League, but the Leeds United that once swept the Premier League and Europe with a youthful storm, but finally fell into the bottomless abyss due to poor management.

Few people don't know the name of Leeds United, but Ai Huan thought they just had a feud with Manchester United before arriving in the UK, but he didn't expect that this unattractive League Cup semi-final match would attract so much attention And the sensation, you must know that before this game, there was no such a big battle against Arsenal's King of London.

In the last game in the Midlands, Leeds United lost 14-35 to Derby County, and their ranking temporarily dropped to No. [-] in the Championship. They are [-] places away from Chelsea, not to mention that the two teams are in completely different teams. league.Compared with the meeting with Chelsea in the top league, the confrontation between Leeds United and Stockport in the League One League is a recent event, but what is the first song to echo from the die-hard Leeds fans?Among them are words like: "Shoot Chelsea scum." The song doesn't even have anything to do with former Chelsea boss and current Leeds United chairman Ken Betts.

What's interesting is that Chelsea fans are never ready to let Leeds United go. They often sing "We all hate Leeds and Leeds" in unrelated games. The melody of this song is taken from "Bombing the Ruhr Dam remember".Ai Huan didn't pay attention at the beginning, but after a long time, he became a little curious. It wasn't until he asked Lampard that there was really a decades-long grievance and hatred in it.

It is said that this vicious hatred was not noticed until the rematch of the FA Cup final in 1970. Eric Jennings, the referee on duty, indulged both sides for some unknown reason. Ilvani wrote after the game: "Sometimes it seems that a set-piece is awarded only when Mr Jennings has received a death certificate."

There was only one yellow card in that game. Several years later, David Eller replayed the game and said that he would show at least six red cards and [-] yellow cards. From this, we can see what the game was like. up.

Leeds legend Peter Lorimer, who has never been mistaken for an Angel, said of Chelsea in that game that "they kicked everything on the turf. Eddie McCready showed China Kung fu, kicking Billy Bramner in the head. The referee didn't even call a foul on the Chelsea player. That's the way the game was played."

Then came the last game of the 1983-84 season, when Chelsea defeated Leeds United [-]-[-] at Stamford Bridge and won the League Two championship. This also triggered riots among Leeds United fans at the scene. It was only after rushing to the scene that the fans of the two teams were separated.

And this seems to be a hatred that only stays at the technical level, but it was later discovered that it was just the tip of the iceberg, because their pattern hatred also became a fashion.

Later, Chelsea and Leeds United had become strong contenders for the championship, and the hatred was born. On the surface, it was only because the two sides were direct opponents in the championship, but there seemed to be other factors affecting the hostility between the two sides.It is very surprising that Chelsea never bought any adult Leeds United players, and Leeds United never signed any Chelsea players until Tony Dorrigo joined Elland Road in 1991. This law was broken.

Of course, looking back at the struggle between the two teams in the mid-60s until the brutal FA Cup final in 1970, another reason gradually emerged, that is, the confrontation between the north and the south of England breeds hatred between the two sides.

Both Leeds and Chelsea also have Scottish and Irish players, but in contrast to English players, especially the prominent Don Levy and others, only Paul Madeley was born south of Coventry, but he grew up in Yorkshire.Jack Charlton, Madeley, Norman Hunt, Terry Cooper and Mick Jones were all northerners.

On the Chelsea side, many Londoners are also distinctive. Peter Bonetti, Ron Harris, Alan Hudson, Marvin Hington, David Webb and Peter Hausman are all Londoners, while John Hollins and Peter Osgood is from the Gyeonggi area of ​​London.

"From the dressing room, there is no doubt that we are the enemy. Any match between Chelsea and Liverpool, the guys are very excited. But off the pitch we are very friendly with each other." One of the legends of Leeds United once said such words , but the reality does not match this statement at all.

"The extra north-south division with Chelsea is definitely there, which adds fuel to the game between the two sides." Hollins, who has represented the team for nearly 60 times and represented Chelsea's true colors, recalled this period of modern times. The reason for the positioning is that. In the early 1964s, we were a young team full of vigor and vitality, and so were Leeds, but they were slightly ahead of us.We represent young, hippie, London, Chelsea.In one of my early seasons, we were unbeaten in the first ten rounds of the league and topped the table.We were almost invincible.I still remember a game at Leeds in 65-[-].Almost every year around this time, every year always around this time as a guest at Leeds.The atmosphere was tense.The game should have been called off because the pitch was icy and our boots didn't have any studs.So the game started, we changed all our gear, we looked around for shoes with studs, and so did they. When he said this, a frenzied light suddenly flashed in the old man's eyes, "In an instant, you already have an amazing grip."You can turn around and go into the game, but it also means that if your studs catch anyone, you can cut their socks or something.I remember the score was two to two, and we kept saying after the day was over, dirty bastards, wait until you come to our stadium, wait and see! "

"Then we beat them 1967-[-] in the FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park in [-]. Leeds had a goal disallowed, it was from Lorimer. The referee signaled the wall wasn't back down. Ten yards away, and it totally pissed them off. I think that's when the word hate came into being. From then on we went head-to-head on the pitch and every time we played we knew each other exactly who we were going to play." "

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