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On This Day – 21st April

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A look back at what happened on this day  21st April in the history of Leeds United.

 Results

1923       Notts County     H             W 3-0    Division 2

1924       Stockport County             H             W 4-0    Division 2

1928       Chelsea                A             W 3-2    Division 2

1930       Manchester City              A             L 1-4       Division 1

1934       Sheffield United              H             D 1-1      Division 1

1937       Wolverhampton Wanderers      H             L 0-1       Division 1

1951       Birmingham City              A             W 1-0    Division 2

1956*    Bristol Rovers    H             W 2-1    Division 2

1962       Derby County    H             D 0-0      Division 2

1970       Ipswich Town    A             L 2-3       Division 1

1973** Crystal Palace    H             W 4-0    Division 1

1979       Everton                H             W 1-0    Division 1

1981       Birmingham City              A             W 2-0    Division 1

1984       Huddersfield Town        A             D 2-2      Division 2

1990       Brighton & Hove Albion               A             D 2-2      Division 2

1993       Liverpool             A             L 0-2       Premiership

2001       West Ham United           A             W 2-0    Premiership

2007       Southampton    A             L 0-1       Championship

2012       Cardiff City         A             D 1-1      Championship

2014 Nottingham Forest H L 0-2 Championship

*On this day in 1956, almost 50,000 fans turned up at Elland Road to watch Leeds beat Bristol Rovers 2-1 in their final home game of the season. The win was a fourth in a row for Leeds and wins in their last two away games meant they finished runners-up to Sheffield Wednesday in the Second Division and earned promotion to the top-flight.

**On this day in 1973, Leeds beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at Elland Road as they played their third of eleven games in 36-days. Leeds were to win just once more in the league, a 6-1 win over Arsenal, as fatigue, an unbelievable goalkeeping performance at Wembley and a bribed referee in Greece saw Leeds drop out of the race for the league title as well as losing the FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup Finals.

Birthdays

1978 Jacob Burns (40)

1982 Enoch Showunmi (36)

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