How've you been anyway?
Yeah, good. Yeah, I mean up until now, amazing.
The season has been like amazing, we’ve played brilliant football,
the crowds just, everyone believes that this year...
And then this is just... I mean...
We’re in history at the minute, aren’t we? In 50, 60, a hundred years’ time,
it’ll be, like, "In 2020, look what happened for that generation."
We're on a roll, we're going back to the promised land.
No one can touch us, we're unstoppable.
Then all of a sudden, bang, we get hit by a global pandemic.
It's the most "Leeds" thing
that could possibly happen to Leeds United.
Scary. I mean there’s not really much what scares me but...
I said to my boss at work, I’m a bit worried about this.
When they were showing how many people were catching it,
how quickly people were dying,
that was worrying times, you know? That was worrying times
because you start thinking of family members.
Are they going to catch it?
I said listen, "If you go round to Dad's, make sure you fucking wash your hands.
You make sure you... If you've got a cough, you stay away."
We was on about it like the Huddersfield match
because we saw a couple of people walking around wearing masks.
So I was like to my Dad, "Do you think it’s getting bad, Dad?"
And he was like, "Well, I don’t know." We was, like, "Shit...
it really is going to affect football."
We played the last game against Huddersfield
and the day before, we were due to travel to Cardiff
we received the notice that we don't play. We stop the league.
It's a difficult moment,
not for the players, for the football.
I think it's a difficult moment for the society, no?
For the world.
Following Leeds’ victory over Huddersfield Town on March 7th,
football fixtures across the world are suspended
due to the rapid spread of the Coronavirus disease.
It was on January 28th, was the first message I sent, just saying,
"There's something happening here that we’ve got to keep an eye on."
"What do we know? What’s the latest news coming out of it?
Because this looks like it’s going to be something
that's going to affect the whole world."
We didn’t realise at that stage just how prolific
and how bad it was going to be.
Within the space of a week,
it went from suggesting that a game might delayed
to all games might be played behind closed doors,
to the season might be delayed for three months,
to ultimately the season might be declared null and void.
It was real worry that they were just going to just cancel
and then just re-do the season, start from scratch.
And the biggest worry with that was, of course, it was really unfair
because we were so much better.
Yeah, I was just hoping.
There has been nothing, probably, since the last world war,
which has been as far-reaching in its implication.
The actual risk for the players at that stage...
wasn’t high, and probably still isn’t now.
But I was worried about other people. You know, my parents.
We’ve got Kalvin, who's really close to his grandma.
What I didn’t want to happen was anyone
to pick up anything within the workplace
that they then transmitted to anyone at home.
Immediately, we locked down the training ground...
with social distancing.
Even the first team shouldn’t be training together
so they’re training from home now.
They've all been given personalised programs.
We wanted the players and stuff to stay safe
and that's the main thing isn’t it, really,
regardless of how gutted we are that football has stopped.
Today actually is, you know, a sad day
because it's the day we're going to shut down the office.
At the end of the day today, Elland Road will be locked up
the management team will be working at home
until it's safe for everyone to come back in.
With the UK now on lockdown, Leeds United's staff,
players and fans must all stay at home
as the UK government attempts to minimise the impact of the virus
on the NHS.
As things stand, no-one knows how,
or if, the Championship season will be completed.
We sort of knew it was going to happen and...
Yeah, and then lockdown. Here we are, six or seven weeks later.
Obviously, no further forward as in what's going to happen, we don’t know
and I don't think anybody knows.
Yeah. It's a sad situation to be in but, look, we're healthy at the minute.
Some people have, obviously, gone through a tough time
and we've got to make sure that we do our best to keep everybody safe.
I don't think you can prepare for it.
Obviously going in, living your normal life,
and then through an interview from the Prime Minister, and it's...
you're in lockdown and only allowed out an hour of the day.
Yeah, it's difficult
and something that I never thought would happen in my lifetime.
Yeah, it's important that we stay together, stay in touch,
keep the team morale high and keep encouraging each other as well,
you know, to do the sessions.
I accept that there will be days
that you maybe don't feel like going out and doing a run
or going out and doing the bike.
You know, I get that. We're not robots, we have our own feelings as well.
People think we're happy, upbeat people and we are most of the time.
But, you know, you can have your bad days as well,
so it's important we drag each other through it.
Some days you wake up and you just can't be bothered to do it,
but you know you’ve got to
because you know we could be back at any stage
and the games could start at any stage, so...
Most days are hard but some are harder than others.
I started off, when we’d had the running, running with the dog.
And it was fine for about a week and then he kind of chucked the towel in
and decided he didn't want to run anymore.
Every time I took him, he was, like, stopping
or he was going-- Like, I was having to drag him along.
So in the end, I had to sack that off and just run on my own.
You know what, I always think when we’re doing the running
if we don’t get that distance, we don't get promoted.
That's just what I think in my head,
so I always make sure I try and get to that point.
It’s the second of May, supposed to be last game of the season
and, yeah, I just talked to my girlfriend.
I said, "Listen, today I play the last game and we go for holidays."
And, yeah, that was sad.
You know, you go through social media
and you see teams, you know, on this day last year
and having promotion parties and stuff and you’re thinking,
"Well that could have been us this year."
Should be going round on somebody's shoulders around Elland Road, enjoying it.
It’s tough for me.
That's been taken away from us, that moment,
that buzz, the... the aura around the occasion.
That's everything you want.
Yeah, it is sad, it’s really sad
that we're not going to be able to enjoy that moment with the fans.
Our mindset the whole time is,
"Lads, we're gonna have to play these nine games."
I don't know whether it will be in a month's time,
two months’ time or whenever.
But our mindset, until we get told otherwise,
is that we've got to play these nine games.
The UK lockdown has now passed from weeks into months.
During this period,
not only do the players have to keep themselves
in the right place mentally,
Angus Kinnear and the board of Leeds United
must attempt to manage the extreme financial strain the club is now under.
The lion’s share of our revenue comes from match income.
We’ve lost five home games, they’re over £1 million each,
so we’re under acute financial pressure.
We have two hundred and fifty staff and it goes up to 2,000 on a matchday.
All of those people rely on Leeds United.
I wake up with that pressure and that responsibility.
Thumbs up if you can hear me.
Second to trying to get promoted,
I think a Zoom call with the whole organisation
was probably the most challenging thing we could attempt.
I was hoping that by seeing everybody, I would find somebody else
who has cut their hair quite as badly as I have
but I’m yet to see any competition for that mantle.
Angus was a superhero.
Getting everybody looked after, assuring people,
we set up Zoom calls to speak to the staff
to make them feel a part of the journey,
but also re-assure them about their careers.
It’s not easy being stuck at home, it’s not easy being away from work.
We’re actually going to have to come out
and use our spirit, and our ingenuity,
and our commitment and collaboration
to plot a way through what's going to be some challenging times.
In order to keep the business running,
and avoid having to make non-playing staff redundant,
Angus and Victor must ask something of the Leeds United players.
We just laid out what this meant for the club, financially,
to have all the revenue streams dry up overnight.
Really, the players' wages are the only sensible cut.
What was really important to the players
and they reinforced this at the end
was they were only prepared to accept the wage cut
if it meant the rest of the staff,
the 200 staff who don’t play football,
all were going to be paid normally across the period.
So Liam put the messages out to the group.
Within 24 hours, we had yeses from everybody.
The way that the players acted in terms of... It wasn’t even a question.
To have given up their salaries to save the staff here
just showed what the club’s about.
The fear then was:
can we get football back up and running and finish the job that we’d started.
While the board of Leeds United are trying to manage the club
through the global pandemic,
the devastating reality of COVID-19
strikes at the heart of the club as a Leeds United legend
is suddenly taken by the deadly virus.
I just enjoyed being a footballer.
And then the minute they say, "Norman Hunter," they say, "Leeds United."
Well I’m quite happy with that.
And Hunter coming up fast and driving.
Oh, and what a goal.
What a goal by Norman Hunter.
We've already seen some horrible things here at Leeds United.
We saw the death of Norman Hunter
and I think that hit the fanbase particularly hard.
And seeing somebody who you saw at every game
and he was this larger-than-life character
and that hit the players, as well.
I wouldn’t swap my career for anybody.
What we’ve won, the players I’ve played with, what a life.
What a great time we’ve had.
Absolutely brilliant.
Most important thing was that I played football for Leeds United.
Your heart goes out to people that have lost loved ones.
Obviously, we lost Norman to COVID.
Nobody felt the effects of it more than Leeds United
but nobody acted more like a family
or nobody embodied that Revie team spirit more than what Leeds United did.
Football for the nation brings people together
and it gives them a purpose in life and something to talk about
rather than just the virus.
Football, it’s about men kicking a leather-covered bladder,
in the historical times, around a field.
But it enhances people's lives.
People need something to look forward to,
whether you're going through good times or bad times.
It makes people feel better. Without football, there’s a vacuum.
There is a missing part in all our lives.
Whether Leeds United get promoted, whether we win every game,
actually the existence of Leeds United
and every other football club is really important.
And I think what people are realizing at the moment
is that those things we belong to,
when they’re taken away, that sense of togetherness and unity
has gone with the things we love
and I think they’ll be even more important when we get back to normal.
It is now three months since Leeds United last played a game.
But following consultation with the UK government,
the Football League has taken its decision.
The current league season will resume.
Leeds United must play their final 9 games
and attempt to win promotion on the pitch.
But they must do so without the support of their passionate fans,
as all remaining fixtures will be played behind closed doors.
Absolutely, totally gutted that we won’t be there to watch it.
I think for Leeds fans, if we get promoted,
we are missing out on being there.
We’re missing out on celebrating with the players,
the players are missing out on having us there celebrating with them.
That’s one of my biggest upsetting moments, really,
because I have been planning on this for that long.
You know, 15, 20 years
and I have been visioning it as a nice massive romantic,
passion-filled, tear-filled,
running around Headrow with the open top bus.
And, you know, I had it planned to be there.
With the strictest stage of the UK lockdown now over,
Leeds United players and staff will be tested for COVID-19.
If the results are negative, the players will head back to work
and back to the final 9 games of the Championship season.
So we're doing swab testing twice a week on all the players
and any staff that might be coming into contact with players
or who might be attending games.
With all COVID tests passed,
the Leeds United squad return to training at Elland Road.
This will be the first time a ball has been kicked
in the iconic stadium in months.
Artificial crowd noise is being pumped into the stadium
to simulate the atmosphere the players will play in
when the season resumes.
As things stand, Leeds are top of the Championship.
One point ahead of second-placed West Brom
and seven points clear of third-placed Fulham.
Marcelo builds every week around the sort of battle of wills
of who’s going to prevail on a Saturday afternoon.
Not having that has been challenging for him,
so I think he has struggled, as we have all struggled,
to cope without having an enemy to fixate on at the end of every week.
Think about all the stuff Bielsa's been doing
whilst he's had all this free time.
He will have been watching every single match since 1987.
He’s had this free time now to just do it.
It’s good to get back out on Elland Road. Obviously we've missed it.
Yeah, I think the speakers are better.
I think you kind of get a little bit of atmosphere.
I think it’s just to get familiar with the surroundings.
Obviously none of us are have ever going to have experienced this before,
and, hopefully, we don’t have to experience it again.
But right now we’re living that and that's the way it's got to be.
Obviously everybody wants to play in a full stadium,
but I just love to play football so I would play everywhere.
If we play-- Have to play training ground,
I would play there so no problem for me.
I don’t know. It’s weird the crowd noises and that.
I suppose with no away fans it saves you from getting a bit of abuse doesn’t it,
from getting a few strong words fired at you.
It’s in our hands. We know what we’ve got to do
and we know how we need to perform to get to where we want to be.
And that’s my message every day to the lads.
In their final nine games, Leeds’ mission remains the same:
finish in the top two and guarantee automatic promotion.
If the team finish any lower,
they will again enter the dreaded end-of-season play-offs.
Leeds will resume the Championship season
with an away game at Cardiff City.
Lockdown for me has been largely positive.
You start to appreciate things in life; your family, being together.
And I travel around a lot normally but it’s been great.
I’ve had a chance to really, kind of reset my whole life
and it’s been, I have to say, largely positive.
I’ve come out of it a better man.
But now it’s Leeds United.
Anxious, nervous...
Always apprehensive before any Leeds match
but I think it’s just amplified more for this today
just to see how we’re going to come out.
Can I higher that up a tiny bit.
It’s a special day.
We’ve been through a lot, all of us, the last few months.
It’s so great to be back, have some kind of spirit and sport
back in our lives. It’s great to see again.
When the atmosphere’s good,
sometimes I think some of the players struggle
-under the pressure... -Yeah, yeah.
...of what the atmosphere is like,
so it’s like trying to put a positive on it
that it’ll be even better for us.
There you go, there you go.
You shy?
Can I have a raisin?
Cardiff are still in with a shout at the play-offs
so by no means, it’s not going to be an easy game.
Leeds United ready to go into action against Cardiff City.
Nine games to go in this Championship season.
Strange, isn't it? Empty stadium.
He’s gone short, he’s fooled everybody there.
It comes back out for the cross into the box-- Head's gone goalwards...
Penalty area now, it's get-- Oh, Phillips, that’s a misplaced ball.
This could be dangerous because he’s given it straight to Hoilett.
Hoilett will attack for Cardiff, who have men forward.
Hoilett shoots and scores.
-You’re joking... -Oh, God!
Oh, no!
Always make it hard for ourselves, don’t we?
Again, as usual.
Don’t worry, Marcelo’ll fix it.
Comes back for Ayling again, Leeds still there with Tyler Roberts.
Plays the ball in, Harrison!
Fucking hell!
-What's the boy doing? -That was going in!
-That was off in. -What is he doing?
Oh, my God. You just can’t make it up, can you?
Cardiff have won the ball back with Mendez-Laing.
Up towards Glatzel on the edge of the penalty area... Drives and scores.
He put it away brilliantly.
Oh, my God.
We need something now. Something special.
Come on, Leeds!
It’s so frustrating when you're watching and it’s not going well.
Three months of expectation turned into 90 minutes of disappointment.
Yeah. Yeah.
Half-hearted challenge as the final whistle goes.
-That's it. -That's it.
The one game you come back
and you get that same feeling back of dread
and anxiety and disappointment and, like, "Oh, God."
Next game, Fulham.
The biggest game for a decade.
Leeds now face third-placed Fulham
in a crunch-game at Elland Road.
Victory will see Leeds solidify their place in the top two.
Defeat will blow the promotion race wide open.
My nerves have just set in a little bit
and the gaps are getting closer, aren’t they?
Between second and third,
so I feel it’s a must-win today, definitely.
Helder Costa into the penalty area, plays the ball back for Bamford...
Patrick Bamford scores for Leeds!
Terrific start to the game for Leeds United.
I said-- See, I told you I fancied Patrick.
For a goal, not fancied him.
The game is tight and Leeds are fortunate to be leading at half-time.
Marcelo Bielsa turns to Pablo Hernandez,
who is nursing a hamstring injury,
in the hope that the Spaniard
can help guarantee a Leeds victory in the second half.
Look at Pablo, fucking love him.
Good approach play by Leeds.
Klich into Harrison, Harrison first-time ball,
into the penalty area, comes all the way for Alioski!
And Alioski puts the ball into the back of the net.
Away from Kebano. In it goes to Hernandez, ref almost puts him off,
and it’s a lovely, lovely ball.
And Harrison is almost in here, Harrison is in here, gets the ball in!
And Jack Harrison has surely wrapped up a massive win for Leeds United.
I think we can do it, I honestly think we can do it now.
And they need to.
They need to come out and just think, right, that’s it now,
just do it, give it all you got. Seven to go.
Leeds run out three-nil winners
and just a few days later face Luton Town,
hoping to keep their momentum going.
Leeds United owner, Andrea Radrizzani,
is back in the UK for the first time
since the resumption of the Championship season.
This year, I think we are all more grounded than last year.
I think we managed emotions differently, even myself
and so we are just waiting and taking it one by one.
What sports can do is very unique.
It can bring back joy and emotion and even simple hug
and celebrating in the stadium is something that is priceless.
So, hopefully, we will be back soon in the stadium with our fans.
Led out by the captain, Liam Cooper,
with the clock ticking down on the Championship season.
Leeds United top of the table at the start of play
and hoping to still be in that position at the end of the evening, as well.
Strongly for Luton at the other end, out to one side of the penalty area,
Ben White stands in front of him
and he drives it into the top corner of the net.
And it's Luton Town who score a breakaway goal against Leeds United.
Come on Leeds! Vamos, vamos!
Right and left, comes infield to Hernandez,
Hernandez through the gap for Helder Costa.
Helder Costa switches wide to Alioski just outside the box.
In it goes to the penalty area and it's there!
And it’s driven in from the penalty spot by Stuart Dallas.
A crucial, crucial goal for Leeds United,
Dallas slots it home.
We deserve more, nothing we can say.
They did everything they could,
they tried very hard until the last second.
We are still where we want to be,
we are on the top, we have six points, let's be positive.
We have another game, Saturday, and we take one by one.
Despite the disappointing draw against Luton,
Leeds have no time to dwell on the result.
They face Blackburn four days later in another crucial clash.
Teams are breathing down Leeds’ neck at the top of the Championship
and only victory will do at Ewood Park.
Today, I think, for me, is like a final.
We are ready and we are going to work for that.
Now let's finish the season
because I don't want to be in this league another year.
Now great work by Klich.
It’s opened up in front of Klich and now Bamford with a shot!
-Oh, yes! -Go on!
Patrick Bamford with the early goal for Leeds United.
Harrison takes two steps back and it's Philips who curls it.
Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
-Oh, yes. -Get in. Come on.
Kalvin Phillips, top corner,
as sweet a free-kick as you will ever see.
Five to go now, innit, so I just think it’s concentrating on each game.
I think from what we are seeing,
we’re not going to see a repeat of last season.
Definitely not.
Please, this time.
I want happy tears.
Leeds United remain in the Championship promotion places
and with just five games remaining, are in pole position
to secure a place in next season’s Premier League.
-Have you been riding? -Yes.
Do you want to come here, we'll get you in.
Come on. There we go. Oh, my.
-Have you been riding? -Yes.
-What was the pony like? -It was called "Maisie."
-The pony was called "Maisie"? -Yeah.
No.
I saw your riding gear. It was your first day today, wasn’t it?
-Yes. -Yeah?
Growing up as a kid, it was never about the money.
It was never about becoming a footballer to get all the money.
It was to play in the Premier League.
Everybody dreamed of that as a kid.
They don’t think of money at that age
so that... that dream, is still there today.
I want to play in the Premier League, I’ve worked hard to get there
and, hopefully, one day, I will play in it.
That day feels closer, hopefully it is closer.
My mum and dad in the crowd,
who’ve travelled all across England from when I was 7 or 8,
finally get to watch me in the Premier League.
Then like my missus, who's now... I’ve been with her ten years,
we got together when I was at Yeovil.
She's followed me around and she’s been so supportive,
so for all them to see me play in the Premiership.
I’ve got two sisters.
You know my big sister, who looked after my little sister
when my parents would take me to football so she gave up a lot as a kid.
So it’s not just my dream, it’s their dream, as well.
For me, it’s just about playing in the Premiership.
I’ve always dreamed of that.
I don’t know how many games I’m going to play in the Premiership,
I don’t know if I'm good enough, I don’t know if I’m going to adapt to it.
I hope I do.
But these are all things that I’m excited to see
and, hopefully, I get to show that.
They're on this rollercoaster with us as well, aren't they.
They see everything. They see the highs, the lows.
They see how it makes you feel.
My daughter, she was just like, she knows what's at stake, like.
My boys are a bit young.
She's at the age where she knows what we are about to achieve
or, hopefully, achieve anyway.
At Arsenal, I made a squad for the Champions League
and I sat on the bench.
Then one day I got told I wasn’t good enough for Arsenal.
I thought, alright, that’s fine.
The dream was always there to play Premiership
but when I was at Yeovil...
did I really believe that I was going to get back to it?
Probably not. I probably thought I’d play Championship.
I always thought I’d get to Championship level
and maybe not make the grade.
But I’ve carried on improving and, hopefully, I’m almost there.
So, yeah, it’s been up and down but it’s been worth it.
It’s been a good journey, I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.
There wouldn’t be a moment I wouldn’t change now.
Five-game season, we’re three points ahead with a game in hand.
I don’t care what the score is, we have to win.
I would say to the players with 30 seconds
before they walk on the hallowed turf at Elland Road.
I’d say, "Guys, you are here for a reason,
you're the best players in this league.
We've five games to go,
you’re three points clear with a game in hand.
Now go and show the footballing world
that we’re Leeds United Football Club. Do it!"
Now we go, Leeds.
Harrison plays it to Helder Costa. Helder Costa down the channel,
left side up towards the edge of the penalty area.
Go on, Costa, leather it!
Forced away from goal, oh, brought down. Penalty kick to Leeds United!
-Penalty! -Helder Costa caught.
-Yeah! Come on! -Get in!
Come on, Mateusz! Do it!
Mateusz Klich awaits the signal from the referee.
The man all in white against the man all in red.
The referee’s happy, gives the signal
and it’s Mateusz Klich who steps up for Leeds United.
And Klich rolls it into the back of the net.
Oh, yes, Mateusz Klich gives Leeds the lead
just before half-time.
And that is just what we needed.
Leeds United one, Stoke City nil.
In another tense encounter,
Leeds hold a narrow lead at half-time.
Focus on what’s in front of you.
Forty-five minutes. Win. Win!
I’d bring Hernandez on, the magic man. Bring him on.
Bring him on, let him dictate.
So a change apiece for the two teams.
And it’s Tyler Roberts who goes off
and Pablo Hernandez who comes on to replace him.
Do it!
Carries it forward the Northern Irishman,
gets the ball back, great ball into Helder Costa.
Helder Costa in space, holds it up... Yes!
Helder Costa puts Leeds two up!
There are so many players forward to aim at here.
And then Hernandez switches play out to Kalvin Philips in a bit of space.
They go further wide to Costa,
keep Stoke pinned back around their own penalty area.
Back it goes to Kalvin Philips, down the channel,
Hernandez is onside, Pablo Hernandez from the byline.
Cuts it back for Liam Cooper!
Oh, how about that from Liam Cooper!
What a finish from a fantastic team goal again
from Leeds, the captain.
The captain makes it Leeds United three, Stoke City nil.
Luke Ayling, can he play one over the top, what a ball from Ayling that is,
how about that, now Helder Costa into the penalty area,
Bamford lets it run for Hernandez!
A goal, a goal, a goal!
Pablo Hernandez guarantees
a big, big win for Leeds United
and that is a goal to relish.
Leeds United five, Stoke nil.
Pass the pressure ball on.
Yep, Fulham, Brentford, West Brom,
praying for a Leeds capitulation.
Tell you what we’ll do, we’ll pass the pressure ball back on.
Pass the hot potato.
Yeah, yeah, you win your games.
Ooh, Leeds, bad news, hot potato to Leeds.
Oh, here you go, we’ll pass the hot potato back on again.
We’re strong, the spirit is strong at Leeds United.
I can feel it, he can feel it, you can feel it,
everyone can feel it! Come on, Leeds!
Leeds now face the most difficult game of their remaining four fixtures.
A trip to play-off contenders, Swansea City.
I remember one of my mates just saying,
"You’re like a rubbish Banksy."
"You know, you’ve got no money and no fame
so let’s call you that ironically," or something.
It had BB in it, I don’t know. I don’t know, who knows.
Yeah. We have actually, yeah. There’s Bielsa with no head,
there’s a full Bielsa
and then here, we’ve got Bielsa with words.
Following the death of Norman Hunter,
Leeds United lost another legendary figure from the club’s history:
England international, Trevor Cherry.
And in the build up to the game against Swansea City,
another giant of Leeds’ golden era passes away.
The man who played more games for the club
than anyone else in its 100-year history:
World Cup winner, Jack Charlton.
Leeds have lost another legendary, legendary figure...
Observation in memory of... .
Come on, lads, do it for Big Jack. Come on.
Ben White, looking for the run, the channelled ball...
-He's in! -...Bamford’s in here.
Bamford shoots and Woodman saves.
And Woodman will get the second opportunity
to get the ball clear.
The two teams return to the dressing room at half-time
with the game goalless.
I feel horrible, my stomach is going.
I'll be at LGI by the time we get promotion, it’s horrible.
It’ll be fine, get Pablo on with his magic Harry Potter wand
and he’ll create some magical bit of movement.
-It’ll be fine. -It’ll be fine.
I’m off for a lie down in a darkened room.
Do you want some whisky, lads?
I’ve got some whisky in there, I’ve got a few beers. Valium?
In the second half, Leeds need inspiration.
Leeds need Pablo Hernandez.
Look, straight away, Pablo gets his wand out,
gets his cape on and his pointy wizard hat.
Swansea have got to get those men back and Leeds can try and exploit that.
Klich, out wide it goes to Helder Costa, there's space.
Come on, this is it, this is it.
This is it, this is it...
And there are men in the box and it comes to Pablo Hernandez...
And Pablo Hernandez!
Yes!
Get in!
-Get in, you beautiful Spanish wizard! -Goal, goal, goal! Hernandez!
Swansea nil, Leeds United 1!
You beautiful Spanish wizard.
Oh, this is it, now, this is it! This could be it!
I wish the fans had been there for Pablo’s goal at Swansea
because that’s a moment that will live with me forever
and with everybody else.
Yesterday, I got a lot of messages saying
that people were crying because of him,
that he’s God.
They send me all these pictures and it’s kind of crazy because...
I mean, you know, he's... I mean, he’s my husband
so he’s a super normal person.
You always remember more the goals
that mean something special things, no?
I think for us, this goal is not for me,
I think for everybody around the club,
around Leeds United, means something special
because we know the importance of this game.
To be able to carry the weight of this football club on your shoulders
in the last minute at your old club, at Swansea,
and do what he did, it takes something
more than a good footballer to be able to do that.
I just try to give my best in each game,
every game, every day in the training ground.
It’s my philosophy in football,
always giving the 100 percent.
This is my mentality,
this is why I am here now
in Leeds United.
There are now just three games remaining in the Championship.
This time last season,
Leeds lost a crucial away game to Brentford,
which cost the club an automatic promotion place.
This time around, Leeds face Barnsley at Elland Road,
knowing a victory will put them within touching distance
of achieving their dream.
But they must earn the victory without Kalvin Phillips,
who is injured and will miss the remainder of the season.
Players gather in the centre circle, this is the first game at Elland Road
since we lost another Leeds United legend
in the shape of Jack Charlton.
The game is tense and clear-cut chances are at a premium.
Sees Dallas, set off a play into Bamford in the penalty area,
Patrick Bamford challenged. He gets a second go!
It’s there, it’s gone in, it's an own goal!
and it doesn’t matter how they come,
they just need to come
and Leeds make the all-important breakthrough.
Edge of the penalty area, he’s got space to cross, he goes in low,
Leeds need to clear this. It’s still on the edge of the penalty area,
driven in low and Meslier read it.
Swings the ball into the penalty area
and look at the space in there for Woodrow to shoot.
Leeds are clinging to their narrow advantage
with just seconds remaining.
And the whistle goes to the mouth and Leeds United have won it.
Oh, that’s huge, it’s a huge result for Leeds United.
It’s been so, so difficult
but that one goal in the first half
has proved good enough and now you can reach out.
And now, now you can almost touch it.
You can almost touch the Premier League.
One more point will do it for Leeds.
Leeds take the vital three points.
And now the pressure to win passes to second-placed West Brom.
If they fail to win against Huddersfield Town the following day,
Leeds United will be promoted.
Leeds United staff and players
have gathered to watch the West Brom game together at Elland Road.
Huddersfield score a dramatic late goal
and take the lead against West Brom.
Leeds United are now just seconds away from promotion.
Fucking hell, man.
We are going up, I say we are going up!
Babe, I’ll ring you later. I love you. I love you all. Bye, bye.
Exactly, we've done it.
Don’t you know, pump it up! The Whites are going up!
All together! We’re top of the league!
We’re top of the league!
We are Leeds United!
Nanny Val, Nanny Val, you’re on TV, what do you want to say?
I’m... I’m...
I’m... I’m lost for words, love.
I am absolutely lost for words.
Well, thank you for your support, you are an inspiration to us all.
I love you, you beautiful creature.
Thank you.
Eddie Nketiah.
If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again...
the Leeds United way.
In a spontaneous outpouring of joy,
Leeds fans flock to Elland Road
and gather outside the stadium.
What, are we going outside or what?
-Do you want to go outside? -It's proper risky.
The Leeds fans outside Elland Road
do not yet know the players are inside the stadium.
Yes!
Fuckin' hell, boys!
We’ve done it and for the kids.
I’ve been through it in my life before
but for the kids who’ve never seen us go up,
it’s brilliant and I’m so happy for them.
And this manager, Bielsa, he is unreal, he is unreal.
Leeds, Leeds, Leeds...
Leeds, Leeds are falling apart
Leeds, Leeds are falling apart, again
Leeds...
Don't go down there.
I just feel like it’s a once in a lifetime time, I just have to.
All Leeds, aren't we?
The Leeds United players,
board, and fans are together
for this historical moment.
But one man is missing.
-Congratulations, boys, congratulations. -Thank you, thank you.
Well done, a fantastic achievement.
Marcelo Bielsa
The celebrations run long into the night
and Leeds United are going back to the Premier League
after 16 years in the wilderness.
Prior to Leeds’ trip to Derby County,
results elsewhere mean that Leeds have not only secured promotion,
they are guaranteed to finish first
and win the Championship title.
We’ve been through so much hurt, so much pain.
Since we got relegated, I’ve lost my mum,
got married, had three kids, lost my dad.
Yeah, all that in 16 years. Incredible.
But that pain, that hurt,
when Coops lifts that trophy, à la Gordon Strachan,
that’s when it’s all worth it.
He rolls a little ball and it’s a great ball into the far side...
what a goal! Look at that for Jamie Shackleton.
Last time you saw me, I had tears in my eyes.
I’ve got tears in my eyes now.
Tears of joy and they’ve done it the perfect way this time.
We're going up as champions and that is it.
We’re Leeds and we’re back.
The symbolism of our last kick
of the Premier League season is Charlton at home.
And our last kick of this godforsaken Championship league is no more.
We have to love our past.
We need to remember we are a glorious club.
But now, the focus is not the past.
It’s the future.
Thank you for all your hard work, man.
Thank you for all your hard work, Diego.
I just want to remember, the reminder that you gave me is crazy.
So, you know, I said right,
and you proved me wrong.
Right, let me tell you something,
there is nothing in the business life
that I experienced that could be compared with something...
With the celebration.
The feeling of achievement and the joy you reach...
mainly because of how many people you impact.