When Leeds were top of the Premier League

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Leeds sat atop of the Premier League table on New Years’ Day in 2002 after a 3-0 victory over West Ham. That was as good as it got for David O’Leary’s men though as they then went 7 games without a win and their title challenge fell to pieces.
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[@josemourinho2820]

I bet Geoff interviewed God about creating the universe.

[@yeetwchybaban]

Loool

[@tomselleck7313]

@Colin Smith Jose mourinho invented a bus, laughable comment

[@josemourinho2820]

Colin Smith Yes, that’s correct. I sink so.

[@hakim6158]

Shreeves has existed longer than football

[@jackharvey7028]

That cough made me nervous

[@joshvir262]

@@evolutiondl1492 it actually did just not covoid 19 and it wasnt very well known

[@afriendlymedic1927]

@@evolutiondl1492 But SARS did

[@rajyt4888]

Little did we know it would go downhill for them years later

[@Aamirbhaii]

Yeah. But they're back again

[@blue1984]

They got relegated 2 and a half years after this interview.

[@Tom_3566]

Lewandowski's Memes no shit sherlock

[@patricioeltoro1985]

Great to see Leeds back in the top flight again! Bielsa is a master tactician. Now there are some real quality managers in the Premier League. Pep, Klopp, Ancelotti, Mourinho and Bielsa.

[@sasmanishappy]

Keep it up sky👍🏻

[@diosworld87]

Arsene interview after becoming invincible.

[@reenot3174]

There is one already on this channel

[@greedy381]

Aaaah yes, good ol Strongbow

[@marygillmeister6013]

Great to have Leeds back in the Prem - some great rivalries to come.

[@h214suiiii]

When Leeds were in the championship for a long long time

[@Aamirbhaii]

Yeah. Now they're probably back in the PL. But I won't be surprised if they get relegated again

[@taramulryan]

Robert Lewandowski are u real? Lol 😂😂😂😂😂

[@harveyholmes9533]

No team has spent has many consecutive seasons in the championship as we have apart from Forest

[@sam-ze8bz]

@@harveyholmes9533 Preston have been there for a longtime

[@stevewood238]

@@harveyholmes9533 derby have

[@penguin0075]

United were unbelievable in the 99/00 season, winning it by a country mile. Leeds stood little chance, even though they had such a strong team. Utd even went to Brazil for a month, came back and beat Leeds early in 2000 which effectively ended Leeds title tun. Great memories.

[@mattmillman8942]

Leeds squad was too young and small, plus it was what happened in Turkey in the semi final against Galatasary which coast Leeds season,

[@ztrsfgaming548]

Leeds 2002:Top of the Prem’ 2020:Top of the Champ’ Even in Covid-19 times they’re on top...but everything changed!

[@reganbrannigan3006]

2200 top of league one?

[@ztrsfgaming548]

Regan Brannigan maybe

[@jloae820]

What?

[@ztrsfgaming548]

David McNaboe I know

[@reganbrannigan3006]

David McNaboe the second 2 is moving position and each time the division drops

[@abdirazaqhussein3262]

Legendary team! The original young guns.

[@ivanppillay914]

That was a promising team, indeed. Unfortunately there were destroyed by a foolish chairman and an incompetent manager: history will chronicle the Ridsdale-O'Leary nightmare!

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

Incompetent manager?, he got them into the top 4 of the league, what Leeds manager has done that since Revie.

[@glennoconnor1130]

Can't wait to see Leeds back in the premier league.

[@benbryant4317]

What for an automatic 6 points over the two games

[@glennoconnor1130]

@@david-fx8ri aye some of their fans are shithouse's but they're a proper premier league club. Cba with teams like Norwich or Bournemouth (no offence)

[@jcronin3155]

O Leary was some bluffer.

[@keithmilburn4866]

Not O’leary’s fault he wasn’t in charge of the money, if that hadn’t happened who knows??!!!

[@alexmeechan15]

This was literally the start of the decline for Leeds that lasted until Bielsa came in

[@mattmillman8942]

If previous chairman's hadn't screwed over previous managers Leeds could have returned much sooner, Blackwell, Grayson, McDermott, Monk and Christiansen were all hard done buy and could probably have made it if they were supported financially

[@ethanmurphy1838]

After this interview, Leeds would go on a 7-match winless run

[@PhoenixLOfficial]

Well done you can read the description.

[@ck3837]

Serves him right for wishing injurys on people

[@zkrhmn]

Been in Leeds a couple years now, can’t say support but “adopted” them, Bielsa like Clough is v stubborn in his methods but will be quite interesting how they hold up against his students, Pep, Poch if he’s at Newcastle (City are smashing them lol but regardless)

[@LucasGibbo]

City deffo didn't smash us this season....

[@S.T786]

Don O'Leary 🔵🟡⚪

[@rwbb5757]

Leeds top of the prem by Xmas 2020. Called.

[@mikebloor8810]

Well to nobody's surprise, this didn't come true

[@paulgray7014]

This was really the year we should have kicked on and won something. 2001/02. Man United were off the boil before Christmas we were top of the league on 1st January 2002 with a talented team but David O'Leary published a book Leeds United on trial after the Bowyer-Woodgate court case which destroyed morale in the dressing room we ended up 5th missed out Champions League qualification and the rest is history. Naive management by David im afraid

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

who in your opinion had the better teams in the late 90s and early 2000s chelsea or leeds

[@mattmillman8942]

@@keyuantejohnson6266 Chelsea obviously won more trophies and in the long term stayed a top 6 side but Leeds on they're day could beat them and finished higher than Chelsea for 3 seasons in a row

[@chelseaking1735]

@@mattmillman8942 yeah Leeds we’re as good as us. They also made a Ucl semi final and we were so close to doing the same vs Barcelona in 2000

[@fargo1234]

I just came here after 'the moment Leeds got relegated from PL' Lmao

[@bob9908]

wow dont see that happening these days

[@Aamirbhaii]

Whoever started this channel deserves an award. The content is even better than Sky Sports here.

[@zkrhmn]

Barclays fell off after City won the league

[@michaeljohnson5365]

brian Clough should have been there manager in the 90s

[@sanjasulentic7337]

Now they are top of the championship😀

[@criostoirocuinn]

Surprised "Wiltoooord at Old Trafford" isn't in the recommended bar, 2002 and all.....

[@abiwilkinson1871]

Leeds deserve to be in the premier league but teams like wolves and Sheffield Utd did so well is because they didn't have many expectations so the players just played their own football but with the ceo already saying they want champions league I feel like that would put pressure on their players. So they wouldn't be focused on just playing their football they would be more focused trying to get into the top 4

[@georgedolman444]

I liked him at villa. Has he managed since?

[@Aamirbhaii]

Looks like they're doing it again. They're a decent team but sometimes they bottle too many games.

[@WiffGiff]

Doing what again?

[@stevewood238]

Leeds bottling it is abit of a myth they fell away for the final few games 1 season and that's about it

[@t_mac41603]

What a dark time 😔

[@reganbrannigan3006]

Be hilarious when Leeds get promoted then get relegated first season back

[@emon2689]

Lool

[@josemourinho2820]

Ikr

[@ab72hd-brawlstars71]

Regan Brannigan I wish I could agree with this, but they will be rate, within 2 or 3 seasons they’ll be fixed as a top 10 team ☹️

[@reganbrannigan3006]

AB72HD They’re not even in the league yet we’ve got no idea how they’ll hold up. Aston Villa and Fulham both spent hugely and it’s likely Villa will be relegated like Fulham were. And nobody expected Shef Utd to be a top 10 team this season but they were. Plenty of teams have won the league and gone straight back down and Leeds could easily do the same

[@sirlordhenrymortimer6620]

@@reganbrannigan3006 Leeds has Marcelo bielsa not any third rate rundown manger . Leeds will be there in the league for long term . Bielsa is a master tactician and he will be there for the long overhaul , he's already implementing his ideas to the side as well

[@keithmilburn4866]

Great manager great team unfortunately money problems ended it all, utter disaster

[@theguy8275]

Terrible manager lol

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

​@theguy8275 he was better than any manager after Revie and the other mob, where did they get Leeds, to the second division, you must have been born yesterday.

[@e_-us6lx]

THERE IN THE PREM

[@chrisbayes2972]

"We're a young team..."

[@bige814]

Shoutout to the people who are you before this video gets recommended

[@DMCAgriVideos]

10 games to go

[@chickenoriental1210]

Whats was the top 4 at the end of that season ?

[@mattmillman8942]

1st Arsenal, 2nd Liverpool, 3rd Man Utd, 4th Newcastle, 5th Leeds, 6th Chelsea

[@postmanpat6]

The Lads, The Lads, The Lads.

[@ibehvincent717]

Where did it all go wrong😪💔

[@chrisflux57]

David Uuuum O’Leary

[@vansidhara4781]

All I see is Michael Sheen

[@izzymcdonald4613]

MOT 💙💛

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

from a chelsea fan i wish leeds the best of luck in the premier league this season

[@drownedcactus5618]

Geoff is eternal.

[@adammac4960]

They spent a lot of money on the wrong players. Like Arsenal were buying the likes of Robert Pires for £7 million they bought Seth Johnson for the same amount. They signed Robbie fowler and Robbie Keane for £12 million each and Arsenal signed Thierry Henry and Sylvain Wiltord. They didn’t use there money wisely and put them on ridiculous wages. Bad management at the top level like. Leeds belong in the top flight tho. I watched an old game of Gillingham vs Man City in division 2 play off final and that was 20 odd years ago. I would rather see a big club like Leeds at the top end the prem then a sh*t club like Man City

[@simapark]

Worst manager in the history of Leeds United . All he needed to do ( with the biggest and best squad we have ever assembled) was finish 3rd but he finished 4th . Then we gave him even more players and all he had to do was finish 4th but he finished 5th. My mum could have managed those players to a Champions League place .

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

Don't think he is the worst, your either backwards or blind, who managed Leeds during the mid 70s onwards?, was it Grey and co and how far did they go, to division 2. Grey and Clarke would have been their worst.

[@simapark]

@@JohnJohn-zn8ib You have failed to factor in the calibre of players OLeary had at his disposal ,that's why he was our worst ever manager .

[@sparkyhughes131]

He never had his players back when thing went wrong,

[@user-lx3oi6xy2e]

Well they did win the First Division in 1992, so it's not that much of a shock they were top here.

[@ethanpower381]

Who knew they would get relegated only two years later

[@TEAMRONALDO1]

Why did Dave O’Leary stop managing after showing such promise

[@MrLukedanger]

Because after sending Leeds down he almost sent villa down

[@andertonchigoneka5331]

MrLukedanger He got sacked for someone despite coming fifth they without him they were 16th but yeah he nearly sent them down. Agree more with Villa in his first year they were sixth and only four points off fourth then tenth they next year before 16th place in 05-06 which their nearly part of relegation battle. Leeds crumbed without him but let’s blame the man who took you to big time again

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

​​@@andertonchigoneka5331easy target that's why, they never complained about Grey or Clarke probably because they were players.

[@lwazisikhakhane7664]

The start of a disaster

[@jimispapandreou9902]

How we can celebrate the euro's arrival (despite UK only uses pounds): BEING TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!!

[@nicholasmcintosh4203]

He sounds just like Brendan Rodgers

[@ravendark2422]

Clean your ears out

[@lwazisikhakhane7664]

When was dis

[@scottburton4091]

Check the description

[@Jack-ck2uq]

Ahhh when you could cough and not get judged 😔

[@hariwyngriffith3401]

Good to have leeds back in the prem where they should be.

[@gabell377]

Spoiler: they didn't get in the top 4 and went bankrupt.

[@lwazisikhakhane7664]

Finally the likes aren't more than the views

[@dv4lufc77]

We are back O'Leary was a legend but he had a dodgy chairman. Bielsa is God and we have a brilliant Chairman now.

[@Big.Wang.Zhang99]

You will be relegated next season 😂

[@chelseaking1735]

@@Big.Wang.Zhang99 lol they’re about to be rleegated now

[@Big.Wang.Zhang99]

@@chelseaking1735 good scumbag club they are

[@liam1559]

He was sacked for no reason then it was down hill from there

[@lukewilson2931]

You get sack 2 if you bought seth Johnson

[@liam1559]

@@lukewilson2931 haha yeah probably

[@mattmillman8942]

Everyone laughed when O'Leary spent 18 million on Rio Ferdinand but Rio went on to become world class, I'm not saying Steth Johnson would have done the same but he could have gone on to be a top player, Lampard, Gerrard and Carrick were around the same age as Johnson and went on to have amazing careers over the next few years, O'Leary should never have been sacked!!

[@patrickdalton3174]

He should never have been sacked. A BIG mistake.

[@BradAaronTaylor]

lmao 0:36 Openly wishing injuries upon rival teams isn't exactly the height of sportsmanship.

[@end_games1306]

Watch them bottle this

[@alexanderutz6372]

1.

[@elftesi]

17th

[@hellosonirs]

If David o Leary Become England managers instead of Sven Goran Ericsson, atleast England Will win euro 2004

[@harrydrake4173]

lol What you smoking?

[@jamalhuddz26]

When there is only my comment and 100 likes utube drunk I think

[@dontpressonmyprofile5700]

Let’s get this comment to 69 likes

[@mikebloor8810]

They didn't win anything

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

chelsea had a better team than leeds in the late 90s and early 2000s

[@55kviews81]

First

[@h214suiiii]

Cool

[@am_2544]

Mate no one cares

[@kingalfred8297]

no one cares

[@SpotlessLeopard]

BLAST. I WANTED TO BE FIRST. (FOAMS AT THE MOUTH)

[@davethehat5016]

He was a rubbish manager lucky enough to have been given loads of borrowed money to spend on players. When the time came to actually manage the excellent squad that he had he was found wanting. If you feel like giving this the thumbs down, first try to think of anywhere he was a successful manager.

[@rde1972]

He had some crap players with terrible attitudes. He was a young manager that could have been given more time. Sacking him obviously didn't work.

[@mattmillman8942]

O'Leary took over Leeds manager from George Graham about 8 games into the 1998/99 season and finished 4th, in his first full season Leeds were top until after Xmas, got to the semi finals of the uafer cup and finished 3rd, the next season Leeds got to the semi final of the champions league and finished 4th, it was only the second half of the 2001/02 season when Leeds finished 5th that cost O'Leary, he should never have been sacked

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

He was better than Giles and any previous managers after Giles, Giles was probably the worst, 2nd division.