Game 4: Tuesday 08 September 1998
Leeds United 3 - 0 Southampton
(Half-time: 1 - 0)
Crowd: 30637
Referee: A B Wilkie (Chester-le-Street)
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Carling Premiership Game 4: Tuesday 08 September 1998 Leeds United 3 - 0 Southampton (Half-time: 1 - 0) Crowd: 30637 Referee: A B Wilkie (Chester-le-Street) |
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| Match Facts | ||
| Teams | Unused Subs | |
| Leeds | Martyn, Hiden, Molenaar (Wetherall 75), Radebe, Harte, Hopkin, Bowyer, Haaland, Kewell, Hasselbaink, Wijnhard (Ribeiro 89) | Beeney, Sharpe, Halle |
| Southampton | Moss, Warner, Dodd, Marshall, Hiley, Ripley, Howells (Gibbens 85), Palmer, Bridge (Le Tissier 75), Hughes, Beattie (Ostenstad 79) | Lundekvam, Bevan |
| Scorers | Other Info | |
| Leeds | Marshall (og) 38, Harte 62, Wijnhard 86 | Clyde Wijnhard's first goal for Leeds |
| Southampton | ||
| Yellow Cards | Red Cards | |
| Leeds | Wijnhard | |
| Southampton | Palmer, Dodd, Hughes | |
| Match Statistics | ||
| Leeds | Southampton | |
| Corners won | 6 | 3 |
| Fouls committed | 9 | 13 |
| Hit woodwork | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides committed | 4 | 3 |
| Shirt numbers of goalscorers | 20, 8 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Match Reports | |
| Fans' Reports | |
| Nick Allen | vs Southampton |
| Newspaper/Newswire/Net Reports | |
| The Guardian | Top billing for Graham |
| The Electronic Telegraph | Leeds pick up speed slowly to move to the top |
| The Times | Graham's hand strengthened by rise of Leeds |
| Express Sport | Leeds 3 - 0 Southampton |
| Yorkshire Evening Post | Top of the League |
| Soccernet | Soccernet match report |
| Carlingnet | Carlingnet match report |
We spent the first 20 minutes or so running through their "defence" at will. This spell culminated with Clyde having a goal disallowed after he broke away from a wrestling match on the edge of the box, and then booked, presumably for playing on after the whistle - which didn't happen when Le Tiss did the same in the second half.
Which leads us onto the chronic state of the officiating. The linesman in front of the W Stand who didn't see their keeper catch the ball and land with both feet outside the penalty area, just beating Clyde to the through ball. Or the ref who allowed Palmer to stand 2 yards from a quickly taken free kick, block it, and then run off with the lose ball.
The goals :
1. Ball loops in from the right ( a Hopkin throw I think), a flick on, Jimmy collects 12 yards out at the back post on his left foot, steps inside the defender, and curls a right foot shot, which looks like its going wide, until it hits a defenders arse - roof of the net.
2. Well worked free kick on the right edge of the box - tap and stop - which Harte thunders into the top left hand corner, keeper nowhere. (He tried again about 5 minutes later from 5 yards further out, and nearly caught the keeper out again).
3. Long cross from the left (Harte?), to the back post Wetherall nod down, and Clyde nips in and thumps it into the roof of the net from 3 yards.
They never looked like scoring - I think we had one clearance off the line (Hopkin?), and that was it. We could and should have scored a lot more. The defence was solid - if unthreatened - but if the reason for prefering Molenaar to Wetherall is his distribution then this needs looking into cos his passing was shite. Whatever he loses in passing, Wetherall makes up for in the threat he poses going forward. Harte was very solid, a few awful passes apart, he did put in some great crosses and corners.
Lucas was majestic.
Alfie was anonymous. Bowyer was superb. Hopkin tackled well, and passed appalingly. Whereas Harry was our worst player, uninterested, poor control, running up dead ends and failing to deliver crosses. Suffice to say that I was heartened to see Bruno come on for the last five.
Jimmy and Clyde are beginning to gel - it looks like it might be good.
POINTS
MARTYN - 6 - a spectator
HIDEN -6- steady, some good support play.
HARTE -8- his best game
MOLENAAR -6- solid - still worse than Wetherall
RADEBE -8- business as usual
HAALAND -4- pointless
HOPKIN -6- Jeckyll and Hyde
BOWYER -8- almost MOTM
KEWELL -4- needs to sort himself out
JIMMY -9- MOTM - great attitude, seems to enjoy playing alongside
Clyde
CLYDE -7- getting better, unlucky not to have 2. Hard working. The
goal may settle him down a bit.
Top Chants
"Guilty, Guilty, Guilty..." to you know who..
"Matt, you're a big nosed twat..." by 3 blokes behind
us.
GG - lots of waving - lets hope it not goodbye.
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The season may be too immature to yield anything other than broad hints but Leeds United are proving to be a model of consistency. A comfortable victory over Southampton extended their unbeaten start, moving them to the top of the table for the first time since they won the old First Division in 1992.
Southampton, shadow of the side which performed with such passion last year, have now lost all four of their league games; their fight for survival is already under way.