Well done Leeds.
I don't like them - but fair's fair, they finally did it. Personally I would rather see the bigger clubs in the bigger leagues in this country.
Yeah. Shame Preston aren't where we are really.
Leeds down to 10 men, Gradel sent off
Gradel 3
Stupid to get sent off and had to be dragged away from the Referee, we needed a strong game from him, hot headedness got the better of him.
Leeds winger Max Gradel lost his head so completely, having been sent off in the 35th minute, that it took two big security guards to persuade him to leave the pitch.
Mad Max Gradel had to be restrained by Jermaine Beckford after he saw red in the first half.
Stewards and members of the backroom staff made their way on to the field to try to persuade Gradel that, having been sent off, he really ought to leave.
I have never seen scenes like it...
It doesn't sound as though getting sent off was the end of it.
http://www.leeds.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=198098
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1275315/Leeds-2-Bristol-Rovers-1-Beckford-hero-Graysons-men-seal-promotion.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2010/05/leeds_promoted_as_their_long_m.html#213440
From what I heard on the radio last night, it seems it took them five minutes to get him off the pitch - and the sending-off offence (stamping on an opponent) can hardly have been more clear-cut. Methinks he will be missing more of the start of the new season than the standard 3-match ban for violent conduct.
I actually think he'll do well at Everton. Wonder what the odds are of Beckford playing for England?
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Leicester | 46 | 97 |
2 | Ipswich | 46 | 96 |
3 | Leeds Utd | 46 | 90 |
4 | Southampton | 46 | 87 |
5 | West Brom | 46 | 75 |
6 | Norwich City | 46 | 73 |
7 | Hull City | 46 | 70 |
8 | Middlesbro | 46 | 69 |
9 | Coventry City | 46 | 64 |
10 | Preston | 46 | 63 |
11 | Bristol City | 46 | 62 |
12 | Cardiff City | 46 | 62 |
13 | Millwall | 46 | 59 |
14 | Swansea City | 46 | 57 |
15 | Watford | 46 | 56 |
16 | Sunderland | 46 | 56 |
17 | Stoke City | 46 | 56 |
18 | QPR | 46 | 56 |
19 | Blackburn | 46 | 53 |
20 | Sheffield W | 46 | 53 |
21 | Plymouth | 46 | 51 |
22 | Birmingham | 46 | 50 |
23 | Huddersfield | 46 | 45 |
24 | Rotherham Utd | 46 | 27 |