True or False (and no cheating)
1) Elland Road's diamond shaped floodlights are the tallest in Europe?
2) The undersoil heating at ER consists of 59 miles of piping?
3) The pitch at Elland Road is one of the longest at 116 foot?
4) Leeds oldest ever outfield player was 46 years and 71 days old during his final match?
5) The East Stand has the largest cantilver stand in the world?
6) The fastest a football has ever been struck was timed at 83 mph from Peter Lorimer?
7) In 1971, a gypsey was bought into ER by Don Revie to lift a curse that was suppose to be there?
8) Ken Bates is a wayne kerr ?
9) The scratching shed got its name after 5000 fleas were released as part of an elaberate hoax?
10) Albert Jahannseson was the first plack player to play in an FA Cup final?
True or False
posted on 12/10/11
1) Elland Road's diamond shaped floodlights are the tallest in Europe? No as they are now scrap.
2) The undersoil heating at ER consists of 59 miles of piping? This was the old system
3) The pitch at Elland Road is one of the longest at 116 foot? I work in metres so not sure
4) Leeds oldest ever outfield player was 46 years and 71 days old during his final match? Didn't know O'brien was that old
5) The East Stand has the largest cantilver stand in the world? What alterations are being made
6) The fastest a football has ever been struck was timed at 83 mph from Peter Lorimer? Correct
7) In 1971, a gypsey was bought into ER by Don Revie to lift a curse that was suppose to be there? And it took a court order to remove her
8) Ken Bates is a wayne kerr ? No he definately is call Ken
9) The scratching shed got its name after 5000 fleas were released as part of an elaberate hoax? No hoax it was the visiting fans from Manchester
10) Albert Jahannseson was the first plack player to play in an FA Cup final? Correct
posted on 12/10/11
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posted on 12/10/11
1) Elland Road's diamond shaped floodlights are the tallest in Europe? False, the one's at Crawley Town are taller.
2) The undersoil heating at ER consists of 59 miles of piping? False Well not since the travellers (I would add here that not all travellers are thieves) parked in the neighbouring car park, there's not much cabling left either!
3) The pitch at Elland Road is one of the longest at 116 foot? True but if you turn it 90 degrees to the right it would not fit snugly.
4) Leeds oldest ever outfield player was 46 years and 71 days old during his final match? False Gordon Strachan was 72 when we bought him.
5) The East Stand has the largest cantilver stand in the world? True, well true ish, I hear that York City may have a bigger one on certain days of the year?
6) The fastest a football has ever been struck was timed at 83 mph from Peter Lorimer? False, Peter Lorimer is a myth.
7) In 1971, a gypsey was bought into ER by Don Revie to lift a curse that was suppose to be there? True but she did end up with a fine array of cabling!!
8) Ken Bates is a wayne kerr ? False. He's our saviour!
9) The scratching shed got its name after 5000 fleas were released as part of an elaberate hoax? False, it was noticed after a visit by Shuffled Wendy (some of the little blighters wore collars too, the Shuffled fans kept them as pets).
10) Albert Jahannseson was the first plack player to play in an FA Cup final? True.