Leeds Utd are next up for the Tigers and here are a few facts about our opponents on Saturday.
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Year Founded
1904 (As Leeds City)
1919 (As Leeds Utd)
Turned Professional
1904
Previous Grounds
Elland Road 1904 to Present
Ground Capacity
40,296
Record Attendance
57,892 v Sunderland 24 Feb 1967 FA Cup R5
First Football League Game
Port Vale (A) on 28th August 1920 Lost 2-0
Record League victory
8-0 vs Leicester City 7th April 1934 Division 1
Record League Defeat
1-8 vs Stoke City 27th August 1934 Division 1
Most league points
(2 pts for a win)67 1968/1969 Div 1
(3 pts for a win)85 1989/1990 Div 2
Most league goals (Season)
98 Division 2 1927/1928
Record Goalscorer (Season)
John Charles 42 1953/54 Division 2
Record League Goalscorer (Career)
Peter Lorimer 168 1965/86
Most capped player
Billy Bremner 54 (Scotland)
Most league appearances
629 by Jack Charlton 1953 to 1973
Highest Transfer Fee Paid
18,000,000 for Rio Ferdinand to West Ham 26 Nov 2000
Highest Transfer Fee Received
30,000,000 for Rio Ferdinand from Manchester Utd 22 July 2002
Club Honours
League Champions: 1968-69, 1973-74, 1991-92.
Div 1 Champions: 1923-24, 1963-64, 1989-90
F.A Cup winners: 1972
League Cup winners: 1968
UEFA Cup winners: 1968, 1971
European Cup finalists: 1975
European Cup Winners Cup finalists: 1973.
