Leeds United: The Wilderness Years 1975-1988 films [Archive]

lufcfilms

10-12-2016, 10:41 AM

The next one's just been released. October 1976 to February 1977.
Goodbye Norman Hunter, Hello Ray Hankin and David McNiven keeps scoring.

https://youtu.be/wtH9PlEHKM0

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lufcfilms

10-12-2016, 11:39 AM

Typo in original. Try this one

https://youtu.be/-oFIN5QR0oo

lufcfilms

15-01-2017, 05:44 PM

Episode 9 now uploaded. 1977 FA Cup Leeds v Manchester City. Rare footage from the fans' perspective.

https://youtu.be/2Gz8Et8yY70

Rev72

15-01-2017, 06:44 PM

Brilliant stuff. B)

alfinyalcabo

15-01-2017, 07:27 PM

The good old days.. Dangerous times for away fans at any ground..lol

lufcfilms

19-03-2017, 10:40 AM

Episode 11 is out. 1977 FA Cup Semi-Final Special.

https://youtu.be/iv03zlmAMSQ

Tichi1

19-03-2017, 11:50 AM

The good old days.. Dangerous times for away fans at any ground..lol

Takes you back watching these ....

They could be dangerous times for home fans too Alf, Like you I was there!
Loved the blood and guts football and the boggy pitches - all seemed so raw and tribal compared to the sanitised stuff served up these days.

Rev72

19-03-2017, 12:51 PM

A time when football was a real mans game watched by the working classes..not a prawn sarnie in sight.

Eeee...when I was a lad....

lufcfilms

26-10-2017, 09:50 AM

Episode 12 out now. Season 1977-78 part one. A royal visit, an England departure, and Ray Hankin hits form.

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lufcfilms

15-03-2018, 07:33 PM

https://youtu.be/oAvuT90zXOY

WTF11

15-03-2018, 07:36 PM

Takes you back watching these ....

They could be dangerous times for home fans too Alf, Like you I was there!
Loved the blood and guts football and the boggy pitches - all seemed so raw and tribal compared to the sanitised stuff served up these days.

Football was football, not some sanitised fragranced "ballet" played by overpaid prima donnas. If only, but I have no time machine

Jezleeds

15-03-2018, 08:00 PM

A time when football was a real mans game watched by the working classes..not a prawn sarnie in sight.

Eeee...when I was a lad....

Yeh it was great - only people from Beeston supporting the club. Nobody else. Definitely nobody from anywhere outside South Leeds. Perfect times. Especially all that losing.

Best moment for me was being on the top deck of a double decker having just arrived outside ER to find the bus next to us had been set on fire by 'proper' Leeds fans. Men women and children jumping out of the upstairs fire exit windows to escape the smoke and flames. Fantastic days them.

Bet there were a couple of people on here who were actually on that bus - they'll have all the stats on the number of injuries sustained, the type of seat fabric covering used on Leeds buses in 1977, the wage levels of the bus drivers, the number of matches used by those 'proper' fans to get the fire going, the numbers of people (only from Beeston) who regularly queued at the fish and chip shop, the times it all 'kicked off' at various places around the city after the game, the way the police used to chase us all over the pitch when we rioted.

Glory days.

WTF11

15-03-2018, 08:31 PM

Yeh it was great - only people from Beeston supporting the club. Nobody else. Definitely nobody from anywhere outside South Leeds. Perfect times. Especially all that losing.

Best moment for me was being on the top deck of a double decker having just arrived outside ER to find the bus next to us had been set on fire by 'proper' Leeds fans. Men women and children jumping out of the upstairs fire exit windows to escape the smoke and flames. Fantastic days them.

Bet there were a couple of people on here who were actually on that bus - they'll have all the stats on the number of injuries sustained, the type of seat fabric covering used on Leeds buses in 1977, the wage levels of the bus drivers, the number of matches used by those 'proper' fans to get the fire going, the numbers of people (only from Beeston) who regularly queued at the fish and chip shop, the times it all 'kicked off' at various places around the city after the game, the way the police used to chase us all over the pitch when we rioted.

Glory days.

Jesus Christ Jez! The film are about days when Leeds were a club to be feared for sure and the fans weren't always angels, but Jesus, take a chill pill (and that coming from me!)

hopelesslyoptimistic

15-03-2018, 09:13 PM

Different times and different era hard for those not born then to understand. Corporal punishment still allowed in schools, I think it took until 1987 for the law that said a husband could not rape his wife to be repealed, a ‘good night out’ was often too much to drink, a kebab, possibly getting lucky and if not a fight, spaghetti bolognese was seen as exotic, coriander was a mystery and exercise was running to catch up with the train as it left the platform as you could still open the doors .... Oh such Halcyon days ;-)

Marley past ghosts

15-03-2018, 09:48 PM

the wilderness years are from 2004 to the present day .

in them days , we still had great players and appeared in cup semi finals and europe on a regular basis. an absolute utopia compared to now .

they were only called the wilderness years, because it was after the revie era, after leeds dominated for so long . and saying paddy would have been the least of your worries, lol .

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 04:51 PM

Jesus Christ Jez! The film are about days when Leeds were a club to be feared for sure and the fans weren't always angels, but Jesus, take a chill pill (and that coming from me!)

It's called the Wilderness Years for a reason - it was the post-Revie era, and my experience of that at Elland Road was just as i described - it was pretty bleak. Supporting the club at school became difficult partly due to the lack of success, but actually a lot of people didn't want to be associated with what used to go on, home and away.

I went a lot, but saw a lot, and i'm sure the videos have plenty to smile about and enjoy (if we enjoy all that losing) but i'd much prefer to remember the glory years and then the Wilkinson/O Leary era - both for the results and the experience.

I'm not particularly stressed out about it WTF, don't worry! Just putting it out there that that wouldn't be an era i remember with any fondness at ER.

By the way, on a much lighter note, does anyone remember the England V West Germany 1966 veterans game at ER? That was a weird one...why did it happen at Leeds, anyone know?

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 04:53 PM

Marley past ghosts

16-03-2018, 07:16 PM

Indeed. And calling people paddy, darky, jock and coloured were just seen as normal, and not prehistoric. Wonderful times.

you forgot sambo , coon, and nigger , just to mention a few

just think how upset you would have been then jezmond lol ,if you had been in the kop in the seventies you would have been crapping yourself , you are very naive indeed

and to call the post revie era bleak in comparison to the last four**** years is totally laughable . we were still in the top flight till 81-82 , before we were relegated .

we have had four**** years out of the top flight since 2004, and dropped down to league one in 2010 , the seventies were paradise compared to the dross been served up now.

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 07:25 PM

you forgot sambo , coon, and nigger , just to mention a few

just think how upset you would have been then jezmond lol ,if you had been in the kop in the seventies you would have been crapping yourself , you are very naive indeed

and to call the post revie era bleak in comparison to the last four**** years is totally laughable . we were still in the top flight till 81-82 , before we were relegated .

we have had four**** years out of the top flight since 2004, and dropped down to league one in 2010 , the seventies were paradise compared to the dross been served up now.

As i said, wonderful times. Naive lol. I just watched the games from the kop little Marley - i didn't and don't need to make myself feel big by pretending to be the hard man. Real men know why men like you behave and speak like you do. That's because we're educated, not living in the dark ages.

Puzzle it out, bite your lip and try really hard like you (used to) do with your 2x tables, and one day, maybe, you might work it all out.

Marley past ghosts

16-03-2018, 07:30 PM

As i said, wonderful times. Naive lol. I just watched the games from the kop little Marley - i didn't and don't need to make myself feel big by pretending to be the hard man. Real men know why men like you behave and speak like you do. That's because we're educated, not living in the dark ages.

Puzzle it out, bite your lip and try really hard like you (used to) do with your 2x tables, and one day, maybe, you might work it all out.

its obvious you must have been knee high to a grasshopper , if you think anybody down at ellland road would bat an eyelid by calling somebody paddy , you must have been in the boys pen with earplugs in . lol

your not very educated regarding this club , if you think the post revie era was bleak in comparison to now, thats for sure . lol

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 07:45 PM

its obvious you must have been knee high to a grasshopper , if you think anybody down at ellland road would bat an eyelid by calling somebody paddy , you must have been in the boys pen with earplugs in . lol

your not very educated regarding this club , if you think the post revie era was bleak in comparison to now, thats for sure . lol

'Your' not very educated at all, because 1) i didn't say anyone would bat an eyelid little Marley. Try to keep up with the squiggles on the page and understand what they say. I said it's wrong. I know it's hard for you to get your head around the idea of something being wrong, but try to differentiate in future between what you want something to say, and what it actually says.

On that theme, I also didn't compare the era of the Wilderness Years videos with the era now. You did that. I know it's hard for you to be able to differentiate things (we've discussed this earlier in the previous paragraph), especially when it involves logic or language, but try and remember what you've said will you, rather than blaming other people for it? There's a good little chap from Rothwell.

hopelesslyoptimistic

16-03-2018, 07:46 PM

Marley have you considered returning to the wilderness?

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 07:47 PM

By the way, much as it's very 21st century to do all this homoerotic angry hard man stuff, most people just get on with being men now.

Just a heads up on how you're coming across chick.

hopelesslyoptimistic

16-03-2018, 07:51 PM

Maybe someone has the horn for you Jez which is why he can’t leave you alone ;-))

Marley past ghosts

16-03-2018, 08:01 PM

'Your' not very educated at all, because 1) i didn't say anyone would bat an eyelid little Marley. Try to keep up with the squiggles on the page and understand what they say. I said it's wrong. I know it's hard for you to get your head around the idea of something being wrong, but try to differentiate in future between what you want something to say, and what it actually says.

On that theme, I also didn't compare the era of the Wilderness Years videos with the era now. You did that. I know it's hard for you to be able to differentiate things (we've discussed this earlier in the previous paragraph), especially when it involves logic or language, but try and remember what you've said will you, rather than blaming other people for it? There's a good little chap from Rothwell.

well if calling somebody paddy upsets you, then i guess you are one of a very few that ATTEND elland who never curse or swear whatsoever l COS ITS WRONG LOL

Marley past ghosts

16-03-2018, 08:12 PM

Marley have you considered returning to the wilderness?

YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE WILDERNESS FOR YEARS FELLA , , THINKING LEEDS ARE GOING UP EVERY SEASON lol

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 08:39 PM

well if calling somebody paddy upsets you, then i guess you are one of a very few that ATTEND elland who never curse or swear whatsoever l COS ITS WRONG LOL

Its reductive, little Marley. It reduces individuals down to a stereotype and is therefore deliberately intended to offend.

It's called prejudice. You might not have noticed one of our Irish contingent followed up your little outburst with a comment that was meant to highlight your prejudice, humorously. Perhaps because you have no intelligence or humour you missed it.

You're like a little Vlad Putin aren't you with your puffed up little chest and your angry little outbursts. Throw your toys and get all upset about things and try to show what a big man you are with your little stories about being angry at Elland Road with your angry friends. Bet you're one of those blokes at Leeds who takes his shirt off - nothing homoerotic about that at all, eh, little Marls? Just men showing their bodies to each other and wanting other men to look. Fill yer boots, nothing wrong with it, as long as you can see yourself for what you are, you big man you.

Marley past ghosts

16-03-2018, 08:47 PM

Its reductive, little Marley. It reduces individuals down to a stereotype and is therefore deliberately intended to offend.

It's called prejudice. You might not have noticed one of our Irish contingent followed up your little outburst with a comment that was meant to highlight your prejudice, humorously. Perhaps because you have no intelligence or humour you missed it.

You're like a little Vlad Putin aren't you with your puffed up little chest and your angry little outbursts. Throw your toys and get all upset about things and try to show what a big man you are with your little stories about being angry at Elland Road with your angry friends. Bet you're one of those blokes at Leeds who takes his shirt off - nothing homoerotic about that at all, eh, little Marls? Just men showing their bodies to each other and wanting other men to look. Fill yer boots, nothing wrong with it, as long as you can see yourself for what you are, you big man you.

lol , no because you were at school in them days lol read your first paragraph, probably a bit upsetting for you then, been the fragile and sensitive type. aww bless lol

by the way england v germany game was played for the victims of the bradford fire disaster .

you see fella you have been educated once again . lol

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 09:22 PM

lol , no because you were at school in them days lol read your first paragraph, probably a bit upsetting for you then, been the fragile and sensitive type. aww bless lol

by the way england v germany game was played for the victims of the bradford fire disaster .

you see fella you have been educated once again . lol

Nobody would question your football knowledge little Vlad - it's everything else you fall down on.

i sometimes agree with things you say. That's probably because i've been saying some of them for months before you turned up, although you seem to have missed that. Never agree with the way you say things though.

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 09:24 PM

Maybe someone has the horn for you Jez which is why he can’t leave you alone ;-))

I'm starting to wonder mate.

I thought it was WTF but i guess it's anyone that'll engage.

Bored now though - he'll have to find someone else to latch himself on to like a blackhead on Vlad Putin's buttoc k.

Marley past ghosts

16-03-2018, 09:45 PM

Nobody would question your football knowledge little Vlad - it's everything else you fall down on.

i sometimes agree with things you say. That's probably because i've been saying some of them for months before you turned up, although you seem to have missed that. Never agree with the way you say things though.

me tarzan and you jane lol

Jezleeds

16-03-2018, 09:51 PM

me tarzan and you jane lol

lol lolol fella lol more homoerotic fantasies about yourself now. You should get a room- with yourself.

Oh, you probably already have.

lufcfilms

26-05-2018, 10:54 AM

Episode 14. Season 1977-1978 part three. FA Cup fights, forays and farewells.

https://youtu.be/ApDiSzB0TMU

Marley past ghosts

26-05-2018, 11:18 AM

Episode 14. Season 1977-1978 part three. FA Cup fights, forays and farewells.

https://youtu.be/ApDiSzB0TMU

:star:

lufcfilms

12-09-2018, 04:47 PM

Episode 15 up now. Final part of the 1977/78 season.

https://youtu.be/2c0M_8mRUhs

asturianblanco

13-09-2018, 07:14 AM

It's called the Wilderness Years for a reason - it was the post-Revie era, and my experience of that at Elland Road was just as i described - it was pretty bleak. Supporting the club at school became difficult partly due to the lack of success, but actually a lot of people didn't want to be associated with what used to go on, home and away.

I went a lot, but saw a lot, and i'm sure the videos have plenty to smile about and enjoy (if we enjoy all that losing) but i'd much prefer to remember the glory years and then the Wilkinson/O Leary era - both for the results and the experience.

I'm not particularly stressed out about it WTF, don't worry! Just putting it out there that that wouldn't be an era i remember with any fondness at ER.

By the way, on a much lighter note, does anyone remember the England V West Germany 1966 veterans game at ER? That was a weird one...why did it happen at Leeds, anyone know?

Went to that one Jez, it was in aid of the Bradford fire disaster, there was a game between, modern day stars (platini etc) against an assorted LUFC bunch as well, was lucky enough to be in a box that day, and got the autos of the full `66 team at the dinner afterwards! a prized possession now...