Author: Michael James

Middle of August and the football season starting, crazy, but then there is hardly any cricket being played at the moment.

Monday night game on TV, first game back in the premiership, we need to win our home matches, so that we can stay up. 

Leeds United 1 – Everton 0 – HT 0-0 

L. Nmecha (84′ pen) 

Venue: Elland Road Attendance: 36,820 

Leeds United made a winning return to the Premier League as Lukas Nmecha‘s late penalty gave them a deserved victory against Everton at Elland Road. 

 Daniel Farke‘s side were dominant but looked like having to settle for a point until Everton captain James Tarkowski handled Anton Stach‘s shot six minutes from time. 

 Nmecha confidently dispatched the penalty to send Leeds‘ fans wild in what was a typically thunderous Yorkshire atmosphere. 

Everton’s new loan signing Jack Grealish made a 20-minute appearance as a substitute in an attempt to inject spark into a lacklustre display, with the visitors taking 53 minutes to muster a shot on target. 

Leeds looked to have run out of steam in the second half, and with Everton seemingly happy to settle for one point a raucous night threatened to fizzle out – until that late drama gave the home side all three. 

Important win to start the season and break the hoodoo of the team’s coming up, going straight back down, but a long way to go.

Marching On Together.  

League position 7th after 1 game.