AUTHOR STEVEN DAWSON EXPLAINS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE FOLLOWED HIS BELOVED TEAM FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY...

ALTHOUGH I’d experienced the desperate deflation of footballing defeat on many occasions prior to this point, I felt something different after my beloved Leeds United were beaten by Derby County in May 2019.
Under new manager Marcelo Bielsa, we’d had our best season as a football team since the Champions League campaign of 2000-01. Then, after narrowly missing out on automatic promotion from the Championship, we looked all but certain to reach the play-off final after beati...