UNITED 1 (Beckford 50), BLACKBURN 1 (Gallagher 90 pen)
United: Higgs, Crowe (Hughes 56), Marques (Huntington 74), Kisnorbo (Michalik 56), Parker (Sheehan 69), Snodgrass, Delph (Robinson 69), Howson, Johnson (Prutton 74), Beckford (Showunmi 79), Becchio (Grella 79). Subs: Martin.
Blackburn: Robinson (Brown 60), Jacobsen (Olsson 66), Warnock, Nzonzi (Dunn 67), Nelsen, Givet (Khizanshvili 72), Roberts (Gallagher 66), Andrews, McCarthy, Diouf (Hollett 72), Pedersen (Van Heerden 73). Subs: Doran, Judge.
Referee: M Oliver.
Att: 11,885
The 2009/10 season finally comes to Elland Road.
After a mixed bag of matches pre-season, including a tour of Ireland, Leeds United finally settle back at their home at LS11 0ES.
Tickets were £10 on the door, which always attracts more fans. Charlotte and I picked up our tickets early enough as we were sure that the crowds would pick up...and indeed they did. 11,000 people were in attendance and as such, with so many people paying on the door, the kickoff was delayed by 15 minutes. Eventually the teams came out and the match was underway.
The Leeds team were up for the game from the off and pushed our Premier League opponents onto the back foot. Shane Higgs, Jason Crowe and Patrick Kisnorbo all made their home debuts.
Becchio had a good chance early on and Delph hit the post.
Higgs looked confident in goal on the rare occasion that Blackburn came forwards. He raised well to collect the ball at Corners and Free Kicks alike.
Half time and the game was 0-0 and we were treated to the last ever crossbar challenge at half-time in which two people hit the crossbar...god knows how they were going to share the signed ball that was up for grabs...I suggest a Ball-Share, one week on, one week off!
Leeds started bright again in the second half. It was eventually a Leeds corner that broke the deadlock. Snoddy whipped it in, Becchio deflected it towards goal and Beckford flicked it through his legs and into the back of the net.
Paul Robinson was in goal for Blackburn and was in front of the Kop in the second half and was loving the banter with the fans. He even threw his gloves into the crowd when he was eventually substituted.
All looked like Leeds were set to pick up the win........and then we brought on Alan Sheehan!
Me and Charlotte have a love-hate relationship with Sheehan...she loves him, I hate him! Simple as that.
When Sheehan came on, he just had rings run around him. How he didn't give a penalty away early on was beyond me as he bundled someone over in the area but nothing was given...so what does he do? Well, he waits until a minute from the end of the game and does it again, this time giving away a penalty which Blackburn scored.
Bloody typical.
Still, it was a really good performance and I would say that the season looks bright.
Next up...Newcastle (A) - Wednesday 29th July - Friendly.
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