Rob Conlon

Funnily enough we’ve just been discussing it today! It will be back soon. A bit less frequently (life, innit) but it will be back!

May or may not have screamed accusations he was match fixing about sixty seconds before he won it

Got to hand it to Nmecha, coming off the bench and scoring the winner while clearly pissed out of his head

Featuring my first article for about 4 years! So don't miss it!

The Square Ball: Season 36, Issue 05 • The Square Ball This is the fifth issue of The Square Ball's 36th season and Leeds United's 2025/26 definitely-not-ending-in-relegation campaign.

The Square Ball: Season 36, Issue 05

On sale for Fulham tomorrow, 80 pages of #LUFC including:

- Discredited autobiographies
- Meeting Mat Klich
- Wilko in a beret

plus much more, like apologising to Brendy

Cover by Emily Tartanella

*books hotel for Wembley*

And the League Cup?

Do we have to enter the FA Cup every year?

Hate football. Absolutely hate it. Especially when it's objectively brilliant.

An oral history of January 3rd, 2010: Manchester United 0-1 Leeds United • The Square Ball "Ankergren was diving around, Kisnorbo was headbutting people’s feet." The coaching staff, players, fans, and reporters remember a glorious day.

"If you’re going to kick anyone you’d want to kick Wayne Rooney or Gary Neville. I’d have been happy with either."

An oral history of January 3rd, 2010: Manchester United 0-1 #LUFC

thesquareball.net/leeds-united...

MATCHDAY MERCH

We'll have a big ol' merch table in the Lowfields Tunnel for tomorrow's #lufc match, so get down and get your Christmas shopping ticked off if you're heading to Elland Road!

Shopping bags provided if required also, like true bloody pros

My mate, Gary • The Square Ball When Bryn Law started covering Leeds United, he could always rely on his friend Gary Speed to help him out.

Free to read from Issue 04 — My mate, Gary

When @brynlaw.bsky.social started covering #LUFC, he could always rely on his friend Gary Speed to help him out.

The mag will be on sale at Elland Road tomorrow.

thesquareball.net/leeds-united/my-mate-gary/

Issue 04 has arrived and pre-orders are being posted out in time for Santa coming!

Stickers and mags of that #lufc '92 midfield. Glorious.

Get yours: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...

Fuck me they never learn, do they? Still haunted by Michael Vaughan saying Australia need to make changes before they’re 2-0 down after *the first day of the series*

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Orders to ship from 12/12, also available in digital format!

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ISSUE 04 | '92 MIDFIELD BUMPER SPECIAL

25 December is the birthday of our Lord and saviour, Gary McAllister, so what better way to celebrate than a magazine devoted to the midfield that defined #LUFC becoming the Last Champions?

PRE-ORDER: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...

Leeds United 3-1 Chelsea: Wash yer mouth out • The Square Ball The best thing I can say about Wednesday night is that I was still recovering on Thursday morning.

#LUFC 3-1 Chelsea: Wash yer mouth out

The best thing I can say about Wednesday night is that I was still recovering on Thursday morning.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

Aye this is it. If it wasn't so shithouse and condescending towards supporters it would be really laughable how stupid they're making themselves look while thinking they're geniuses.

Some news:

You've read all the facts about Leeds United you will ever need to know, now read the fiction.

I've written a coming-of-age novel about male friendship rooted in football & counterculture. It's called 'Days of Treacle'.

Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa: Creeping death • The Square Ball After all that has happened at Leeds over the last decade, I left Elland Road on Sunday astounded by just how little has changed.

#LUFC 1-2 Aston Villa: Creeping death

After all that has happened at Leeds over the last decade, I left Elland Road on Sunday reminded of just how little has changed.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

Still, good news about the ground redevelopment that's never going to happen.

If Red Bull GmbH are going to use my football club to advertise their brand, I’m sure as hell going to talk about what else they get up to. #lufc

Over on ROUTE ONE we're having a look at a couple of big clubs in danger of relegation. We've got @robconlon.bsky.social from @thesquareball.net on Leeds and Feargal Brennan on Valencia PLUS a bumper edition of Heavy Metal Football...statistics.

pod.fo/e/350a42

Put far too much effort into getting FM10 to work on my laptop recently. Wanted to recreate the league one promotion then keep that team together. Had a couple of bad results at the start of the season and immediately got rid of half the side.

Dyche was loved there though for getting them promoted and into Europe. There’s no way there’ll be appetite for Farke hanging around if we end up losing 20+ games and going down. There’s no way he’d last that long tbf.

Some of us were

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds United: Route zero • The Square Ball Leeds United are going nowhere fast. And there’s only one thing they might be able to change quickly enough.

Nottingham Forest 3-1 #LUFC: Route zero

Leeds United are going nowhere fast. And there’s only one thing they might be able to change quickly enough.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

He got shafted in the summer, but we’re getting worse

That’s a good point. It’s why I’ve never wanted Ange. He’d have a breakdown within a fortnight

Won’t need to when he’s player-manager😏