Hope you enjoyed it Rob!
20.10.2025 18:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@jrcooper26.bsky.social
Football stat man for Opta & Leeds United fan.
Hope you enjoyed it Rob!
20.10.2025 18:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0With Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Anton Stach and Noah Okafor on the scoresheet for the first time, this is the first time in Leeds United's history three players have all scored their first goals for the club in the same game. #lufc
20.09.2025 14:56 β π 94 π 5 π¬ 5 π 4Gabriel Gudmundsson has scored just the second 90th minute own goal in a 1-0 game in Premier League history, and the first for thirty years. #lufc
13.09.2025 16:04 β π 26 π 4 π¬ 10 π 3Leeds have made 23 changes to their starting lineups so far this season - the joint most after five matches (in all competitions) in a season in the club's history. #lufc
13.09.2025 13:48 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0The West Stand from @thesquareball.net with Stat Man @jrcooper26.bsky.social #lufc
What do the numbers say about Leeds' return to the premier league?.
Top strike partnership of Cooper and Popey in action last night. Cheers to everyone who came down to celebrate @jrcooper26.bsky.socialβs book on #lufc and especially to top quizmaster Adam Pope. Read the book and you might one day score 100%β¦
21.08.2025 16:19 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Quiz night tomorrow at 7pm at Waterstones with very special guest host Adam Pope, refreshments and prizes on offer, come and test your #lufc knowledge! Teams of 4/5 encouraged but not essential. Should be fun & would be great to see people there.
www.waterstones.com/events/the-u...
π The great @jrcooper26.bsky.social shares his Leeds United story and offers some insights into the new season.
π His new book, As Leeds Go Marching On: A History of Leeds United Through Stories, Stats and Trivia is out today too. You should definitely buy a copy!
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ππ¬ πππππ¬ ππ¨ πππ«ππ‘π’π§π ππ§: the stats, stories and trivia that define Leeds United.
In an #Opta data-filled book, @optajoe.com's @jrcooper26.bsky.social takes readers through the club's greatest eras, legendary players and iconic moments.
Order your copy today β‘οΈ bit.ly/3Jg6mL1
Massive congratulations to @jrcooper26.bsky.social on the launch of his first book on the mighty #lufc today, packed with brilliant/mad stories and stats. He's been such a top bloke to work with and deserves every success with it. Cheers Jonny!
14.08.2025 10:38 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Quiz night at Waterstone's in Leeds on August 20, which I'm delighted to say will be hosted by Adam Pope. Come along and test your #lufc knowledge! www.waterstones.com/events/the-u...
08.08.2025 14:26 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Chris hope you enjoy it!
31.07.2025 22:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am also doing a quiz at Waterstone's in Leeds to coincide with with the week of the release of the book, if anyone fancies coming down to test their #lufc knowledge! Β£5 for tickets. Should be good fun. www.waterstones.com/events/the-u...
31.07.2025 17:22 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Two weeks to go until release date... all the stats on last season's title win, the Bielsa era, why Don Revie's Leeds were the best side in England & Europe... and the only player whose name you can spell without using the top row of a QWERTY keyboard. #lufc www.amazon.co.uk/As-Leeds-Go-... #lufc
31.07.2025 17:19 β π 21 π 3 π¬ 2 π 1Feels so good to have a physical copy of this nowβ¦ excited for everyone to read it. Tom has been heroic helping me get to this stage, not long to go until itβs outβ¦ really proud of the final book. #lufc
23.07.2025 19:14 β π 36 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You wonβt regret it! One of those books where if you said what happened youβd be greeted by βabsolutely no chanceββ¦ and yet it all did. Itβs brilliantly bonkers and so entertaining. Hope you enjoy!
13.07.2025 21:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Once you get past the author trying to tell the coach (who Iβve later learned is the Italian Warnock with a promotion record) who he should be playingβ¦ itβs brilliant isnβt it. So much to take in.
13.07.2025 20:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Every time I re-read this book I forget how utterly bonkers it isβ¦ and remain amazed itβs not been made into a documentary. Brilliant book & still my all time favourite. Even once recommended it to former Leeds full back Paul Connolly in Tesco.
13.07.2025 19:56 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0SUPER DUPER JONNY COOPER. Top bloke, top statman and now top author. His book is an essential read/listen for any #lufc fans
04.07.2025 10:52 β π 16 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Exciting times... my first book As Leeds Go Marching On is now complete & has gone to print. All the stats and stories behind the history of the club, plus all manner of other quirkiness in there. Out on August 14 and available to pre-order geni.us/AsLeedsGoMar.... #lufc
04.07.2025 10:27 β π 65 π 5 π¬ 3 π 2Stepping stones at Stainforth. Ah, Yorkshire.
29.06.2025 18:33 β π 55 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The first Leeds United player to score a league goal after Jaka Bijol was born in February 1999 was Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who is also the most recent player to play for Leeds who has all the letters of 'Bijol' in his name. Welcome Jaka. #lufc
23.06.2025 16:34 β π 44 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0Leeds v Man U on January 3, the first #lufc game on that date sinceβ¦
18.06.2025 08:25 β π 59 π 3 π¬ 4 π 0No one is convincing me thereβs anywhere better on earth than Yorkshire in the sunshine. Godβs own.
23.05.2025 16:05 β π 66 π 3 π¬ 7 π 1Archie Gray tonight was the youngest Englishman to end on the winning side in a European final since an 18-year-old Gary Mills in the 1980 European Cup final.
Playing alongside Mills that day? Gray's grandad, Frank Gray. #lufc
Josuha Guilavogui leaves Leeds United with the club record for most league games played without losing (16), the best league win percentage (87.5%) and the most league games played at Elland Road with a 100% win ratio (9/9). Lovely man. #lufc
17.05.2025 17:44 β π 139 π 8 π¬ 5 π 1Announcing this is a beautiful bit of icing on the gloriously boozy cake of the last few weeks. Delighted to be Jonnyβs publisher - heβs a brilliant writer, comes up with so many mad stats and bits of trivia, and has crafted a totally unique history of our club. Essential reading for all #lufc fans
06.05.2025 19:38 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0As well as the stories on the current season, there are chapters on Revie, Sgt Wilko, Bielsa, some of our greatest goalscorers and much more. I hope itβll be a unique way of looking at the history of our magnificent club. www.amazon.co.uk/As-Leeds-Go-... #lufc
06.05.2025 17:33 β π 15 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Absolutely delighted to announce that my first book βAs Leeds Go Marching Onβ will be published by
@orionbooks.bsky.social on 14 August. All the best facts, stories and stats from across our history, including the full tale of the 2024-25 title win... hope people enjoy it! #lufc
Today's Leeds United starting XI is the first that does not feature a single player who made a Leeds appearance under Marcelo Bielsa since 21 February 2015 against Middlesbrough. #lufc
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