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Leeds United: Six moments that mattered in clinching Premier League return

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Adam Pope

BBC Radio Leeds reporter

Off the back of a mind-numbingly boring goalless draw at West Brom, the climate ahead of the trip to Hillsborough felt like that around the Birmingham City defeat early on in the previous season.

Did Leeds have enough players to challenge for promotion? Georginio Rutter was on his way to Brighton, following Archie Gray and Crysencio Summerville to the Premier League. Was Willy Gnonto next to go before the window shut?

A clean sheet and a first victory of the campaign in what Farke described “the perfect away performance” allayed the fears of some fans who were considering whether to let Brenden Aaronson back into their lives after he had returned following jumping ship to Germany for a season.

His goal and the quality of Dan James’ finish provided some evidence that Patrick Bamford’s prophecy may prove true when he told his podcast partner Joe Wilkinson that week: “Every time that I’ve been in a team when we haven’t gone up, we’ve done it the next year. Hopefully that’s a good omen!”

Farke admitted after the game that more additions were needed and wingers Largie Ramazani and Manor Solomon duly arrived before deadline day.

A candle of hope had been lit.


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