The rumour mill has it that Ken Bates was 24hrs from sending a 'bigger' club - Chelsea into administration before Abramavich turned up so I don't hold out much hope for Leeds. It'll be some comeback if they can pay off their debts and turn the club around when they are playing the likes of Cheltenham or Gillingham
ERRRRR!!!???? Chelsea are not as big a club as leeds and certainly were not when bates was in charge, they had never won f*** all (seriously 1 league title in the 50's and a couple of FA cups) till Romans millions bought the title, an FA cup and 2 league cups.
Preston won the league as blackpool sis when there were only about 8 temas in it so anything pre war doesn't count in the post war era as stated on the other thread Leeds are the fourth most successful team in england I thank you.
For everyones reference (as this pre-pubescent confusion on what a big club is has become an annoyance to me) big clubs are...
Scum (Man U)
Liverpool (Bin Dippers)
Leeds
Everton
Arsenal
Spurs
Chelsea
Villa
Citeh
Wednesday
Forest
Derby
and to a lesser extent Wolves, B'ham and WBA.
Anyone not from that list that can match or beat
Football League First Division
Winners (3) 1968-69, 1973-74, 1991-92
Runners-up (5) 1964-65, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72
Football League Second Division
Winners (3) 1923-24, 1963-64, 1989-90
Runners-up (3) 1927-28, 1931-32, 1955-56
FA Cup
Winners (1) 1972
Runners-up (3) 1965, 1970, 1973
League Cup
Winners (1) 1968
Runners-up (1) 1996
FA Charity Shield
Winners (2) 1969, 1992
Runners-up (1) 1974
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup
Winners (2) 1968, 1971
Runners-up (1) 1967
European Cup/UEFA Champions League
Runners-up (1) 1975
European Cup Winners' Cup
Runners-up (1) 1973
has a shout at also being a big club if not you're not.