Among the shareholders of the 49ers Enterprises group which took the remaining 56% of Leeds, the English club relegated to the Championship this year, from Andrea Radrizzani (new owner of Sampdoria), there are also US golfers, albeit with a minority stake Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, respectively in tenth and 20th place in the world rankings.
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“Despite the relegation, with Thomas we thought it was a good opportunity.
It is a historic club, which boasts a fantastic stadium like that of Ellan Road and a wonderful crowd”, Spieth satisfied. On the other hand, another American golfer, Rickie Fowler, withdrew from the deal following Leeds’ relegation.Leeds United Football Club or Leeds United, is an English football club from Leeds, born in 1919 after the dissolution of a pre-existing city club, Leeds City.
It plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league. It plays its home games in its own venue, Elland Road, capable of seating 37,890.His palmarès includes three English championships (1968-1969, 1973-1974 and 1991-1992), one FA Cup (1971-1972), one English League Cup (1967-1968), two FA Super Cups (1969 and 1992) and two Fairs Cups (1967-1968 and 1970-1971).
Between the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century, Leeds, led by coach Don Revie, established themselves as one of the best European teams of the time, reaching the final of the Cup Winners’ Cup (1972-1973) and the European Cup (1974- 1975), as well as having played in another Fairs Cup final (in 1966-1967).
The social color of the club is white with yellow and blue edges; the nickname of football players and fans is Whites (Whites).Before Leeds United, the English city was represented in the national leagues by another formation, Leeds City Football Club, born in 1904 and banned from the English football federation in 1919 due to some illegal payments made for the purchase of some players during the First World War.
It was therefore decided to form a new club to represent the city, Leeds United, which began playing in the Midland Football League, an English second-tier league in which the youth teams of the first division teams often played: the newborn formation took the vacancy left by the formation of the old Leeds City reserves.
In 1920, Leeds were recognized by the English football association and were thus able to participate in the national championships. In the same year the team was bought by Hilton Crowther, the chairman of Huddersfield Town.
