50000-in Division 3 -he's having a laugh-isn't he??

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh"><font size="2">Revie's son joins chase for Leeds </font></div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div><font size="2" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><font size="2">The son of legendary Leeds manager Don Revie is lining up a bid to take over the troubled club. </font>

<font size="2">Duncan Revie claims he has financial backing from a Middle East consortium and that his only problem is finding a manager good enough to revive the team. </font></p>

<font size="2">Also launching a bid is former Leeds director Simon Morris, who plans to build a new 50,000-seater stadium. </font></p>

<font size="2">The 29-year-old property entrepreneur has tabled a &pound;10m bid and says he will inject a further &pound;25m into the club. </font></p>

<font size="2"></font></p><div class="avinline"><font size="2">Interview: Duncan Revie </font></div>

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<font size="2">Leeds, who will play third-tier football for the first time in their history next season, went into administration with debts of &pound;35m last Friday. </font></p>

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<font size="2">The business was, with the administrators' approval, immediately bought by a new company, Leeds United Football Club Limited, of which Ken Bates is chairman. </font></p>

<font size="2">But the sale is subject to approval by the club's creditors at a meeting later in May and also by the Football League, while Revie or Morris or other consortia could ambush Bates' plans to resume control of the club. </font></p>

<font size="2">Revie said: &quot;Ken Bates wants proof of funds but the money is not a problem - my problem is can I recreate my Dad's team and getting the people who can find those players. </font></p>

<font size="2">&quot;I don't want to mess about, it has to be getting back to where we were. </font></p>

<font size="2">&quot;Some would say that's a pipe-dream, but when Dad walked into the dressing room when we were in the old second division and changed the strip to all white and said, 'I'm going to make you as great as Real Madrid', that was a pipe-dream, too - except that it happened. </font></p>

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<font size="2">&quot;We need a structure to identify the players, and a genius as a manager. Sir Alex Ferguson is a genius, Arsene Wenger is a genius. There are football geniuses and that's my challenge, to find one.&quot; </font></p>

<font size="2">Morris, who has an estimated fortune of &pound;69m, said: &quot;Our plans are fully costed and very well financed. </font></p>

<font size="2">&quot;They offer a great future for Leeds United and the club's fans, allowing us to put the troubles of the past behind it. </font></p>

<font size="2">&quot;Our scheme would also put Leeds where it belongs - at the top of the tree in the north of England for entertainment and urban regeneration.&quot; </font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

 

Funny as....

<font size="2"><font size="2">&quot;Some would say that's a pipe-dream, but when Dad walked into the dressing room when we were in the old second division and changed the strip to all white and said, 'I'm going to make you as great as Real Madrid', that was a pipe-dream, too - except that it happened.&quot;</font></font></p>

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Emmm... a Revie with involvement in the middle east

Do you think it's from Bahrain?

 

"as great as Real Madrid" - another deluded Leeds follower.

 

It's true, though.

Real Madrid have won the European Cup nine times, and Leeds have won it.... oh. I see what you mean.

 

Apparently

Leeds are ditching the all white next season... in favour of the red and white stripes of Doncaster Rovers. Leeds hope they will be able to emulate their success in the Johnson's Paint Trophy.