A history of violence! Four infamous ties

MAN UNITED 0 LEEDS 0

March 27, 1965, FA Cup semi-final,

Hillsborough This game shocked the nation, the Guardian calling it a ‘sordid shambles’ of ‘open violence’ while the Daily Mirror described it as ‘X-certificate stuff’. Jack Charlton and Denis Law brawled and Leeds won the second replay at the City Ground, Nottingham 1-0 with an 89th-minute Billy Bremner goal.

MAN UNITED 0 LEEDS 0

March 14, 1970, FA Cup semi-final

Hillsborough With Leeds champions and United in decline, this remarkable series of matches was marked by the Press noting the decline of George Best. After 300 minutes of football, watched by 173,500 people at Hillsborough, Villa Park and finally Burnden Park, that man Bremner separated the sides in a 1-0 win.

LEEDS 2 MAN UNITED 3

August 28, 1978, League Division One This was Jock Stein’s first game as Leeds’ manager but more significantly it was the first game back at Elland Road for two Leeds’ stalwarts, Gordon McQueen and Joe Jordan, who had controversially moved to United. Jordan describes the atmosphere as ‘healthy!’ and McQueen, who scored in front of The Kop, as ‘terrible... but it did nae bother me at all.’

LEEDS 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 0

February 8, 1993, Premier League After helping Leeds to the title in 1992 and declaring ‘I don’t know why I love you but I do’ to the Leeds’ fans, Eric Cantona moved to Manchester United. Just three months later he returned with United to Elland Road. Gary Neville, there as a fan, recalled it was ‘moody as hell … there was concern as to how it would go off.’ Amid a vitriolic reception, Cantona spat at Leeds fans and was fined £1,000.