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Return of the smiley badge? Yellow away shirt? | Leeds United kit rumours
We chat to Leeds United fan and kit designer Ed Cowburn about the return of the famous smiley badge at Elland Road and the rumours of a sought after yellow away kit.
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Leeds United as a stepping stone? | Summer update
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The latest Leeds United summer news, including sleepy England lack a Kalvin and big boned Weston's gums have been flapping. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TSB: Website 👉 th...
Leeds United's BIG Dutch Demand | Summer Roundup
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Will Leeds United secure big money for Crysencio Summerville? And has Max Wöber lost his head at the Euros? We round up the summer latest. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TS...
Phil Hay jinxes Leeds United one last time
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The Athletic's Phil Hay makes a bold final prediction about Leeds United (and no doubt cursed the club in the process) as he moves into his new job. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube...
Phil Hay says goodbye to Leeds United
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The Athletic's Phil Hay bids a fond farewell to Leeds United and celebrates his time covering our beautifully chaotic club. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TSB: Website 👉 th...
Who can Leeds United fans support at the Euros? Coops!
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With Euro 2024 nearly upon us, who can Leeds United fans support through the tournament besides Liam Cooper? The latest from Elland Road. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TSB...
Do you want Brenden Aaronson back at Leeds United?
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Can Brenden Aaronson make a success of his return to Leeds United? Reaction to the American's homecoming. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TSB: Website 👉 thesquareball.net Tw...
Who stays at Leeds, who goes, who comes in? | Phil Hay
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With Leeds United's retained list being released, who'll be with the Whites at the start of the 24/25 season and what do they need to add? Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TS...
Leeds are heading for the next level | Phil Hay
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While Leeds United fans might be concerned about Red Bull's future intentions, their sponsorship catapults the Whites into a different commercial tier. Phil chats about this opportunity. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to th...
We crown Leeds United's Player of The Year!
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Who was your Leeds United POTY? We award our POTY trophy and choose our hero and villain of the 2023-24 season. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TSB: Website 👉 thesquareball....
Can Red Bull be trusted with Leeds United’s heritage? | Weekly Roundup
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Phil Hay on Leeds United's Play-Off Final Defeat
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The Athletic writer reflects on Leeds United's Wembley defeat to Southampton. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TSB: Website 👉 thesquareball.net Twitter 👉 thesquar...
Phil Hay: Paraag Marathe Reaction
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The Athletic writer chats about the Leeds United chairman's press briefing after the recent playoff final defeat. Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.co/youtube Follow TSB: Website 👉 thesquarebal...
Phil Hay: Red Bull at Leeds United
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The Athletic's Leeds United writer discusses the arrival of Red Bull at Elland Road. Given their history of rebranding clubs, will the Austrians be welcomed? Get all our podcasts ad-free plus exclusive subscriber only shows with TSB : sqbl.co/plus Check out our merch store: sqbl.co/merch Get 10% off your legal fees: levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Subscribe to the TSB UA-cam channel 👉 sqbl.c...
We Are Leeds! Post-Wembley Reaction
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Cheers, Coops! | Our hero of the week
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Anticipation · Leeds United head for Wembley
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Leeds United's Road to Wembley | Phil Hay
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What price the playoffs? · The Square Ball Jury
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What price the playoffs? · The Square Ball Jury
Phil Hay: Wakey-wakey! The playoffs are coming.
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Phil Hay: Wakey-wakey! The playoffs are coming.
Phil Hay: I Believe in Miracles (Don’t You?)
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Phil Hay: I Believe in Miracles (Don’t You?)
The impossible task · The Square Ball Jury
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The impossible task · The Square Ball Jury
I used to draw the *'Smiley'* on all my exercise books at school and loved the badge *then* however I don't think we need to be going back to this. I might be in the minority but I like the current badge. Perhaps a nostalgic kit could be bought from the club shop with the smiley but not the official kits IMO
The current badge is one of the ugliest in the country. It's worse than crap. Almost anything (i.e. apart from the previously proposed salute one) would be an upgrade.
Jimmy loved any logos that kids liked 😂
BURTON 86/87 with Shez8 ⚪️🔵🟡 Football in a Yorkshire rose 🤍
Sounds a strange comment but smiley would be great but it has to be the right Smiley.
Loved the stripped yellow kit with the bet 65 ,56 or whatever it was .lol.and put the smiley back on the kit ,if not the 90 s yorkshire badge back on.MOT
The smiley badge is iconic and a design classic. I've never understood why the club hasn't utilised it more over the years particularly given the rather bland shield we've had for years now and I think was a product of the Ridsdale era. Having said that I may be a bit biased having had the admiral kits from the 70s including the yellow away kit until my mum gave them away to a charity shop when I went to uni!
Smiley on yellow kit will sell but not for us older market if you make it in skinny fit!
Brilliant all yellow away kit with ties on socks with numbers like old days
I'm 32. Never saw us in the smiley, only saw one season with the rose. I'd absolutely love a smiley badge again. Never buy football shirts, can't remember the last one i bought, but if they did a proper Leeds yellow with some sort of smiley on it, I'd buy it full price instead of DHGate/China. Just to be one of the numbers and prove it sells.
Why not replace football in the rose with smiley , everyone happy
Always remember the Jason Lee chants of 'He's got a pineapple on his head' and the very basic 'stupid haircut, stupid haircut oh-oh oh-oh' that Tony Daley faced whenever Aston Villa came to visit. I don't even recall his hair being that bad when compared to modern day barnets, but it was excuse enough for the Leeds fans.
My favourite has always been the all white shirt with the owl on from the 60s. I love mine. 😊 All white is all right for me. Each to their own though.
Smiley is truly awful badge 🤣🤣 but associated with good times
When the current badge came out we were in the semi final of the champions league. Now would be a good time for a change.
I'm in my 40s and never really studied the smiley badge; I just knew I liked it. I've only just realised it's LU in the logo. I'm ashamed of myself. Doh!
The smiley badge was designed by Paul Trevillion in 1973 who is still alive at 90 years old, so I imagine he'll get a royalty or he might have signed off that design back then. He's an interesting artist who did lots of sports illustration.
27 here, please don’t change the badge, love the shield, everyone recognises the shield
Smiley looks like a bell end.
I’ve always liked the smiley badge, I’m 31 years old so never had the chance to wear it but recently in conversation my gf, she told me it looks like a penis tip with a little bit of foreskin. Says a lot about her tbh but now I kind of agree? 😂
Grew to love the ‘fruit salad kit’ this year. My fave.
The ‘Smiley badge’ for me came from the 70s era when we started to see a lot of American drama series on TV, such as cop dramas, based on the streets of New York City, where you always saw lots of graffiti on walls and specifically the Tube/Metro/Underground trains and train stations… so for me the Smiley badge seemed to be influenced by ‘Grafitti, bringing football and street art and culture’ together for the first time, which was unknown at the time, thus Leeds being the first to see that correlation.
Yellow shirts don't sell? I'd be interested to know how last seasons away shirts sold. My guess is not very well, hence why the Yellow is getting a run out.
I am obviously in a minority here. 69 now and first Leeds game for me was in 63. Seen a few badges in my time but the smiley for me was the worst. Looks like something Radz kid would have designed to go the U10's shirts. Never liked it and will never be convinced otherwise
How is it a smiley? Looks 70's n outdated... but if that's what we have that's what we have n won't change my support
Michael: where can I find that top you are wearing?? Love it
It's a Boca Juniors shirt.
I remember drawing the smiley badge when I was at school in the '70's.
There are beautiful designs of white Rose by the fans.
The smiley badge looks like a cock end. Or is it I just look like one wearing it. Or whatever I wear.
The original smiley badge with no writing round it would be great Not the naff one that gets put on stuff in the shop from time to time Yellow away shirt would be great Some decent players to wear it would be nice I only buy the Yellow kit and i'm 64 Don't spoil it with Red Bull on it if you have to just put the bulls with no writing How can someone own the patent for our club badge Sue their arses " Why do we attract all these sponsors with Red connections A good thing about the smiley badge was modern day football fans didn't know what it was so you could wear it subtly without getting sussed I have the Smiley sticker badge on my door I have a smiley key ring Newcastle United had the same design as Leeds NU The Peacock signifies the fall from grace It should never ever see it again It only brings back bad memories Adidas make the worst kits ever they should stick to trainers
Smiley for me. It would be a classic.
I’m 32 and personally the yorkshire rose badge or the current one but with the gold instead of yellow are my favourites. Not a fan of the yellow on the current badge
Best badge ever
Appreciate the work and thought of fruit salad, but doesn’t change the fact that I and many thought it was fucking awful
The smiley badge was very exciting when introduced ,i bought the home shirt with it on and the great away shirt with the shoulder to sleeve blue and white stripes.Paul Trevillion deserves great credit for the smiley, the warm up routines on the pitch, the prematch wave to the crowd etc, it all worked because Leeds under Revie were the best team in the country and it seemed so fitting they were being innovative in other aspects of fan engagement.Bring back the smiley!
Congrats Ed. Last season's kits were the best in years especially the home and my favourite the away. My 6 year old niece loved the pink. Doubt I'll be buying the yellow despite the extra lure of the smiley. If anyone from Adidas is reading can you get Ed in to do some originals stuff? The last efforts were lazy and bland with basically just the trefoil and the crest.....sort it out. Trefoil and 3 stripes.
57 now. first Leeds shirt 1975. white with smiley badge and collars. Still got it. Fav shirt Top Man fron 1990 promotion.
Got to say the Yorkshire rose badge is my favourite and would happily go back to it.
Bring back the smiley.........................AND the numbered sock tags. Proper Leeds. - yeah I'm 61...
I’m a newer American supporter (2020) and I love the Smiley logo. I have two of my five Leeds caps with the Smiley logo.
The "Smiley" was superseded by the "Enclosed Peacock" for the 1978-79 season.
Well Know Kinnear would be right regarding yellow shirts with regard to this chap.. if they put the smiley on... This fella is right that it could be drawn by a kid... Cos it looks like it was. Never did like it..
I love the "Smiley" and have always hated the "Shield" crest (brought in for the 1998-99 season)!
I'd buy that
Nice one! Looking forward to getting the smiley badge back. Childhood memories and all that....
I’m 55 have always bought the yellow shirts always. The admiral shirt was my first shirt. Maybe an unpopular opinion, always liked the rose badge.
Love the smiley. Hopefully, if they do it, there will be no red on the kit, or i won't buy it.
No red red bad red no bad red red bull gives u wings plus 60 million pink no problem rainbow no problem but no red
The simplicity of the smiley gives it great graffiti potential...😁
ME WANT 😊