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Leeds Author. Six gritty urban fiction tales with a terrace twist. Essential reading for Saturday’s Kids. From the streets to the terraces. #LUFC #Leeds #author #LeedsHistory https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0BHXBGY78/

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · May 25

Billy Morris books- Gritty Leeds tales with a terrace twist…Urban fiction from a time when it was definitely still grim up north.

6 Stories from the streets and the terraces. Essential reading for Saturday’s Kids.

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Some 80s Elland Road memories- kids looking like they’ve been forced to wear the kit at gun point. Beer by a Leeds based Tetleys - I don’t recall Lowenbrau or Tetley Mild in the ground though, and thought Castlemaine had replaced the equally terrible Skol by 87?
#LUFC #ALAW #80sLeeds #MOT #Leeds

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Yes interesting. Those back-of-fag packet initial designs would certainly be collectors items. Unfortunately no info on how the upside down badge came about or why the club accepted it. Not a one off accident as it occurred a few times.

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I was going to guess it was them. Very influential at that time, as Giles found out when Don left (apparently 👀)

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I’m abroad so you’ll have to let me know…

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Another mismatched shirts example from a Liverpool-Leeds game, this time 1973. Cherry in a collared shirt and a furious Billy in a collarless v-neck. Just shows, shirts didn’t really matter then, all that did was winning!
#LUFC #70sLeeds #ALAW #MOT

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I can understand @robertendeacott.bsky.social being cagey on twitter on which directors family it was. Maybe he’ll spill the beans on here as it’s a more select audience..🧐

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I thought I remembered being involved in it but I’d forgotten this!

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

It would be strange for someone at Umbro to design it, given that they’d obviously lost the shirt contract for the coming season.

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not sure the creator of the smiley was ever identified, unless it was all part of the Trevellion revamp?

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Good spot! Yorath’s Umbro clearly visible

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Yes think you’re right. Early 73-74 games such as Birmingham with the Lorimer hat trick were a mish mash of Umbro/admiral kit but I’d thought we’d fully moved to Admiral by 74. Can’t have been the Liverpool 73 game though if the smiley wasn’t out then…

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Norman and Gordon at Anfield (March 73?) in mismatched shirts during the Umbro/Admiral crossover period. Photo from Shoot magazine.
#LUFC #70sLeeds #ALAW #MOT

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, you can see he’s thinking WTF…

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

I love photos like this. The mind boggles at the conversation which took place between photographer and subjects to arrive at the final shot. Also why no one paused and said..but why though? Another example here.

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Hope the FA don’t dig this up…it seems the Spurs South Stand missile incident was a repeat offence. Another recent incident was in 1970 with objects thrown from the Scratching Shed at Southampton’s keeper. Probably the grandad of whoever threw that vape…
#LUFC #70sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds #MOT

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Also his school games teacher Herbert Morris coached a number of wales internationals- Trevor Ford, Ray Daniel, Ivor Allchurch who played for Swansea plus Jack Roberts (Bolton Wanderers) and Ernie Jones (Spurs)

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Manselton school team I think before he played for Swansea boys

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone recognise this future Leeds legend in his junior football days?
#LUFC #ALAW #MOT#Leeds

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 3d

If you were a teenager in 70s/80s Leeds this was your first stop in town for new gear. I never realised it opened around 1969- perfect timing for the invention of skinhead!
#LeedsHistory #60sLeeds #70sLeeds

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Even though he’d gone, you still had such as Maurice Lindley there, and I’d imagine the laundry ladies took a pride in the kit which makes it even more perplexing. Someone on twitter claims it was intentional but that sounds like bullshit to me.

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Yes I was there too, one of my first games. Didn’t seem a big deal to an 8 year old. I probably thought my dad could jump over a mini!

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Someone on twitter is claiming that the anti-Christ smiley was intentional. ‘They wanted a different badge to differentiate to the previous seasons but couldn’t think of one so just turned it upside down.’

Sounds like a 70s parents’ excuse for buying their kid a dodgy kit from the market!

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Probably. There would be a lot less scrutiny if shirts in those days. Unless a close up of a players shirt appeared in the following days papers, I’d guess no one would even realise the badge was upside down…

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Wasn’t that in the old days when they bought plain shirts off Jimmy Frew at Harehills? I’m sure I read somewhere that it was Admiral’s Leicester factory that messed it up but it must have happened more than once as it’s on shirts home and away and tracksuits. Why not just get them redone?

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Reaney leading the Leeds team out wearing the infamous inverted smiley. Always puzzles me how Admiral managed to do that and why the club accepted it! Not sure of the match, his testimonial in 75 maybe? (The night of Mckenzie’s mini jump)
#LUFC #70sLeeds #ALAW #MOT #Leeds

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