Been back in the studio for the first Real Class podcast of the year, chatting all things Super League in 2026 open.spotify.com/episode/3y90...

Been back in the studio for the first Real Class podcast of the year, chatting all things Super League in 2026 open.spotify.com/episode/3y90...

'“I used to hang out with [Amy Winehouse] and jam sometimes, late nights at her house, doing the exact same stuff that she was doing." Within months of Winehouse’s death, Gary Jarman had enrolled at a boxing gym.' The Cribs’ Jarman Brothers on Their Love of Boxing buff.ly/TVKu3mH

Can only apologise for the shambles of last night’s Match Ball. Can’t promise this makes much more sense either.

I make a little appearance in the final episode of this new podcast series on MF DOOM and how he ended up living in Leeds. The soundtrack is by Matt Helders, so I'm counting it as fulfilling my childhood dream of collaborating with Arctic Monkeys. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#LUFC 3-1 Notts Forest: Difference maker A season of pleasant surprises has taken its latest twist: Keep Calm and Give It To Gruev. by @robconlon.bsky.social

Keep Calm And Give It To Gruev

I had a nice day anyway, and obviously that's all that matters.

Good thinking. Nobody will ever figure we're after, say, a striker.

Got to hand it to Nmecha, coming off the bench and scoring the winner while clearly pissed out of his head

Featuring my first article for about 4 years! So don't miss it!

The Square Ball: Season 36, Issue 05 On sale for Fulham tomorrow, 80 pages of #LUFC including: - Discredited autobiographies - Meeting Mat Klich - Wilko in a beret plus much more, like apologising to Brendy Cover by Emily Tartanella

Do we have to enter the FA Cup every year?

Hate football. Absolutely hate it. Especially when it's objectively brilliant.

"If you’re going to kick anyone you’d want to kick Wayne Rooney or Gary Neville. I’d have been happy with either." An oral history of January 3rd, 2010: Manchester United 0-1 #LUFC thesquareball.net/leeds-united...

MATCHDAY MERCH We'll have a big ol' merch table in the Lowfields Tunnel for tomorrow's #lufc match, so get down and get your Christmas shopping ticked off if you're heading to Elland Road! Shopping bags provided if required also, like true bloody pros

Free to read from Issue 04 — My mate, Gary When @brynlaw.bsky.social started covering #LUFC, he could always rely on his friend Gary Speed to help him out. The mag will be on sale at Elland Road tomorrow. thesquareball.net/leeds-united/my-mate-gary/

Issue 04 has arrived and pre-orders are being posted out in time for Santa coming! Stickers and mags of that #lufc '92 midfield. Glorious. Get yours: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...

Ⓝ TIRO ISSUE 1_NAPOLI Ⓝ ON SALE NOW: a zine celebrating Napoli: the football, culture, and everything else in this incredible city, and football club. Orders to ship from 12/12, also available in digital format! SHOP HERE: shop.tirofootball.com/

ISSUE 04 | '92 MIDFIELD BUMPER SPECIAL 25 December is the birthday of our Lord and saviour, Gary McAllister, so what better way to celebrate than a magazine devoted to the midfield that defined #LUFC becoming the Last Champions? PRE-ORDER: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...

#LUFC 3-1 Chelsea: Wash yer mouth out The best thing I can say about Wednesday night is that I was still recovering on Thursday morning. by @robconlon.bsky.social

Some news: You've read all the facts about Leeds United you will ever need to know, now read the fiction. I've written a coming-of-age novel about male friendship rooted in football & counterculture. It's called 'Days of Treacle'.

#LUFC 1-2 Aston Villa: Creeping death After all that has happened at Leeds over the last decade, I left Elland Road on Sunday reminded of just how little has changed. by @robconlon.bsky.social

Still, good news about the ground redevelopment that's never going to happen.

If Red Bull GmbH are going to use my football club to advertise their brand, I’m sure as hell going to talk about what else they get up to. #lufc

Over on ROUTE ONE we're having a look at a couple of big clubs in danger of relegation. We've got @robconlon.bsky.social from @thesquareball.net on Leeds and Feargal Brennan on Valencia PLUS a bumper edition of Heavy Metal Football...statistics. pod.fo/e/350a42

Nottingham Forest 3-1 #LUFC: Route zero Leeds United are going nowhere fast. And there’s only one thing they might be able to change quickly enough. by @robconlon.bsky.social

Just going to leave this here

Every single person in the crowd at Headingley seems to be holding a pint. Including the kids #Eng #Aus

I for one am looking forward to the footage of Shaun Wane crying into a photo of Winston Churchill

We've been nominated for 2025 FSA Fan Media of the Year! There's a public vote. Just saying. Public. Vote. sqbl.co/vote

#LUFC 2-1 West Ham: Getting it done After a few weeks of trying to take heart from stats rather than scorelines, Leeds were finally in the mood to make life easier for themselves. by @robconlon.bsky.social

The Square Ball: Season 36, Issue 03 We've got a #lufc European away day, Bielsa in Malaysia and an interview with musician/actor Niall McNamee. Plus loads more Cover by Arley Byrne, a sneak peek at our 2026 calendar! On sale this evening at Elland Road. Link below

Great to chat with @tidesofhistory.bsky.social about all things rugby league in 2025 (well, most things, there was an awful lot) and the importance of the upcoming Ashes series open.spotify.com/episode/1HB7...

Burnley 2-0 #LUFC: No different All graft and no craft. Leeds were so workmanlike they should have been wearing hi-vis jackets. by @robconlon.bsky.social

Wrote this about Gary Hetherington in August and now it has been confirmed London Broncos won't be in Super League next season I'm still none the wiser what he was thinking. www.realclass.co.uk/gary-hetheri...

New Real Class pod is out, recorded straight after the Grand Final. Only just realised JWH got a four-game ban in his last ever match, which is absolutely perfect. open.spotify.com/episode/2ve3...

Rugby league might be changing, but the last of his kind proved that sometimes the old rules still apply. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, take a bow🫡 www.realclass.co.uk/jared-waerea...

Rugby league might be changing, but the last of his kind proved that sometimes the old rules still apply. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, take a bow🫡 www.realclass.co.uk/jared-waerea...

Another quiet week in rugby league discussed on the @realclass.co.uk pod: terrorism threats, owners being weirdos, Grand Finals. Just the usual. open.spotify.com/episode/4kj9...

Another quiet week in rugby league discussed on the @realclass.co.uk pod: terrorism threats, owners being weirdos, Grand Finals. Just the usual. open.spotify.com/episode/4kj9...

#LUFC 1-2 Tottenham: High wire Crysencio Summerville has a lot to answer for. by @robconlon.bsky.social thesquareball.net/leeds-united...

Love this by Richard Finn in the latest issue of the mag.

One of the maddest ends to a rugby league game I’ve ever seen and I never want to see it again. New episode of the @realclass.co.uk pod is out, with the help of my therapist @jonnyhughes1990.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3p0n...

#LUFC 2-2 Bournemouth: Stop making sense @robconlon.bsky.social is still not sure how to feel about whatever the hell happened at Elland Road. But he's starting to suspect that's sometimes much more fun. thesquareball.net/leeds-united...

The Square Ball: Season 36, Issue 02 Our new issue out now, featuring: - George Graham 96/97 - #LUFC Women - Sam Rodon's Vinted page - Three decades of Yeboah plus much more. Cover by Shannon Marriott. SHOP: thesquareball.net/leeds-united/the-square-ball-season-36-issue-02/

We revisited our pre-season predictions in the new episode of the Real Class pod and in case you hadn't realised, we talk absolute shite. open.spotify.com/episode/0HUw...

Leeds United are much more fun to write about when we're scoring goals, so I'd like to propose we play at Molineux every week.