As Bad As Things Got: Leeds United, 30th November 2008

Leeds United are back in the EFL: Championship, but things still aren't as bad for them now as they were a little over a decade and a half ago.

In selecting particular events for this series, some clubs are easier than others. The lifespan of a football club contains inevitable highs and lows, and there are simply some clubs for whom the majority of their past has been about either chasing or winning trophies, for whom the “lows” might not look particularly “low” to the supporters of most other clubs.

But how on earth do you select one specific moment in time for Leeds United? Returning to the Premier League last season after sixteen years away was meant to be a new beginning, but while that didn’t quite work out as intended, their current position near the top of the Championship still feels like a massive improvement for a football club which has spent much of this century as something of a soap opera, with a rotating cast of villains, the occasional hero, and plot lines that have caused many to grab a bucket of popcorn and look on with interest.