While it was business as usual on Tuesday night with Carlisle fans bouncing up and down chanting ‘We all hate Leeds scum’ something quite odd has been happening over the last few weeks. In recent times the FA Cup 2nd and 3rd rounds have been the time for everyone to support whichever team we are playing against and revel in our failure, take Histon for example. Even in the second round of this year competition everyone seemed to be a Kettering fan, tuning into ITV on a weekend just to watch us loose and our demise continue.

But something changed with our 3rd round victory over manchester united, it was hard to pick up a paper the next day without reading something complimentary about Leeds United, even the Mirror was vaguely nice about us. Football commentators and pundits across the land were talking about us, about how we took the game to Manchester united and how we would soon start ascending the divisions back to where we belong. Alex Ferguson even admitted we were the better side and said we would soon be back in the Premier league. People at work were being complimentary about Leeds, something very odd indeed was occurring.

The Chances are slim and looking grim... But it's all for a dream come true.

Tomorrow at 10am sharp I will be applying for two tickets with my membership for what would hopefully be the biggest giant killing of all time yet most likely it will be the chance to show our most hated rivals that we are still biting at their ankles and are just as good and are very, very loud.

The demand for tickets is massive. Initial reports of 12k allocation but 6k tops due to the Policing of the tie have been on everyone's minds. Kettering had a chance to take this all away from us with a 1-1 scoreline after 105 minutes of play. 4 goals from nowhere through some kid from New York City... Grella. 8500 Leeds fans will take the Scoreboard end on January 3rd... I want to be one of them and I'm willing to break the bank to get there.

To my knowledge, everytime we have played Manchester United whether it's in the league or cup we have always been in the same division. Slight underdogs in recent times to them but seeing Exeter and Burton play them you always wanted the Underdogs to win. You then feel that jealousy of wishing you were a real underdog for the day. This tie... there will not be another one like it ever. We hate each other and everyone knows this but the difference between us and them is that they have to win. Manchester expects... for us although we would love to win it is not that important. For the first time ever we are the underdogs. The players who are apparently not fit to lace their players boots, the players that combined dont even come close to their star players transfer value. The players that when combined their wages are the total of their star players...the players who in one game only, no matter what happens after, if succesful they could become legends.

This season has seen return of the Square Ball paper fanzine to the Elland Road terraces. Still only one pound the mag is available to buy from sellers dotted outside the ground on match days. Issue one has now been made available as a PDF download and contains a great interview with Leeds captain Richard Naylor. To find out more join the Square Ball Magazine Facebook group.

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