The Johnstone’s Paint Trophy 2nd round tie of Rotherham United v Leeds United will be shown live on Sky Sports!
The away fixture will take place on Wednesday October 8 (KO 7.45pm).
There are only around 2500 tickets available for Leeds United fans, so the only choice for most fans will be to watch it live on Sky.
Leeds United finally got their first home league win of the season by demolishing Crewe Alexandra.
Before the game the talk was of how much damage former Leeds striker Anthony Elding was going to do to Leeds United in the shirt of his new employer’s Crewe Alexandra.
But as it turned out it was teenage sensation Fabian Delph who made the impact in the game - he celebrated his new four year contract by scoring Leeds’ opener with a 30-yard shot. Young Alan Sheehan scored a second with another long range effort before Jonathan Douglas rubbed in Leeds’ superiority with a third.
Jermaine Beckford headed in a fourth - his eighth in seven games and Andy Robinson curled in the fifth goal, a just reward having hit the Crewe bar with a lob minutes before.
However, the game went sour for Leeds in injury time when Leeds’ Lubo Michalik was sent off in for violent conduct and Crewe took advantage of their numerical superiority to score twice: Calvin Zola headed in from a free-kick and Eugene Bopp added a second consolation goal with a fluky deflection. It was the first time David Lucas, favoured over Casper Ankergren, had had to touch the ball all afternoon.
So a sad end to a terrific performance by Leeds United, a result that us them into a play-off position in League One.
Leeds United: Lucas, Richardson, Michalik, Telfer, Sheehan, Hughes (Howson 64), Kilkenny (Robinson 65), Douglas, Delph, Beckford, Becchio (Snodgrass 69).
Subs Not Used: Ankergren, Prutton.
Sent Off: Michalik (90).
Booked: Michalik, Delph.
Goals: Delph 26, Sheehan 36, Douglas 49, Beckford 67, Robinson 82.
Crewe Alexandra: Collis, Woodards, O’Donnell, Baudet, Jones, Moore, Bailey, Rix (Bopp 63), Schumacher, Elding (Donaldson 63), Zola.
Subs Not Used: Abbey, Pope, Miller.Booked: Baudet.
Goals: Zola 90, Bopp 90.
Att: 20,075
Ref: Trevor Kettle (Rutland).
Leeds United 2 v 1 Bradford City
Scorers: Leeds United (Robinson 7, Becchio 40) Bradford City (Conlon 71)
Leeds United: Lucas, Richardson, Huntington, Marques, White (Delph 86), Prutton, Kilkenny (Johnson 72), Howson, Snodgrass, Showunmi (Becchio 29), Robinson. Subs: Ankergren, Beckford.
Bradford City: Evans, Heckingbottom, McLaren, Bower, Lee, Daley, Conlon, Colbeck, Moncur, Nix (Boulding 89), Furman (Bullock 86). Subs: McLaughlin, Arnison, Thorne.
Referee: A Taylor.
Booked:
Leeds United - Snodgrass, Johnson
Bradford City - Colbeck, Daley
Att: 20,128
Leeds United 4 Crystal Palace 0 - Carling Cup 2nd Round
Gary McAllister made eight changes to the United side that misfired against Yeovil Town in the league on Saturday. The side included 16 year-old debutant Aidan White at left-back and 36 year-old debutant Paul Telfer.
Leeds took an early lead when Beckford flicked on a long ball for out-of-favour Jonathon Douglas to lob over the Palace keeper. Douglas had an excellent night and most in the crowd expect McAllister to rethink the midfielder’s future - he is out of contact at the end of this season.
Then it was Beckford’s turn to score, putting away a cross from Neil Kilkenny fresh from the Beijing Olympics with the Olyroos. That’s how the first half ended with a comfortable lead for United.
Shortly after the restart, exciting Argentinian striker, Luciano Becchio scored his second goal in a week with a headed in the 52nd minute. Becchio scored in the first minute of Saturday’s game against Yeovil.
It was Becchio’s replacement, Nigerian striker Enoch Showunmi, who scored United’s fourth with a curled shot.
After the game MacAllister said, “”I thought Luciano Becchio led the line fantastically, and that some of the combinations in the middle of the park and some of the movement in the final third was excellent.”
Palace manager Neil Warnock was magnanimous after the defeat at a stadium where he has enjoyed much success as Sheffield United manager: “Quite honestly we couldn’t cope with the front lads. Once the second goal went in it was disappointing to say the least.
“If you defend like that you’re going to get beat against any level of opposition and I thought the two centre forwards bullied our defenders from start to finish.
“I’m not used to coming to Leeds and losing. I usually enjoy coming here and putting one over on them but they thoroughly deserved it.”
So Leeds United reach the third round of the Carling Cup and the chance of a meeting with one of the top four Premier League sides which should guarantee a crowd much bigger than the disappointing one tonight which barely reached five figures.
Leeds United: Lucas, Richardson, Michalik, Telfer, Aidan White (Johnson 73), Hughes, Douglas, Delph, Kilkenny, Beckford (Howson 78), Becchio (Showunmi 57).
Subs Not Used: Martin, Marques, Robinson, Snodgrass.
Goals: Douglas 11, Beckford 32, Becchio 52, Showunmi 76.
Crystal Palace: Flahavan, Ertl, Lawrence, McCarthy, Hill, Soares, Watson (Fletcher 88), Carle (Hills 63), Djilali, Andrew, Moses (Ifill 66).
Subs Not Used: Speroni, Thomas, Oster, Griffit.
Att: 10,765
Ref: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire).
