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Leeds United have agreed to sign former Notts County goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel on a 2-year contract.

The deal will go through on the 1st July, 2010 following his release by Notts County after a promotion-winning season.

Twenty-three year-old Kasper is a Danish under-21 international who has also made over 140 career appearances for Manchester City, Bury, Darlington, Falkirk, Coventry City and Cardiff City.

He told Leeds United’s official website, “I’ve grown up in England and I know Leeds is one of the biggest clubs in the country.

“There were other opportunities, but Leeds has everything.

“It’s a massive club and has a massive fan base.

“I’ve experienced winning the league and once you’ve won a trophy you want to do it again. I can’t wait to get started at Leeds.

“I hope that we will do really well and get promoted, but the Championship is a weird and different league.

“Look at Blackpool last season who came from nowhere and got promoted.”

Leeds’ successsful manager Simon Grayson said: “After releasing Casper Ankergren we wanted another keeper.

“He’s got fantastic ability, he’s a winner and he’s determined to take this club forward.”

Grayson continued, “There were a lot of Premier League clubs interested in him but he wanted to come here.

“He has some fantastic qualities and he will provide us with good competition for places which is what we want.”

Despite two goals from Leeds captain and defender Richard Naylor it was Max Gradel who earned the man of the Match award.

The former Leicester man won plaudits for a never say die performance. It was Gradel’s first full start after 22 sub appearances.

Naylor, a former striker with Ipswich scored for the first time since january 2009. Both goals were headers. Richard had another header cleared off the line.

Leeds were on top for most of the first half and the start of the second half but once Yeovil scored Leeds fans had to endure a final twenty minutes of anxiety as Leeds faded and Yeovil were invigorated and came looking for the equaliser.

Despite being televised on Sky, kicking of at 12.30 on Easter Monday and the huge travelling involved, Leeds United fans gave Yeovil their biggest crowd of the season.

Leeds temporarily went second in League One after the win, only to be replaced by Millwall 30 minutes later after they beat Colchester away.

Leeds United, the club and its fans are remembering Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight over the Easter weekend.

The two Leeds United fans, were brutally murdered by Turks the night before our UEFA Cup semi-final clash against Galatasaray, in Istanbul, on April 5 2000.

As against Swindon Town, the Leeds United players will again remember Chris and Kevin when playing against Yeovil Town on Monday by wearing black arm bands.

Yeovil Town are to thanked for their expression of sympathy and the gesture of their players also wearing black armbands as a mark of respect.

The travelling Leeds United fans will show their respect by turning their backs to the pitch for the first minute of the game at Huish Park, just as the Leeds fans did against the Turkish scum, at that travesty of a match against Galatasaray so long ago.

While the families of Chris and Kevin await some semblance of justice from the increasingly ridiculous Turkish legal system (if anything so chaotic and racially biased can be called a system?) the Leeds Fans Remembrance aim to raise £100,000 in memory of Chris and Kevin: more details can be found at www.leedsfansremembrance.com.