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.
Highly-rated Fabian Delph signed a new four-year contract with Leeds United on Friday.
The 18-year-old has been attracting attention with his performances this season and Leeds have moved quickly to secure his services before Chelsea hear about him (or Wise’s Newcastle United!)
Gary McAllister spoke to the official Leeds United website about the deal and admitted there had been clubs sniffing around already:
“There’s been a lot of exciting things happen in the world of football this week what with West Ham, Newcastle and Manchester City, but the most exciting thing for me is securing Fabian Delph on a four-year deal”
“He’s someone we rate highly. It’s an opportunity for us to work with him and a great opportunity for him.
“There’s been a lot of high profile interest in Fabian which has been kept quiet.
“There’s been some big clubs asking about his availability, but this has sent out a message.
“The club is moving forward now. We recognise producing our own is one way to do that, and he is a fantastic product of the Academy.
“He has to keep moving forward. He has some good people here advising him, and it’s up to him.
“He has a big armoury. He’s a young man, and you tend to improve with age.
“As a former midfielder I’ll pass on anything I can to help him.
“This also sends out a message to the other players in our Academy that If you’re good enough you’ll progress into the first team.”
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
