Leeds United defender Jonathan Woodgate is out for the remainder of the season after sustaining a fractured jaw in an attack last night, according to club chairman Peter Ridsdale.

Leeds United manager David O’Leary tonight scrambled to the defence of shamed soccer star Lee Bowyer claiming that the under-fire midfielder was ‘‘not a racist or a thug’’.

Leeds United's Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer will face a retrial over an alleged attack on a student.

Stains found on a jacket belonging to Leeds footballer Lee Bowyer matched the blood of a student whose brother was beaten senseless in a street attack, a court has heard.

The trial of three Leeds United soccer players charged with assaulting a student has been delayed by legal argument.