Simon Lewis: Confessions of a Leeds United fan

Child One’s been through the mill just like his old man, just for two decades instead of nearly five

INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE: An image of Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa joins other crowdies, including Leeds legend Gary Speed, in the stands at Elland Road for a recent ky SkyBet Championship match. Picture: Alex Dodd via Getty Images

A surprise package arrived last month. It came from the younger brother, he’d found a box of my stuff in his attic that formed a chronicle of a youth misspent following Leeds United up and down the train lines of England.

“They were in my loft — I thought I’d send you a few, keep you out of trouble for a while,” he explained as I gazed at the three programmes hand-picked from the boxful.