The Soul Of Leeds In 50 Moments (No 24)

The floodlights How we loved those floodlights, every 260 foot of those towering totems. They were reputedly the tallest floodlights in Europe and had many a young lad agog during foggy winter nights. Certainly, I remember spending more time in the late 80s watching the floodlights in the hope of seeing some Fred Dibnah-esque madman shin up to change a bulb than I did the team. When they knocked them down, a light went out inside every Leeds fan.