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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 22h

Haha cheers mate - can only admire you listening to something on a topic you actively hate! Will be some Ashes stuff soon🤞

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 1d

Another quiet week in rugby league discussed on the @realclass.co.uk pod: terrorism threats, owners being weirdos, Grand Finals. Just the usual.

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Quiet Week — Play-Off Semi-Finals Review

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 1d

Another quiet week in rugby league discussed on the @realclass.co.uk pod: terrorism threats, owners being weirdos, Grand Finals. Just the usual.

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Quiet Week — Play-Off Semi-Finals Review

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 3d

#LUFC 1-2 Tottenham: High wire

Crysencio Summerville has a lot to answer for.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

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Leeds United 1-2 Tottenham: High wire • The Square Ball

Crysencio Summerville has a lot to answer for.

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 4d

Oh mate! Been there a few times myself and it’s never fun - certainly not for a defeat!

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 6d

I was thinking the same...

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 6d

Love this by Richard Finn in the latest issue of the mag.

The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 6d

Free to read from Issue 2 — Make Football Shit Again

Richard Finn needs to get a few things off his chest about the Premier League. Thankfully, he’s got an idea to save us all.

thesquareball.net/leeds-united/make-football-shit-again/

Make Football Shit Again • The Square Ball

Richard Finn needs to get a few things off his chest about the Premier League. Thankfully, he’s got an idea to save us all.

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 9d

One of the maddest ends to a rugby league game I’ve ever seen and I never want to see it again.

New episode of the @realclass.co.uk pod is out, with the help of my therapist @jonnyhughes1990.bsky.social

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Humble Pie — Play-Off Madness Review

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 10d

#LUFC 2-2 Bournemouth: Stop making sense

@robconlon.bsky.social is still not sure how to feel about whatever the hell happened at Elland Road. But he's starting to suspect that's sometimes much more fun.

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Leeds United 2-2 Bournemouth: Stop making sense • The Square Ball

I had to watch this back to try work out what the hell happened at Elland Road. I'm still none the wiser. But I'm starting to suspect it's sometimes much more fun that way.

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 11d

#ButterTheFoodButterTheMood

Leeds Rhinos @leedsrhinos.bsky.social · 11d

FULL TIME
Rhinos 14 - 16 Saints
🤝 In partnership #Anchor
#ButtertheFoodButtertheMood

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 11d

How was it, dare I ask?

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 13d

The Square Ball: Season 36, Issue 02

Our new issue out now, featuring:

- George Graham 96/97
- #LUFC Women
- Sam Rodon's Vinted page
- Three decades of Yeboah

plus much more. Cover by Shannon Marriott.

SHOP: thesquareball.net/leeds-united/the-square-ball-season-36-issue-02/

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 16d

We revisited our pre-season predictions in the new episode of the Real Class pod and in case you hadn't realised, we talk absolute shite.

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The Worst Takes Of 2025 — Revisiting Our Pre-Season Predictions

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 17d

Leeds United are much more fun to write about when we're scoring goals, so I'd like to propose we play at Molineux every week.

The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 17d

Wolves 1-3 #LUFC: The spectacle of a goal

Leeds fans around the world weren’t just toasting the tonic of three goals and three points, they were celebrating the promise that there might be more to come.

by @robconlon.bsky.social

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Wolves 1-3 Leeds United: The spectacle of a goal • The Square Ball

Leeds fans around the world weren’t just toasting the tonic of three goals and three points, they were celebrating the promise that there might be more to come.

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · 23d

Latest episode of the Real Class podcast is out as me and @joshheff.bsky.social take our medicine after Leeds' defeat to Catalans.

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Can I Just Shock You? — Round 26 Review

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 24d

Fulham 1-0 #LUFC: You better believe it

We learned nothing new in London about Leeds United's strengths and weaknesses, and that was the problem.

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Fulham 1-0 Leeds United: You better believe it • The Square Ball

We learned nothing new about Leeds United strengths and weaknesses in London, and that was the problem.

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Chris McMenamy @cmcmenamy.bsky.social · Sep 9

My sister Ellen was out supporting @calebscauseni.bsky.social protest about the lack of services for adults with special needs yesterday and spoke about her own experiences.

Please help support the petition to pass urgently needed legislation!

PETITION: chng.it/Gn9DTPfjkg

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Paddy Gunn @paddygunn.bsky.social · Sep 8

Last thing on #LUFC and Sweden for now (I think).

Leeds are - kind of - involved at both the bottom and top of the Swedish top-flight.

Featuring Marcus Antonsson, Pawel Cibicki, and someone calling Junior Firpo the worst left back we've ever had.

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · Sep 8

Marcus Antonsson and Pawel Cibicki are living in Victor Orta’s parallel universe

As Sweden's Allsvenskan nears its conclusion, #LUFC are involved at both ends of the competition. Sort of.

by @paddygunn.bsky.social

Marcus Antonsson and Pawel Cibicki are living in Victor Orta’s parallel universe • The Square Ball

As Sweden's Allsvenskan nears its conclusion, Leeds United are involved at both ends of the competition. Sort of.

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Angry Mark

a man in a purple shirt is making an angry face .

ALT: a man in a purple shirt is making an angry face .

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · Sep 5

The Angry Duke

Mark Viduka was at his best when he was pissed off. And in 2002/03 there was a lot for him to be pissed off about.

Free to read from issue one, by @robconlon.bsky.social • #LUFC

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The Angry Duke • The Square Ball

Mark Viduka was at his best when he was pissed off, writes Rob Conlon. And in 2002/03 there was a lot for him to be pissed off about.

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · Sep 3

Think the idea that anyone was ever willing to spend £10m on Joseph is fanciful tbh. The timing of that in January felt very, 'yeah we've not signed anyone but look what we rejected!' — likewise when they sold Summerville last summer then came out with, 'but we rejected big bids for Gnonto earlier!'

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · Aug 29

Patrick Bamford was The Guy he always wanted to be

@robconlon.bsky.social bids farewell to one of the most endearingly bewildering footballers of #LUFC's recent history who always kept coming back for more.

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Patrick Bamford was The Guy he always wanted to be • The Square Ball

Farewell to one of the most endearingly bewildering footballers to ever wear a Leeds United shirt.

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · Aug 29

Anyone got Tomas Skuhravy's number?

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btngnrtn @btngnrtn.bsky.social · Aug 28

New @thesquareball.net’s a cracker. Cheers and that @oddytsb.bsky.social 👍

Get yours: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...

#lufc

The Square Ball magazine open at an article titled Utopia Achieved next to a mug of shit coffee

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Rob Conlon @robconlon.bsky.social · Aug 27

Absolutely not.

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