2005/2006 Player Profile - 24. Leon Knight
2005/2006 Player Profile - Leon Knight |
Name: Leon Knight DOB: 16th September 1982 POB: Hackney Contracted until June 2008 2005-06 Stats:
All Competitions Career Stats
All Competitions Leon Knight was signed from Brighton & Hove Albion for £125,000. The 5ft 4 inch striker will be a very good addition to the squad; he is very quick and has a good eye for goal. The 23 year old has made appearances for the England Under 17, 18, 19 and 20 sides. Knight made one appearance for Chelsea - coming on as a substitute for Gianfranco Zola in a Uefa Cup game in 2001 against Levski Sofia!! The last time Leon played at League 1 level he scored 26 League goals for Brighton, which included the winner in the Play-off Final against Bristol City in 2004. Knight has struggled at Championship level, scoring just 9 goals (5 this season) for Brighton. What to read next:Once again we visit beautiful Burnley, this time with a 8pm kick off on Monday evening, thanks once again to our very good friends at Sky Sports. You’ll find Turf Moor about a mile to the east of Burnley town centre. It was something of a routine victory over Norwich City last night, with Leeds doing little more than was absolutely necessary, but the three points took us back to the top of the table. The current transfer window has been open for two weeks already, but it’s not till today that we’ve heard first pieces of news affecting Leeds United. Joe Gelhardt and Charlie Crew are going on loan to Hull City and Doncaster Rovers respectively, for the rest of the season. We laboured to break down some stubborn resistance from League Two Harrogate Town, but in the end a 59th minute goal from Largie Ramazani was enough to take Leeds through to the fourth round. Leeds seemed to be cruising to victory after turning the game around in the second half, but this match will be remembered for the error from Meslier that allowed Hull City back into the game, and ultimately cost us another two points on the road. This season’s trip to Hull City is on Saturday, with a rare kick off at 3pm. You’ll find the stadium now known as the MKM a mile or so to the west of Hull city centre. It was a disappointing end to the holiday season as Leeds took most of the game to break down a stubborn Blackburn Rovers side, and then allowed our opponents to grab a late equaliser. It won’t be a game that will live long in the memory. Once again we dominated the possession in an away game, but struggled to make it count. That was before a superb team goal in the 79th minute finally broke through the Derby County defence, and that proved to be enough to ensure that we finish 2024 on top of the Championship table. Farke Seeks Improvement Despite Comfortable Win in the Fog
Even though we went back to the top of the table Daniel Farke thought we should have won more comfortably, but we were more than good enough to beat a woeful Stoke City. For the third time in 2024 a Leeds win cost an opposing manager his job, after Narcis Pelach was called in to collect his P45 yesterday morning. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||