re: #628 Cannadian Club Akbar

Somewhere out there, there is a great photo of the Leeds players coming onto the pitch to play Galatasaray in the 2001 Champions League semi-final. The Turkish police are holding up riot shields to protect the players from the various objects that are being flung at them by the frankly bonkers crowd.

It’s the only time I’ve seen players look genuinely afraid of what’s going to happen in the next 90 minutes. The only other time I’ve seen that look in sports is on the face of lower-level boxers when Tyson got into the ring with them.

Google is so far failing to turn up the photo, annoyingly.