Doing a Leeds
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1 2  （英文）. The Herald (Newsquest). 17 February 2007  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. The first thing which comes to mind about Leeds United today is...their freefall, the collapse into the state they are in now because of Ridsdale's ruinous decision-making. They have become the biggest victim of all the money which has washed around English football in the Premiership era. Every other board of directors in the land is frightened of "doing a Leeds".
↑  （英文）. BBC Sport. 4 May 2007  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）.
↑  （英文）. The Times. 20 February 2005  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. those erstwhile fans turning on him now should ponder the fact that his £28m transfer probably saved their club from “doing a Leeds”, as financial meltdown has come to be known
↑  （英文）. The Times. 25 March 2009  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. This is the fate to which Peter Ridsdale, the chairman from 1997 until 2003, consigned the club with his profligacy and risk-taking; the phrase “doing a Leeds” is now a recognized one to describe a major club that fades away
↑  （英文）. The Guardian. 23 March 2003  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. ...'doing a Leeds' has entered the language of English football. There is now an understandable worry that any club trying to haul themselves up on the Champions League ladder will crash spectacularly to earth in a couple of seasons.
↑  （英文）. The Journal (njcMedia). 24 March 2009  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. the "L" word sends them into a cold sweat. What they most fear is "doing a Leeds". Leeds United famously chased the dream and fell flat on their face, a monument to mismanagement lurking in League One as a warning
↑  （英文）. Daily Mirror. 28 May 2008  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. David Gold fears relegated Birmingham could end up dropping another division to League One - like Leeds - unless the club's mutinous mood changes
↑  （英文）. The Telegraph. 29 April 2004  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. He's trying to raise £450,000 by selling a quarter of the company and as his spokesman put it: "We're doing a Leeds." What, selling all the players and going down? "No, I mean a Wimbledon."
↑  （英文）. The Times. 16 January 2007  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. But were Chelsea not hugely in debt and on the brink of “doing a Leeds” when Roman Abramovich made Bates an offer he could not refuse?
↑  （英文）. BBC Sport. 11 February 2009  [11 February 2010]. （原始内容存档于2009-02-14）.
↑  （英文）. telegraph.co.uk. 28 January 2010  [2010-02-11]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-31）.
↑  （英文）. Birmingham Mail (Trinity Mirror). 24 November 2007  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2012-03-13）. As for a lack of funds, Sullivan said: "We've spent all the money we can afford as a club, without doing a Leeds United.
↑  （英文）. The Sun. 12 January 2005  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. Worthington denied Norwich were mortgaging their future by signing England Under-21 star Ashton. The club plan to use part of their parachute payments if they are relegated to help fund the deal. Worthy added: “We are not doing a Leeds because the board would not put the club in that position.
↑  （英文）. Daily Post (Trinity Mirror). 6 February 2003  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. RICK PARRY has promised Liverpool will not be forced into `doing a Leeds' by selling off their best players - even if they fail to qualify for next season's Champions League.
↑  （英文）. guardian.co.uk.   [11 February 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-02-13）.
↑  （英文）. The Sun. 6 February 2004  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. Chelsea saved West Ham from doing a Leeds this season according to Hammers boss Alan Pardew...Pardew says the club could have gone into administration, or worse, if Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich had not bankrolled a £12.6m raid for Cole and Johnson.
↑  （英文）. Irish Independent. 7 December 2008  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. Liverpool fans may think that if they had not lost Fernando Torres for much of the season they would now be 12 points clear. This would, however, increase the possibility of them "doing a Newcastle" something that cannot be countenanced while their American owners appear intent on "doing a Leeds".
↑  （英文）. The Telegraph. 15 September 2008  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. Ashley insisted that he had saved Newcastle from “doing a Leeds”. “Unless I had come into the club then it might not have survived,”
↑  （英文）. Irish Independent. 2 August 2009  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. People warn that Newcastle United are in danger of "doing a Leeds" but it can be argued that when it comes to hubris, Newcastle United make Leeds look as modest as Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra
↑  （英文）. Daily Mail. 25 May 2009  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. Daily Star - Alan Shearer will tell Newcastle's money men to swing the axe and make massive changes to stop the relegated club doing a Leeds.
↑  （英文）. The Guardian. 12 January 2010  [23 January 2010]. （原始内容存档于2010-01-23）. Scrutiny of the Premier League champions' financial results makes for eerily familiar reading. Will the weight of their debts drag them out of the Premier League in the next five seasons?