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Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Game 14: Friday 21 October 2005
Leeds United 1 - 1 Sheffield United
(Half-time: 0 - 0)
Crowd: 23600
Referee: A Wiley (Burntwood)
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A once firm friendship has turned into something like enmity
between Kevin Blackwell and Neil Warnock but, should both their teams
win promotion, they have agreed to dine out together. Do not bet
against it happening. This compelling draw leaves Sheffield United six
points clear at the head of the Championship while Leeds, handily
placed in fourth, look stronger by the week.
Before defecting to assist Peter Reid here Blackwell was Warnock's
No2 at Bramall Lane but their parting was acrimonious and the pair's
relationship remains tense, highlighted by the manner in which they
fleetingly touched rather than shook hands at the end.
"It was a good, tight, game and a fair result," reflected
Blackwell. "There were times when we had each other on the rack; it
was a cracking atmosphere and felt like the old Premiership days. But
it was also a benchmark as to how far Leeds have moved on in the past
nine months."
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