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City shocker... Nicky Weaver celebrates at Elland Road
(Clive Brunskill/Allsport)
Royle's boys send Leeds crashing to first defeat
Friday, September 15, 2000 10:47 GMT

Manchester City's travelling army hardly needed Joe Royle's double clenched fist of triumph to launch into an extended chorus of 'City are back' at a subdued Elland Road. Their fairy tale return to the Premiership after the dark days of Division Two could not have been better rubberstamped than at the Yorkshire citadel of one of their greatest traditional Roses rivals. Nor was the victory that prevented Leeds from clambering over Arsenal to the top of the table anything other than thoroughly deserved. more...


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table
English Premiership
15.09.00 PD PTS
Man Utd
Leicester
Newcastle
Liverpool
Tottenham
Arsenal
Leeds
Everton
Coventry
Chelsea
Man City
Middlesbrough
Charlton
Aston Villa
Bradford
Derby
Ipswich
Sunderland
Southampton
West Ham
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
11
11
10
10
10
8
7
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
2
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Weah sorry to miss handouts
Liverpool 3-2 Man City: Owen again
Night of double Mancunian delight
Leeds 1-2 Man City: Roses for Joe
No Royle pardon for City's Edghill
Time to take heat off Edghill
Morrison takes a seaside sojourn
City stand by Kennedy
Royle wants Gregan as enforcer
Arrested pair out of Irish squad
Edghill cops flak but not only flop
Coventry give City a reality check
Weah a master at work
Royle joins attack on Roach
Weah to plead for TV crew
Man City 4-2 S'Land: Paulo treble
No need to panic yet, says Royle
Ritchie set for Maine Road


GOALKEEPERS

1 Nicky Weaver
13 Tommy Wright

DEFENDERS

3 Richard Edghill
4 Gerard Wiekens
5 Andy Morrison
7 Spencer Prior
15 Alf-Inge Haaland
16 Paul Ritchie
19 Danny Tiatto
21 Nick Fenton
24 Steve Howey
25 Richard Jobson
36 Danny Granville

MIDFIELD

2 Lee Crooks
6 Kevin Horlock
8 Ian Bishop
18 Jeff Whitley
28 Tony Grant

FORWARDS

9 Paul Dickov
10 Shaun Goater
11 Terry Cooke
12 Danny Allsopp
14 Gareth Taylor
22 George Weah
23 Paulo Wanchope
29 Shaun Wright-Phillips
34 Mark Kennedy



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