FANS GIVE LEEDS! SHIRT SHRIFT
Irish Daily Mirror|May 29, 2023
Rutter has top thrown back at him as players get stick from the supporters
SIMON BIRD
FANS GIVE LEEDS! SHIRT SHRIFT

TYPICALLY blunt the Elland Road crowd sang, on repeat, what most observers were thinking: "We're f****** sh**."

With relegation confirmed, record signing Georginio Rutter threw his strip into the crowd as a thank you... and it was thrown back at him.

No miracle escape here. Just more disjointed football lacking top-flight quality, and the anger of a fanbase ringing in the ears.

"You're not fit to wear the shirt" the Yorkshire crowd chorused, as Pedro Porro's second-half strike extinguished any faint hope. At least a pitch invader put up a fight, needing 10 stewards to cart him away.

Harry Kane netted his 29th league goal of the season, inside two minutes of the kick-off.

Departing owner Andrea Radrizzani did not escape the very public inquest.

"Sell the club, and f*** off home" was the verdict to the Italian businessman, who vowed it would be "impossible" for the club to be relegated this campaign.

Bitterness and resignation seeped from the terraces.

This story is from the May 29, 2023 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.

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