Well before the final whistle, three things were clear: Scott Parker’s tactical brain is as finely tuned as the Burnley manager’s dress sense, James Trafford looks a potential England goalkeeper and Leeds still struggle when Patrick Bamford is not at centre-forward. As well as Burnley defended, Parker’s side had Trafford to thank for preserving a morale-boosting win that could prove significant when the second-tier music stops and the promotion places are decided next spring ..read more

The former Cardiff and Leeds defender Sol Bamba has died at the age of 39. Bamba, who earned 46 caps for Ivory Coast, captained Leeds and helped Cardiff win promotion to the Premier League. The defender also had stints at Leicester and Middlesborough and following his playing career, returned to Cardiff as he moved into coaching. Former Leeds and Cardiff defender Sol Bamba dies aged 39 ..read more

Bamba fell ill while working at Adanaspor in Turkey Defender moved into coaching with Cardiff last year The former Cardiff and Leeds defender Sol Bamba has died at the age of 39. Bamba had been working as a coach at Adanaspor, with the Turkish club announcing the news late on Saturday night. A club statement read: “Our technical director, Souleymane Bamba, who fell ill before the match against Manisa Football Club yesterday, was taken to Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital and unfortunately lost his battle for life there. Our condolences to his family and our community ..read more

The euphoric reaction from Daniel Farke and his Leeds players when Daniel James’s strike in effect decided this rip-roaring Yorkshire derby spoke volumes. Nothing is settled or decided in mid-August: far from it, in fact. But such are the standards at this football club, back-to-back draws to begin the new Championship season has contributed to a sombre mood surrounding last season’s beaten playoff finalists. That, and the fact Farke’s squad has been asset stripped since the loss to Southampton ..read more

French forward, 22, signs five-year contract Fabian Hürzeler praises ‘a player to get fans off their seats’ Brighton have completed the signing of Leeds forward Georginio Rutter, the Premier League club have announced. The 22-year-old has signed a five-year contract with the south-coast club after moving for a reported club-record £40m fee. The France Under-21 international scored eight goals and contributed 16 assists last season for Leeds, the team he joined from Hoffenheim in January last year ..read more

Leeds moved to avert the crisis hyperbole that another defensive dog day would have triggered by successfully erecting the barricades at the Hawthorns. A workmanlike point on the road against a frustrated West Brom did nothing for the pulse rate but registered as a gain in terms of their season so far. This game was the first competitive outing for Leeds’s yellow away kit, a retro throwback to past glory days complete with smiley badge. The face Leeds presented was more of a gritted-teeth grimace but after conceding six goals in their first two games of the season the clean sheet was welcome ..read more

Brazilian striker joins from Porto for club-record fee Brighton sign £25m Gruda and offer £40m for Leeds’ Rutter Bournemouth have moved to replace Dominic Solanke by agreeing a club-record £40m fee for the Porto striker Evanilson. The Brazilian, who scored 13 league goals in 27 league appearances last season, is expected to travel to England in the next 24 hours to finalise the move. The 24-year-old made his Brazil debut in June, in a friendly against Mexico. Solanke joined Tottenham last week for £55m and Andoni Iraola has wasted no time in snapping up his replacement as they prepare to ope ..read more

Burgzorg and Coburn also on target in 3-0 victory McNeill double gives Sheffield Wednesday win over Hull Leeds United’s lukewarm start to the season dipped in temperature after Middlesbrough thrashed them 3-0 in the first round of the Carabao Cup. Anfernee Dijksteel broke the deadlock early in the second half with a left-footed finish into the bottom corner after cutting in from the right wing, with Josh Coburn then setting Delano Burgzorg clear on the hour mark to make it 2-0. Coburn rounded off an excellent display by tapping home the third for Michael Carrick’s side midway through the sec ..read more

The Championship attracted the ­second-highest aggregate crowds of any division in Europe last season and, on this compelling evidence, it is easy to understand why. If this “blink and you’ll miss it” game of oscillating emotions and full-on entertainment served up by Leeds and Portsmouth here is anything to go by, England’s second tier will surely remain ahead of the Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A, and behind only the Premier League, in this term’s attendance charts, too. As with all the best dramas, it kicked off with a thoroughly ­deceptive red herring of an opening 20 ­minutes. By the tim ..read more

Leeds and Burnley are expected to fight for promotion as Wayne Rooney embarks on a new adventure at Plymouth If England’s top flight is a poorer place without Leeds, the Championship can only be enhanced by the presence of Daniel Farke’s often thrillingly attacking team and their partisan fans. After losing the playoff final against Southampton last season, Leeds are on a mission to secure automatic promotion and, despite losing their gifted young midfielder/right-back Archie Gray to Tottenham and the Netherlands Under-21 winger Crysencio Summerville to West Ham, they look in decent shape to f ..read more