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Gregor Robertson: Was it worth the fanfare?

“National League Cup Champions, you’ll never sing that,” the Leeds United fans chorused with a hint of satire, after seeing their under-21s’ beat Sutton United in the National League Cup final on Tuesday night.
SHOWCASE: Sutton United’s Lewis Simper in action during Tuesday night’s National League Cup final, won by Leeds United PICTURE: Paul Loughlin

By Gregor Robertson - Footballer turned journalist

“National League Cup Champions, you’ll never sing that,” the Leeds United fans chorused with a hint of satire, after seeing their under-21s’ beat Sutton United in the National League Cup final on Tuesday night.
For the first winner of a bastardised Non-League competition to be the academy side of a soon-to-be Premier League club is not the look the National League or Premier League would have been hoping for at the start of the season.
Can anyone really blame Leeds fans for taking the mick though?
Particularly given the cloud they were sti...

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