The first Leeds United goal I ever saw
IN my mind, Neil Aspin’s run at the Shrewsbury Town defence on November 1st 1986 concluded with a shot which arced, arrow-like, into the bottom corner of the net with all the precision of a perfectly-drawn frame from a football comic book – not skid across the turf and through the goalkeeper, having traversed a boxful of disinterested defenders.
Contrary to John Boyd’s commentary, “Desert Head” was better known for his receding blond hairline than famous runs, but his was the first Leeds United goal I ever saw at Elland Road or anywhere else. I rediscovered it last weekend in this clip tacked onto the end of the 1986/87 season review video, United are Back!
United weren’t quite back yet of course, and by the time they were, in 1990, the present manager of Halifax Town had kickstarted a 10-year spell in the Potteries as Port Vale’s Player of the Year.
