"To suggest that Leeds United have kept their descent into torpor rather quiet would most likely be met with cries of derision.

"Of course all the key features of a very public fall are there. For an abridged version of the last decade, try: goldfish, admin, El-Hadji Diouf. The rest of the seemingly limitless archive of public domain material for the casual haters to quote doesn't seem worth mentioning anymore. "

In Episode Ninety Five of the Blizzard Podcast we revisit "In the Shadow of the Goldfish" by Gary Hartley, first published in Issue Eight in March 2013.

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