Ground capacity: 39,460

Pitch measurements: 115 x 74 yards

Nicknames: 'United' or 'The Whites'

First choice colours: White with blue and gold trim

Change colours: Yellow with blue strip

Leeds United came into being late in 1919 but it was 1920 that the club gained election to the Football League.

First game in Football League: August 28 1920, Division Two v Port Vale (a) Lost 0-2

Record attendance: 57,892 v Sunderland FA Cup 5th rd replay March 15 1967.

Record League win: 8-0 v Leicester City, Division One, April 7, 1934.

Record Cup win: 10-0 v Lyn Oslo, European Cup 1st rd 1st leg September 17, 1969.

Record defeat: 1-8 v Stoke City, Division One, August 27, 1934.

Record League scorer in a season: John Charles 42, Division Two 1953-54.

Highest number of league goals in a match: 5, Gordon Hodgson v Leicester City, Division One, October 1, 1938.

Highest number of League goals in aggregate: Peter Lorimer 168

Record transfer fee paid: £18m to West Ham for Rio Ferdinand, November 2000.

Record transfer fee received: £29.1m from Manchester Utd for Rio Ferdinand, July 2002

First schoolboy to play for club: Tom Elliott v Norwich City, February 3, 2007

Most players used in a season: 44 2006/07

CHAIRMEN

Although several people had held the name of chairman before the start of League action, J Hilton Crowther, a wealthy West Yorkshire industrialist, was chairman when the club began in the Second Division in 1920. He held the position until 1924

1924-1931 Sir Albert Braithwaite

1931-1933 Eric Clarke

1933-37 Alf Masser

1937-1948 Ernest Pullan

1948- 1961 Sam Bolton

1961-1967 Harry Reynolds

1967-1968 Albert Morris

1968-1972 Percy Woodward

1972-1983 Manny Cussins

1983-1996 Leslie Silver

1996-1997 Bill Fotherby

1997-2003 Peter Ridsdale

2003 Prof John McKenzie

2003-04 Trevor Birch

2004-2005 Gerald Krasner

2005- Ken Bates

MANAGERS

Dick Ray 1919-1920

Arthur Fairclough 1920-1927

Dick Ray 1927-35

Billy Hampson 1935-1947

Willis Edwards 1947-1948

Major Frank Buckley 1948-1953

Raich Carter 1953-1958

Bill Lambton 1958-1959

Jack Taylor 1959-1961

Don Revie 1961-1974

Brian Clough 1974

Jimmy Armfield 1974-1978

Jock Stein 1978 (Aug - Sept)

Jimmy Adamson 1978-1980

Allan Clarke 1980-1982

Eddie Gray 1982-1985

Billy Bremner 1985-1988

Howard Wilkinson 1988-1996

George Graham 1996-1998

David O'Leary 1998-2002

Terry Venables 2002-2003

Peter Reid 2003 (Mar - Nov)

Eddie Gray 2003-2004

Kevin Blackwell 2004-2006

Dennis Wise 2006-2008

Gary McAllister 2008 (Jan - Dec)

Simon Grayson 2008 -