[32] In April 1984, when Chelsea beat Leeds 5–0 to clinch promotion to the First Division, Chelsea fans invaded the pitch several times, and Leeds fans smashed up the Stamford Bridge scoreboard. "[35] In an "X-rated" 0–0 draw in December 1997, eight players were booked and Leeds had two players – Gary Kelly and Alf-Inge Håland – sent off. The clubs are set to meet again in the 2020–21 Premier League, as Leeds United got promoted after winning The Championship. Tue 30 April 1963 - Chelsea 2 Leeds 2 (Division Two)Sat 23 Jan 1965 - Leeds 2 Chelsea 2 (Division One). "[9] It was often rumoured that Osgood was top of the list in Jack Charlton's infamous "black book" of players he intended to exact revenge on, although Charlton himself stated that it was actually another, unnamed, Chelsea player. Both were great teams and widely hailed as outstanding additions to Division One. ‘That’s why they hated us.’ There was, he said in his autobiography, ‘Ossie’, ‘no other club on the planet we would enjoy beating so much.’. Chelsea were associated with the fashionable King's Road and celebrities like Raquel Welch and Steve McQueen.

In Chelsea's first win over Leeds since 1972, winger Mickey Thomas put Chelsea ahead, Kerry Dixon scored a "perfect" hat-trick and Paul Canoville completed the win with a goal in stoppage time.

During the match Allan Clarke, Jack Charlton, David Webb, Peter Houseman, Ron Harris and Alan Birchenall all suffered injuries which ruled them out of subsequent matches. While Leeds were drinking tea and playing cards, Chelsea were out boozing and chasing girls [but] when it came to games between the two, however, war was declared. All rights reserved. [24] However, referee Eric Jennings only booked one player – Hutchinson – over the two games. The old songs were sung, the atmosphere was spicy, but the hatred had gone.

Chelsea Headhunters and Leeds Service Crew were among the most infamous firms and had numerous violent encounters. An intense three clashes over just 17 days included the third and fourth knock-out meetings between the pair in just four seasons. ‘They proved that these days they are nobody’s pushover,’ one reporter enthused. [39] A bad tempered League Cup fourth round match in November 2001 – their first cup clash since 1970 – saw Chelsea win 2–0, with Eiður Guðjohnsen scoring a goal while Stephen McPhail was on the ground injured. Tammy Abraham was the man in the right place for Chelsea to snatch a point in the dying moments of yesterday’s game at West Brom, but the striker confirmed the feeling of disappointment in the 3-3 draw. In the 2003 football fans census, Leeds named Chelsea as their second biggest rival behind Manchester United. Sat 23 Jan 1965 - Leeds 2 Chelsea 2 (Division One) The story really begins with a quest for the same honours in two divisions and at the other’s expense. A Yorkshire Post journalist lamented the many "late and early tackles" and condemned the teams for playing "venomously". Since the heyday of the wild affair Ken Bates, the Blues’ former chairman, had taken over at Elland Road, providing a sideshow to the main event. Original B.B.C. Chelsea won the replay at the Bridge conclusively. Again the Blues were 1-0 victors, though a sprinkling of controversy added spice to the rivalry. Graeme Le Saux was later stretchered off after being hit in the face by Alan Smith. The game went this way and that before settling on a draw that eventually meant the Londoners returned to the top-flight, while Leeds’ elevation was postponed (only for a year, as it turned out). Charlton headbutted Peter Osgood while Hunter and Hutchinson traded punches. ‘At times,’ Hugh McIlvanney famously reported, ‘it appeared that Mr Jennings would give a free-kick only on production of a death certificate.’ An error-strewn 2-2 at the national stadium was followed by an incredibly dramatic night at Old Trafford.