Dave Tomlinson
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Dave Tomlinson

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Dave Tomlinson is a lifelong supporter of Leeds United. He grew up at a time when Leeds were seen as either Beautiful Losers or Dirty Leeds, depending on your inclination. He remembers to the day when he caught the Leeds bug: 18 March 1970, when they faced Standard Liege at Elland Road in the old European Cup. Dave watched the game on his parents' little black and white television and was struck by how unlucky Leeds were, pounding away at the Belgian defence but having to be content with a single goal from a Johnny Giles penalty. The course of the next month sealed it for Dave as Leeds stumbled through their infamous Treble heartbreak experience. He established his mightyleeds website on Leeds United in 1999, with the aspiration of it being, in his words, 'the definitive history of the club'. It's certainly an in-depth piece of work, revealing an amazing level of research and capitalising on Dave's encyclopaedic knowledge of the club and its doings. In 2014, Amberley Publishing approached Dave with the idea of a book about the history of the club and a year later out came Leeds United: A History covering the period from the emergence and fall of Leeds City right up to the start of the 2015/16 season and the appointment of Uwe Rosler. That same year, Dave also contributed the words for The Pinnace Collection - Leeds United by Paul Days, a pictorial record of United in the 1920s. In 2016, Dave worked on another title for Amberley with Billy Bremner: 50 Defining Fixtures, a loving recollection of the games that defined Bremner. In 2019, Dave published Leeds, Money, and Misery Me: Twenty Years of Hurt, 23 Mistakes and the Tale of TOMA. This book tells the tale of the last two decades, the hopes and dreams of one of the most committed sets of fans in Europe, the men who let them down and abused their trust, the financial albatross that dogged the club, the controversies, legal disputes, faux white knights and false dawns. In 2020, he went back to the 1950s and 1960s to tell the tale of Dirty Leeds: Don Revie and the Art of War. Out of the filth and hopelessness of post-war West Yorkshire came Don Revie and Harry Reynolds who drove their handcrafted football club from the depths of the Second Division to the become the biggest club in the country, winning the league title in 1969. In February 2021 Dave published his fifth book about Leeds United, Bielsa's Leeds: Redemption - Chasing the Dream. It covers the period from 2012 to 2021 and how Leeds United finally found stability under the ownership of Andrea Radrizzani and returned to the Premier League under the inspiring leadership of Marcelo Bielsa, one of the most revered coaches in the world. In September 2021, Amberley published Leeds United in the 21st Century and on Christmas Eve out came Super Leeds: The Second Title, picking up where Dirty Leeds left off. In the last couple of years, there have been insights into a wonderful time in Leeds United’s history with Amberley releasing Leeds United in the 1980s and 1990s and Dave’s first project with Pitch Publishing, the very wonderful The Man with the Plan: Howard Wilkinson’s Leeds United. Dave has also made a number of YouTube videos about Leeds United which you can find on his Leeds, Money and Misery Me channel. Away from his love of Leeds, Dave is an experienced NHS Director of Finance, who works at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. He has experience in both the private and public sector and during his career has been responsible for a broad portfolio of services in large and complex organisations. Dave lives with wife Adele and their menagerie of dogs and cats in Birmingham.
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