Leeds United have made a sassy start to life on new social media platform Threads poking fun at opposition fans. Whites' supporters will remember the 2018-19 campaign all too fondly as the club Twitter account took a number of high profile scalps in a war with words.
Leeds' Twitter account as involved in a spat with One Direction's Niall Horan who supports Derby County. It was a memorable year for both sides with Marcelo Bielsa's infamous Spygate dominating headlines and the two clubs clashed in the play-off semi-final.
Frank Lampard's side were victors in a two legged clash with Leeds, but were beaten in the play-off final with the Leeds official Twitter account having the last laugh. Leeds struck on the final whistle of the Championship play-off final, after Frank Lampard's side suffered a 2-1 defeat that condemned them to another year in the second tier.
Replying to Horan's previous tweet which said: "Between @dcfcofficial and I we’ve played at Wembley more times in the last 12 years than you lot," Leeds were able to deliver the knockout blow. They said: "Hopefully you performed better than @dcfcofficial! See you next season!"
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Leeds have since opted for a more conventional approach on social media and toned down their approach. Posting for the first time on Threads, the Leeds club account said: "New social platform, same opposition fans in our comments!"
Former Leeds United loanee Michael Gray told talkSPORT that “whoever is writing these tweets should be told to stop,” while the Guardian described it as 'social media one right.'
You can read some of the best moments from Twitter that year, right here.
