League players have a dream chance to fill the boots of some of the club's finest-ever players in a new £10m movie.

Shooting is due to get under way this month on the film version of The Damned Utd, a novel charting Brian Clough's infamous 44-day reign as Leeds manager.

The producers have already cast the key roles of Clough and Elland Road legends such as Don Revie and Norman Hunter. The all-important part of Clough's Elland Road predecessor Revie will be filled by Colm Meaney, best known for his appearances in the Star Trek spin-off serials Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.

by Daniel Fletcher

In April 1945, Soviet writers such as Ilya Ehrenburg gloated that the Red Army hordes were marauding through the Third Reich and ‘the lair of the fascist beast’. Sixty three years later, the red hordes of Greater Manchester and numerous other places descended on peaceful Garforth as Town looked to enjoy their proposed end of season carnival devoid of trouble. While the day was memorable, the questionable conduct of many led this writer in particular to ponder as to why the fixture was treated by the visitors as Leeds versus Manchester United in a hotbed of activity at the Genix Healthcare Stadium.

The brave promotional push of Garforth Town undisputedly ended today with a farcical loss to Chorley FC at the Genix Healthcare Stadium. The sun eventually gave way to the wind and hailstones, epitomising Town's season which began in such promising fashion in the uncharted territory of the Unibond.