{"id":1192562,"date":"2026-09-08T03:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1192562\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T03:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:55:26","slug":"spotted-james-trafford-joins-leeds-united-chant-at-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1192562\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted: James Trafford joins Leeds United chant at Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Three league games in, James Trafford is already a firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/leeds-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds United<\/a> fan favourite for his quality between the sticks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five points on the board, three goals scored, and two conceded. So far, it\u2019s been a very encouraging start for Daniel Farke\u2019s Leeds so far in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of Leeds\u2019 growth in the Premier League has been a stern defensive structure. Recently, that\u2019s been greatly enhanced with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/no-buyback-clause-in-leeds-uniteds-40m-james-trafford-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a340million<\/a> \u2018keeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/james-trafford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James Trafford endearing himself at Leeds United with performances and character<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It goes without saying that Trafford would have made himself a quick favourite amongst the Leeds fanbase through performances alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve been crying out for someone to take a firm grip of the No1 shirt for over two decades. And, his performances in the Leeds goal have been just what the doctor ordered. He\u2019s provided composure playing out, but also a real confidence and imposing frame when stopping shots and crosses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His personality and the ease at which he\u2019s become a key Leeds figure is impressive too. Jayden Bogle\u2019s opener at Brighton was proof, as he wheeled away celebrating his goal. The away end, meanwhile, behind Trafford broke into a chorus of \u2018United are back, hello, hello\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Footage captured by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/leedsunited613\/status\/2096646908949217368?s=46&amp;t=iC1BC8pXpEWOhYWqKfdnhA\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Leedsunited613<\/a> on X shows Trafford joining in the chant with the fans:<\/p>\n<p>Leeds United\u2019s Premier League security aided by James Trafford capture<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certainly, you can see right away that Trafford loves it here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t the only instance, however. He\u2019s been seen lapping up celebrations at the City Ground in two wins over Forest, and clearly enjoyed his Elland Road debut too vs Brentford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s not yet had chance to pull out anything truly unbelievable with his shot-stopping, but he\u2019s already looked so assured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trafford may be frustrated at how Brighton equalised, but both goals he\u2019s conceded this season haven\u2019t been his doing. That\u2019s already encouraging for a new Leeds United goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Love<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Funny<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Wow<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Sad<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Angry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three league games in, James Trafford is already a firm Leeds United fan favourite for his quality between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1192563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,25764,393,4884,62012,1860,2922,142361,142362,16,15],"class_list":["post-1192562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-britain","tag-elland-road","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-james-trafford","tag-leeds","tag-leeds-united","tag-lufc","tag-the-whites","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1192563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}