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and, although Hydes continued to score freely with 22 goals with Furness acting as an excellent foil, hitting 16 goals in 34 appearances, with seven of those coming in the last six matches of the season, the defence was poor conceding 8 at Stoke, 7 at Chelsea, 6 at West Bromwich Albion, and 4 against
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and were getting something of a reputation for being a yo-yo team – after being elected to the Second Division in 1920, they were promoted in 1924, relegated in 1927 and promoted again in 1928. Furness took a while to break into the first team, with
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Furness displaced Longden and from then on he was rarely out of the side, but his eight goals were unable to stave off relegation and Leeds were to spend
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as assistant trainer and subsequently as head trainer, a position he held until 1955. He subsequently served the club as a physiotherapist until 1963.
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the new spearhead, scoring 16. Furness's form was to be rewarded with his solitary England cap, when he was selected, along with his Leeds teammate
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back in Division One, Furness was ever-present scoring six goals from 42 league appearances, as Leeds finished in eight place with
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Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Liverpool and Everton. As a result, Leeds narrowly avoided relegation finishing in 18th place.
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scoring 23 goals and 12 from Furness, Leeds returned to the top flight as runners-up in Division Two.
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with an eleventh-place finish with Furness contributing seven goals (including a penalty against
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before retiring, having made 99 appearances (excluding wartime matches) scoring 23 goals.
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After the war, Furness returned to the Norwich side, making a dozen appearances in the
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as Leeds again finished in the upper half of the table. In a memorable match against
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saw the club struggling again to avoid relegation finishing in nineteenth place.
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each scored twice in an 8–0 victory – this remains Leeds' best ever League win.
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for a fee of £2700 after nine years, 257 matches and 66 goals for the club.
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on 13 May 1933. The match ended 1–1 with England's goal coming from
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having established themselves in the inside forward positions. In
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At this time Leeds were struggling in the lower reaches of the
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Index

Washington
Inside forward
Leeds United
Norwich City
England
footballer
inside forward
Leeds United
Norwich City
England
Washington
Leeds United
First Division
Russell Wainscoat
Eric Longden
the 1930–31 season
the 1931–32 season
Second Division
Charlie Keetley
the first season
Arthur Hydes
Wilf Copping
Italy
Cliff Bastin
1933–34
Leicester City
Harry Duggan
Joe Firth
Johnny Mahon
1934–35

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