22-07-10: Gainsborough Trinity (a) 3-0 (HT 1-0) Crowd (770)

There was a friendly with Blue Square North team Gainsborough Trinity on 22nd July 2010, which gave squad members Max Gradel, Davide Somma, Richard Naylor, Tom Lees and Alan Martin a chance to get in some match practice. Outsiders Andy Robinson and Alan Sheehan were also on view trying to impress would be employers. There was more than a smattering of Juniors as United lined up: Alan Martin; Lewis Turner, Alan Sheehan; Will Hatfield, Richard Naylor, Tom Lees; Andy Robinson, Joe McCann, Davide Somma, Max Gradel, James Baxendale. Subs: Alex Cairns, Sanchez Payne, James Booker, Nathan Turner, Jonny Birbeck, Ross Killock, Charlie Taylor, Conor Qualter. Max Gradel gave an inpressive performance against inferior opposition, scoring twice with Davide Somma notching the third in a 3-0 win for United. Richard Naylor played the first half while both Gradel and Somma retired after sixty minutes. Davide Somma gave Leeds the lead shortly before half-time with a typical oppurtunist goal, while Max Gradel scored both his goals in ten minutes in the second half. His first came from an Andy Robinson free-kick which was only partially cleared and his second came from a set-piece. After the departure of the three main players the team, which otherwise consisted of a mixture of first and second year academy players, were able to close the game without conceding a goal.