Leeds first ever league visit to Cheltenham Town ended with defeat to a late goal by the Robins Steven Gillespie. A packed Whaddon Road crowd had seen United dominate for large spells of the game, but the Whites failure to convert their chances was punished in a cruel manner by the young striker's 25 yard lob with just five minutes remaining.
Leeds boss Dennis Wise had gambled to try and enforce a victory by bringing on Tore Andre Flo and Mark De Vries to form a four pronged attack with Jermaine Beckford and Tresor Kandol. However, it was Keith Downing's side who took all three points courtesy of Gillespie's sucker punch to lift the Robins off the bottom of the table and inflict only the second league defeat of United's season.
