Elland Road Monday, May 2nd, 2005   Non-1st Team Friendly Attendance: 37,886       Leeds United XI 3-7 International World XI
2004 /05

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Considerably the biggest crowd of the 2004-05 season turned out for this fixture which was the Lucas Radebe testimonial and marked his retirement from the game. There was a tremendous party atmosphere, and had several legendary moments such as Vinnie Jones tackling Lucy Ward, whose presence in the Leeds side had already prompted a chorus of ''We''ve only got 10 men'' and ''There''s only one Robbie Savage''. Leeds got into trouble with FIFA for fielding a woman in a male game as this apparantly strictly against the rules! Lucas played one half with Leeds and one half with the International World XI. Other top moments for my son and I was seeing Ally McCoist play with the crowd about wanting a hat-trick to keep the ball (he got 2), and Grobbelaar being persuaded by the crowd into handstands just in front of where we were sat.