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Article: [0] Football: RIO'S HAPPY RETURN! WEST HAM 0 LEEDS 2; Ferdinand strikes on Upton Park comeback but Batty red spoils the party.(Sport)
- Article from:
- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2001
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Byline: DUNCAN WRIGHT
RIO Ferdinand scored on his return to Upton Park as 10-man Leeds continued their push for a Champions League place with victory over sorry West Ham.
The England star had been given a standing ovation by the Hammers fans as he faced his former team-mates for the first time since his pounds 18million switch to Elland Road in November.
But all that generosity of spirit disappeared with the second-half sending off of David Batty - after a clash with Joe Cole - a decision which bewildered Leeds boss David O'Leary.
"If he ...