Leeds United encounters - Gnonto burger hunt, legends in pubs and 26 brilliant photos with stars

Willy Gnonto in a popular burger establishment, Liam Cooper in a popular chicken establishment, Gary Kelly in pubs, Mick Bates at a wedding, Dan James on holiday, Gordon Strachan in Murcia, Pablo Hernandez playing table football, the list goes on and on.

This week’s Inside Elland Road newsletter will bring you dozens of the stories behind some of the most memorable, mundane and emotional meetings between supporters and their heroes. What might simply be a couple of minutes out of a professional footballer’s day can be a memory that lasts a lifetime for a fan and when we asked you for your stories you delivered spectacularly.

There’s the fan who struck up an unlikely friendship with Eric Cantona’s wife, the one whose grandad taught Mick Bates, the guy who shared his experience of having a stammer with Luke Ayling. There’s Gary Kelly making a childhood dream come true - in a pub. And then there’s David Batty at the top of a water slide. Or Vinnie Jones signing a £5 note. Or Mark Viduka in a lift.

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To give you a flavour of what’s to come in this week’s newsletter, as we start to count down to Leeds United’s meeting with Plymouth Argyle on Saturday, here are 26 photos of fans meeting their heroes or just bumping into someone who happened to play for Leeds.