Leeds United's 2021/22 campaign could so easily have been one to forget had their final day encounter with Brentford played out differently.
Losing to the Bees in their last game of the season would have condemned the Whites to relegation, but instead a Raphinha penalty and Jack Harrison strike earned all three points in west London, opening up a three-point cushion on Burnley.
United will once again be playing Premier League football next season, in no small part due to 11-goal Raphinha and 8-goal Harrison.
Our Leeds United writers at the YEP have been tasked with selecting their goal, player, moment and game of the season in a special end-of-term awards ceremony.
United will once again be playing Premier League football next season, in no small part due to 11-goal Raphinha and 8-goal Harrison.
![By no means the most entertaining, but certainly the most consequential. Leeds away to Brentford had it all in the Spring sunshine: the Bees going down to nine men, one eye on the Burnley score elsewhere, a raucous away following, a penalty, a red card and a last-minute winner to guarantee Premier League status. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1ODIyOTIw.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Joe Donnohue's Game of the Season: Brentford 1-2 Leeds United
By no means the most entertaining, but certainly the most consequential. Leeds away to Brentford had it all in the Spring sunshine: the Bees going down to nine men, one eye on the Burnley score elsewhere, a raucous away following, a penalty, a red card and a last-minute winner to guarantee Premier League status. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
![Drawing level with Man United, 60 seconds after Rodrigo had looped one in over David De Gea, Raphinha's equalising goal against Leeds' fiercest rivals was one of those 'I was there' moments for so many Leeds United fans (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1ODIyOTIx.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Joe Donnohue's Moment of the Season
Drawing level with Man United, 60 seconds after Rodrigo had looped one in over David De Gea, Raphinha's equalising goal against Leeds' fiercest rivals was one of those 'I was there' moments for so many Leeds United fans (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
![Not always at his best but routinely the best player Leeds had and by far the best to watch. His ability to create magic, at times from nothing, was something the Whites relied on. Incredible skill, workload and the nerve to match (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1ODIyOTIy.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Graham Smyth's Player of the Season: Raphinha
Not always at his best but routinely the best player Leeds had and by far the best to watch. His ability to create magic, at times from nothing, was something the Whites relied on. Incredible skill, workload and the nerve to match (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
![Jack Harrison's hat-trick goal. Stuart Dallas' pressing, a truly beautiful pass from Raphinha that split the defence and a wonderful finish from Harrison. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1ODIyOTIz.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Graham Smyth's Goal of the Season: Jack Harrison (3) vs West Ham United
Jack Harrison's hat-trick goal. Stuart Dallas' pressing, a truly beautiful pass from Raphinha that split the defence and a wonderful finish from Harrison. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
![Leeds were up against it to an almost comical extent, lost players to injury in the game and still came out on top, 3-2. There were few better performances all season (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1ODIyOTI0.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Graham Smyth's Game of the Season: West Ham United 2-3 Leeds United
Leeds were up against it to an almost comical extent, lost players to injury in the game and still came out on top, 3-2. There were few better performances all season (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
![Leeds United supporters have suffered this season but got the ending they deserved. Their celebrations when the last whistle went were so memorable. The club was united again in that moment. (Photo by Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images)](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1ODIyOTI1.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Graham Smyth's Moment of the Season: Full-time at Brentford
Leeds United supporters have suffered this season but got the ending they deserved. Their celebrations when the last whistle went were so memorable. The club was united again in that moment. (Photo by Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images)