To the young ones among us, Leeds have been flooded by despair, mediocrity and end-of-season downfalls. This wasn't always the case. Leeds were a big team, Leeds are a big team and you'd be a fool to acknowledge otherwise.

Here's seven of the best Leeds games in modern times to enjoy.

An ode to Mark Viduka. God he could play, he could twist and turn, he could leave his mark in the air but was so elegant at his feet, he drew defenders in but projected a forcefield around his 6'2 Aussie frame.

There's a reason he is remembered for this game - this was peak Viduka. A team on their way to a treble-winning season, this man on a mission destroyed a complacent Liverpool defence. Dukes only managed to lob Sander Westerveld twice, power a header past him and sent Patrik Berger for a hot-dog before slotting home.

To get a result at the Stadio Olimpico is difficult enough at the best of times, but with Leeds tipped to finish bottom of their group and Lazio hosting an array of international superstars - Hernan Crespo, Alessandro Nesta, Diego Simeone, Pavel Nedvěd, Juan Sebastián Verón to name a few - it was an uphill task for the Yorkshire men.

A moment of pure brilliance from Viduka gave them the win as his inch-perfect backheel found Alan Smith and he slipped it under Angelo Peruzzi.

Something so poetic about a young Alan Smith sporting all black boots in an all yellow kit causing havoc.

There's something so beautifully intoxicating about European nights. It's hard to put your finger on it but it's why we fall in love with football.

Anderlecht had won their last 21 games at their fortress heading into this one, not to mention their last nine European ties. As the smoke from the red flares drifted eerily across the Belgian sky, the partisan crowd came to a sudden realisation - Leeds were there to spoil the party.

A Smith brace, a Viduka looping header and, of course, an Ian Harte penalty sent Leeds through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Look, if you're going to win a football game, you might as well do it this way.

3-0 down at half-time, away from home. Even the most eternal of optimists couldn't see a way out of this one. You can only imagine then-Leeds boss Kevin Blackwell mustered up the Sunday league shout of 'come on lads, let's go out and win the second half'.

Leeds were brought back to life with 19 minutes to go as Paul Butler nodded home. 13 minutes to go and they get a second - surely not? 6 minutes to go and David Healy hammers home a penalty and it's level! There was only one side in it now, four minutes to go and Liam Miller drove it home and wins it for Leeds.

The great St Mary's robbery.

A massive chasm of 42 league places separated these old rivals after Leeds' fall from grace in recent years. During Sir Alex Ferguson's reign, Manchester United had never lost in the third round of the cup or been knocked out by a lower league side.

Leeds hadn't won at Old Trafford since 1981 either, but 29 years of hurt went up in a puff of smoke when Jermaine Beckford slid the ball under the body of Tomasz Kuszczak just 19 minutes into the game.

'We're not famous anymore' rang around the 9,000-strong away end. Bet there were a few hangovers in Yorkshire the next morning.

Here's the deal: beat Bristol Rovers at home on the final day of the season and Leeds United would be playing Championship football after a three-year-run in the third tier of English football.

The 38,234 fans inside Elland Road that day were left fearing the worst when Max Gradel was shown a red card inside the first 30 minutes, and Rovers nudged in front with a Daryl Duffy goal 10 minutes into the second half. Oh no, Leeds are falling apart again.

Two goals in four minutes, including Jermaine Beckford's 31st of the season, and the Elland Road roof fell off. Promotion - signed, sealed, delivered.

Two days after the untimely death of Gary Speed, Leeds travelled to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest. Football can be the most tribal of sports, it can divide and unite. But in November 2011, the footballing world held one another's hands and paid tribute to a wonderful role model.

Leeds won the game 4-0 but that didn't matter, football didn't really matter. What mattered was fans and players alike supporting and performing with Speedo in their hearts. The sea of white scarves in the away end held true to an emotional evening.