Leeds United 3 Port Vale 0. From: Yorkshire Post (Leeds, England) | Date: December 5, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Johnston Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

LEEDS UNITED gave chairman Ken Bates the birthday present he craved with a return to winning ways last night in League One.

The victory may have been more of the flat beer variety than the sparkling champagne most prefer to toast a celebration with but after a miserable November in which United had lost four of seven games, the manner of how the three points were claimed concerned few at the final whistle.

Not least the 76-years-young Elland Road chief watching from his usual vantage point in the directors' box as goals from David Prutton, Jermaine Beckford and Tore Andre ...