Gladiator to rescue fallen giants?

Leeds - The tantalising possibility of Leeds United fan and Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe buying into the ailing English football giants is finding huge favour with the club's supporters.

The 50-year-old New Zealand-born star,  who won the best actor Oscar in 2000 for a mesmerising and combative performance in Gladiator, has received backing from an influential party in the form of the working group that is supporting fan ownership, of the second tier club, Leeds Fans LLP.

This comes after Crowe, who was also nominated for Best Actor Oscars for The Insider (1999) and A Beautiful Mind (2001), tweeted "Anybody else think this is a good idea?" in response to a Leeds fan's plea for him to buy the club he has supported since their glory days in the 1970's under Don Revie.