Journalist calls for the EFL to take action over Leeds recent club announcement, where they took a cheeky swipe at fellow Championship side Reading.
Berkshire Live journalist Jonathan Low has called on the EFL to take action against Leeds United for their ticket prices after another club failed to sell out for an away game at Elland Road.
? Reading are the latest club to not sell out their away allocation, so extra tickets have now been made available to #LUFC fans in the West Stand
— Leeds United (@LUFC) February 17, 2020
The Yorkshire giants faced a huge backlash from supporters of rival Championship clubs who bemoaned the ticket prices at Elland Road and blamed them for the reason why so many clubs have failed to sell their allocation this season.
One Reading fan has suggested in a Q&A on the Berkshire Live website that Leeds have bumped up their away ticket prices on purpose because they know that it will not sell out and they can then pass that allocation to bump up the number of home fans – at the same price.
Low responded: “The EFL need to step in. They are the ones who need to address the issue.
“Hopefully this latest round of publicity will help!”
Leeds charge a lot of money for away fans but they are within their rights to because home fans pay the same amount to sit in that area of the stadium.
However when it’s costing away fans almost double the amount for a ticket at Elland Road compared to promotion rivals West Brom, you know there is a problem.
Away fans also have to pay for travel and it’s not as if Reading are a nearby club so their fans will be out all day on Saturday, also paying for food and drink.
As it’s Leeds, it would not be a shock if the EFL do intervene.
Fans gave plenty of views after the journalist calls for the EFL to take action over Leeds’ recent club announcement…
Morning @EFL hope you are ensuring Leeds sell these tickets for the same exorbitant £39 to Leeds fans as they were Reading fans? https://t.co/4v5KGM5T6e
— Andrew MFC (@andrewmfc) February 18, 2020
Poor tweet under the official account if you want my opinion, especially when the ticket prices are sky high.
Leeds are a big club and their fans turn up in numbers but there is simply no need to be dishing out shit to other clubs, who, let’s face it, are the same level as you
— Pandamonium Fanzine (@Pandamonium1881) February 18, 2020
Absolutely embarrassing. You're pitting football fans against each other to distract from the fact that you charge extortionate prices, far higher than any premier league club
— Charlie (@RFC_Charlie) February 17, 2020
At £39 who can blame them. Even Premier League clubs charge a maximum £30 for away fans.
— Dave Neale (@baggiedave70) February 18, 2020
maybe if you made tickets £20 you'd get more away fans
— joe (@cillanoir) February 17, 2020
Not a good tweet guys. It’s really expensive. That doesn’t make travelling supporters bad fans. And is definitely not a war we need to be starting
— George Riley ? (@georgeyboy) February 19, 2020
“The latest club” ….. you’re one of the most expensive clubs for tickets in Europe …. I say sell them all to your own fans because let’s be honest you can …. it’s what you are trying to achieve , well done @ReadingFC …..don’t pay it.
— ⚽ (@basher5000) February 17, 2020
'The latest' ???
Your ground, your rules so fair enough.
If your fans are happy to be rinsed then that's their choice and it's our choice if we don't want to join in and obviously we don't! @twentys_plenty— ??????? Paul Tanner ??????? (@longlaneroyal) February 17, 2020
And getting dripped on by a roof that can’t keep water out, for £39
— Jack Phillips (@jackp_bcfc) February 17, 2020
Try charging it for cheaper then
— Baggies forever (@BaggiesForever3) February 18, 2020
And this is just one of the many reasons the entire division loves a good old Leeds United promotion choke.
— Kieran Campbell (@10000miles_away) February 18, 2020
– charges double the price of every other championship side for away tickets
– brags that other fans don’t show upmaybe get to the premier league before you start charging premier league prices ?
— super Sol ??????? (@blxebirds) February 17, 2020
Guess that's why you keep falling apart and miss promotion each season as you couldn't stomach having to charge away fans only £30.
Hope it happens again too this season. Perennial bottlers when it comes to a promotion party. ?— Matt (@the_jobber) February 18, 2020
@ReadingFC they are taking the piss out of us, stop giving them £20 tickets
— Sam Richards (@SammyRich89) February 17, 2020
What a joke of a football club. Charging £39 to away fans in the second division and boasting when it doesn’t sell out. You deserve to rot in the championship.
— Jack Loxton (@JackLoxton) February 19, 2020
Delete this
— Pat Frost (@KitmanPat) February 18, 2020
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