Billy Hunt. wrote:Cheers Vince, but this match should have been boycotted from the start.
lowfields76 wrote:I'm a Leeds fan and would like to add a couple of things.
The ticket prices are the same for you as we endure. Leeds fans who were in the same stand as Cardiff fans will have had to pay £1 more than you and wouldn't have been entitled to concessions, i.e. any kid sat in that stand would have had to pay the adult price of £36 plus £1 booking. Tickets behind the goal are the 'cheap' ones and would have cost £33. Away fans have been moved from behind the goals to the West Stand down the side, I have no idea why. The prices weren't anti-Cardiff so much as they are, broadly speaking, sick. Portsmouth fans had to pay the same and so will 90% of visiting clubs as 90% of our home games are Cat A (a pricing category moreso than a holigan risk category)
You're lucky that Cardiff do a season ticket for under £350. At Leeds it would cost me a minimum of £612. You do a kid's season ticket for under £50, at Leeds it's £240. The prices on Sunday weren't artificially inflated because we were playing Cardiff, our prices are just a means of control imposed on us by a very sick man, Ken Bates. Now I understand that you lot are sickened by your one visit a year to Elland Road, how do you think it is for us?
Regarding standing, Leeds fans are routinely ejected from Elland Road for standing. Nobody is turning a blind eye to Leeds fans standing and stewards regularly sweep certain areas of certain stands and threaten to impose a 3yr ban on those standing, especially if they're kids
I agree you should have boycotted the game, Millwall did a few years ago because of prices and travel restrictions. It's rare we get a decent crowd at Elland Road anymore and when Bates first got the chance to jack up prices our home crowds dropped to 16,000 whilst we were getting 10,000 applications for away games. And you have to pay £40 a season just to be able to join in the away ticket raffle. As I say, it's sick, but at least it's just once a year for you lot.
Anyway, I always used to have a soft spot for Cardiff after I saw you lot going absolutely batshit on the terraces on Football Focus when you scored a pretty meaningless goal against Standard Liege, but I'll not wish you luck
lowfields76 wrote:Matchday prices have gone up a quid or so. Season tickets about 10%. As a rule we've been between the 4th and 6th most expensive team in England (and Wales) to follow since 04-05, which was the first great Bates price hike and which cost us 10,000 season ticket holders, including me
If you look at our average gates since Bates took over 21-22k is about average.
lowfields76 wrote:Matchday prices have gone up a quid or so. Season tickets about 10%. As a rule we've been between the 4th and 6th most expensive team in England (and Wales) to follow since 04-05, which was the first great Bates price hike and which cost us 10,000 season ticket holders, including me
If you look at our average gates since Bates took over 21-22k is about average.
Cefnfforestbluebird wrote:Welcome to the forum, Great post from you earlier. I was at the Liege game and your right you would have think we won the cup winners cup . Its sad to see what Bates is doing to Leeds and having endured the nonsense with Ridsdale in recent years as indeed you guys have its annoying to these people destroying the clubs we love. Im sure sensible ticket prices and we will see Elland road rocking again you have the fanbase and passion its sadly these measures are making fans stay away. Best regards,
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