It is clear that Leeds Utd have messed up badly in the sale of tickets to those who queued at Elland Road overnight.
The club and police allowed the overnighters to be displaced by latecomers who pushed into the queue this morning. As usual, the police and club wrung their collective hands and did nothing constructive and allowed the genuine fans to lose out the selfish, “me-first” parasites who are such a prevalent party of the welfare society in the country. Understandably, there were ugly scenes when the “sold out ” signs went up.
It is incredible that the club were unable to fairly distribute the tickets in the 21st century. They could have spent £50 on cloakroom tickets and handed them out to the overnighters, thus preventing anyone buying a ticket the following day until all such tickets had been redeemed at the ticket office. What’s up? Too difficult to think of? Couldn’t find an employee willing to spend overnight with the REAL fans handing out the tickets?
While we support Ken Bates on this site wholeheartedly, we have to say that on this occasion he, or his staff, screwed up big time and it is not the sort of mistake that is quickly forgiven, especially by parents whose offspring lost out on a chance to see the Whites at Wembley. He owes those who lost out a public apology - over to you Ken…
As a sop the club have announced that the Conference and Exhibition Centre at Elland Road will be open to show the game live on big screens. Not much consolation for the genuine fan screwed by the behaviour of the shameless minority.
