Leeds - Friends in High Places ...... No 'cos We Got the Rad !

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Leeds has done well to encourage new 'young fans' as ST sales prove,also they are 'heavy' promotion wise within the young masses at Leeds uni and offer trips for kids from poorer backgrounds opportunities to attend home games on a regular basis - fact as I've been involved via FSF and my younger brother provides his mini-bus to help get those kids to the games FOC.
You appear to suggest and state an opinion based on your age group requirement and Leeds try their best in many positive ways to accommodate all age groups of Leeds fans.
As for our previous owners its on record I was not a fan of GFH.
Away days works both ways ticket price wise and we are a 'pull' - end of.
MOT

Errm, ST sales are hardly those that reflect the interest of the next generation of Leeds supporters, since they (the next generation) don't (generally) have the available funds to purchase. (I'd be interested to see what the demographic of our ST community is, but I bet the majority are <35). Your brothers help is to be commended, but why doesn't the club subsidise, or even better, supply FOC, transport to get kids to the ground? Easy, because they know others will.

My point was about ticket prices and concessions thereon. Leeds have consistently charged more than the majority of championship clubs for all ticket types, and as I said, have also consistently charged more than some PL clubs, and often not even with the justification of a "big" game, they simply know that supporters will attend. To suggest the owners (over many years, so I'm not "having a go" just at Radrizzani) have done anything but exploit the loyalty of supporters, with little or no reciprocation, is just flying in the face of reality. Protestations of appreciation would be so much more believable if they were matched with actions (Kids for £1, as in what happens at Spam, for instance).

My opinion here relates to your suggestion that club cares for, and seeks to promote a healthy influx of new supporters, nothing to do with my age whatsoever. That being said, you assert that "Leeds try their best in many positive ways to accommodate all age groups of Leeds fans.". Name one.

And why do I support Leeds, given everything I have said, here and everywhere else I have posted? Simple, I love the club, which is why it hurts so damned much when I see what successive owners (this one included, for reasons all will be familiar with) have done with it.

If this really was a business like any other, there would be shareholders, and they would be able to hold the board responsible for their actions, rather than them being allowed to play at FIFA17 in the real world.