I totally agree with Slinky and i found my trip to elland road to be an awful trip 
, it takes alot to make me angry and this was not because i did not want to sit down, i was more than happy to sit down but had i of done i would have missed the whole game due to the row in front of me standing.
Here is a letter i am sending to leeds united to explain my utter disgrace....enjoy.....
To whom it may concern,
It is with great regret that I write this letter to you but I have a number of concerns I wish to bring up with you regard the Leeds United v Brighton and Hove Albion Fixture on February 11TH at Elland Road. I am a Brighton and Hove Albion fan and I was sat in the away end of the stadium.
My first concern is with the manner of your stewards, throughout the whole game I felt completely intimidated by them from the moment I walked into the stadium to the second I walked out. The first issue I encountered was when I entered the stadium and asked the steward where my seat was and his reply was ‘just go where ever you like’ so I took up my position in the second to last row from the back. The next issue was the way stewards went about getting us to sit down, I am not one to not comply with stadium regulations and I have no issue with sitting down but when stewards get people to sit down starting from the back of the stand it does not make sense to me as if I were to sit down I would not be able to see the game as the people in front of me were standing. This continued throughout the whole first half and one steward wearing an orange jacket with the number 193 on his jacket shouted whilst spitting in my face whilst standing in the row behind me to sit down whilst I was trying to explain I could not see the game as the row in front of me were also standing and maybe they should get them to sit down first. I also found that when the fans were sitting down stewards were trying to walk through the rows in front forcing supporters to stand up which resulted in missing more of the match and more altercations between fans and stewards which were not necessary. Whilst all this was going on with the stewards trying to get us to sit down there were numerous homophobic chanting coming from the small section of Leeds United supporters and nothing seemed to be happening about it (section 10 of your ground regulations state that any homophobic chanting will result in ejection from the stadium). I was so concerned I went to talk to the lady in charge Catherine Bourne, West stand supervisor (may have spelt surname wrong) on the 33rd minute of the game (which resulted in myself missing more of the game) and she was very helpful and made me feel at ease that things would be sorted. I found the 2nd half to be better than the 1st but still the stewards were making it difficult to watch the game.
When vacating the stadium I was informed by my Mother and my Sister that a steward wearing an orange jacket wearing the number N232 on his jacket said to another steward ‘there is the fat gobby lad in the pink shirt I was telling you about’ after finding out this was said I found this comment to not only be completely out of line but also very homophobic as there was no need to bring in the fact that I was wearing a pink shirt into it and feel deeply saddened by my whole experience of this trip to Elland road.
My second concern is with regards to your catering within in the concourse, I entered the stadium at around 1.30pm and got to the food stand at around 1.35pm and I ordered a meat and potato pie and a pint of becks. When I made the order I was told the pies are currently not ready but would be ready in around 10 minutes so I decided to wait. 40 minutes had passed and I had not had any communication from the staff behind the counter until I bought it up with the manager and she offered me a burger as the pies were still not ready 40 minutes after the ground had opened. I found this to be a complete farce and completely unprofessional.
My third concern (however small it may be) was the fact that our old badge was displayed on the big screen.
I am not happy with my whole experience of Elland road and I did not travel 257 miles (514 miles altogether) from Brighton to Leeds and back again for any of these incidents to occur, one of which affected me from watching a 90 minute game of football of which I had paid £28 for the ticket and £35 for the coach fare to only be able to watch around 20 minutes, I feel the only way for this situation to be resolved is to repay me back for the ticket and coach fare (attached is a copy of my ticket). I will be writing to the Football league and the FA with regards to this complaint if I feel this is not dealt with in the appropriate way.
Thank you for your time in reading this and I hope a solution can be agreed with regards to my complaint.
, it takes alot to make me angry and this was not because i did not want to sit down, i was more than happy to sit down but had i of done i would have missed the whole game due to the row in front of me standing.Here is a letter i am sending to leeds united to explain my utter disgrace....enjoy.....
To whom it may concern,
It is with great regret that I write this letter to you but I have a number of concerns I wish to bring up with you regard the Leeds United v Brighton and Hove Albion Fixture on February 11TH at Elland Road. I am a Brighton and Hove Albion fan and I was sat in the away end of the stadium.
My first concern is with the manner of your stewards, throughout the whole game I felt completely intimidated by them from the moment I walked into the stadium to the second I walked out. The first issue I encountered was when I entered the stadium and asked the steward where my seat was and his reply was ‘just go where ever you like’ so I took up my position in the second to last row from the back. The next issue was the way stewards went about getting us to sit down, I am not one to not comply with stadium regulations and I have no issue with sitting down but when stewards get people to sit down starting from the back of the stand it does not make sense to me as if I were to sit down I would not be able to see the game as the people in front of me were standing. This continued throughout the whole first half and one steward wearing an orange jacket with the number 193 on his jacket shouted whilst spitting in my face whilst standing in the row behind me to sit down whilst I was trying to explain I could not see the game as the row in front of me were also standing and maybe they should get them to sit down first. I also found that when the fans were sitting down stewards were trying to walk through the rows in front forcing supporters to stand up which resulted in missing more of the match and more altercations between fans and stewards which were not necessary. Whilst all this was going on with the stewards trying to get us to sit down there were numerous homophobic chanting coming from the small section of Leeds United supporters and nothing seemed to be happening about it (section 10 of your ground regulations state that any homophobic chanting will result in ejection from the stadium). I was so concerned I went to talk to the lady in charge Catherine Bourne, West stand supervisor (may have spelt surname wrong) on the 33rd minute of the game (which resulted in myself missing more of the game) and she was very helpful and made me feel at ease that things would be sorted. I found the 2nd half to be better than the 1st but still the stewards were making it difficult to watch the game.
When vacating the stadium I was informed by my Mother and my Sister that a steward wearing an orange jacket wearing the number N232 on his jacket said to another steward ‘there is the fat gobby lad in the pink shirt I was telling you about’ after finding out this was said I found this comment to not only be completely out of line but also very homophobic as there was no need to bring in the fact that I was wearing a pink shirt into it and feel deeply saddened by my whole experience of this trip to Elland road.
My second concern is with regards to your catering within in the concourse, I entered the stadium at around 1.30pm and got to the food stand at around 1.35pm and I ordered a meat and potato pie and a pint of becks. When I made the order I was told the pies are currently not ready but would be ready in around 10 minutes so I decided to wait. 40 minutes had passed and I had not had any communication from the staff behind the counter until I bought it up with the manager and she offered me a burger as the pies were still not ready 40 minutes after the ground had opened. I found this to be a complete farce and completely unprofessional.
My third concern (however small it may be) was the fact that our old badge was displayed on the big screen.
I am not happy with my whole experience of Elland road and I did not travel 257 miles (514 miles altogether) from Brighton to Leeds and back again for any of these incidents to occur, one of which affected me from watching a 90 minute game of football of which I had paid £28 for the ticket and £35 for the coach fare to only be able to watch around 20 minutes, I feel the only way for this situation to be resolved is to repay me back for the ticket and coach fare (attached is a copy of my ticket). I will be writing to the Football league and the FA with regards to this complaint if I feel this is not dealt with in the appropriate way.
Thank you for your time in reading this and I hope a solution can be agreed with regards to my complaint.
