Leeds fans react to Blackburn ticket prices for Championship away clash

A number of Leeds United fans have taken to Twitter to give their thoughts on the ticket allocation and prices for their Championship trip to Blackburn Rovers on Friday 3 April.

Marcelo Bielsa’s charges were originally scheduled to make the trip to Ewood Park on Saturday 4 April, but will now kick off at 7:45pm on Friday 3 April as Sky Sports have decided to broadcast the game.

Blackburn have announced a huge allocation of 7,700 tickets for travelling Leeds fans, with prices starting at £40 for adults, £29 for senior citizens and £25 for young adults with a £12 and £14 option for juniors.

Leeds have come under criticism on numerous occasions this season for charging visiting fans £39 for away tickets, and reaction amongst the Elland Road faithful to the Blackburn prices was mixed.

Here is some of the social media reaction from the Whites fanbase to the announcement:

40 quid,bargain @ReadingFC
— Adam Barlow (@AdamPaulBarlow) March 6, 2020

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Blackburn charging us £40 a tickets when they charge other clubs £20 ridiculous!!!
— Sam Huby (@SamHuby1) March 6, 2020

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£20 or £30 everywhere we go,£40 or £50 Leeds are filling groundsssss,Leeds are filling groundsss!
— Paul Bexon (@BeckoLeeds) March 6, 2020

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Got to give credit to @Rovers, they always do us right with away allocation ?
— BecchioWellPlaced (@RyanLUFC91) March 6, 2020

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Can’t wait to sell this out then laugh at all the other clubs that complain about our prices
— JwL (@Juliejwl777) March 6, 2020

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To all the teams who tell us we’d never sell out an allocation at £40 a ticket watch us
— Sean Hunter (@Seanrh11) March 6, 2020

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Can we please reduce away ticket prices at ER. These prices are in direct retaliation to what we charge, and it’s us fans being hit by it, not the club!
Enough is enough
— Chris Hall (@Chrislufc87) March 6, 2020

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The fact is.
We will sell out.
£20/£30£40
Yes £40 is too dear & we know that it’s too dear for away fans at Elland Road.
However we have the best away support in the Country.. selling out away ends is what we do.
— Zachary B. (@LeedsZac) March 6, 2020

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£40 ??? serves us right for charging everyone else so much
— Robert James (@Robertkas86) March 6, 2020

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jesus they’ve done us dirty there
— thomas ♕ (@thomasIufc) March 6, 2020

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Leeds are currently second in the Championship table, five points clear of third-placed Fulham and just one behind leaders West Bromwich Albion, while Blackburn are eighth, three points off the playoff places.

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