'Oh no... points deduction and fine incoming' – Some fans react as big Leeds story emerges

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25 Jun 2020, 7:33 am

Leeds United made the headlines on Wednesday but not for the right reason.

After selling over 15,000 crowdies – cardboard cutouts of fans – for the game against Fulham at Elland Road on Saturday, an image of Osama Bin Laden was quickly spotted among the supporters.

Wait someone paid actual real English pounds to put a picture of Bin Laden in the Leeds United Crowd...

...and a Leeds employee actually went ahead and stuck it to a seat 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/40iZ6rWWlr
— CP (@Charles93Prisk) June 24, 2020

It's amazing that it managed to slip through and it's even more amazing that an employee actually put it on the front row of seats.

The story made the national papers, with both The Mirror and The Daily Mail covering it, and the BBC picked it up on Wednesday evening.

Oh no, its hit the BBC. Points deduction and fine incoming.
— Andrew (@ANWilson76) June 24, 2020

The response from the Leeds fans was threefold.

The first group of fans couldn't believe it had happened to Leeds.

Graham, how has that made it into the stand in the first place. Anyone over the age 18 surely would know who bin laden was? Christ.
— Chris McMenamy (@cmcmenamy_) June 24, 2020

Others thought it was funny.

Legend has it that, even when Bin Laden was hiding in deepest, darkest Afghanistan, Pablo could still have found him with a slide rule pass. #lufc
— MOT (@lufc1919ER) June 24, 2020

Bin Laden trending? Oh no, what could have possibly happened to have caused that to trend? 😂

*looks*

Oh. Of course... #lufc
— Daryl (@DarylRS29) June 24, 2020

Only a bit of fun bloody hell.
— LJ (@melasbuf) June 24, 2020

Then there were some supporters who thought that Leeds could possibly get sanctions against them from the EFL.

One said, "Whoever decided to alert the world... better hope we don't get sanctioned by the league."

Another said the same thing, adding, "Oh no, it's hit the BBC now."

Sanctions seem very, very unlikely to us.

Well whoever decided to alert the world that the club put that picture in the stands by mistake better hope we don’t get sanctioned by the league as it’s all over news sites now #lufc
— Kershaw (@Kershaw444) June 24, 2020

Oh no, its hit the BBC. Points deduction and fine incoming.
— Andrew (@ANWilson76) June 24, 2020

And one Leeds fans made a brilliant joke on the back of it, which we think wins the internet for Wednesday.

He was nowhere to be seen when we were in League One, absolute joke how he can get a ticket https://t.co/VWe8pZlRNB
— Dan (@lufc_dan) June 24, 2020

Leeds haven't been the only club to have been hit by pranksters and they won't be the last.

An image of Harold Shipman turned up in a rugby league stadium in Australia.

It's slightly worrying that images like this can get through the process but Leeds have acted quickly, removed it and promised checks are now in place.

That should be the last of it.

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