Jeff Stelling condemns outrageous Leeds United fans live on Sky Sports News
Jeff Stelling has condemned the Leeds United fans that threatened Patrick Bamford and his family after the 2-2 draw with Newcastle last time out.
The England international missed an important penalty in the race to survive in the Premier League, with West Ham and Spurs to follow before the season finishes.
Stelling labelled the threats as “outrageous” with those who made the threats not real fans of this club, and they certainly are not welcome at Elland Road.
Speaking live on Sky Sports News on Saturday 20 May, Stelling broke his silence on the shocking developments after that 2-2 draw with Newcastle.
“It goes without saying by the way that everybody here condemns the threats made to Bamford and his family after he missed that penalty,” he said [13:40].
“It’s outrageous.”
Shocking.
We could not believe what we were reading after seeing a certain group of fans making these kinds of threats, not only to Bamford but his family as well.
This is a striker who has delivered a lot to the club since his arrival, and his goals were a huge part in getting us back to the Premier League and thriving upon our return.
Leeds and Bamford will hopefully try to concentrate on the football, starting at West Ham tomorrow, with the striker having the perfect chance to silence those fans.
Those travelling to London will back the number nine to find the back of the net, and hopefully, he can make all of the difference to keep us in the Premier League.
Now is the time for togetherness, and falling apart in the stands down to the players is exactly what will send Leeds down into the Championship, but that will not happen – we have faith.
In other Leeds United news, an exit-bound senior player was spotted in tears after what happened recently.