Leeds United fans will rightly fume at the EFL as official statement released
Leeds United fans are right to be fuming after the EFL moved the kick off time for their Championship clash against Blackburn Rovers.
The Whites are set to travel to Ewood Park on Saturday 30th November, which will now start at 1:30pm rather than 3pm.
This has been done at the request and intervention of the Lancashire Police giving Leeds little to no option but to accept.
Supporters are right to be annoyed with the league organisers for such a late change despite making the schedule available two months ago.
Leeds United fans rightly annoyed with EFL Blackburn Rovers announcement
It is safe to say that this decision from the EFL has not gone down well at Elland Road with the club making a statement in response (19 September).
They said: “The club are frustrated this decision was not taken at an earlier date, which may now inconvenience the travel plans of supporters.
“The club also pushed back on an even earlier kick-off time, whilst ensuring the full away allocation at Ewood Park would be made available.”
This decision has come as a surprise given that fixture dates and times were announced in late July under a television deal with Sky Sports.
As a result, supporters have made plans, whether that be travel or accommodation to attend a 3pm kick-off, which has now been changed with limited notice.
There are going to be up to 7,000 Whites fans travelling to Ewood Park and it feels massively unfair that a change in time has been agreed despite prior assurances that all times until January were set in stone.
If there are concerns now, then surely there concerns when the fixtures were set. Why is it now that his announcement has been made?
There were assurances given that fixtures would be locked in place, and frankly those assurances should be adhered to.
The club and the supporters have every right to be fuming over this decision.
First, Daniel Farke’s side has a trip to Cardiff City to deal with before attention can turn to the clash at Blackburn.
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