Leeds United to reduce ticket prices at Elland Road

Plans have been unveiled to reduce season ticket prices at Elland Road by up to 25% as early as next season.

The high percentage cuts are to effect seats across the stadium, with the biggest reductions coming in the Kop with adult season tickets renewals set at £445, and £199 for juniors.

A new category aimed at 16-21 year olds will also be implemented under the banner of ‘young adult’.

For fans, the decision has been a long time coming, with large sections of home support becoming increasingly disgruntled at having to pay Premiership prices to see their team.

Those prices in recent years haven’t reflected the plight of arguably Yorkshires biggest football club.

Will the new plans reinvigorate the queue at the box office on Saturdays? We asked fans for their reaction:

‘It will improve attendances but not bring back sell-out crowds on a weekly basis’.

The new owners GFH aim at re-engaging disenchanted fans and reversing the clubs sustained decrease in attendances.

Average attendances at Elland Road during the 2010/2011 season were 27,000, however this season’s campaign has been met with struggles to reach and consistently draw 22,000.

Theirs a direct correlation between supporters through the turnstiles and what’s happening on the pitch, thoughts echoed by Matthew Ryan a lifelong Leeds United supporter and former season ticket holder, who has in the past traveled home and away to see the mighty whites.

‘We’ve let too many results get away from us and theirs a lack of consistency in the team which has cost us again, it’s a step in the right direction but that needs to be followed by good results’.