Building Bridges Continues At Leeds United

One of our very first posts here at Affordable Football came at the beginning of the current Football League season as we looked at the efforts being made by the new owners of Leeds United to build bridges with supporters after the Ken Bates era had left many supporters of the Whites feeling disenfranchised with their club.

A simpler pricing structure with more games classed in the lowest-priced tier in addition to ticket offers has produced an average attendance to date this season of 25,721, below only Brighton & Hove Albion’s in the Championship and compared to last season’s figure of 21,572.

Leeds will be hoping to boost that average gate figure even further when Wigan Athletic come to Elland Road on Wednesday night with all 12,500 season ticket holders entitled to bring a friend for free.

Billed as an 'early Christmas present' the offer comes on the back of Saturday's game at Blackburn, where a huge Leeds following made the journey to Ewood Park, and amid talk of significant investment being made in the club.

Managing director David Haigh said: "Our motto this season is that the past is the past, and here is our present for Season Ticket Holders. We hope our loyal Season Ticket Holders will take advantage of this offer.

"Our Season Ticket Holders are the lifeblood of the club, and it’s important we recognise that. This is our way of saying thank-you, and hopefully we will see another good crowd at Elland Road. The 30,000 plus for the games against Brighton and Middlesbrough created a fantastic atmosphere, and there’s no doubt that it helps the team.

"This is also an opportunity for some new faces to come to Elland Road to see what we are trying to create here."

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