YEP chief football writer Graham Smyth on the plight of travelling Leeds fans and fixture scheduling for TV
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00:00 My main feeling, I would be more concerned that nobody at any stage is thinking of the supporters.
00:06 You know, we had that green weekend, didn't we, on the Friday when Leeds United played at Bristol City.
00:12 Nobody who's putting these fixtures together and selecting fixtures for broadcast has thought,
00:16 "Hang on a minute here. Leeds fans are all going to have to drive to this game because they won't be able to get a train home.
00:23 They're all going to have to drive to Plymouth away on the Tuesday night.
00:27 They're all going to have to drive to Swansea away, I would imagine, Tuesday night.
00:31 And they're all going to have to drive to Plymouth away on a Saturday morning."
00:35 You know, that's a lot of cars on the road.
00:38 Nobody's really thinking of the planet, but nobody's thinking of the fans either and how they get to these games
00:42 and just how difficult it is and how expensive it is for Leeds fans to follow their team at the minute.