Leeds Fans Green With Envy As West Ham Close In On The Olympic Stadium

 
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. It seems Leeds fans are getting decidedly uppity about West Ham securing the Olympic Stadium at a cost to the club of just fifteen million pounds. Dear God, that's three million less than Leeds paid for Robbie Keane en route to bankruptcy or two and a bit Seth Johnsons if we are talking really silly money!

The esteemed Leeds blog "The Scratching Shed" goes off on one, moaning that the public purse was not opened to help Leeds repurchase Elland Road, whining "Who needs billionaire owners when you can have government handouts instead." Of course, it's a bit rich when northerners start complaining about government handouts because the good people down south have been subsidising the north for as long as anybody can remember.

The author admits, "I know this comes across as an incredibly bitter rant from a frustrated football supporter, and that’s mostly because it is" before complaining,  "But sport is supposed to reward success. No disrespect to West Ham but the reason they don’t play in a world class stadium is because they’re not a world class team. That’s how it should be." What he forgets, of course, is that England only won the World Cup courtesy of Moore, Hurst and Peters. I reckon the nation has been in debt to West Ham ever since, and the Olympic Stadium is fair redress.

He then has the audacity to argue, "Like it or not, most of the teams who do play in world class stadiums – Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool – achieved success the right way. They didn’t get government hand-outs, nor did a multi-billionaire buy their success. They achieved success, reaped the rewards and built their stadiums with the proceeds. Forgive me for thinking that’s how football should work." But didn't Leeds try to buy success, bankrupting themselves in the process and cheating the taxpayer and other creditors out of money when signing off as one Leeds United and signing back on as another? And is selling your soul to Shaton a fair way of trying to secure a return to the Premiership?

Of course, Leeds fans, like those of Tottenham, are shitting themselves at the thought of West Ham joining the elite club at the top end of the Prem. First it was Chelsea  gatecrashing the megabucks party, then Man City - and when the next genuinely stinking rich Arab or Russian comes along, which club are they going to fancy? A tin pot club up north with a glorious past or the team that plays its home games in The Olympic Stadium with a glorious future?

Scratching Shed? Leeds fans are coming out in hives as we speak!