Leeds United's Championship rivals fume as Storm Babet causes short notice fixture postponement

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Leeds United's Championship rivals fume as Storm Babet causes short notice fixture postponement
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Several fans of Leeds United’s Championship rivals Ipswich Town have aired their frustrations on social media following the late postponement of yesterday evening’s fixture against Rotherham United.

A decision was made shortly before 5pm on Friday, October 20 that the Millers’ game at home to Ipswich needed to be called off on ‘supporter safety’ grounds, just three hours before the match was scheduled to kick off. Rotherham issued a statement confirming the decision despite much of Ipswich’s travelling contingent having already travelled, or were in transit, to South Yorkshire.

” Ipswich supporters reacted angrily on social networking site X, formerly known as Twitter, airing their frustrations at the lack of notice. @IpswichCulture said: “Statement this morning ‘expected to go ahead’ – not one mention of the river flooding, no communication throughout the day. Anyone could see the river flooding, but you let fans travel up. A simple ‘possibility of postponement’ statement would’ve been helpful.

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