BBC banned from Elland Road

Will leeds fans go on strike and not go to games to make a point?????

Andrew Haigh now reports facts? Who knew? Typical tabloid. Of all the Leeds fans on twitter, he has the cleanest ringer of all, with all those cyber tongues licking it.

has anyone noted that ALex Bruce seems to have dramatically fallen down the pecking order? he's going to feature tomorrow against Farsley with umpteen triallists, Grella & Bessone - whats going on there?

Is that the same damien collins m.p man utd fan yeah he will be really impartial mate. I'll send him an email all right and i'll tell him what I think of him! Cheers for that. WE ARE LEEDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The sooner Bates is out of not only our club but football altogether the better this man will fall out with his own shadow, what is his problem he wants to fight everyone all of the time, his thugs ie the security at ER on match days stiffle any demonstrations against him and are ejected from the ground. i hate this man. GOODBY BATES AND TURN THE LIGHTS OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE ER.

By banning the BBC by implication and as an employee of Radio Leeds does this mean that Sir Eddie of Gray OBE, CBE, MBE is now persona non Grata, if so Bates should be hung for Treason! SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY BATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bates sure knew what he was doing when he took control of Leeds United. We probably have the meekest rank and file fan base in football; thick, gullible and easily manipulated. Thank God the BBC and Guardian haven't let Bates out of their sights, because if it was down to the fans he'd have probably conned them into building a statue of him.

The fact is Ken Bates wouldn't have lasted 5 minuted doing in Newcastle, Sunderland, Manchester, Liverpool etc. what he has done in Leeds, yet here we are, years down the line, and as the BBC look like finally catching up with him our braindead superfans are calling conspiracy.

He's ripped the heart and soul from the club, and long term damage the pricing policy has done, particularly juniors, will be felt for years to come, but the braindead consumers he loves to prey on so much will lap up these childish ideas that the BBC hate Leeds, that Damian Collins MP is doing this because he's a Man Utd fan. Please. I've never felt more ashamed to be a Leeds fan.

Yes, Ken Bates picked the right club for him.

in defence of the old swine, he is probably right, there are far more toxic issues in football. The Thai $$$millions going into Leicester City - with Sven at thehelm on big money (sound s like Notts Co again doesnt it..) Carson Yeung of Birmingham City ith his Assets Frozen in CHina, Man City being written Blank Cheques by the Saudi Royal Family? While there is no excuse for Kens opaque ownership of club and stadium, we are hardly headline news and yet some idiotic tory mp decides to pursue a vendetta against Bates, i think they need to get their priorities right.

That said, this is yet another example of Bates litigiousness, wand awkwardness that now seems to have spread to the BBC, he seems to have a vendetta against them, preferring to broadcast our games on Minster FM?? so they paid more than BBC Leeds? Something not right there. Are the BBC a little to left wing?

Really wish he would concentrate on football and build a strong team for us to get back in the premier league, he seems to have lost sight of that.

Isnt it the first thing a dictator does under pressure - ban all outside Journalists !

Your right Joe but maybe just maybe the BBC can get closer than anybody else to uncover the truth about what's going on at our football club

Don't put so much faith into the impartiality of the BBC. They have proven themselves time and time again to be more interested in sensationalism and hyperbole to increase their viewership, frequently kowtowing to the official government line on numerous new stories. The legal and courts system will determine - if necessary - the legality of Ken Bates' takeover of Leeds United.

god I've just realised how many dull and thick Leeds fans we have. some comment without actually reading or understanding the article and others, well if this is all you've got to get upset about in life you don't know how lucky you are. least bates takes no crap

This whole pre season has got to me now never been so fed up just want the season to start 3 points at Southampton will be on par with firing a load into each and every one of the miss world winners of the last ten years !

Tss I can't for the life of me log in under my normal login any ideas ?

I am a season ticket holder and I strongly support an investigation into the ownership of the club. I refuse to buy into any of Bates' merchandising. Banning the BBC disenfranchises followers of the Club who cannot afford to watch the games live. It also removes a service to those supporters who, through age or disabilty can't get along to Elland Road.

Anyone who wants to disprove Bates' view that most fans are not interested in the issue of the ownership of the club can prove him wrong by emailing damian.collins.mp@parliament.uk to show their support and to demonstrate that Bates does not speak for Leeds fans.

The BBC are run by leather elbow patch, tweed wearing, bearded left wing Cambridge Communists, always has been since the 1960's. However, their opinion is part of public culture, and a valuable one. This desease infecting LUFC has to go, he is destroying us unopposed. I really fear for us under the rule of this megalomaniac. Fortunately, at his age, death is nearer to him than the Premiership is to us under his regime.

Time for a 'Yorkshire spring' anyone?

I've heard a consortium of more honest trustworthy investors are about to take us over. It is being fronted by Gadaffi, financially backed by Lehman Brothers and James Murdoch will be CEO.

Things are looking up.

Bates clearly doesn't want anyone reporting outside the protection of his personally owned radio station ! Just imagine if he could be questioned without the interviewer fearing for his job. ,,,,, Of course, if the BBC was to report "nationally" on the likelihood of an MP driven investigation or scrutiny by the Inland Revenue this would make old Kenneth very uncomfortable. ....... It is no wonder that Bates is desperately trying to discredit anyone or any organisation pressing for this to happen ! ...... I hope Uncle Ken has a talent for sowing mail bags and a liking for porridge in his former years

Programme, not program. UK English, please.

I don't see that the Guardian ban is especially defensible either, myself.

Colonel Kendo would of course disagree.

Wouldn't bet against the BBC not taking this to the wire.Now if there is anything dodgy going on this lot will find it,they won't like Bates banning them from Elland Road.Isn't it great knowing that our licence fee could be used to finish this guy.

While I hate ken bates with a passion im delighted ken stuck it to them, the bbc have a history of doing dodgy docs just ask the queen. Who's doing it John sweeney? Stick him in a room with ken bates and bates would have him losing it all over again lol

We need the truth, well done to the BBC if it comes off, at least my licence fee is doin summat constructive.

HA HA HA HA WE ALL KNEW THAT SENILE PISSED STAIN COCKNEY TOSSA OWNED LEEDS ALL THE TIME ......BUT TO BAN THE BBC IS AN ADMISSION OF GUILT IN MY BOOK .......THE BEST THING THAT TWAT CAN DO IS BUGGER OFF BACK TO LONDON

Let's hope the BBC take him down im sick to the back teeth of this man using the club and most of all us guys and all Leeds supporters as his personal trust fund.

It will be LUFC Dissidents next

ive a bad feeling that who ever is investigating ken bates has found some hidden sins and it will surface soon.he bought the club out of no where.(off-himself).gues the wat is on again.

I cant wait to see this documentary, at least it wont be like the crappy interviews on Yorkshire radio, unless Ken owns the BBC.

It is the curse of Bates' Motel - must be driving the old geezer dulally. Skeletons are forcing their way out of that tightly packed closet as always happens when too many lies are piled on top of one another. Banning the BBC when they begin asking 'certain' questions is akin to following the eyes of a murder suspect when asking where he buried the body.

anyone else sick of our chairman yet... appeasement never works with tyrants, about time someone took him on, i think he might have made a bad enemy with the BBC. as per usual its the fans who'll suffer.

(...cont) It makes the most of its 'owned by the public and politically independent and objective' veneer, but only the naive and disinterested do not see through that to the biased, manipulative, contemptuous of the public, corrupt and rotten body behind it.

Whatever BBC News and Current Affairs says about anything, any wise listener will ask why it said it, why it said it in that particular way, what it didn't say, and who is benefitting from what it is saying.

Whilst the World Service may be generally respected, UK BBC News and Current Affairs is not, either in the UK or elsewhere.

It is almost inevitable that BBC News and Current Affairs journalism will be institutionally biased against Leeds, the city and the club.

Well I would suggest that all this expenditure on the stadium is entirely due to the fact that the stadium is ultimately owned by Bates and his consortium.....................why else would you be willing to invest such sums of money? Banning the BBC is paranoia against the truth being delivered................give it time and it will...........................Never liked the radio commentary since BBC Leeds were prevented from broadcasting................and Eddie jumped ship.................symptomatic of a dictatorship

Phil couldn't have said it better myself about Bates hope he dosn't take the club down with him he must be one of the most hated men in football. My god how much more do we have to put up with

Hopefully if nothing else it will run him out of Leeds in the long run.

who gives a shit, to be honest not showing highlights or live matches provides much needed cover from the shower of shit performances we will turn out this season anyway so probably a good thing!! ken bates u r a KNOB!