Last weekend United chairman Ken Bates announced the clubs intention to take the Football League to the High Court in the fight to win back their 15 points. Since that time GloryGloryLeedsUnited.com has been seeking the fans opinion on that decision, posing the question 'should Leeds United give up the fight for the 15 points?' rather than risk any possible further sanctions.
The results show a huge support for the chairman's stance, with 69% of supporters backing the decision to continue the fight, and just 26% in opposition. Bates was quick to make clear in the reasons for the clubs action. 'We're suing the Football League for our 15 points because we believe, as we always have, that there was no justification for the penalty,' he said. 'The agreement we had saying we wouldn't take legal action was signed under duress. We were a couple of days from the start of the season and we wouldn't have been able to fulfil our fixtures without regaining our share in the Football League.'
'In that situation, we either signed the document or we let ourselves be booted out of the League. But EU law says Person A cannot prevent Person B from going to court if it's to right a wrongful decision. We did ask the FA for independent arbitration but we've been waiting five months for them to do anything, and the whole thing is a shambles.We want an open and independent review of this decision, and the only way of ensuring that is by going to the High Court.'
