The Foxes Trust has announced that it is disappointed with the action of Leicester City with regard to sending letters to supporters in block L1 threatening them with ejection & bans for persistent standing.

Over the past week the Trust has been consulting other Trusts from around the country to see if all football clubs have been sending similar letters to fans to try and establish if Leicester City’s actions is a result of pressure from the Safety authorities following the ‘fan on the pitch’ incident against Villa.

Richard Sheehan Board Member – Trust Development said

“At Liverpool general warning letters have been sent out to all season ticket holders about standing but not targeted at selected individuals while in the Football League at Bristol leaflets were handed out at turnstiles but no individually targeted letters appear to have been sent”

“We have also discovered that statistics are being compiled on clubs' away supporters which would result in reduced away allocations next season for clubs who have fans persistently standing”

“2 years ago the Football Licensing Authority called a meeting which included the Football Safety Officers Association, Association of Metropolitan Authorities, The Premier League, Football League, F.A. and Supporters' Organisations. The outcome of the meeting was a decision that all licensing authorities should carry out a risk assessment of the danger (or otherwise) of people standing in seated areas and, if such a risk was considered significant, recommend to affected clubs a strategy of dealing with it”

The Foxes Trust fully recognises the club has a responsibility to ensure the safety of everyone attending matches at the Walkers Stadium & that it has to comply with current Health & Safety regulations.

However Nigel Ritchie Foxes Trust Company Secretary states

“At a time when everyone connected with the club needs to be pulling together & getting behind the team these letters only serve to alienate a section of the clubs supporters.”

“We would ask all supporters who received letters to get in contact with the Trust either in writing or via e-mail to me at [email protected]”

“We feel that we need to get the club, the local Health & Safety regulators and representatives from those who have received letters together. The Foxes Trust offer to chair the meeting and feel it should take place during this week, so grievances can be aired and in order to an find acceptable solution for the reminder of the season, which means we can then all focus our shared passion on the game against Wolves"

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