Football fan who used sexually offensive language at Elland Road given banning order

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Author: Rebecca LomasPublished 15th Jan 2025
Last updated 15th Jan 2025

A football fan who used sexually offensive language towards a member of staff at Leeds United has been given a banning order.

31-year-old Dallas Woods, from Goole, was heard during The Whites match at Elland Road against Hull in April last year.

He admitted charges against him and has been told he can't go to any football matches in the UK for 3 years.

A West Yorkshire Police statement said: "A football fan who used sexually offensive language towards a member of staff at Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium has been banned from football matches for three years.

"Dallas Woods was stood at a bar on the concourse of the stadium’s West Stand during a match between Leeds United and Hull City on April 1 last year when he used the language towards the female member of staff.

"Hull City supporter Woods then returned to the stands but came back to the bar later on in the evening. He was pointed out to stewards and removed, then arrested by police.

"Appearing before magistrates in Leeds last Thursday (9/1), Woods admitted one charge of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

"The 31-year-old of Windsor Drive, Goole, was given a 12-month conditional discharge and issued with a three-year Football Banning Order which prevents him from attending all professional football fixtures in the UK."

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