The following e-mail was sent to 'Leeds United World' yesterday (15/04/00). It would be amusing if it wasn't so tragic - and indicates to what extent some of the Galatasaray fans are willing to go in order to take the moral high ground over last week's events.

I am writing to say that i was also in Istanbul a week or so ago with my

wife and as an Englishman i would love to say that theLeeds supporters

were on best behaviour.Unfortunately i cant. I was discusted to see at

least 20 so called supporters urinating against a national statue and

burning a Turkish flag.Also i witnessed two english men touching the

backsides of two turkish girls which in fact started a big fight. I

understand how terrible it is for the family of those who lost there

lives but i must emphasize that Turkey is not a european country and we

must abide by there customs when we go . I do not believe that

Galatasary fans would cause trouble but that the only reason they will

not be allowed to travel is to stop the hooligans attacking them and

thus aid england not getting the world cup in 2006, It is so political.

and why did the english press not show how badly behaved the english

fans were, Brainwashing at its extreme. I hope the match passes safely

and we should not think of it as The Turkish peoples fault. It is surely

the fault of the Leeds "trouble makers" whi i saw degrading the customs

of Turkey. I wish i could have calmed them down at the time but when

english football supporters get too drunk they are unstoppable as my

wife and i noticed ..Have a safe match and lets hope the leeds fans

behave themselves..