Devastated Bantams fan Danielle Kelly is boycotting the West Yorkshire derby after learning she could end up sitting among rival Leeds fans.

The former season-ticket holder was first in the queue to buy the tickets when they went on sale last August.

And, although the 16-year-old queued for hours to get her CIBA stand ticket and was eagerly awaiting the clash, Danielle said she is so worried about trouble breaking out she has decided to stay at home.

Danielle, from Grove House Road, Bradford, said: "I got up at 4am and was at the ground for 5am. I was so happy about getting the ticket - the local derby was the one match of the season I wanted to watch."

In previous years, Danielle had been a season ticket holder but school commitments and a Saturday job meant she had to give it up.

But after learning that Leeds fans are thought to have obtained tickets in CIBA's G block - where she has a ticket - Danielle felt she could not go.

The police will be handing out leaflets to everyone, including fans from Otley, entering the CIBA stand warning of a 'zero tolerance' policy towards trouble-makers. But Danielle said: "As a local derby it was always going to be lively and, what with all the trouble surrounding the Leeds' players' arrests, I think that there will be trouble.

"I just cannot take the chance of being in among the Leeds fans if that happens."

Her mother Christine telephoned the Bantams ticket office asking for a change of seat but was told that, because it was a sell-out, there was no way of swapping.

City chairman Geoffrey Richmond confirmed that it was impossible to move Danielle and stressed that her case was an "isolated incident".

The editor of Bradford City's award-winning fanzine believes the zero tolerance policy towards Leeds fans in the home seats will help avert trouble.

Dave Pendleton, of City Gent, said the move could help prevent potential flashpoints in blocks in which Leeds fans are believed to have bought tickets.

But he added: "The club has now done the right thing. It was nonsense to think that there would be no Leeds fans in the home part of the ground.

"But those who are there know now that they will be dealt with strictly. The fact of the matter is, there is no perfect solution."

City centre licensees have agreed to shut their doors until 7pm on Sunday amid fears of clashes between rival supporters.

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