Manchester United raise ticket costs for Members in shameful act against fans

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·26 November 2024

Manchester United raise ticket costs for Members in shameful act against fans

Manchester United decided to raise match tickets for Members to £66 per game for the remainder of the season, without consulting any of the recognised fan groups.

On Tuesday night, the club informed the Fans Forum of changes to certain ticket policies that will take effect immediately. In other words, a decision was made behind the fans’ backs on a fans-related matter.

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It’s a further sign that INEOS is not going to prioritise loyal match-going fans, which in turn has me fearing a new stadium because their preferred audience will likely be commercial.

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The latest changes to the ticket policies mean that all Members’ tickets for the remainder of this season will increase to £66 each.

To make matters worse, that price will apply for kids and over-65s as well as adults, which is disgraceful. It will cost an adult member £132 to take their kid to a game in the remainder of the season.

Manchester United explain that 97% of this season’s tickets are already sold, so this will only affect a small number of people, but that doesn’t justify it.

It’s a concern that, along with the scrapping of ticket collections on Euro aways, United are happy to make detrimental changes without consulting the fans.

The club is essentially saying that the struggles on the pitch is the fault of the fans, so we have to pay more to watch it.

I genuinely feel that United are missing a trick in the market by not doing something to help encourage the youth to football matches. It would not only help build the atmosphere but ensure that the next generation doesn’t go to the Etihad or elsewhere!

If the club truly cared about the younger demographic then they wouldn’t be charging them £66 to watch the current side.

INEOS are also responsible for over 200 redundancies at Manchester United.

Why punish the life and soul of the football club during a cost crisis when fans have done everything they’ve been asked? They get behind the team, win, lose or draw across the UK and continent. There was also a rise in season ticket prices.

We can expect the FAB, FF and Manchester United Supporters’ Trust to demand answers at the least but there should be some sort of protest to let them know we won’t have the wool pulled over our eyes.