There are between 56,000-57,000 in the entire World who get to enter Old Trafford for every home match with a season ticket in hand. ‘It’s that season ticket feeling’ is United’s ad campaign. When I got to watch recent European Cup semi-finals against Barcelona and AC Milan without having to apply for tickets, I would agree that the season ticket feeling is an extremely positive one. I wouldn’t swap seeing Wayne Rooney hammer the ball in to the net in front of the Stretford End or Paul Scholes perfectly finishing against Barcelona for anything.
However, moments like losing 2-0 to Coventry in the 3rd Round of the League Cup are times we could do without though. Having to pay over £30 to do so is pretty scandalous, when considering the quality, or lack of it, we see in such games.
Regardless, if you want a season-ticket, we have to play by the Glazers’ rules, don’t we?
Maybe not.
MUST have reported United to the Office of Fair Trading for their season ticket policy. Whilst we no longer are forced in to purchasing League Cup games, the FA Cup and Champions League games are still compulsory.
So, some might say things are improving, however, the small print reads that if you pull out of League Cup games, you are not longer entitled to apply for away matches. One of the great benefits of having a season ticket is getting the opportunity to apply for away days (although the distribution of these away tickets is somewhat shady. You’ll hear many a story of reds who travel all over Europe watching United, yet aren’t given one of the 8,000 tickets on offer at Ewood Park!) and that privilege is taken away if you don’t fancy the League Cup games.
MUST’s main complaints are:
1. United’s season ticket terms and conditions are in breach of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999.
2. Their compulsory automatic cup ticket scheme is in breach of The Competition Act 1998, Part II, Section 18(2).
3. Their pricing policy is in breach of The Competition Act 1998, Part II, Section 18(2)(a).
“Over recent years we have seen unfair terms and huge ticket price rises imposed on supporters by club owners taking advantage of their loyalty,” said MUST chief executive Duncan Drasdo. “MPs from all political parties have raised concerns and even the minister for sport felt it necessary to launch an outspoken attack on the huge price rises at Old Trafford in recent years. For a long time Manchester United was by no means the worst offender having previously had an admirable policy of keeping prices relatively low despite the success of the club. All that changed when the Glazers took over.”
Whilst not necessarily agreeing that our policy has changed massively since the Glazer takeover, lest we forget how the club shamelessly blamed Roy Keane’s new contract for the price hike a few years ago, the increase in ticket prices certainly is a massive problem for the Premiership. All power to United for wanting to set the example for fans’ rights.
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it seems pretty simple to me if you think you’ve got a case take them to court or stop buying season tickets if your not happy.
Hi
I am really annoyed that once the league cup fixtures are announced we have to get onto the united telephone line within two days otherwise we are forced to buy the tickets. When are united going to treat us fairly as without us they cannot survive!
Tariq
Im glad this has been brought up and hopefully prices will be cut because its getting fuckin ridiculous, United especially because of the glazers but to be honest most of the big clubs prices are shocking, a season ticket at the club you love shouldnt be something you have to save up for, it should be easily affordable working class people should be able to get season tickets instead of posh cockney JCL’s who get their season tickets because daddy bought them.
GLAZERS OUT!
bring back punk football.
The only way we will get these yanks out is if they float us on the market again…but what we would have to be sure of is that the likes of Mcmanus and Magnier dont get there hands on shares..
Its a tough call this.. i think its disgusting they try and force our loyalty onto compulsory tickets..
There is options what they could do ya know ie :
Bring back the LMTB option… that worked well years ago..
Or.. give us the chance to buy the cup tickets as a one off payment… yes we could win and lost on the situation … this is my theory..
Average game for tin pot cup is about £35 yeh… so why not offer Season ticket holders the chance to buy a “Tin Pot Ticket” for £80 at the beginning of the season..
Same with FA Cup… call that £100″
Champs League.. £180
With the tin pot and fa cup… we the fans could end up as winners if we get a lot of home games.. same with fa cup..
Say we had 4 fa cup games at home… and we had paid the £100 ticket up front… that would mean we had only paid £25 a ticket… lot better than £35-45 each game… plus the Glazer scum will have the money in the bank making interest to help pay of the debt they have got us in..
Rather than the tier pricing system on Euro Nights… we pay £180 for all group games and last 16 etc etc… yes we have had to pay up.. up front… but £180 over 3 group games… and then the knock outs wouldnt be so bad… if we got the semi’s that would mean 6 home games… at an average of £30 a game… rather than the tickets going up in price the further we go in the comp..
Dont know what you lot think about that…just thinkin of an option where we dont get hammered on prices… or forced into compulsory’s… and instead of having options of what we wanna do rather than being forced.
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve spent the money because I love my team, but to be honest the price of it all sits heavily in the back of my mind. I kinda wished the blackburn cup-tie was away, just so it wasn’t costing me soooo much.
I also think if your from Manchester, then we should get a discount on prices anyway..
If United got to the semi finals of the Champions League and got drawn at home in every round of the FA Cup, the dearest ticket would cost £1414
Arsenals equivalent, with 7 extra games, is £1825, Chelseas equivalent with no extra games is £1150, and Liverpools equivalent is £750 with 0 extra games.
The owners of clubs, the FA, FIFA, UEFA etc don’t care about the fans, they care about having more money in their bank accounts, and I’m glad our fans are making a stand.
Failsworth devil not sure us Mancs getting a cheaper ticket would be fair (wouldnt complain though) but i do think we should be top of the ranking when it comes to giving out season tickets. why should a Mancunian who lives closer to Old Trafford have to not be able to watch their local club while someone from london etc gets a ticket yet sits there quietly and doesnt sing and doesnt know a thing about our club. if you do sing then this angry post isnt directed at you.
Red Manc… i agreed 100000% mate.. if you have a Manchester Postcode, then not only should we have first refusal on season tickets.. but also first refusal on where we get the seats..
TariqRasul – agreed on the point about only having 2 days to opt-out, and only being able to do it on the phone is a problem as well for people who have to work long days. would be nice to be able to do it online during the night. still, i’m only a supporter, so i doubt what i say will make a difference…
QUERY:how much does a seson ticket cost??
‘m more of a tele fan, ve just manged to watch utd play jus once @pride park
Why would someone buy a season ticket at Old Trafford and travel to see every home game of the season if they know nothing about our club, Red-Manc? I don’t know how it really is, I just think it sounds kind of strange. Besides, someone who lives in London could love United just as much and even more than someone who lives in Manchester, even if I see your point.
patrik, you’d be suprised. theres plenty of out of town reds who turn up, dont know any of the chants and know nothing of United pre 1999. Now im not saying every fan out of Manchester falls into that catergory dont get me wrong but people from Manchester should be first to get the season tickets as its our local club, then the rest can be given out to whoever else may want them, ive nothing against out of town reds that come to Old Trafford sing their heart out and arent just here for the glory but if you are your not welcome, if your gonna go to a football match and sit in silence you can fucking sit and watch it on your tv, and yes someone from london could love United as much of a Manc but this is MANCHESTER united so Mancunians should get the first pick of the season tickets. and can someone from london really understand what supporting United is all about? do they understand the United vs city rivalry? well no they dont actually because there not from Manchester, that derby is about local pride braggin rights with in the city, and a love for Manchester, as city that they dont live in or anywhere near its not like there even Northern.
Red-Manc – too many perms on your idea ….even as logical as it sounds. What about Mancs for 30 yrs who live elsewhere and newby professionals living in the quays who take a ticket coz its the in thing to do. Plus there may be some geographical discrimination thing raised??
I dont know – im just a Welsh Manc who moved there and worked at the club for 2 ys and now lives in NY……can I buy a season ticket next year?
hows it discrimination ffs? when its a Mancunian football club thats the only reason why im saying locals should be able to support it before any others, outside of football im more than happy to see a cockney walking around the city.
‘can i buy a season ticket’ yes of course. but people in the M postcode or 0161 area code should be the clubs priority, and theres not only mancs living in Manchester there could be people in a similar situation to you but instead there say from newcastle,poland,spain etc people closest to the club should get tickets, its only logical.
Red-Manc
don’t call the kettle black and not you Liverpool shitty fan’s is well and their owners are from Arabia and America like United’s owners and this is what really annoys me, for starters tons of united fan’s favourite players that are sung all the time are Eric cantona and ole solkjaer where are they from they are not exactly mancunian are they, cantona is from France and solkjaer is from Norway not exactly Manchester area is it. Secondly our current number 7 is from a small island of Madeira portugal and our number 10 is from Liverpool, United’s two greatest gaffers are from Scotland is that Manchester area the answer is no. Ryan giggs supported united as a kid was he from Manchester no he is welsh in the cardiff area.
so you could say every united player that is not from Manchester cannot play for united past or present like Roy keane from rep of island, George best from northern island, Dennis law from scotland, David beckham from london england, berbetov from bulgeria, Anderson from brazil, nani from portugal, Hargreaves from canada, schmeicheal our greatest ever GK from denmark if it were not for him where would united’s trophy record be today, Stepney from London england, paddy crerand from scotland, Duncan Edwards from Worcestershire england, Patrice evra from france, dennis law from scotland, I bet more of our greatest united players were never from Manchester and don’t forget how much these fan’s outside of Manchester bring to the club is well not just the one’s from Manchester. What’s the difference if you are not from Manchester you can’t support united, or if you are not from Manchester you cannot play for united I am scratching my head here what is the difference people.
micheal what the fuck are you talking about? players are completly different to the supporters of a club so i dont know what that part of your rant was all about.
I never said if your not from Manchester you cant support United, i’ve simply said people in the M postcode area should get the FIRST CHOICE of tickets, not that everyone in Manchester is going to fucking want one there would then be thousands to go round for everyone else, its Manchester’s club so therefore Mancunians should get the first choice of ST’s you do realise your going out of your way to support a club from Manchester, your supporting a Mancunian club you need to fucking realise that! Us mancs accept all you out of town reds as our own and think nothing of it because MUFC is our religion , as we realise we wouldnt be such a big club without our huge fanbase.
I like most out of town reds when i talk to them, so your arguing with yourself. Im simply saying people within Manchester should get first look in with tickets not that only people in Manchester can get tickets.
no Red-Manc there are plenty of people not just from Manchester who have been season ticket holders for many years, what you should have said is just the people who have been long standing season ticket holders should get first choice. alright I got it wrong about what you said I thought you were saying is well only united fan’s in Manchester should support united so I apologise there.
But I stand by my comments that any other fan’s who call united fan’s glory hunters, then players who are from outside of Manchester should not play for united too because they are saying giggs beckham are glory hunters and ronaldo rooney should not be playing for united because where they are born are not the manchester area.
I don’t agree that Mancunians should get first choice with tickets, but I do agree they should get huge discounts for season tickets if they can show that they are residents.
Wait, how does one differentiate between a Mancunian who support Citeh or otherwise? *puzzled*
I’m from Malaysia, but how I wish I live near Salford. Would so try to practically live @ Old Trafford. Or like have tons of money so can watch games anytime.
You Mancunians are so lucky!
Michael i think you are well off the mark with this one… as i agree with Red Manc…
Totally different from fans to the players…
I do defo agree that fans from Manchester should be given first refusal.. and that aint being biased… it would just be fairer…
If you aint from Manchester then you dont truly understand what its like… and that aint downgrading any of the non manc fans… im just saying u wouldnt understand… coz you aint lived here all your lives…
What ya gotta remember is that if your born in manchester your either red or for some unfortunates a blue… none the less… its usually the case that all your family, and i dont mean immediate family i mean all the family all the way go great grandparents are red… i know my family is… its the first thing we talk about when we all meet up… not “hows you”… “what u been upto” ….. its like “… what dya think of rooneys goals” etc etc… its in our blood..
Please dont think im trying to belittle non manc reds… coz i aint… i just dont think non mancs understand the passion felt when you live here and have done all your life..
Failsworth Devil, I agree mate United is a way of life for families here, and long may that continue.
Failsworth
so what you are saying is scholes does not understand the passion of united because he was not a united fan as a kid was he, and no does beckham who loved united as a kid and giggs did who’s favourite player growing up was mickey thomas. giggs himself now as broken Charlton’s record as the one to have played more games for united than any other player and he is welsh and welsh people are as Passionate about their teams and sports then most country’s rugby a perfect example, and it shows if you are British and have support the club growing up and become a top player then that passion for the club shows.
solkjaer does not understand the passion of united is well because he is from Norway no did fergie when he became manager and look at the loyalty and service they have giving to the club throughout the years. I think it is unfair to say anyone outside of Manchester does not understand united it is a load of bollocks and a myth in itself, when there have been plenty of united player’s playing for united past or present who have supported the club, and with football so expensive these days it is amazing how anyone can buy a season ticket.
For Mancunian United fans it’s not all about the football, it’s a sense of pride from where you come from and your City’s herritage. For Mancunians we’re saying ‘Look at our city and look at football club’ and sometimes I feel that’s lost on non-manc fans.
For example, I hear thousands of people singing “We’re the pride of europe, The top of the North, We hate the scousers and cockneys of course…..” every week, but when I actually hear cockney’s singing it, I just think the irony is far too deep to comprehend.
This is not me having ago at Non-Mancs either, I am merely just trying to agree with and back up Failsworth’s comment…
Failsworth,stephen and Tevratov well said, its not about us belittling non manc reds but we are different and tbh more entitled to a ticket because we’re from the city that the club is in, it just makes sense.
and you cant bring players into this arguement its completly different same with managers, owners etc etc even though im a beliver that the club should be owned by the fans.
Not only should locals get first choice on tickets (providing they can prove where they are from), they should get discounts on all things United (season ticket, other match ticket, merchandise, stadium tour, food on match day)
It would show that the Glazers want to do things right for the fans and the club, amd might even improve the atmosphere on match days. It would give fans like myself more opportunity to go to games.
SteRDLK
well it is like saying satan can be excepted by the christians and for all united fan’s like myself who are not stupid or blind by our recent success the glazers are satan in our eyes or they are al qaeda I say the latter. the only good thing they have ever done is keep their hideos big noses out of fergie’s buisness and let him get on with the job at hand let see how they do when fergie is gone. to be honnest writing buisness and the glazers in the same sentence is ironic in itself. because that was their first word they said as kids or it may have been money, I bet their door bell of their houses rings money money money and their rooms have the doller signs everywhere.
micheal none of your comparisons are making any sense mate, im not sure what your trying to say?
Its all just fucking a dream as the Fucking Yankees fuckpigs aint going nowhere as yet…. we were all warned when this fucking family took control of our beloved reds… news from fans in the States told of ticket price hikes and warned of the Glaziers greed but not enough people listened….
tonybee, alot people listened and i dont think anybody wanted the takeover and people knew this would happen, we protested,LUHG campaigns still go around and FC United was formed, but there was nothing we could do especially with david the judas gill selling his soul. the Reds that stuck with MUFC are now trying to make another stand against the glazer dickheads.
MUFC – For the love not the money
LUHG!
Red-Manc
well the last one was quiet easy the glazers are scum simple as, and the glazers could not live their own lives without money they would sell their granmothers for 20 dollers. but it is ironic saying MUFC love not the money did anyone mind seeing beckham get payed way over the top then what he is realy worth I dont think so, and the sad thing is he is much richer then scholes and giggs who have been a million times better then beckam especially the genius that is paul scholes. the reality is football as been all about money for years now.
right i get what your saying now, agreed the glazers are pure scum.
Beckham is alot richer than Giggs and Scholes because becks is more of a celeb than a footballer, all the media,clothes,aftershaves etc etc players like the ginger prince and giggsy will be remember for there ability and how loyal they have been to our club, beckham will be remember as a good player but a player that sadly got carried away with all the fame imo even though to this day he’s always got good things to say about United so fair play to him.
MUFC – for the love not the money, is a phrase from the supporters point of view, meaning that MUFC to the fans is about love not the money, but i do realise that owners of our club have now turned United into a money grabbing buisness rather than a a football club for us fans to show all are passion to the club, this of course is all down the glazer scum. for the owners and the suits football is about money, but to us fans football will ALWAYS be about the love for our club and never the money!
Red-Manc
And what really pisses me off is oh the idiotic FA and premier league saying well they don’t tend to buy a Ferrari and turn it into a minivan how arrogant and small minded is their mentality. they have been and continue to live in their little bubbles and let idiots like ppl the glazers come in buy clubs on tick dump dept and let the fans pay for it, but I don’t agree united are a money grabbing club it is the glazers who are money grabbing scum bags using united has a vehicle to make money which they are hardly doing, let’s hope the old fart get’s another stroke and dies, and if he does I will pay for a ticket to Tampa go to his funeral wear glazer is dead shirt and shorts and piss on his grave as a tribute to his life, that would be a perfect way to sum up his life.
Red-Manc what about the people who live in the M postcode but who just moved there and want to get a season ticket because Man Utd just won the double…. so under your scheme they get first dibs whilst Dai Bando from Rhyl who’s been watching and supporting all his life is shafted