Man United increase price of season tickets for next season – UK Times

Manchester United have announced that the cost of season tickets at Old Trafford will go up by five percent next season.

The club intend to invest the extra revenue in football and facilities after spending more than £200m in the transfer market last summer.

The cheapest season tickets at Old Trafford next year will be £646, an average of £34 for the 19 Premier League home matches.

But United came under fire from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for moving 600 supporters from the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand to make way for extra, and more lucrative, hospitality seats.

United, who are on course to qualify for the Champions League, said they had consulted their Fan Advisory Board and that season-ticket holders would not pay more than one-nineteenth of the cost of their season ticket for any home European game.

But a MUST spokesman said: “It is disappointing that the club has ignored our call, as part of the FSA’s league-wide campaign, for a ticket price freeze. Supporters are paying more and more to watch their team, and as the FSA campaign said: enough is enough.

“We’ve also learned that 600 more loyal fans are being moved for ever more hospitality. Those people will be understandably furious, and need to be better treated by the club than those who went through the same thing last year were.

“That said, we are pleased the club listened to some of our concerns and there are no further restrictions on season ticket holders forwarding their tickets and no increase in the minimum usage rules. Football clubs make better decisions when they listen to fans – they should do it more!”