Bad news for Old Trafford fans continues as club refuses to ease scheduling pains – report

Manchester United fans will not have it any easier regarding tickets over the coming months. Price controversy Current minority owners Ineos have been heavily criticised for their handling of matchday tickets. Sir Jim Ratcliffe confirmed that ticket prices would need to increase in the spring to help ease the club’s financial situation. It was confirmed shortly after that the club would be raising the price of season tickets for a third consecutive season. This was met with huge criticism as the Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) released a statement revealing their disappointment with the move. Fixture headache In another blow for loyal match-going supporters, there will not be weekend match at Old Trafford for the next couple of months. Bizarrely, United are not scheduled to play on a Saturday or Sunday at home between now and the middle of January. The club have already complained to the Premier League but their fixtures will go ahead as planned. The Daily Mail now report that United are not planning on making anything any easier for fans as they “are set to resist calls to relax their season-ticket attendance rules after they were handed an ‘unprecedented’ run of midweek and night-time kick-offs.” In response to the run of midweek games, “the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust and the Fans’ Forum have led calls for the club to change their regulations around minimum ticket usage, which state supporters must either attend the match themselves, transfer, donate or resell their ticket through official channels for 15 of the 19 home games or risk losing their seat for next season.” They argue it is unfair to keep the current rule in place due to the added complexities for people to attend midweek games. Nonetheless, the paper believes United have no plans to be flexible over current rules. The Daily Mail reports that, “sources close to the matter believe fans have several options regarding their tickets for the rescheduled matches, none of which have been moved at less than 14 days’ notice – the cut-off for fans to resell their seats back to the club.” Featured image Alex Livesey via Getty Images – The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.