Home Ticketing Prices
This is getting ridiculous, and I think it's time for the @PremierLeague to regulate home ticket prices. Any review should also consider the percentage of a stadium that can be allocated to hospitality to prevent clubs from exploiting supporters by continually replacing general-admission seats with premium offerings.
If the @PremierLeague truly cares about the long-term future of its product, it needs to remember what made it successful in the first place: the supporters. The atmosphere, passion and loyalty that fans have brought to the game for generations are a huge part of its appeal, and pricing those people out of attending matches is a dangerous path to go down.
To put home ticket prices into perspective, we're playing Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day — traditionally one of the biggest family matchdays of the season. If a family of four wanted to attend Old Trafford, the costs could look something like this:
Memberships
2 Adults: £37.50 each = £75
2 Under-16s: £20 each = £40
Match Tickets
2 Adults: £110–£180
2 Under-16s: £45–£90
Total cost: £270–£385 for a single game of football.
And that's before travel, food, drinks, parking or merchandise.
Football's greatest asset has always been its supporters. If clubs and the league continue to push prices beyond the reach of ordinary fans, they risk losing the very atmosphere that helped make the game what it is.
Leave the atmosphere in football before the atmosphere leaves you.
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"Your tickets are secure, are you f**king sure"
Despite Manchester United’s assurances that digital NFC tickets are fully secure, a major flaw in the @SeatGeek ticketing platform leaves supporters highly vulnerable to unauthorised access. By knowing a fan's Supporter ID and just their surname or postcode, anyone can unauthorisedly view, download, and use their tickets without the owners knowledge.
This has already resulted in legitimate ticket holders being turned away at both home and away matches because their tickets had already been scanned.
The issue was deliberately kept quiet during the season to minimise disruption, but with the Premier League aiming for fully digital tickets next season, it must be prioritised over the summer. The risk is exacerbated by a club culture where fans have widely shared their Supporter IDs for ticket-forwarding purposes, and instances where Manchester United emails have inadvertently exposed this information. The author urges @SeatGeek and the club to implement a secure, user-led authorizlsation process rather than relying on flawed off-the-shelf solutions.
To read more click here: https://t.co/exJIFmqQMC
Please repost, this is important for all clubs now digital ticket is the future, not just #MUFC
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Since the FA Cup Final moved to the new Wembley Stadium in 2007, Finals featuring City have 6 of the 7 lowest attendances. They have failed to fill 25% of their allocation in all six Finals.
The amount of games at Wembley isn't the problem, it's the size of the fanbase & club.