Simon Carline

Football tweets and not much more to be honest.

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@_callumstone Has to be Saka & Rashford beyond this if they’re both fit enough

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I am once again asking for AI to be confiscated from the majority of the internet.

Some regeneration that. Looks like they’ve re-routed the Irwell.

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@willllyeah @OhCheesesChrist @premierleague Well there you go…United lose out in the long term when the kids go to the smaller Greater Manchester teams more often than OT.

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@willllyeah @OhCheesesChrist @premierleague Yeah I’ve not bothered renewing my daughter’s membership when I did mine cause she probably won’t need it for a good few months. In contrast, her season ticket at Rochdale was free with mine.

No wonder some are drifting to lower league level clubs is it?

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@willllyeah @OhCheesesChrist @premierleague Exactly. The financial hoops you have to jump through to get an ST are getting silly too. £70 Premium Memberships & £100 ST deposits to get a Cup Season Ticket with inflated face value prices.

The idea of taking our kids to OT for a few games becoming more fanciful year on year

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@MUFC_ST @OhCheesesChrist @premierleague Problem is there’s a group in-between ST and day trippers that used to be able to go almost every game, whether buying through the club or transfers.

I’ve been to 90% of the home games the past few seasons but it’s become unworkable for thousands like me.

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@EnolaJon Might be even grimmer if you stiffen up on that train journey - will have to pace the train to stay loose 😂

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@EnolaJon You’ll be aching like fuck tomorrow! Think me and the kiddo rode past you around Walsden on our little jaunt to Todmorden. Didn’t envy how far you had to go at that point if it was you!

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Beginning to look like this is Graham Potter’s first rodeo, amirite?

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@MUFCRedArmy4 Can’t go wrong with that!

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Almost got this right…

£71 for Cat B games in the top of the Stretford End for members now.

Increase of £20 per game from just 2 seasons ago.

I imagine the Cat A ones are £79 🤮

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If we conservatively anticipate a 5% increase for members, we’ll be up to £72 for Cat B and £80 for Cat A, even at the very back row of Stretty.

Jesus wept.

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@MUFCRedArmy4 Yeah I managed to snag most of mine from ST holders but had to fold for City, Spurs, Arsenal and Palace (depressingly).

Thanks man! Where’ve you ended up getting your seat?

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@iBainsy Outstanding effort that Bainsy lad! Well done fella 🫡

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@j_coatsworth Exactly. The category C price is were the non-categorised structure would be at now with 5% increases. Joke that there’s only 3 games at that price point too!

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Look how they massacred my boy…

24-25 - - - - > 26/27

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Almost got this right…

£71 for Cat B games in the top of the Stretford End for members now.

Increase of £20 per game from just 2 seasons ago.

I imagine the Cat A ones are £79 🤮

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@MUFCRedArmy4 Great timing for you! Last season was a proper arseache. Less games meant way less ST holders passing up on games so I had to pay the member price way more than I wanted to.

Missed 7 of the 19 home games we had after only missing 1 in 24/25. Cost was a massive factor in that 😩

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@DaytrippingRed 24/25 prices vs 26/27 prices

The horse well and truly bolted during the £66 mid-season hike.

Members paying a tenner more than STs was fair enough. Now some tickets are almost double what an ST price is.

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SCOTLAND’S ON FI…oh. Nevermind.

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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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@AdamCrafton_ But surely it’s the best a man can get?