Manchester United reduces away ticket prices by £4

After mounting criticism over the extravagant ticket prices by the English Premier League clubs as compared with the German and Spanish leagues, Manchester United have announced on their official Twitter account the decision of reducing ticket prices to away matches by £4, starting with the Fulham game on 2 November.

This arrangement has been made after discussions with the Fans’ Forum and aims at encouraging more fans to travel to away games.

The discount will be applied automatically by the Club when fans pay for their away tickets and any money that is not used this season will be used with next year’s £200,000 budget to continue the policy.

Manchester United addressed the following questions on their website -

Will the full discount apply to children’s or seniors’ tickets? Yes.

Will I get a £4 refund for the ticket I bought for the games already played this season? No. The Club wanted to discuss the matter with the Fans’ Forum before it decided how to spend the budget and refunds were considered but the administrative work involved in tracing and refunding individual payments of £4 to each of the travelling fans is prohibitive. The discount will apply to every away Premier League game from Fulham onwards and, if there is any money left over, that will be added to next year’s £200,000.

Why not budget to use all the money this season? The amount used will depend on the allocations the Club receives for its fans. £4 is the best guess at the level of discount that will allow all tickets to be cheaper for the rest of the season. If there’s any money left, it will be added to the £200,000 set aside for next year’s away fan initiative. If there is a shortfall this year, the Club will honour the commitment to the £4 discount.

Does the discount apply to Cup games? No. It applies only to away matches in the Premier League.