Man Utd have been forced to delete a tweet about Newcastle United over the weekend as Gary Neville blasts the viral post.
Fans of the Premier League giant hammered their social media team after a tweet made light of the game with Newcastle being played in an empty stadium.
Supporters are currently not allowed to enter stadiums of professional clubs including Newcastle’s St James’ Park.
In order to watch the game, viewers in the United Kingdom must fork out £14.95 to watch the match.
Manchester United’s Twitter team quickly deleted the cringeworthy post, however it was up long enough for eagle-eyed fans to get a screenshot of it to remind the club of their mistake.
The 8pm kick-off was United’s first behind the new Box Office paywall controversially set up by the Premier League last week.
Ahead of the clash, the the club’s Twitter account embarrassingly joked that fans would be pleased to avoid the trip to the North East.
St James’ Park is known for their huge step count to the upper tier of the Milburn Stand and Leazes End.
Yet United fans were quick to reply that they would love to be making the climb after several months away from stadiums.
The tweet read: “At least there’s no climbing up 14 flights of stairs to get to the away end at St James’ Park for this one…
“Where are you watching #NEWMUN from?”
As can be seem in the picture above, a laughing face emoji accompanied a world map with the kick-off times for fans worldwide, including Baghdad, Los Angeles and Manchester.
The social media team promptly deleted the tweet.
Gary Neville led supporters in making clear their anger at the joke.
The former defender wrote: “How bad is this tweet?”
How bad is this tweet? https://t.co/iMJD68Cbv9
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) October 17, 2020
United fan Ryan tweeted: “I’d rather walk up those 14 flights of stairs 50 times than pay £15 to watch it at home to be fair.”
Jack replied: “Nowhere because I’m not paying £15 straight to the Glazers pockets. I’ll watch the highlights 45 minutes after the final whistle on MOTD.”
Matty wrote online: “English fans are desperate to get into grounds. Clubs are desperate for match day money to survive. United social media team are laughing about it and telling us the kick off time in Kuala Lumpur. How out of touch can you get?”
Robert said: “Most people in the UK will not be watching because the club and the TV companies are using the pandemic as an excuse to justify charging UK fans an extra £14.95 to see the game. You should be ashamed.”
While Twitter user John commented: “How out of touch! Fans would kill to be walking up those stairs and watching a game live rather than paying £15 to watch on TV! What a poor tweet. I hate my own football club.”
Fans continued to vent their frustration as Man Utd delete their tweet about Newcastle…
I’ve subscribed to SkyTV and BT for years, today I’m going to be searching for a dodgy stream
— Halfrsed (@chunderfunk) October 17, 2020
Accurate though. Newcastle treat their away fans like Con-Air.
— Razor Sharpe ⚪️ (@Razor_Sharper) October 17, 2020
Climbed up those stairs to the away end. Watched Watford lose a mediocre game one nil with my brother.
Would give my right arm to do it again, as would any true fan of the game.
Should be deleted. Tone deaf.
— Matthew Nobbs (@mattnobbs) October 17, 2020
Sums United up Gary. We are shocking. Even celebrating Cole and Wes’s bday while trying to sell shirts
— John (@jbabz84) October 17, 2020
It’s abysmal, totally out of touch with fans in England. I can watch the game here in Ireland with my Premier sports subscription, doing over fans in their own country is unforgivable
— Ken White (@kenny7930) October 17, 2020
I’m shocked your surprised. The club is a laughing stock right now, it needs to be addressed ASAP.
— AllMuFc (@AllMuFc1) October 17, 2020
More embarrassment on the name of the club ☹️ fans are starting to get used to this perpetual state of affairs now.. if it isn’t the performance of the team that embarrasses us it’s the owners/board and transfer dealings… now it seems admin have jumped on board
— Jonny (@jonnyfulton1978) October 17, 2020
Awful! 15 quid to watch too. How much money does the Premier League need?! People have no option really but to watch from home atm. Income is a huge issue for alot people right now. Another sign of greed is more important than fans! Only players like @MarcusRashford give me hope!
— Dan Clibbens (@DanClibbens) October 17, 2020
And now they’ve deleted it ?
— Jordan Wetzel (@J1D4W) October 17, 2020
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