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Man Utd fans demand urgent changes to ‘save the club’ and explain reasons for protesting

Man Utd fans demand urgent changes to ‘save the club’ and explain reasons for protesting, ahead of the game against Fulham.

The protest march began an hour prior to kick-off from either side of the stadium and meet in the middle by the ‘Law, Best, Charlton’ statue outside Old Trafford.

Speaking ahead of kick off, Simon Stone of BBC Sport, said: “It is difficult to gauge numbers because the majority of fans attending today’s game end up at the front of Old Trafford before they enter the stadium.

“However, the protest organised by the 1958 Group of Manchester United supporters was noisy and loud.

“Organisers are reinforcing the point that their view of the ownership of United has not changed just because United have beaten Manchester City and Arsenal in their last two games.

“They feel supporters are being exploited through high ticket prices and onerous restrictions on season tickets.

“They also believe while Sir Jim Ratcliffe has put money into the club, he has not reduced the huge debt – in excess of £1.1bn taking everything into account – saddled against United, with the costs that come with it.

“They are also sceptical that the £2bn new stadium plans will ever reach a successful conclusion.”

The 1958 tweeted:

🛑 WHY PROTEST? 🛑

🚫 Increase in draconian attendance regulations

💷 Price hikes for kids and concessions

🚨 Heavy handed bans at aways because of I.D. demands and removal of season tickets for long serving matchgoers

📉 2,500 season ticket holders gone from Old Trafford in just 2 years 🤔

🎟️ Increase in tickets appearing on resale sites

❌ Removal of away ballot statistics and transparency

📸 Social media influencers popping up at Leeds away 🤷🏻‍♂️

🙉 An ownership that ignores fan reps and supporter groups

🚪 Massive turnstile queues caused by cuts to stewarding

👷‍♂️ Time served, experienced stewards sacked or not renewed

📉 Steward numbers slashed, safety and fan experience treated as expendable

🧬 A deliberate strategy to dilute fan culture and erase generations of supporters who made United what it is

🇺🇸 A strategy to turn our game into a commercialised American product

🎪 Flaunting a Disneyland circus stadium no STH fucking wants!

🤬 They do what they want and fuck over the fans

⚠️ It’s only going to get worse

⚠️ And they WILL get to you, don’t think they won’t.

⏰ 1PM
📍 Two meeting points
📢 Be loud. Be seen. Be there. 🔥

The 1958 🇾🇪

Protest organiser Steve Crompton said, per SunSport: “For me it’s all based around match-going fans. Another one is the culture needs bringing back.

“The Red Army is constantly getting pushed back to the point that the TRA is not even recognised anymore, which is shocking in itself.

“Matchday tickets need to be more affordable for matchgoing fans. If you go on the United website there are no tickets available for members but you can get hospitality seats starting at £300.

“For me it’s all about protecting fan culture, which sadly is slowly eradicating.

“The owners either need to change or they need to start listening.

“Ratcliffe and his merry band of men that got on board were quoted saying they would ‘put Manchester back in Manchester United’.

“But he has taken everything away. For matchgoing fans there is nothing.

“They also need to stop swapping and changing managers because it costs money and they expect supporters to foot that bill.

“It’s ridiculous.”

Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick said of the protest: “I don’t think it connects with the two wins, to be honest,.

“I think it doesn’t affect the team. I fully respect the supporters. They’re incredible, they have been for so long.

“They’ve had a lot of highs and some downs as well, but, you know, I’m not offended by it or anything, and the players certainly aren’t.

“I think within the stadium the support we’ve felt — and that’s been there for all the games that I’ve watched for quite some time — has been of the highest level and I’m sure it’ll continue to be like that.

“The connection that we’ve had over the last couple of weeks has been pretty special and we’ve both fed off that.

“I think the supporters have fed off it, we have as a group, the players certainly have, and that’s something we need to keep building on.”

In his autobiography, ‘Between the Lines’, issued back in 2018, he wrote “the Glazers have been great owners” and that the club “have progressed under the Glazers on and off the field”.

Questioned if they can still be a success under them, Carrick said: “Yeah, I think we’ve had a good couple of weeks and we’re moving in the right direction. We want to keep building on that.

“I think that’s part of the focus here. It’s never get satisfied with what we’ve just done and keep moving forward.

“And then off the pitch, whatever goes on in and around the club, is not really for us as a playing group to worry about and let that affect performances.

“We feel the utmost support and that’s where we want to keep moving towards.”

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