Mark Goldbridge slams Man Utd, calling them ‘scammers’ and ‘parasites’ for the treatment of fans in their post-season friendly.
He accused the club of briefly streaming the game on their YouTube channel for about 50 seconds to attract 200,000 viewers, then abruptly stopping the stream to redirect fans to MUTV, where they were charged a fee to watch.
Goldbridge called this tactic “disgusting” and “mercenary,” arguing it exploits fans, especially after a disappointing season, and reflects the club’s disregard for its supporters.
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Manchester United YouTube just scammed their fan🤣 show the game for 50 seconds free on Youtube then cut and ask people to pay for MUTV 🤣🤣
Mark Goldbridge reacts #ManchesterUnited pic.twitter.com/wChboFGQbh
— Footy Base (@Mohqoshin) May 28, 2025
Live for 36 seconds pic.twitter.com/mKwlMfVLve
— Footy Base (@Mohqoshin) May 28, 2025
In the video seen above, Mark Goldbridge says: “Oh, they’re scammers. They’re absolute scammers. You absolute scammers. Oh, they’ve they’ve done you big time there. They’ve absolutely done about 200,000 people.
“This football club, what an absolute disgrace. Get yourselves over here onto United Stand. We we’ve got the game, but, I’ve got it on MUTV. That is absolute scam. Play the game for a minute then turn it off so they come to MUTV.
“I hate this football club. They are such parasites. They are such parasites. The way you treat your Clip me up on this. Right?
“Clip me up on this. I very rarely wanna get clipped. Right? They’ve got 200,000 people watching a live stream on Man United’s YouTube channel of this game. They play it for fifty seconds, then they switch it off and say come to MUTV and pay for pay the club a fiver.
“It’s all money. Absolute that is disgusting. Nobody wants this game. Play it for free on the bloody YouTube channel because you’ve messed your fans up all season. No.
“No. No. Lure them in for fifty seconds and then say, come and pay a fiver. Absolute disgusting. That is just not the that is horrible.
“The way you treat your football fans is disgusting mercenaries, absolute mercenaries. Somebody’s planned that as well.
“If you ever wanted to have a real example of what they think of as the fans, there it is. Lure them in and then charge them. Absolutely disgusting.
“What a joke of a football club that is. The season we’ve had and you do that to your fans. Well caught in 4k, mate. Caught in 4k. That’s exactly what this club’s all about. Unbelievable.”
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This is how Twitter users responded after Mark Goldbridge slams Man Utd, calling them ‘scammers’ and ‘parasites’ for the treatment of their fans…
@TC_UTD: He’s not wrong, worst Prem season of all time and they couldn’t even give a tiny bit back to the fans and put the game on for free. Disgusting.
@westmelgeordie: It’s a business model that works though… ask any porn tv channel. And let’s be honest here no matter if it’s Man Utd fans or the bimbo…… someone’s getting fucked
@FPL_Dabby: Build up is always free & youtube description clearly said it would just be the build up. Kickoff was late, wanst clear when it would kickoff. Like 90% of their subscriptions are people who sign up to watch pre-season games & forget to cancel it. Why would they show it for free
@aroundgroundsss: You will continue to support these clubs. Money over fans. It’s not gonna change, in fact it will continue to get more and more expensive for the average football fan. It’s the original United fans I feel for most not goldbridge who used to be a forest fan. Premier league football clubs = rip off merchants
@RMcGreevy1301: Why would anybody want to watch a meaningless end of season friendly anyway?
@TheScottKeene: I don’t like him, but he’s right here.
@TigerT72: It was a show of mercy, so their fans didn’t have to watch their team get beaten 1-0 by…[checks notes]…the mighty Asean Allstars! 😄😄😄
@classicJay92: It doesn’t happen often but he’s dead right with his response here.
@brian017: Sounds like they did those 200k people a favour tbh
@RyanRashAshton: First time I’ve ever agreed with this muppet lol 😂
@JasonPayne_10: Proper embarrassing football club 😭
@Marrow102: 12 year old me could never have imagined 14 years down the line how deep United are in the pits. Absolutely glorious viewing.
@forevaRedOrDead: They really need the money
@mistercassidy84: Don’t know about them being the biggest club in the world anymore @GNev2 but deffo the summiest. Spoilers they also lost the game. Humans paid money to watch it too. Truly shocking
@samoluayoo: Imagine subscribing just to watch Manchester United losing again to an unknown football club 😹💔.
@dingdinghopkin: Let’s see if @GNev2 demands the owner, manager or anyone else leaves the club??
@ollielad24: Usually I’m 😂🤣 with mark goldbridge but this 100 million per cent spot on ❤️👍
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