Man USA Hit Fans With Season Ticket Price Rise

Posted on: Apr 10, 2006 in Archive

On the back of Malcolm Glazer’s gaffe to reporters when he called Manchester United “a great franchise”, United finance director Nick Humby has spoken out in support of the club’s average 12.3% increase in season ticket prices for next season.

Despite the price of tickets at Old Trafford rising to between ?23 and ?38, Humby has said that United as a club (or franchise) still believe that their tickets offer the best value in the Premiership.

With London clubs like Chelsea and Tottenham charging up to ?70 for their top priced tickets, Manchester United find themselves sitting around mid-table in the ticket price Premiership league.

“We do not know what most of our rivals will charge next year, but even a price freeze across the rest of the Premiership would mean that next year only seven clubs will have a cheaper ticket than ?23 and nine clubs will have a top price over ?39 – in some cases almost double,” said Humby.

With Old Trafford recording it’s highest ever league attendance against Arsenal at the weekend and in line to reach a capacity of around 76,000 for next season, it looks like being another bumper year at the turnstiles for the Glazer family.

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2 Comments

  • brookster April 10, 2006 at 9:31 pm

    Well, they’ve got to service that debt someway. Economies of scale in the Old Trafford vs Stamford Bridge argument: they probably have similar totals in Matchday takings due to the seat difference. Whereas Arsenal will probably be raking it in at Ashburton Grove.

  • Alan Hylands April 11, 2006 at 8:27 am

    Arsenal will need to get the punters in through the doors of Ashburton Grove to really make it worth their while and with a very real chance of “only” UEFA Cup football next season and another year of growth for the side it mightn’t be as easy as they thought when they started building.