🤯 Top club battles ticket abuse: fans now call for protests
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Manchester United recently suspended 685 season ticket holders. This means they are not allowed to enter the stadium or use their tickets for the time being.
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The background is a review by the English club of a total of 1,617 accounts on which, according to the club, unusual activity had been detected. In its fight against ticket abuse, Man United has announced a number of sanctions. This was reported by 'kicker'.
After being contacted and given the chance to respond, those affected were also able to appeal sanctions to an independent panel that included fan representatives. More than 200 fans were able to avoid a season ticket ban as a result. According to 'kicker', they are now only barred from transferring home tickets and from purchasing away tickets.
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However, more than 500 fans were banned for one season. The total of 685 fans are accused of "significant abuse of the ticketing system for financial gain." The English record champions announced this in a press release.
This included running organized ticket networks that controlled, sold, and distributed tickets from hundreds of accounts. Such actions undermine fair access to tickets for genuine fans and have no place at Manchester United.
The club now wants to return these tickets to its fans. The newly available tickets will be offered to supporters on the season ticket waiting list.
Protests at the derby?
And although the fight against ticket abuse should actually be in the fans' interest, there are likely to be supporter protests on Sunday afternoon during the Premier League derby against Manchester City.
Fan group "The 1958" called for such protests against the club's actions. Among other things, the fans accuse United of using aggressive wording during the investigation.
"No loyal fan should be treated as guilty without being given a fair opportunity to understand and challenge the allegations made against them," a spokesperson for the group told 'The Athletic'.
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