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These fuckin’ exams. I am getting so busy these days that i have managed to get a peek to United’s new kit.Just last week i collected my funds to buy United’s tees and damn here’s the new one.I missed this one by few days.
Anyways Check the new Shirts.Quite energetic and fresh.This will take me another few months to get my hands on this ones. [Read more…]
Soliciting raw talent from the available resources during the break is perhaps the goal of every organization now that the summer break has set in. And no other than the big bosses of the United Reds have been preparing for it. With these developments, Sir Alex Fergusson has nothing but good words for the efforts being exerted by the heads led by David Gill.
Gill disclosed that the Glazer family will be putting up funds for future signings of players since it has been evident that the Reds have been suffering from a spate of injuries as well as players transferring and leaving.
Among the eyed players are Owen Hargreaves and hopefully it may become a wish come true. Overall, the Reds are not planning to make drastic changes and are geared more on enhancing their current line-up with one or two quality players to bolster their formidable line-up and maintain their class and position.
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Manchester United have hit their fans with a 12.3% average rise in season ticket prices for the next campaign. A top-price ticket will cost £38 and the cheapest £23 – although United are still roughly halfway up the list of Premiership ticket prices.
Finance director Nick Humby said to MUTV:
“It is the time of year when football directors become public enemy number one. But we strongly believe that the new ticket prices still represent the best value in the Premier League.”
Those whose tickets average £30 a game will be hardest hit as their seats will cost £5 more. But everyone attending games at Old Trafford will have to pay more – with one exception, that being a supporter with two children sitting in the Family Stand, for whom the price will be frozen.
Mark Longden, chairman of the Independent Manchester United Supporters’ Association criticised the move, saying there could be empty seats at Old Trafford next season:
“Even the hardcore fan is going to think twice about spending £35 to go watch Birmingham at 5.15pm on a Saturday evening. It is far easier – and cheaper – to go and watch the game on TV in a pub somewhere, where, it has to be said, the atmosphere is often better as well. The more prices go up, the more people fall off the edge and, without a doubt, there will be empty seats for league games at Old Trafford next season.”
United estimate that 43% of their matchday receipts next year will be generated by their 8,000 ‘executive’ fans, a rise from 36% for the present campaign. But United have defended the price rises, saying they compare favourably with the rest of the Premiership.
“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.
Chelsea have frozen ticket prices for next season, which means tickets for Premiership games remain between £35 and £60. The Blues’ ticket prices are the second highest in the Premiership, after Tottenham, who charge up to £70. Wigan’s prices are the lowest, at £17 to £25. Old Trafford’s capacity is being expanded to 76,000 – comfortably the largest in the Premiership – for the start of next season.
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