Man City and Manchester United fans unite to ask for help over ticket prices
Manchester City and Manchester United fans are asking for help from football broadcasters as they look for fairer ticket pricing in 2025.
Supporters across the Premier League are trying to avoid being priced out of attending matches as the cost of attending football continues to increase, with a nationwide campaign from the Football Supporters Association (FSA) launching earlier this year with the simple message: Stop exploiting loyalty. A number of City fan groups joined in with that message, protesting together with Southampton, Bournemouth and Liverpool fans at the respective matches to show solidarity.
City fans will protest with West Ham fans outside the Etihad on Saturday ahead of their game, with West Ham fans this year hit by the removal of concession prices. The following day, United and Liverpool supporters will briefly put aside their rivalry for a similar cause.
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With clubs making their decisions in part as a result of the broadcast revenues that they receive, supporter groups from up and down the Premier League including Liverpool (Spion Kop, Spirit of Shankly), Everton (Gwladys St 1938), West Ham (Hammers United), Spurs (Save Our Seniors) and Ipswich (Ipswich Fans Supporting Foodbanks) want help from the TV companies to help clubs keep matches affordable. And with BBC Sport operating from Salford Quays, the City and United fan groups are particularly keen to get the BBC on board to help get their message across as often as possible.
"Today we call upon those broadcast partners of the Premier League to apply pressure onto the clubs, rein them in and ask them to reverse the greed and the unfair pricing structures which ultimately will destroy the product," a statement read. "Most Premier League clubs are tone deaf to the awful PR this creates and are too stubborn or arrogant to seriously take into consideration what fans are saying."
