So true and the PL is still determined not to tackle the main reason why clubs get into trouble...unsustainable debt. United have debts of least £1bn and are not paying it back anytime soon. This is a scandal but apparently Sheik Mansour paying Mancini a consultancy fee of £2.75m a year for three seasons (all legal and declared) 17 years ago is some sort of crime. You couldn't make this stuff up.The inevitable result of FFP/PSR, as soon as one club goes overboard with ticket prices the pressure will be on everyone else to keep up (regional variations/London weighting notwithstanding).
This is killing their support in my area of Lancashire. The youngsters all used to support LFC or MUFC. But now most of them seem to have switched to their local clubs like PNE and Blackpool. This is great for local football. Clubs like AFC Fylde ane Fleetwood have loyal supports as well. At the same time City and LFC are also now the dominant force amongst younger fans. United are facing commercial disaster in areas they used to dominate. It is crucial that City continue to exploit this situation by not alienating our hard core support in working class areas of Greater Manchester and its surrounding areas.If ever the gap between us was in doubt.
City may not get everything right with pricing but this lot take the piss.
Are they still charging full price for kids too?
It'll be the highlight of their radio coverageExcept the BBC won't have live coverage.
Really? No TV income? They have been bumping along the bottom all last season and they were still on TV every week. That is not going to change any time soon.But their problem is the level of debt that they have built up over the last two decades, and the lack of European football to help pay it off, plus the lower matchday income at the swamp, along with no TV income from televising their games.
This is killing their support in my area of Lancashire. The youngsters all used to support LFC or MUFC. But now most of them seem to have switched to their local clubs like PNE and Blackpool. This is great for local football. Clubs like AFC Fylde ane Fleetwood have loyal supports as well. At the same time City and LFC are also now the dominant force amongst younger fans. United are facing commercial disaster in areas they used to dominate. It is crucial that City continue to exploit this situation by not alienating our hard core support in working class areas of Greater Manchester and its surrounding areas.
Great post, it looks like people at the club with marketing degrees have only just grasped this concept but bettrr late than never.This is killing their support in my area of Lancashire. The youngsters all used to support LFC or MUFC. But now most of them seem to have switched to their local clubs like PNE and Blackpool. This is great for local football. Clubs like AFC Fylde ane Fleetwood have loyal supports as well. At the same time City and LFC are also now the dominant force amongst younger fans. United are facing commercial disaster in areas they used to dominate. It is crucial that City continue to exploit this situation by not alienating our hard core support in working class areas of Greater Manchester and its surrounding areas.
Empty seats incoming.....?
I think he was talking about UEFA TV moneyReally? No TV income? They have been bumping along the bottom all last season and they were still on TV every week. That is not going to change any time soon.
Rag fans can sleep at night because Rasmus Birtles is doing the kicking.“Manchester United fans have accused the club of giving fans a "kick in the teeth" after announcing matchday ticket prices could reach £97.
That's true I live at Fleetwood-by-the-Sea and it's City/dips & local teams.This is killing their support in my area of Lancashire. The youngsters all used to support LFC or MUFC. But now most of them seem to have switched to their local clubs like PNE and Blackpool. This is great for local football. Clubs like AFC Fylde ane Fleetwood have loyal supports as well. At the same time City and LFC are also now the dominant force amongst younger fans. United are facing commercial disaster in areas they used to dominate. It is crucial that City continue to exploit this situation by not alienating our hard core support in working class areas of Greater Manchester and its surrounding areas.
True.It'll be the highlight of their radio coverage
In that case every game the rags play is the stand out fixture!I suppose from a viewing numbers point of view they are correct.
I reckon three.I don't know what all the fuss is about.
They're bound to get at least a point from their six opening games.
The rags have always been bent and found some dodgy way to get out of the shit. Sadly I can't see it changing in this crooked world.There is a saturation point where a business has wrung out all it can wring out of punters, the rags hopefully have hit that now.
Hasn’t every attacking player, for decades, been the new Best?So that's...
Cunha is the new Cantona
Zirkzee, the new Zlatan
Phil Jones, was the new Duncan Edwards
Januzai, the new Giggs
Wasn't Stuart Pearson, the new Best?
Feilaini was the new Keane (and their very own Yaya)
I'm sure there were more.
Hasn’t every attacking player, for decades, been the new Best?
Hasn’t every midfielder/defender, for decades, been the new Edwards?
Is there a Fleetwood-not-by-the-sea?That's true I live at Fleetwood-by-the-Sea and it's City/dips & local teams.
When I moved here 3 years ago there were rags all over the shop, the older ones are still knocking about but are in the shadows these days.
Need to make it sound more stylish as everyone lumps it in with Blackpool and to be fair, if you know where to go even Pool is really nice.Is there a Fleetwood-not-by-the-sea?
;-)