Manchester United supporters have complained to a neighborhood authorities in London after greater than 600 followers had their tickets canceled for the upcoming Premier League match in opposition to Chelsea due to policing considerations.
Manchester,UPDATED: Oct 13, 2022 22:08 IST
Manchester United followers threaten authorized proceedings over lowered Chelsea ticket allocation (AFP)
By India Today Web Desk: Manchester United Supporters Trust threatened authorized motion in opposition to Hammersmith and Fulham council after the reduce to the ticket allocation for the membership’s go to to Chelsea on 22 October.
Lawyers engaged on behalf of the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust have despatched a letter to Hammersmith and Fulham Council requesting it subject a brand new security certificates to allow all of the followers to attend the match.Manchester United got 2,994 tickets for the Premier League fixture, all of which have been offered.
“United fans, and football supporters in general, have had their fill of being on the receiving end of unfair and irrational decisions by councils and the police who seem to consider us to be a public order problem rather than ordinary people freely enjoying a day out,” the fan group, known as MUST, said Thursday.
“Tickets had been offered for this sport and followers are being handled like second-class residents.”
“Our first priority in policing football — and the increasing crime and disorder associated with it — is the safety of fans and those who live and work in the local community,” police said. “This can require significant resources and we have to balance this commitment against our many other policing responsibilities across London.
“For this reason, the agreement in place between the Met and London clubs is that fixtures assessed as high risk should start before 16:45 at weekends to help keep people safe.” United wrote to supporters last week to inform them of the situation.
“While we’re very disillusioned by this consequence and consider it’s unjustified, it’s clear it’s a closing determination,” the club wrote.
“Over current years, now we have made vital progress in defending away ticket allocations for our followers and we will guarantee you that we are going to proceed to struggle for this in future.”
In the authorized letter to the council, issued by Lochlinn Parker, the followers argue “there is no rational reason to reduce the ticket allocation for away fans at a 5:30 p.m. kick-off when it is accepted that there would be a full ticket allocation at a fixture beginning no later than 4:45 p.m.”
