On what is typically a day of excitement for fans of Premier League clubs, Manchester United have used the PL fixture release date to announce more ticket price increases for their supporters.
At the end of the 2024/25 season, the club announced that there would be a 5% increase on all adult season tickets at Old Trafford. To compound matters, senior season ticket holders were told they were now only going to get a 25% reduction on their season tickets as opposed to 50%.
Now, the club have officially announced ticket prices for members and all other non-season ticket holders for the 2025/26 season.
New Man Utd ticket prices revealed
For the first time ever, Manchester United are now going to adopt tiered tickets, something that many clubs in the Premier League already do. The biggest games are being marked as Category A, the smallest are being marked as Category D, and those considered in between are being marked as either Category B or C. The prices for each category are as follows:
- Category A – £59 – £97
- Category B – £57 – £86
- Category C – £37 – £60
- Category D (Cup only) – £32 – £52
The majority of matches are being labelled as Category B, meaning fans are going to have to pay a minimum of £57 to get a ticket for a match at Old Trafford, more often than not. This is more than a 50% increase on what the cheapest tickets were for Premier League matches during the 2024/25 season.
Man Utd supporters group hits out at price hike
The official Manchester United supporters group, MUST, have heavily criticised the price hikes, labelling them a ‘kick in the teeth' to loyal supporters. A spokesperson for the group said:
“After how last season went, we might have hoped the Club would reconsider their plans for this new ticketing model which will see eye-watering price increases for 20,000 supporters per game who buy tickets on a match-by-match basis. This really is a fresh kick in the teeth for Manchester United fans.
“When the Club said they were introducing this new model for Members tickets, we urged them to keep the majority of matches at current levels and only apply the highest price category for a small number of the biggest games, and reduced prices for lower demand games.
“Once again, they have failed to consult any of the fans representative bodies on the details of the decision, and once again they’re making choices against the interests of fans and, we believe, the Club as a whole.”
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The arrogance of INEOS to go through with these changes after the club had its worst season in 50 years speaks volumes about how little regard they have for matchgoing supporters.
The new model in elite football is seemingly to try and reduce the number of local, working-class season ticket holders and replace them with one-off fans. Manchester United are following suit.