This weekend the Premier League will pit Manchester’s two biggest clubs against Liverpool. The ‘Reds’ will face City in the most prestigious duel in the English competition in recent years while United will play against Everton on Sunday.
On the occasion of this case, the fans of the four teams have decided to have a gesture of unity and protest against the increase in the price of football tickets at the Anfield and Old Trafford stadiums. Supporters claim that this new measure is “an exploitation of loyal followers” and will show that they are “shoulder to shoulder” against this initiative.
These protests come after knowing the intentions of the ‘Red Devils’ to increase the prices to access the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ to 66 pounds, after the Mancunian entity increased its income from broadcast rights by 17%, and that Several clubs wanted to end the £30 limit on visiting fans’ tickets.
Speaking to the British media ‘The Daily Mail’, Nick Clarke, spokesperson for MCFC Fans Foodbank Support, said he was “incredibly proud” that, despite the “growing animosity between City and Liverpool fans in recent years due to to the rivalry on the field” the two fans were “united” against this new policy. He also wanted to make a plea for fans to be together in the face of “the real threats” that affect this sport from which, as he says, “working class fans are being expelled before our very eyes.”
The spokesperson for FC58 (Manchester United fans group) told the same newspaper that, although “the rivalry between these four clubs has been and is fierce”, all of them “love their clubs” and, therefore, want the football “remains affordable for future generations, and believes that “the only way to achieve this is through collaboration.” Furthermore, this fan concludes his testimony with an optimistic vision with the thought that this movement will “grow” in the future.
