Manchester United fans may have to 'do a Liverpool' over ticket prices

Supporters who have made the trek over to
Denmark for Thursday's Europa League tie are
unhappy with the home side's decision to treble
the cost of tickets for the match
Travelling Manchester United fans have hit out
at FC Midtjylland ’s decision to charge visiting
supporters £71 per ticket for Thursday’s Europa
League clash.
United followers have still travelled in numbers
to Denmark despite a £49 price hike from the
£22 ticket cost when Southampton visited the
MCH Arena in the same competition earlier this
season.
But a number have voiced their displeasure at
being asked to fork out more than three times
the figure Saints fans paid for their lengthy trip
in August.
“The travel cost is part of the trip so I don’t
really bring that into the ticket money, but it’s
the £49 difference that’s a bit of a joke,” said
Kieran, a United fan travelling over from the UK.
“It might be the biggest game in their history but
we’ve never heard of them.”
He added that the recent walkout by Liverpool
fans protesting over ticket prices is a sign that
football needs to address this growing issue.
“We don’t want to compare ourselves to the
Scousers, but fair play to what they’ve done in
walking out. A £49 difference in a few months
isn’t the best is it?”
Supporters who have made the trek over to
Denmark for Thursday's Europa League tie are
unhappy with the home side's decision to treble
the cost of tickets for the match
Travelling Manchester United fans have hit out
at FC Midtjylland ’s decision to charge visiting
supporters £71 per ticket for Thursday’s Europa
League clash.
United followers have still travelled in numbers
to Denmark despite a £49 price hike from the
£22 ticket cost when Southampton visited the
MCH Arena in the same competition earlier this
season.
But a number have voiced their displeasure at
being asked to fork out more than three times
the figure Saints fans paid for their lengthy trip
in August.
“The travel cost is part of the trip so I don’t
really bring that into the ticket money, but it’s
the £49 difference that’s a bit of a joke,” said
Kieran, a United fan travelling over from the UK.
“It might be the biggest game in their history but
we’ve never heard of them.”
He added that the recent walkout by Liverpool
fans protesting over ticket prices is a sign that
football needs to address this growing issue.
“We don’t want to compare ourselves to the
Scousers, but fair play to what they’ve done in
walking out. A £49 difference in a few months
isn’t the best is it?”
But while some fans’ pockets have best tested
by the face value, others have travelled to the
Danish town of Herning prepared to pay far in
excess of that figure.
“We’ve come over without tickets and will try to
get some, but some people have said they’re
going for about £500 on the black market,” one
fan told Goal of his group of four travellers.
“I think they know that with our massive
following in Scandinavia we’ll always sell out
regardless of how much they try to charge.”