David

@OhCheesesChrist Should be £30 cap home or away if we are honest.

Made a correction but couldn't edit, so I reposted. If the trajectory of ticket prices had increased, you'd now be looking at away ticket prices for the following: Arsenal £96 Chelsea £84 Palace £60 Everton £65 Villa £65 It's all hypothetical, of course, because we were lucky that the £30 cap came into effect.

Recently, we saw the £30 away ticket cap extended for another 2 years. I’ll admit that surprised me, especially given it was only extended by 1 year last time, whereas previous extensions had typically been for 3 years. I wanted to put the £30 cap in perspective by showing what it has meant for any #PremierLeague club over the years in terms of savings for the away match-going supporter. Some of the historical details may not be exact, and I’m happy for anyone with records from the time to sense-check, but I’m fairly confident that in the 2015/16 season, an away ticket at Arsenal was priced at £64. That included a £5 discount (a previous benefit required for away supporters). If the cap hadn’t been introduced, and using average increases as a guide, for example, tickets at Tottenham Hotspur rising from £47 in 12/13 to £54 in 15/16, would now be circa £81, Arsenal away tickets could now be somewhere around £96. At the other end of the scale, Watford was among the cheapest at £31, but could now be £47. Based on those assumptions, the potential savings for travelling support over the past decade could look something like this: 16/17: £818,015 17/18: £1,006,719 18/19: £1,238,955 19/20: £1,524,765 (partial COVID impact) 20/21: £1,876,506 (COVID-affected) 21/22: £2,309,389 22/23: £2,842,132 23/24: £3,497,772 24/25: £4,304,658 25/26: £5,297,681 That’s just under £22.5 million in potential savings for travelling supporters over that period (with roughly £2.5 million removed to account for around 18 months of COVID disruption). So, to everyone involved in securing the £30 away cap, including @WeAreTheFSA @MU_ST, and others, it’s genuinely one of the most impactful wins for match-going fans in recent years. Note: Probably best not to show this to Jim Ratcliffe.

If anyone was on the fence about the Reform UK #Senedd candidate Corey Edwards, that did the Hitler salute and resigned. Here’s a video he took of himself drinking whilst driving.

@sarm0161 is this you? bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@karlbyron5 @BBCMOTD United have had 15.

@BBCMOTD This will be our 7th night game this season. Monday night football needs scrapping.

Man City will not play a single Premier League away game this season at 3pm on a Saturday. The latest round of TV picks has moved their trip to Everton to the Monday night, confirming that none of their away games in the league this season will take place in the traditional slot.

@SmartCaz @DavidEvs1 Same here. And I haven’t got any.

@DavidEvs1 @sarm0161 I’ve been a parent for almost 22 years, and when I tell you I have shamelessly used “childcare” to get out of such things at least once a month, I’m probably underestimating…

@sarm0161 @SmartCaz I repeatedly use the dog as an excuse to leave events and to also not go to events and as a reason to not go to the office.

Just listening to a conversation on the train, because the gobby twats gave no option but to. Anyway….they’re talking about their place of work and, every week, someone is appointed to be the “Head of Fun”. They’re discussing plans for when it’s their turn. I’d end up inside.

@sarm0161 @SmartCaz We’d like you to come for drinks after a day in the office “I have a three hour drive home though” Not really a team player are you? “3 hour drive home also United are at home so…”

@SmartCaz Yep. Exactly. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of the impulsive ‘fancy a pint’ after work. But planned shit can get in the bin.

@PhilBlundell Imagine someone coming in on a Monday knowingly empowered to be zany. Fuck off.

I still think the new ground talk is lip service, trying to draw attention to somehow pay for a stadium that I'm still not sure will actually happen anyhow, to quote my previous post back in January: "The new stadium, if there even is one, won’t be ready until 2035/36 at the earliest, but they’re not telling you that."

@mark_robinson_ Yet another Glazer style leach, using United to line his pockets.

Rain dropping from the edge of the roof, like it does at every stadium in the country. Stop being a dick. #MUFC #ManUtd

I never take pics in the ground but didn’t let the opportunity pass yesterday prior to the players coming out. Incredible work from the lads and lasses who organise the flags 🇾🇪

@TRA_FC_ @AidanFulham @FULHAMTHOMAS5 @TraMufc Oh here we go again Captain Irrelevant and his side kick Sgt Nobody Cares have arrived. Trying to manufacture a rivalry/argument cos everyone finds Fulham so inconsequential.

@AidanFulham @FULHAMTHOMAS5 @DavidEvs1 @TraMufc 🤣🤣🤣 🎣

50 new flags in T1 yesterday, we'll be reaching out to all ST holders in T2 soon to see if they want to be involved up there, already have best part of 100 new designs ready to roll. What do you reckon, anyone in T2 got an opinion?

@TRA_FC_ @AidanFulham @TraMufc He’s a genuine full ham

@DavidEvs1 @AidanFulham @TraMufc Voted the voice of Fulham didn’t you know, but obsessed with TRA 🤣

@TRA_FC_ @AidanFulham @TraMufc He’s the worlds worst engagement farmer

@AidanFulham @TraMufc @DavidEvs1 Fan funded

Immerse me in your splendour 🇾🇪

@niallor1975 @OhCheesesChrist @SeatGeek If the £30 ticket cap continues it’s irrelevant as you cannot dynamic price the tickets

@OhCheesesChrist @SeatGeek Weight the draw is another way of seeing what demand is. Ticketmaster use their waiting room to feed their algorithm that dictates prices on the dynamic pricing format. Tickets dressed up as vip. Coldplay can say there’s £20 tickets but they don’t tell ya there’s only 50 of them

I saw a LinkedIn post earlier this week from the UK Regional Director at @SeatGeek highlighting some updates to their products. Improvements to the platform are always welcome. The obvious question, though, is when or if these updates will reach the ticketing platform used by Manchester United. (Although, if they’re already implemented, I’d have a few more questions.) From what I’ve been able to gather, one of the main updates is something called Ballots 2.0. — SeatGeek has launched Ballots 2.0, an enterprise ticketing feature designed to manage high-demand sales through a weighted-draw system. Instead of the usual first-come, first-served rush, supporters can register their interest during a set window, and tickets will then be allocated through a draw. One of the key upgrades is the ability for organisations to weight the draw. Clubs can prioritise groups such as season ticket holders, official members, or even local residents. The platform also includes anti-bot security and automated payments for successful applicants to avoid website crashes and stressful checkout experiences seen during major ticket releases. SeatGeek says the system was designed to handle “Taylor Swift-style” demand peaks while maintaining site stability and fairness. — On paper, it all sounds like a step in the right direction. However, demand at Manchester United differs significantly from that at most clubs. Applications for away games alone regularly exceed 13,000 per match, with allocations averaging 2,750. A weighted-draw system could bring improvement to away ballots, but I don’t see anything currently that would support that; that doesn’t mean that those conversations aren’t happening. We’ve also seen the ticketing website crash or introduce heavy queuing and restrictions when high-demand home tickets go on sale. Those situations often affect other users who simply want to manage their accounts or access returned away tickets. So while Ballots 2.0 sounds like a meaningful improvement, particularly the mention of anti-bot security, the real test will be how well it performs in practice. Most importantly, it will be interesting to see whether these improvements reach the Manchester United ticketing platform.