Manchester United consider halving funding for disabled supporters’ association

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·15. November 2024

Manchester United consider halving funding for disabled supporters’ association

INEOS are looking at making further unpopular cuts at Manchester United.

We’ve already gone into great detail about the club’s terrible decision to abandon European away ticket collections, but it sounds like United are now looking at the funding they provide to their disabled supporters’ association as part of a wider analysis into running costs.

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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has targeted savings since he became a minority owner at the start of the year. There has been hundreds of redundancies and Sir Alex Ferguson has been dropped of his ambassadorial role.

Cuts have to be made after the club shared net losses of £113.2m for the 12 months ending 30 June, 2024.

While the money must come from somewhere, fans will argue that INEOS are penny-pinching in the wrong areas.

One area is the funding given to their disabled supporters’ association.

According to the Daily Mail, the £40,000-a-year given to MUDSA could be halved.

Another unpopular decision at Manchester United

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INEOS were never going to get everything right, but the 250 redundancies were felt and there have already been cuts in terms of MUTV coverage and the ticket office.

These departments were busy as it was but it’s only going to get worse with staff cuts.

The Euro away ticket collection disaster came as another kick in the teeth to fans, especially those who travel with their hard earn cash to follow United across Europe.

It’s been a rocky start for INEOS in terms of their reputation with fans, although there are supporters who will be pleased if they keep signing players every summer. There’s more to running a football club than that though.