Liverpool price freeze should be a signal to United to follow suit. Achieved, at least in part, through Liverpool's supporters' trust (SoS) building up influence through years of dialogue. This is an email from Roy Bentham of SoS to the Premier League Network this morning. - ThreadSky

imust.bsky.social • 86 days ago

Liverpool price freeze should be a signal to United to follow suit. Achieved, at least in part, through Liverpool's supporters' trust (SoS) building up influence through years of dialogue.

This is an email from Roy Bentham of SoS to the Premier League Network this morning.

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imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

10/ And no doubt a unified front from our supporters is crucial at this time.

We need everyone United on this.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

9/ You can read our position here set out publicly in an open letter but that is exactly mirrored in our discussions with the club:
https://imust.org.uk/Blog/Entry/an-open-letter-to-sir-jim-ratcliffe-on-ticket-pricing--policies

Dialogue in tandem with peaceful protest is no doubt our best chance to persuade the club to take the right decisions.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

8/ That will generate far more income than short term revenue from unpopular ticketing decisions now.

We've put those arguments to the club at every opportunity.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

7/ But the fact is that there is even more reason for United to take the bold decisions and freeze prices now. We need a rallying call from the club to get everyone behind the team for the rest of the season.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

6/ In some senses we are back to square one and having to start building that influence from scratch and making the arguments again that were eventually accepted by the previous regime.

So we have no doubt that our challenge is much greater now.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

5/ And the new ownership element in INEOS which saw almost all of the senior management swept aside and replaced means there has been a reset.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

4/ The club is under major financial pressure due to the historic poor decisions of owners / management. And the Glazers' debt and related interest too.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

3/ We take exactly the same approach and have had precisely the same experience - until recently at least. We had a decade of price freezes until a couple of seasons ago.

Of course the situation is not exactly mirrored at Manchester United currently.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

2/ 2. Initially there is distrust on both sides but work at it and the club starts to understand how listening to fan reps and doing what is right for fans is also almost always in the club's interest too.

imust.bsky.social•86 days ago

1/ Key takeaways from this which absolutely mirror our experience:
1. It takes years to build up influence but you have to stay in the room and be in it for the long haul.

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