Furious Manchester United fans have warned the club hiking up ticket prices threatens to kill off the club’s famous loyal support. Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his United executives infuriated supporters by raising the minimum ticket price to £66, abolishing concessions for children and pensioners. A survey of 25,000 fans by the FC58 supporters group revealed 92 per cent of them are angry about the ticket price hike and are concerned over the prospect of subsequent rises in season-ticket prices next season.

FC58 said Ratcliffe should instead focus on removing the Glazers from the club and, in so doing lift the burden of debt heaped on the club by the reviled American owners - rather than making loyal fans pay the price. Spokesman Steve Compton said: “We received nearly 25,000 responses, plus thousands of comments and the results speak for themselves, demonstrating clear fan sentiment. We have had enough.

“In our opinion the club is trying to price out the current match-going fan to replace them with tourists and day trippers. Legacy fans - the club like to calls us - do not spend enough money. “We feel the club is haemorrhaging money left right and centre. The minimum £66 for member tickets is a testing ground for the club and ticket pricing in the future. We believe dynamic pricing is being discussed and on the way.

“Cutting adrift our club from the community, its working class roots and generational fans, represents the ringing of the death knell for fan culture. “The simple answer to all this is to remove the Glazers and their debt mountain. Revenue will increase once this happens. But it looks like the new investors are ignoring the millions paid in interest on the Glazer’s bad debt per year. “They prefer to squeeze as much money out of the match-going fan base than confront the real financial issue with the club. The debt, the mismanagement of the club and the crippling interest payments.

“The current atmosphere around the club and fan base is in the gutter. Nothing has changed. In fact it is worse than it has ever been.’. The survey, which sought the views of supporters outside Old Trafford and the club’s global fan base online, posed a series of questions. As well as disquiet over ticket price increases, the results also showed 92 per cent of fans are unimpressed with the stadium atmosphere.

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