After a large-scale investigation, the club canceled over 600 subscriptions, having recognized shortcomings in communication, as a result of the storm among patients.
Manchester United has completed an investigation into the resale of match tickets. For his bags, the club blocked 685 account records and imposed reduced sanctions or imposed penalties on another 464 patients..
The investigation, which started in the limelight, was accompanied by massive dissatisfaction among fans. Many were afraid of the arbitrary confiscation of their season tickets through the lack of clear explanations of the procedure.
The club published detailed statistics and reviewed the documents, noting that the main goal was to identify organized measures that controlled hundreds of accounts for financial gain.
True: 468 tickets were closed without any action after fans gave satisfactory explanations of their activity.
Remaining progress: 226 accounts, where violation of the rules for transferring receipts was recorded, but without any financial benefit.
Reduced sanctions: In 238 cases, the independent commission replaced the outright ban with the prohibition of forwarding home tickets and filing applications for foreign matches.
Subscription for 1 season: 499 subscriptions were canceled with confirmation of the appeal committee.
Ban without shame: 73 cases ended in bans, some fans did not file an appeal.
Ban for ignoring: 113 accounts were blocked due to the number of replies to the club request.
Kerivnitsa United has learned that the e-mails with advance notices were formulated incorrectly, and the club has caused suffering to certain patients.
At the same time, the club is insisting that the innocent fan will receive no punishment, and the investigation has successfully destroyed large-scale speculative measures.. All received tickets are resold at nominal value, the club does not deduct any profits from this.
Despite this explanation, the voltage becomes high. At home, the 1958 fan group had already called for protests against the Vlasniks to the club before the week-long Manchester derby, calling the match policy the main reason for their dissatisfaction.
Manchester United is not the only top club that has declared war on the black market for tickets: In 2025, Manchester City has banned 165 speculators after revealing away fans in the home stands. The 2026 Liverpool team received 432 previous disqualifications and confiscated assets worth over ?1.2 million.