Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Protest at City Related MU Ticket Allocation

Protest at City Related MU Ticket Allocation
Manchester - The issue comes ahead of the match Manchester City vs Manchester United in the FA Cup next month. MU is now objecting to the allocation of tickets provided by the City.

Of FA regulations, the club right away to get a ticket allocation of 15% of total seat. Given Etihad Stadium has 47,805 seating capacity, MU entitled to as much as 7170 tickets.

However, as reported to the Guardian, the City is only willing to give tickets as much as 5400 until 5800. This is then protested by the faction 'Red Devils'.

Until now there has been no agreement between the two teams and MU was asking the FA to intervene to solve this problem. As significantly, as the Red Devils have not been able to provide further information to their supporters.

Meanwhile, the stronghold City, Roberto Mancini has reportedly denied that the City deliberately reducing the quota for MU fans. According to him, it is purely due to logistical and security problems.

Match between City vs. Manchester United in the FA Cup third round will be held on 8 January. This is the first time the two clubs met after The Citizens won 6-1 at Old Trafford in October.

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