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Rangers walking away

So Rangers have announced they're not taking their allocation of tickets for the cup game because they support their fans' boycott. If they took the tickets and didn't sell any at all that would be one thing but to refuse to take them in the first place, surely that means we shouldn't have to split the gate with them?

posted on 4/12/12

Spur, surely if they have refused tickets then there is no away end??? The whole stadium would just be home fans, either that or leave the smallest stand empty!!!

posted on 4/12/12

The only police presence that I can see might in the most extreme case be needed is outside the ground in case some idiots among the Rangers fans decide to do a picket like they were apparently threatening to do before the boycott was announced officially.

However that would be outside the ground so I can't see how the club would have to pay for that?

posted on 4/12/12

westcoast. Just thinking that the rangers supporters who do want to go will end up among the united fans unless there's some sort of segregation. There's going to be a few there no matter what their nutter chairman says.

posted on 4/12/12

What would be hilarious, and would not surprise me one bit, would be if Thompson said "fluck off" to Greene and said the shed was for Rangers fans and we'll happily sell to them from the clubshop.

I wonder how many would go? The militant arm of their fans would be frothing.

posted on 4/12/12

Spur, yeah true enough I remember a few getting huckled from the centenary game

posted on 4/12/12

Just want to point out another issue a mate of mine mentioned just there on twitter.

Since Rangers are a lower league team, the rules are that both teams have to agree to the ticket prices.

This could get very acrimonious.

posted on 4/12/12

Ivan, but surely if a team is waving its rights to any tickets then it seems outrageous that they can then have a say in the price??
They surely cant opt out of their ticket allocation, then say ok tickets must be sold at £30 and then take half the money!!!! That's seems insane

posted on 4/12/12

Would you put it past them?

They could insist that United charge what they have for previous cup matches against Rangers, which I imagine would be close to the £20 mark.

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if Greene did something like that.

posted on 4/12/12

Or should I say, what we charged against Oldco Rangers.

posted on 4/12/12

Although ticket prices are regularly dropped for televised games, so why should this be any different. We'll need to lower the prices to get the fans interested in a game with a team struggling in the 3rd division

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