…'you can't afford it lads? Don't worry, we know someone else who can.'
A United spokesman:
"Three-quarters of our fans were signed up anyway, and of the remaining 25%, all went to at least one cup game last season. All we've done is redefine what a season is, away from purely a League season, to be a whole season.
"We've a waiting list of 14,000 for season tickets and we regularly turned 5,000 people away for Premiership games last season."