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Manchester United refuse entry to wheelchair-bound teenager on his birthday Disabled fan left in tears after 53 mile round trip to watch his heroes A disabled football fan was banned from a Manchester United match after travelling 530 miles to watch his heroes for a 14th birthday treat. Tyler Short, who is autistic and uses a wheelchair, and his dad Chris made the trip from Bideford in Devon. But when they arrived at Old Trafford for Uniteds game against Southampton they were refused entry because of Tylers wheelchair. Their tickets were then taken off them in a mix-up over the names on the stubs so they had to wait outside until the match finished so they could take their supporters club coach back home. The fiasco happened after Chris bought the tickets through the North Devon branch of the Supporters Club and travelled on their coach. But the seats were on different rows and would have meant he could not sit next to his son. To allow them to sit side by side, Chris was given another supporters ticket on the coach while Tyler retained his original. And the confusion over the names printed on the two tickets led to them being confiscated by United officials. Chris told the Manchester Evening News: I said to them I have come 300 miles. Look at the state of my son, he is crying his eyes out. It was his birthday the previous Thursday and he was so excited, but it turned into a disaster. A Manchester United spokesman said: Season tickets and individual match tickets are transferable to family members, Fundamentally, the supporter should have informed us of his sons wheelchair needs prior to the game so that suitable seating could be found. The seating area allocated is unlikely to have been suitable and we do not have the capacity on a matchday to make disability assessments. The game was a sell out and so we could not re-house them even if they had not swapped tickets on the coach. Membership tickets are not transferable and he should not have swapped the ticket. If he contacts us again, we will ensure he gets the right seats. Just about says it all about professional football and the way it is run these days doesnt it ?. No idea how many the stadium can accomodate, but I bet a kid in a wheelchair and his relative could have been squeezed in even without doing the decent thing and smuggling them into the Directors box. That would have been mostly empty at the front viewing area anywhere as most of the wealthy leeches that infest them would have been far too busy jugging it up at the bar to be watching the match. Man U, biggest club in the world. Worth £hundreds of millions on the stock market. Pays players £millions, buys players for £tens of millions. Huge global assets, hundreds of staff, millions of loyal fans.One disabled kid and his dad.......................! Yes I know, they cant help that the kid is disabled, yes I know any tear jerker involving a disabled kid will attract media attention. BUT; if the hierarchy at Man U have any sense of compassion, any shred of decency, they will acknowledge that this issue was very badly handled, make an apology and make amends. Just my view; before any MU fanatics seek to castigate me!! This is football nowadays - happy clappy families, half and half scarves, selfie sticks (banned at OT by the way) tourist packages staying at the Gary Neville hotel at £270 per night. Whatever happened?
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:10:58 +0000

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