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Published 12:57 15 Feb 2018 GMT
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'The biggest single change which would impact on atmosphere would be to reclaim the Stretford End as a traditional “popular end” with cheap tickets, a youthful age profile of highly vocal fans. To achieve this, and so doing re-unify the Stretford End, would require relocation of the Executive International Suite and at least part of the Family Stand to a more suitable area of the stadium.
'We would also call for protected ticket prices to replace the eroded number of minimum price (£28) tickets resulting from expansion of Disabled Facilities into East Stand since the mid-2000’s. We recommend reinstating the number of such affordable seats to at least the same proportion of stadium capacity as they comprised prior to those developments, and locating these, at least initially, in the Stretford End.
"Younger supporters should be given priority on any new migration into a rejuvenated Stretford End...'
The full letter, which can be viewed here, also recommends the club take similar action in the old Scoreboard End (east lower), explaining that the revived atmosphere in these two areas would have a knock-on effect on the entire stadium.
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