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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Josh Halliday North of England editor

Manchester United fan, 76, feeling ‘helpless’ as family seat is given to VIPs

Tony Riley standing in front of a goal in his garden, holding an old Manchester United programme.
Riley, whose father-in-law played for United in the 1940s, commutes from Birmingham to watch virtually every game at Old Trafford. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

A Manchester United fan said he feels “helpless and hopeless” after being evicted from the seat his family have held since just after the second world war to make way for £300-a-head VIPs.

Tony Riley, whose father-in-law played for United under Sir Matt Busby, is among 1,100 supporters forced to move under cash-boosting plans overseen by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

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