Skip to main content

AFC Bournemouth fans seek United compensation

AFC Bournemouth fans have taken the first steps to seeking compensation from Manchester United after their final-day Premier League match was abandoned.

The game was called off amid security concerns after the discovery of a training device used by a private security firm for a training exercise at Old Trafford was discovered in one of the toilets.

Bournemouth fans' organisation, the Cherries Trust, say the whole situation is unacceptable.

"It's not good enough," Cherries Trust spokesman Alex Deutsch told the Daily Mail.

"We were livid when we found out it was their mistake. Absolutely livid. People were understanding at first because it was a security measure.

"But this was completely mishandled. It's not just the money - it's the time, the whole day, the 500-mile round trip, the nine hours in a car, the fear put into the fans."