Anger over car park charges for disabled City fans

CITY'S decision to charge disabled fans for matchday parking has troubled some of their supporters.

- SIMON BAJKOWSKI

The club have a proud record of helping their disabled supporters and have never charged them for parking at the Etihad since the stadium first started hosting football games in 2003.

City insist the change has been made because of the high number of bookings that weren't being taken up or cancelled, and that all money made from the new charge - around £2,000 per game if all 360 spaces are taken up - will simply go into the costs of running the car park.

However, 96 per cent of the Disabled Supporters Association do not agree with the decision or the timing of it. A number contacted the M.E.N. to share their specific complaints and worries about the incoming charges.

Wesley Ratcliff, from Wythenshawe, has been watching City since he was young and has been a season ticket holder on the cup schemes with his disabled son Harvey since Harvey was five.