EXCLUSIVEPictured: Man 部隊d fans '誤って taking 無能にするd tickets' and 誇るing about '奇蹟s' while sitting in a 車椅子 at 'gold dust' away matches - as club 開始する,打ち上げる 調査

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These three Manchester 部隊d 支持者s are 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd of 誤って 伸び(る)ing 入ること/参加(者) into the 無能にするd section so they can watch matches.

Mick Groom, Neil Collins and Kevin 支持を得ようと努めるd are (刑事)被告 of taking ‘gold dust’ tickets they were not する権利を与えるd to use, in a move that has infuriated the club’s 無能にするd fans.

Earlier this week, Mail Sport 明らかにする/漏らすd that shocked bosses at 部隊d had received 多重の (民事の)告訴s from members of the 無能にするd 支持者s’ 協会 who (人命などを)奪う,主張するd that able-団体/死体d fans were 提起する/ポーズをとるing as 無能にするd to 得る,とらえる precious 位置/汚点/見つけ出すs. The club has been 軍隊d into 活動/戦闘 to 妨げる a repeat and 公約するd to step up ID checks at games both at Old Trafford and at away matches.


Mail Sport has now 得るd 構成要素 from three away matches this year, at Newport 郡, Luton Town and Brentford.?

At all three, Groom ? from Essex ? is 事実上の/代理 as the carer. He is joined in a 車椅子 at Luton and Brentford by Collins. Neither Groom nor Collins, who is also from Essex, are 登録(する)d as 無能にするd with 部隊d.?

Mick Groom (left) and Neil Collins (right) are accused of using tickets allocated to disabled fans
Kevin Wood (bottom left) is the third fan accused of taking part in the apparent supporter ruse

Mick Groom (left), Neil Collins (底(に届く) left) and Kevin 支持を得ようと努めるd (底(に届く) left, 権利 pic) are?(刑事)被告 of 効果的に stealing tickets 配分するd to 無能にするd fans to watch Man 部隊d

Groom (left) and Collins (right) are not registered as disabled with United

Groom (left) and Collins (権利) are not 登録(する)d as 無能にするd with 部隊d

Wood (right) is the third fan accused of taking part in the apparent supporter ruse

支持を得ようと努めるd (権利) is the third fan (刑事)被告 of taking part in the 明らかな 支持者 ruse

One image obtained by Mail Sport shows Groom stood up celebrating at Stamford Bridge alongside Collins (bottom centre)

One image 得るd by Mail Sport shows Groom stood up celebrating at Stamford 橋(渡しをする) と一緒に Collins (底(に届く) centre)

Both have season tickets for home matches in the 基準 section of Old Trafford. Groom had 以前 地位,任命するd on social マスコミ bemoaning the fact he was 不成功の in the 投票(する) for 正規の/正選手 seats at each of the games 伴う/関わるd.

Tickets for 部隊d away games ? 特に at smaller 発生地s - are considered the 宗教上の grail の中で many thanks to the 重要な levels of the club’s support. Those in 無能にするd sections are 見解(をとる)d as even more precious given how few in number they are.?

To be 適格の for an away ticket in the 無能にするd section, an applicant needs to be 登録(する)d 無能にするd and to have held an Old Trafford season ticket for two years, …に出席するing all cup games. 非,不,無 of the three 伴う/関わるd 会合,会う that 基準.?

部隊d are now trying to identify who, from what is a tiny pool of those who were given 合法的 tickets, was 責任がある 手渡すing the ticket over. Insiders do not believe those who did so are 動機づけるd by 財政上の 伸び(る) and are 捜し出すing to the 推論する/理由s behind their 活動/戦闘s.

に引き続いて the game at Kenilworth Road, for which 部隊d were only given five 車椅子 spaces, Groom 地位,任命するd a picture on Facebook of an empty 車椅子 with the caption: ‘It’s a 奇蹟.’

At Brentford, in April, Groom and Collins ? again in a 車椅子 ? were pictured in the 無能にするd section of the away end. Another picture from a fourth match, of 部隊d fans in the away section at Stamford 橋(渡しをする) five days later, shows Groom and Collins stood up in the 非,不,無-無能にするd section and celebrating a 部隊d goal.

Groom, from Basildon, Essex, is seen in number of pictures on Facebook of himself sat in the disabled section at various grounds - pictures, at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium
Groom, from Basildon, Essex, is seen in number of pictures on Facebook of himself sat in the disabled section at various grounds - pictures, at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium

Groom, from Basildon, Essex, is seen in number of pictures on Facebook of himself sat in the 無能にするd section at さまざまな grounds - pictures, at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium

Wood and Groom in Brentford's disabled section, with the latter stood with his fist in the air

支持を得ようと努めるd and Groom in Brentford's 無能にするd section, with the latter stood with his 握りこぶし in the 空気/公表する

Groom has shared a number of images on social media
Collins is nicknamed 'Captain Vile' for his antics

Groom has 株d a handful of images on social マスコミ - Collins is 愛称d 'Captain Vile'

A set of images shows Collins in a wheelchair before standing up and walking out of a cubicle

A 始める,決める of images shows Collins in a 車椅子 before standing up and walking out of a cubicle

支持を得ようと努めるd, from Uxbridge, joined Groom in the 無能にするd section at Rodney Parade for the January FA Cup tie. While he was sat in a 車椅子 he is also not 登録(する)d as 無能にするd with 部隊d, sits in general admission areas at Old Trafford and the club have no 記録,記録的な/記録する of him 存在 a 車椅子 使用者. He later said to Mail Sport he was 無能にするd but 認める not having a 合法的 ticket for the fixture.

The 状況/情勢 has upset a number of the club’s 無能にするd 支持者s. Mail Sport has been told that one, 本気で ill fan had 適用するd to …に出席する the game at Rodney Parade but was 不成功の.?

They are ‘深く,強烈に upset’ at the 開発 - によれば friends who believe that may have been their last 適切な時期 to …に出席する a game 予定 to the その後の progression of their illness.

部隊d have 開始する,打ち上げるd an 調査 and are thought to have 一時停止するd Groom’s season ticket. Groom’s partner, Rachel Stam, (人命などを)奪う,主張するd he had done nothing wrong when she answered the door at their house.?

‘Mick is definitely not part of any scam,’ she said. ‘He's not that 肉親,親類d of person. I think that いつかs he’s branded because he’s covered in tattoos, but he’s got one of the biggest hearts and 部隊d is his passion.’

Groom has joked online of 'a miracle', also sharing a photo of an empty wheelchair
The reference appears to be the go-to slogan for the antics
Groom fails to hide from friends on social media regarding his antics
He wrote online that he is 'always' in the disabled section

Groom has joked online of 'a 奇蹟', also 株ing photographs of empty 車椅子s

Groom, with Eric Cantona (right), was, alongside Collins and Wood, was essentially branded 'horrible' and 'selfish' by the secretary of Manchester United Disabled Supporters' Association

Groom, with Eric Cantona (権利), was, と一緒に Collins and 支持を得ようと努めるd, was essentially branded 'horrible' and 'selfish' by the 長官 of Manchester 部隊d Di sabled 支持者s' 協会

支持を得ようと努めるd, a 69-year-old 王室の 海軍 退役軍人, 認める to not having a ticket for the Newport game but said he was 登録(する)d 無能にするd and used a 茎. He 追加するd that he met Groom for the first and only time in a 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 in Newport where he had gone with some old friends after deciding to go to South むちの跡s.?

He also said that Groom sourced a 車椅子 ‘from a bloke in the pub who used to work as a hospital porter’ and then spoke to a 安全 guard at the ground who let them in.

‘I didn't have a ticket but I didn't want to turn 負かす/撃墜する a freebie,’ he 追加するd, 説 he 適用するd for a seat in the 無能にするd section at Old Trafford but was told there were no spaces left and so instead sits in a nearby section with より小数の steps.

A woman who answered the door when Mail Sport …に出席するd an 演説(する)/住所 it understood to be Collins’s house slammed it の近くにd when the reporter started asking questions. 非,不,無 of those 伴う/関わるd 公表する/暴露するd where the tickets had come from.

A Manchester 部隊d spokesperson said: ‘Tickets in 車椅子 sections are always in 極端に high 需要・要求する, 特に at away matches, and our number one 優先 is making sure that the fans who need to be in this section have the 適切な時期.

Collins (right) was also seen sitting in a wheelchair at Luton Town's Kenilworth Road stadium, where United were handed just eight disabled spaces
Both Collins and Groom, meanwhile, were spotted standing at Stamford Bridge on TV

Collins (権利) was also seen sitting in a 車椅子 at Luton Town's Kenilworth Road stadium

‘The 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd misuse of these tickets was discussed at our 最近の Fans’ 会議, and we will be supporting the request of the Manchester 部隊d 無能にするd 支持者s 協会 (MUDSA) to 器具/実施する ID ticket collections - 同様に as more 位置/汚点/見つけ出す checks - at away fixtures to 確実にする these tickets cannot be misused.’

演説(する)/住所ing a 最近の fans 会議 Chas Banks, 長官 of the Manchester 部隊d 無能にするd 支持者s’ 協会, slammed those 伴う/関わるd. ‘This is something they seem proud of and see as funny, publishing photos of an empty 車椅子 with a MUDSA 捕らえる、獲得する on the 支援する 加える laughing emojis.?

'I 明確に hope that anyone who gets caught re ceives the harshest 許可/制裁. This is not a victimless 罪,犯罪 and some of the people losing out are the least deserving of 存在 robbed of a chance to get a ticket.’