Man United and Tottenham Handicapped Fans Disasters in ‘Insulting’ treatment for Europa League final after they have only received 26 wheelchair spaces in each in 50,000 Seat Stadium – which falls far below UEFA’s own guidelines

Disabled Manchester United And Tottenham Fans are touched to the ‘insulting’ number of wheelchair and accessible tickets that are available to them Europa League Last collision.

Only 26 wheelchair spaces and 15 ‘easy access’ chairs, which offer extra space for people with mobility problems, are available from the 15,000 allocation of both sides in Athletic Bilbao’s 53,000 Seater San Mames Stadium.

The final of Wednesday offers United and Spurs the opportunity to cheer supporters after enormously disappointing domestic campaigns, but fans of the disabled are stunned because their allocations are considerably for UEFA’s own guidelines.

UEFA recommends that a stadium of the capacity of San Mames, which is reduced to 49,600 for the final, 236 wheelchair spaces and 236 ‘facilities and easy access seats’ should have.

Even at its usual capacity it only contains 208 wheelchair and 102 easy access seats, which means that it does not meet the UEFA guidelines.

Each club should have had 58 wheelchair rooms and 28 simple access seats with the capacity of the final, according to the playing field of a disabled charity level.

Manchester United is facing Tottenham on Wednesday evening in the Europa League final in Bilbao

Fans of the disabled of both clubs have greatly criticized the ‘offensive’ allocation they have received

Only 26 wheelchair spaces and 15 ‘easy access’ are seats available for fans on each side

Mark Spencer, a member of Spurs power, the Fangroep who represents disabled supporters, said that the allocation was “offensive.”

‘To say that I have been stripped, is an understatement, he said BBC Sport. ‘I couldn’t go to Madrid for the Champions League [final] In 2019 and I thought this might be my chance – but UEFA just didn’t give us the percentage of seats that they should give us under their own rules and regulations.

‘You feel that you are being prevented from watching football and supporting your team because of a disability, so it is pretty offensive and very disappointing.

Manchester United Handicapped Supporters ‘Association Secretary, Rick Clement, said:’ To see that in 2025 we still do not receive a fair allocation of accessible tickets, which failed to UEFA’s own guidelines, is extremely disappointing and the fact that disabled people are often a side issue. ‘

Co-chairman of Spursability, Rita Egan, said they were ‘extremely disappointed’ in the allocation.

“The numbers for both fan bases are completely insufficient,” she said. “At least there should be a proportional distribution of the available spaces in the stadium, in accordance with the general allocation.”

Tony Taylor, the chairman of Level Playing Field, accused UEFA of ‘missing accountability’ and locking supports from the final.

“Insufficient provisions will lead to disproportionate exclusion, on a day on which fan bases must be united for a party,” he said.

Spursability co-chairman, Rita Egan, said that the group was ‘extremely disappointed’ in the allocation

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‘Instead, we saw another failure of UEFA during a showpiece. Responsibility was missing earlier and now we can see more contempt for the disabled fans, which ignores the own guidance of the administrative body and the available facilities, without sufficient justification.

‘We know that there are extra barriers for European journeys for many fans of the disabled. In order to have set up further barriers by ticketing and a lack of facilities, and being disproportionately locked from turning, is unacceptable.

“I feel for the disabled fans of both clubs who have supported their party this season and are ready to miss what the highlight could be.”

Level Playing Field also said it was in discussion with Chelsea Disabled Supporters’ Association on the lack of accessible seats in their Conference League final against Real Betis.

In response to the criticism, UEFA said that “it was dedicated to guarantee a barrier -free experience for disabled fans and work hard to improve both norms and experiences with this.”

‘Offering high -quality sightlines is a decisive factor in determining whether a chair can be offered during a UEFA club final, but we also take the historical question into account, because this is a way in which we can increase the number in accordance with the question.

They added: ‘For context: for the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final 2024 in Bilbao we assigned 60 seats and sold 59. For the UEFA Europa League Final 2024 in Dublin, we have assigned 93 seats and sold 41. ‘