Manchester United have always done things differently and prided ourselves in being innovators both on and off the pitch and whilst we don't believe that banners or 'tifo' necessarily add to the atmosphere themselves, the emerging new football culture in the UK is leaning more towards using visuals in the stands. Our view therefore is to embrace this and to do it in the Manchester United tradition of, 'if we're gonna do it, we might as well be the best' - which means utilising as much of the Stretford End as possible and putting on a proper show with massive displays, far bigger and more impressive than anything we've ever seen at Old Trafford before.
Our banner designs are not designed by The Club or individuals, meaning that they will always be relevant to the traditions of our fan culture and carry a meaningful message that we can all, as United fans, relate to. TRA also designed the 'United bar scarf' artwork that was across the entire Stretford End during lock-down, the infamous 'Hatchet' flag for Lisandro Martinez and the recent 'BEM-VINDO A CASA, RUBEN' flag to welcome the new manager to Old Trafford.
A flag such as the one in the image above (which TRA designed for the 2024 FA Cup Final) costs in the region of £18,000 to make and we simply don't have pockets deep enough to allow us to fund that using our membership fees alone.
The Club (MUFC) are unable to help at this stage and regardless of this, we prefer for our designs to have the air of authenticity that can only happen when they are both designed and funded by us, the fans.
If you'd like to contribute to this new, ambitious project then we'd be very grateful and you'll be able to point to the displays and say: 'I was part of that'.
**PLEASE NOTE** whether we will be able to use a banner this size inside Old Trafford will depend on The Club granting us permission to do so. We're hoping that the precedent set by dozens of other Clubs around Europe and even in the UK will persuade them to grant approval. If approval isn't granted, any money raised will be used for other banners / displays that we are given permission for.