United Daily - Weds 5th Aug 2026 - Skinner leaves, club releases statement on ticketing fiasco
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This is Wednesday's United Daily Podcast. I'm Wayne Barton with today's news and rumours. A busy day for the club yesterday in terms of announcements and news. The first thing I should go through is that the club announced that Mark Skinner has left his position as the women's manager. So I'll read through a quick statement on this. This was the club's official statement from the website. Mark Skinner has departed his role as head coach of Manchester United Women by mutual agreement. Appointed in 2021, Mark led United to four domestic cup finals in four seasons, winning the club's first major honour in women's football with the 2024 FA Cup. During his tenure, United also finished runners-up in the 22-23 Women's Super League, securing qualification for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in the club's history.
Last season, the team reached its first League Cup final and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Mark Leaves I mean made a significant contribution to the continued progress of Manchester United women the club places on record it's sincere thanks for his professionalism commitment and dedication throughout his time at United and wishes him every success in the future yeah it's it's been brewing really I mean even you might say go back as far as three years there's been speculation that he's been frustrated with the financial situation that is impacting the women's team so desperately it's impacted their ability to bring in players to keep players to build a significant team and yeah it was always a matter of when and not if he was never going to stay like permanently because of the conditions there at the club and
And it's surprising that it lasted as long as it did. A little bit surprising that they've done it this close. I suppose women's season starts a little bit later, but it still seems a little bit late in the summer to be making such changes. speculation is that Eva Olid is going to be announced as the women's manager this will happen imminently and it could happen today apparently everyone at the club has already been informed about this all the women's team and everything like that Eva was Hearts manager for the last five years she's Spanish descent she's just won the Scottish Premier League with Hearts as well so a really big massive achievement there
Why did Manchester United Women’s manager Marc Skinner leave the club?
and left by mutual consent at the end of last season. In fact, the announcement was made before she'd even won the title. So, you know, I have often joked or made a reference about the women's side. Do they take any of the men's identity or are they forging their own identity? Well, you know, a manager who broke the domination of the old firm, it's not quite the same, is it? But who's come down from north of the border? That can't be a bad example to follow, can it? But, yeah, obviously, there's a lot of... Negative, controversial speculation around the club about Mark's departure and about how seriously that means that United are treating the women's team. I expect that to follow over the next coming days really, as much as it does in the coverage for the women's football.
But Eva looks like she'll be appointed certainly before the end of the week. In other news, the club have released a statement yesterday regarding this ticketing fiasco. I'm going to read it verbatim, so it's a bit of a lengthy one, but you might not have read it or you might not have heard about it. The club acknowledging some issues with their processes, but more or less sticking firm to it. If you were on social media at all, you'd be aware that there was a leaked statement Thank you to the many supporters, fan representatives and supporter organisations who have shared their views with us over recent weeks. Our intention throughout this process is a simple one to protect fair access to tickets for genuine Manchester United supporters.
and to tackle organised ticket touting and the abuse of the ticketing system.
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