With European away games growing increasingly more popular, the Reds have introduced a new Manchester United European Travel Club.

The basis of the Travel Club is to try to provide a safer and more responsible environment for genuine Manchester United supporters who wish to follow the team across Europe.

Recent events have shown that fans travelling to European destinations can experience hostility from home supporters and confusion when confronted with different methods of policing than they encounter at English stadiums. This has led to steps being put in place to try and handle these types of situations. The Italian Government, for example, has made it a legal requirement for all spectators to provide name, address, date of birth and passport details. Other countries are likely to follow suit and UEFA are looking to introduce a similar scheme themselves in the future.

A system was put into place for supporters that follow the England national team and it has proved very successful in substantially reducing trouble abroad and has shown to be popular with fans. The MU European Travel Club will mirror that system in the hope of creating a friendly atmosphere at European away fixtures.

All Executive members, Season Ticket holders and One United Members that intend to travel to any European away fixture must sign up to the travel club for that season. Registration is free of charge and details can be found online at www.manutd.com/travelclub.

What's more anyone that travels with our official travel partner of Manchester United, Co-operative Travel Sports, must also be a member of The Manchester United European Travel Club. Once