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Old Trafford – asset of community value?

Old Trafford – asset of community value?

MUST announced today that it has submitted a nomination to Trafford Council for Old Trafford Football Stadium, the home of Manchester United Football Club, to be registered as an ‘Asset of Community Value’ under the “Assets of Community Value Regulations of the Localism Act (2011)”. The listing of Old Trafford Football Stadium as a ‘Community [...]

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Only a minority are anti-Glazer?

Only a minority are anti-Glazer?

David Gill, who will be stepping down from his position of Chief Executive at the end of the season, claimed this week that only a small number of fans still took issue with the Glazer ownership. “There are still a small number of dissenters and they will always be there and they have had long [...]

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Yank-Hating Fans?

Yank-Hating Fans?

As a football fan, you quite often read nonsense that is written about your club, written by out of touch journalists who have long forgotten how it feels to support a club, if they ever supported one at all. Some journalists feel the need to judge football fans, to criticise them, to tell them how [...]

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Ticket Prices To Turn Manchester Blue…?

Manchester United beat Newcastle in the League Cup yesterday in front of a crowd of just 46,358. The League Cup is the last priority for United, so it’s no surprise there’s less interest, but couldn’t the Glazers be doing more to allow more fans to go to the game? Arsenal charged £10 for adults for [...]

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Fulham Fans To Wear Green And Gold

MUST have tonight claimed that the green and gold protests will continue this season and will start with tomorrow’s game against Fulham, with the away supposedly joining in. “At the match tomorrow – assuming the Glazers’ security don’t try to suppress free speech – a significant number of Fulham fans will be taking Green & [...]

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Fergie Statement: I don’t want a rift between myself and United fans

Fergie Statement: I don’t want a rift between myself and United fans

Following accusations that Sir Alex Ferguson offered his backing to the Glazers simply because he stood to gain financially from the proposed IPO, the manager has spoken out to deny these rumours. “Being aware of the media coverage that is currently ongoing I felt, on this occasion, that I should make my position clear to [...]

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Red Issue’s Open Letter To Sir Alex

Dear Sir Alex, As lifelong Manchester United fans, we are disappointed and concerned by quotes attributed to you in a recent interview. Many of us are the same fans who protested to denounce Cubic Expression back in 2005. These are the same fans who had previously offered you their unwavering support during your private dispute [...]

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Glazers’ Disgraceful IPO U-Turn

The Glazers have revealed a massive u-turn in their IPO proposals in a revised filing of the IPO last night. In the original filing it was made absolutely clear that ALL of the proceeds of the IPO would go to paying down debt the Glazers have loaded onto Manchester United. The revised filing reveals they [...]

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Prepare Yourself For Ferguson’s Criticism Of Fans…

Sir Alex Ferguson has given an exclusive interview with The Mail On Sunday where he “attacks” Glazer critics. The paper labels the attack “extraordinary” and claims Fergie tells the fans to back off, giving a “warning” to all fans. Part of me can tolerate Ferguson putting up with the Glazers, because if he spoke out [...]

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Lack Of Investment Should Be Reflected In Ticket Prices

MUST have called for the Glazers to lower ticket prices at Old Trafford next season to reflect the lack of investment that has gone in to transfer sales. “We are throwing down a challenge to Joel Glazer to cut United fans` season ticket prices next season,” said MUST chief exec, Duncan Drasdo. “Given the lack [...]

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How Much Will Glazer Charge Us For Europa?

How Much Will Glazer Charge Us For Europa?

Six years ago to the day since Manchester United last failed to get out of their Champions League group, the club suffered a frustrating defeat at the hands of FC Basel to finish 3rd in the group tonight. A draw would have been enough to see United through but despite dominating the game, they couldn’t [...]

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Breaking: United Apply For Singapore Stock Exchange

As was rumoured earlier this week, it looks as though the Glazers are prepared to float on the Singapore stock exchange. United have lodged a listing application and the share sell off could be complete by the end of the year. The money raised by selling off this chunk of the club could then be [...]

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STATS: United’s Spending vs Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, City…

STATS: United’s Spending vs Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, City…

Whilst credit has to go to the manager for buying so well, you can’t help but wonder just how successful we might have been since 2005 if not held back by the Glazers. United are the “most valuable sporting franchise” in the world, according to Forbes, so why is that 13 teams in the Premier [...]

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Glazers Listen To Yanks… But Not Us

Joel Glazer made the mistake of attributing lower ticket prices at Tampa Bay Bucs to listening to the fans complaints a couple of weeks ago. “We have spent a lot of time listening to fans at a time when our team is thriving and our economy is not,” said Joel Glazer. “As a result, we [...]

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PICTURE: Lee Sharpe Is Green and Gold

PICTURE: Lee Sharpe Is Green and Gold

Lee Sharpe has joined the green and gold campaign to be part of fans’ bid to to get rid of the Glazers. Unlike David Beckham, who denied all understanding of what the colours represented after wearing the scarf after our Champions League game against AC Milan last season, Sharpe is happy to put his name [...]

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