Manchester United fans blame the club’s owners, the Glazer family, for the dismal start to the season when they marched to Old Trafford ahead of Monday’s Premier League clash with Liverpool. pointed out.
Losses to Brighton and Brentford saw the Red Devils bottom of the league for the first time in 30 years before this weekend’s game, in the first two games under new manager Eric ten Hag.
Hundreds of fans marched behind signs reading “United for Yale” and chanted “I want the Glazers kicked out”.
Many were adorned with the green and gold muffler and flag of Newton Heath, which was founded in 1878 and became Manchester United 24 years later, and became a symbol of protest against Glazer’s rule.
However, a social media campaign urging United fans to boycott the game and ’empty Old Trafford’ did not materialize.
United have not won the Premier League since legendary former manager Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and have not won a major trophy since 2017.
The Glazers have owned United since their controversial 2005 leveraged takeover left the club hundreds of millions of pounds worth of debt.
The British giant has paid off massive interest payments of over £800m ($946m) over the past 17 years, and Glazers still regularly pulls out millions of dollars in dividends from its shares.
The most notable moment of the protest movement came in May 2021 when the Liverpool visit was postponed. Supporters flooded the pitch after the two clubs failed to form a European Super League.
