Manchester United protesters asked to wear black and show club is ‘slowly dying’

- The 1958 planning anti-Glazer demonstration on Sunday
- Spokesman: ‘The club is facing financial Armageddon’
Manchester United fans have been urged by a supporters’ group to wear black to Sunday’s anti-Glazer protest. The home Premier League match against Arsenal will be preceded by a supporter march to Old Trafford, starting at 3.15pm from the Tollgate pub.
The 1958 fan group hope it “could be one of the largest ever protests” at United, whose supporters have expressed opposition since the Glazer family completed a leveraged takeover in 2005. The group demanded an end to the family’s ownership and asked supporters “to wear black to symbolise how the club is ‘slowly dying’ due to huge debts, mismanagement and fan exploitation”.
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