Manchester United fans broke into the Old Trafford field, protesting against the club owners. Photo • Meduza • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
Manchester United fans broke into the Old Trafford field, protesting against the club owners. Photo
Carl Recine / Action Images / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta on the afternoon of May 2, fans of the Manchester United football club staged a mass action of protest against the team owners - the family of American businessmen Glaisers. Thousands of fans took to the streets of Manchester, lit fireys and blocked the hotel in which the players stopped. Then, several dozen fans managed to break through on the Old Trafford field - the home stadium "Manchester United". Here on Sunday, the Manchester match with Liverpool was supposed to take place. He had to be postponed indefinitely. Fans have long been demanding that the Glaisers who have owned Manchester United since 2005. The current protest is associated with the decision of the Glaisers to join the project of the Super League.
