Manchester United sue anti-Glazer fan hahahahahahahahahahaha love it , must be their way of raising transfer funds . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/8402512/Manchester-United-risk-antagonising-fans-even-further-by-suing-anti-Glazer-supporter.html
Silly move .... turning on fans is never a smart idea, though to be fair look at who we're talking about here I guess
It was little more than a year ago that the revolution acquired its hero. Stooping to the Old Trafford turf as he performed his valedictory parade, David Beckham picked up a green-and-gold scarf and draped it around his neck. The iconic image flashed around the world. It was not quite Tommie Smith, Mexico City, 1968, but rebellion was in the air. Change was coming. How long ago that seems now. Outside Old Trafford, those green-and-gold numbers are still for sale, hawked by street vendors to the countless tourists who visit the Theatre of Dreams from every dawn to every dusk. They are still visible inside the ground, too, though they do not twirl from the thousands of wrists they once adorned, more likely to accompany a sparkling new Aon sponsored home shirt than one of the 1994-style away shirts that were supposed to be worn by the foot-soldiers of football’s first anti-capitalist mutiny. The soundtrack to the revolution is gone, forgotten, the record changed. Love United, Hate Glazer, they once sang, atonally. Now there is no battle cry, simply a paean to victory. We’re Man United, chant the Stretford End. We do what we want. Twelve months on, the Glazers might say the same. MUST (the Manchester United Supporters Trust) and IMUSA (the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association), the two organisations behind the green-and-gold campaign, remain, still fighting the good fight, issuing rallying cries and organising events, but the spirit of revolt has simply evaporated. The Glazers’ holding company, Red Football Joint Venture, announced a £108.9 million loss on Tuesday. Old Trafford will not be bracing itself for a protest when West Ham visit after the international interlude. That is the nature of football, of course. It is no coincidence that the most fervent protests against the Glazers’ ownership, against the £700m debt the American family have placed against a formerly profitable club, came in the year after Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tévez were allowed to leave. And it is no coincidence that, with United top of the Premier League, that simmering resentment has disappeared. Old Trafford is being sold out, once more, after a year in which even the visit of Liverpool could not earn the club a full house. That Aon home shirt has sold in its thousands across the world, despite plans to boycott purchasing it in an attempt to choke the club’s revenue streams and force the Glazers to sell. The proposed season ticket boycott has gone the same way. Which makes the club’s decision to pursue Thomas McKenna all the way to the High Court for what is likely to be a few hundreds of pounds worth of damages all the more baffling. Doing so is simply highlighting an issue that, to all intents and purposes, no longer exists. Before the final home game of last season, the respected Red Issue fanzine suggested that fans should toss their green-and-gold scarves on the pitch and move on to another campaign, another idea. As Sir Alex Ferguson and his players performed their lap of honour, thousands of scarves duly cascaded upon them. It was taken as yet another protest. It looks now like a laying down of arms. There will be other initiatives, other ideas. Too many people care too much to let the Glazers continue. But for now, the Americans have survived. They are the Glazers. They will do what they want. The fans? They’ll do what they’re told.
Thought this article was interesting. What is it though about Americans and suing people? Really silly move by the glazers,when things have gone quiet.
Twats. All there with their protest scarves wearin official replica shirts. They do my fcukin head in. Was over in M******** a few weeks ago an seen a group of Irish lads carryin bags out of their official shop, wearin the shirt an then bought a green an yellow scarf out of a little newsagent. Seriously like???
None of the scum fans in work even know about this, shows how much they care about "their" club, plonkers. It's a crying shame that Fergie has been reprimanded it was unfair and out of order, and a week ago laughing at Wenger and saying he's deserved it for years, and he should keep his mouth shut. Some shower they are
In fairness mate, we are no different. Most of our supporters were utterly apathetic to the issues being caused by H&G, the work of the union, etc. Every large fanbase has this problem.
Have to agree with this. The fact is a lot of people don't see the big picture and only care about the here and now. They might win the league this year but it will be their last one for a long time. Ferguson just going along with it,might very well be in the teams best interests now and help add to his legacy in the short term but there's a strong possibility his failure to highlight the problems,even helping to cover them up,could see history painting him in a different light. After all,why should the fans worry when their messiah is telling them the glazers are great owners and everything is alright. Rafa taking on hicks and gillett may have in someways have been a distraction and effected results,but I'm glad he did because I sometimes wonder if we had of been successful last season,would those two parasites have had their own way?thank god we'll never know.
Thats a great point. As long as the cups keep coming in & a manager holding iconic status at the club keeps painting a fake picture of how rosey everything is then it's almost impossible for the true manc fan to be heard in their protest. Us the other hand....i wont even bother with the dark day's but the silver lining in Rafa's last season was that it at least highlighted what had to be done.
be interesting to see what they do in the summer time transfer wise.the fact they tied rooney down on such a large transfer makes me think they are starting down the road hicks and gillett brought us and i hope they do
Manchester United are 'bullies' and 'oppressive', says fan Thomas McKenna, as he file By Jonathan Russell Telegraph United accused McKenna of publishing the details of 400 of the club’s corporate clients on the internet as part of a campaign against the Glazers’ ownership of the club. In defence documents filed at the High Court McKenna admitted that he had always believed the takeover of United by the Glazer family was neither in the best interest of the club or their supporters. However, he denies being involved in the internet leak. He also claims United have “no evidence whatsoever in support of its contentionsâ€. The case against McKenna dates back to April last year when the website wewantglazerout.com published a list of 400 United corporate clients in an apparent attempt to put pressure on them not to renew their subscriptions. McKenna was arrested and released without charge by Manchester police as part of an investigation into the leak. As part of that investigation police uncovered a memory stick belonging to McKenna containing the list of United clients. However, McKenna claims it was forwarded to him as the editor and owner of another anti-Glazer website loveunitedhateglazer.com. He not only denies any involvement in the incident but also challenges whether UK courts have any jurisdiction hearing the case as the website that published the list did so through Panama. McKenna’s defence states: “The defendant believes this to be heavy-handed and oppressive brought by a multi-million pound business against a life-long supporter of the club and is disproportionate. The claim for additional damages and injunctive relief merely reflects the oppressive nature of the claim and its attempt to bully the defendant.†The allegations of bullying come at a sensitive time for United. Striker Wayne Rooney is serving a two-match Football Association ban for using “insulting and offensive language†by swearing into a camera. And manager Sir Alex Ferguson is serving a five-match touchline ban after criticising referee Martin Atkinson. Although protests about the Glazers’ ownership of the club have died down in recent months, feelings at Old Trafford are still running high. After Telegraph Sport broke the story of the battle between McKenna and United last month a number of supporter groups came forward to support the fan. No date has been set for trial. McKenna declined to comment. A spokesman for United said: “We do not believe that any law-abiding person would condone what we believe Thomas McKenna to have done, particularly given the consequences, which included attacks on private property and significant personal distress. “We do not intend to comment on Thomas McKenna’s defence, except to state that the nature of it means that we are left with no option but to continue with the action. It is for the courts to decide on the merits and we will not litigat via the media.â€