Manchester United fans staged a peaceful protest against the Glazers’ ownership involving about 1,000 people which caused Old Trafford’s corporate venues and the club megastore to be closed before Norwich City’s visit. Those demonstrating did not enter the game until the 17th minute – one for every year of the American family’s proprietorship.
The demonstration, organised by a group calling itself the 1958, began at 2pm outside the Tollgate pub, and had its focal point inside the stadium’s Munich Tunnel, where the directors’ entrance is situated and which protesters brought to a standstill. The crowd chanted: “Love United, stay outside”, “Joel Glazer is going to die” and “We want Glazers out”. Joel Glazer is a co-chairman and one of six siblings who are proprietors.
