🔴 Manchester United fans’ protests against the club’s owners descended into chaos after Old Trafford was stormed.
🚔 Bottles and barriers were thrown at officers with one requiring treatment for “significant slash wound” to the face telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/…
⚽️Thousands of fans gathered around the stadium to voice their disapproval of the Glazer family's ownership and their attempt to join the closed-shop league.
Here's how the chaos unfolded 👇
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🔴2pm: Fans gather outside Old Trafford
The protest began at 2pm and thousands of protesters arrived at the ground.
🧨There were plenty of anti-Glazer banners and flares in red, green and yellow were let off
🔴3pm: The protest moves to the pitch
Fans are currently unable to attend games due to the pandemic but they found a way into the stadium.
🏟️More than 100 fans got inside the stadium and some could be seen from windows waving down to protesters
🧨Supporters wore green-and-gold scarves and also set off flares in the colours of the club's 1878 formation.
⛳️Corner flags were held aloft and one supporter was seen throwing a tripod from the interview zone
🔴 3:30pm: Teams are announced but there is still no indication the match will be played
🚓Mounted police cleared the area and the stadium was announced as 'secure'.
Both teams remained in their team hotel and it became clear that the game would not kick off on time
🔴5:35pm: The match is off
❌Manchester United confirmed the game was off
🚓United said that, while they accepted the right of their fans to protest peacefully, they regretted "the disruption to the team and actions which put other fans, staff and the police in danger"
🔴Greater Manchester Police have now launched an investigation into the protests
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'The clash between Neville’s ‘enough is enough’ reformist zeal and Souness’s justification for the status quo was never more glaring or compelling.'
⚽️ What did you make of the pundits' assessments of the Glazers?
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🔴Investigations are continuing into Manchester United fan protests that caused chaos at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Follow live updates here👇
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"Football supporters always get a raw deal when it comes to being unfairly branded" | Writes @Carra23
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