Glazer Gnaws On United As Irish Knights Keep Their Counsel in the Dark

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OPPOSITION by Manchester United supporters to Malcolm Glazer's projected take-over of the club was as predictable as political scandal, but what was surely not anticipated was the disturbingly ferocious nature of the protest.

Threats of physical violence against the American billionaire and the board of directors were made in the days before the midweek march of several hundred dissidents around the stadium, the depth of their resistance betrayed by a chant that included a line that those involved in the attempted coup "are gonna die".

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Glazer Gnaws On United As Irish Knights Keep Their Counsel in the Dark

Within Old Trafford itself, however, unease over the fans' rage is almost matched by the disconcerting feeling that, in directing their hostility at the Glazer family, the militants may be targeting the wrong predators.

A number of prominent figures in the Manchest...

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