Shameless Glazer’s cash in on green and gold protests
The Glazer family, who own Manchester United, are capitalizing on the recent fans protests by selling retro United shirts in green and gold.
Fans have been protesting against the Glazer’s and the huge debt burden they have placed on the club, by wearing green and gold instead of the traditional red.
The colours represent the original colours of United, then called Newton Heath, and the protest was meant to show the Glazer’s that the fans are United in wanting them out.
But now it seems the Glazer’s audacity has no limits as they have allegedly designed a range of new green and gold products to sell in the Megastore at Old Trafford.
Do the Glazer’s have any shame?
February 4th, 2010
That was always going to happen, shows that the people running the club have good business sense. It has nothing to do with shame.
February 4th, 2010
criticisms for people cashing in have always been dubious, but I’m not so sure its valid when the main reason they’re being criticised is…well….not having enough money.
rather they try to make money by selling fans what they want rather than sell carrington!
February 4th, 2010
maybe they’re protesting against themself, bullshit. this kind of greed and shamelessness is unthinkable, let alone unseeble or whatever the word. they’re taking the piss out of us, and something needs to be done about this , not only not buying products from the megastore, next step is boycott the games, full stop.
February 4th, 2010
Who gives a shit what they sell in the megastore? Anyone buying green and yellow jerseys from there as part of the LUHG would be insane. Let them do it – they won’t sell any
February 4th, 2010
Not really suprised they would start selling our colour, but if we continue to boycott the megastore they wont sell many, and if they do when they are on show around the ground it is only gonna highlight even more the fact glazer is not wanted ..LUHG
February 4th, 2010
what’s the difference between yu being ripped off by dodgy market traders flogging green’n'yellow tat and the glazers selling it ? (unless the shop profits are still being filched by unknown board members). btw check out this pic of the glazer clan and their new best buddy…. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/7148080/Manchester-United-bond-issue-falls-flat.html
February 4th, 2010
Tone is right, they do have good business sense.
If you died in the stadium don’t be surprised if they took out your gold teeth and rifled through your wallet! Just good business sense.
It make also numb the effect of the protest in the short term.
February 4th, 2010
It wouldn’t surprise me if next seasons new kit design with the new sponsor doesn’t involve the green and gold somewhere in it. 3rd kit perhaps?
February 4th, 2010
Stop being Mugs. You will not achieve anything by protesting the way you do. Boycotting games is not going to work. The only thing you’ll end up doing is affecting the team on the pitch. You really think that the Glazers care one bit if you knock them for a few million? It’s not gonna come out of their profits!!! It’ll come from the budget for buying players and/or lead to them selling certain players to reduce wage costs and balance the books. The protests are stupid and need to stop. Fair enough, make a point by wearing green and gold but any attempt to boycott products or games will end in tears. The other option of consortium investment is what all revolutionary United fans appear to want. Building a consortium of investors is mildly better if they true United fans but they are still going to be Business Men and they will still want a profit for themselves and they will run the club in a similar fashion to the Glazers. United have built themselves into a global brand-its the modern day epitomy of capitalism. With all the positives it can bring, it will also bring greedy money men seeking a profit. There is no solution other than a rediculusly wealthy business man (like the sheiks) coming in and not being as fussed about profits but doing it more for the prestige.
February 4th, 2010
By the way. What better way to undermine the protests and dimish its effectiveness than to endorse it. It’s actually quite brilliant.
February 4th, 2010
UnitedFanUK .. my sentiments entirely.
Boycotting matches is the most negative response any real United supporter can make.
It will only serve to the detriment of the lads on the pitch and play into the hands of our opposition.
And as for the Red Knights.
Well show me any business man who says he is not in it for his own ends and the money and I will show you an oxymoron in human form.
Especially if he has anything to do with the betting industry
They’re all like pigs around a trough.
What’s more, it really puts a big question mark about the ulterior motives of MUST and one or two of its key manipulators.
I would rather the history books show 2010 as the year United won the European Cup than some syndicate ousting the Glazers after fans staged mass walkouts and lost everything.
February 5th, 2010
In this age of capitalism u would be a fool to expect any morality from any businessman. Days of morality and honour are over. Welcome to the new world order.
February 6th, 2010
Short term gain? success on the pitch?
i wish unitedfanuk was around in the 70′s when we were in division two. i am guessing he wasn’t?
The glazers are raping united. end of!! 42 million profit when 80 million was bought in from ronaldo’s fee.. can you do simple math?
they have taken and taken and given not a single penny and you rue the motives of the red knights?
I suggest you go re- read the MUST web site and IMUSA’s messages to you as a red and pull your head out.
one last question did you stand up when we all sang not for sale? then meekly buggered off to the mega store?
green and gold until they are sold. learn your history learn your heritage and maybe join the fight to save your club from going tits up? as surely the numbers clearly show.
February 6th, 2010
Join the fight and save the club how? I’ve been asking for actual plans of how to do something about this for a very long time now, but nobody can give me anything.
(And just so you don’t feel the need to ask me; no, I wasn’t around in the 70′s, I wasn’t born yet.)
February 6th, 2010
FC United Fan – Firstly the begining of your post you write “short term gain, success on the pitch” in reference to my post – I have no idea why as I do not mention either of those points. Secondly, No I wasn’t around in the 70s, but then this isn’t a 70s problem – it is 2010. Things have changed- as you put it “pull your head out-end of”.
Ideally, I’d prefer an owner is purely concerned about United and success and not about profits but that just isn’t going to happen. I’ve read what MUST say and most of it is a load of rubbish. It seems to me like a lot of angry people with not much else going on in their lives so they’ve taken up the fight without considering reality. They do well to open their and look a bit more objectively at the advice they are being given and from whom they are receiving this advice.