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United protests cause stir in States

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Submitted by WG on Wed, 24/02/2010 - 18:02

Keith Harris, a former Football League chairman and executive chairman of investment bank Seymour Pierce, is the latest leading figure in football to call for a boycott of matches at Manchester United while the Glazers are in charge.   He reasons that protests of themselves won't perausde the Glazers to sell, but hitting them in the pocket will.   Harris is a United fan who has been involved in several takeovers involving Premier League clubs and he reckons that it would be possible to put together a consortium to buy out the Glazers.


His remarks have caused a stir in the States.    The leading American newspaper The New York Times is not noted for its soccer coverage, but has run a feature on the troubles at United.

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You are off base on saying NY Times is not noted for soccer

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 25/02/2010 - 04:43.

You are off base on saying the NY Times is not noted for its soccer coverage. Its sports writer George Vecsey is a soccer nut, and has been for a long time, considerably longer, in fact, than most readers of the paper have been interested in the game. The feature on Man U that you link to is a Reuters wire agency report carried on the Times's web site.

Thanks, that's useful to know

Submitted by WG on Sat, 27/02/2010 - 09:16.

Thanks, that's useful to know.  The general point is that criticism of the Glazers is attracting attention in leading US media.