20 Apr 2021 11:09:27
Munich, February 1958, a group of excited young men are wearily but triumphantly waiting to return home after being led into European competition by an inspirational, visionary keen to expand the English game and challenge his young side to take on the very best teams on the continent.

This was not an adventure based on money or greed but a decision based on competition and sporting excellence. An opportunity not just to be the best team in England but the whole of Europe.

As they waited patiently on the runway, that snowy, winters afternoon many of those outstanding young men would lose their lives following this dream. They would never kick another ball or play in front of an adoring Stretford End. Their adventure came to an end that terrible afternoon but their dream endured.

As the manager lay in a Munich hospital bed, battered, bruised and ravaged with guilt, half of his young, vibrant, exciting team were now dead or seriously injured.

Ten years later a broken manager, from a broken plane, re built a broken Club and fulfilled their European dream.

Our great Club, rebuilt from the ashes of Munich and reborn from unspeakable tragedy now stands at the mercy of a few greedy, unscrupulous, American businessmen who want to trade our illustrious history and tradition for nothing more than a quick buck.

The Glazers don't care about Manchester, or Munich, even Sir Matt Busby, the Busby Babes, SAF, the class of 92 or the treble. They don't care about competition or even winning, all they care about is exploiting the brand and trading on tradition to make money.

In its current format the ESL represents a bigger threat to Manchester United than even the Munich air disaster. This is the Americanisation and globalisation of European football. This is the theft of our football Clubs and over 100 years of history and tradition. This is the desiccation of football, the principle's of competition, sporting excellence and integrity in favour of American razzmatazz and entertainment. It won't be long before games are played not just in Manchester but all over the world under the guise of taking the game to our overseas fans.

The Glazers motives for our Club are now clear. They are the principal protagonist in this sordid story where they desire a closed shop so they can continue to print money regardless of success. Where they can operate under their own rules and pimp the team out to the highest bidder.

Manchester United the franchise has been 15 years in the making and the Glazers have made their move.

1.) 20 Apr 2021
20 Apr 2021 12:14:26
Agree with every word mate.

2.) 20 Apr 2021
20 Apr 2021 12:14:40
I think you might he over romanticising our history. We were saved by John Henry Davies back in 1902 so he could sell his beer to the match going fans, he even changed the name and strip to make widen his customer base.
Hardman and Busby both saw our entry into European competition as not only a chance to test yourself against European opposition, but also as a useful moneyspinner and then Champagne Louis took over, how are the Glazer's any different?

3.) 20 Apr 2021
20 Apr 2021 12:49:18
No investor makes such investments because he is a philanthropist. Once we understand and agree with that, then some decisions become easier to swallow.

4.) 20 Apr 2021
20 Apr 2021 12:57:04
Totally agree DLIB

GrimisnotDead, the Glazers want a closed shop, they don't like spending their money on trying to compete and get to the ECL places in the prem. If you want Utd to compete for the top spot, to be a great team again, then the closed shop with guaranteed income, will not be an incentive for our owners to invest to improve.

I've worked for Americans and all they care about is money, you can take their wives, take their kids but don't take their money.

5.) 20 Apr 2021
20 Apr 2021 13:16:00
You can have Joel glazers wife 🤣.

6.) 20 Apr 2021
20 Apr 2021 13:36:23
Grim - You need to wash your mouth out with soap for asking the difference between Busby and the Glazers!

Make no mistake this is the monopolisation of football. It’s the theft of our football Clubs and over 100 years of history and tradition. It’s the de valuing of competition in order to further deepen the pockets of billionaires that don’t care about the game and will drop it like a brick once (if) interest subsides.

It might not happen immediately but how long before games will be held all over the world to cater for a global audience from India to China, Australia to Brazil. How long before other prestigious teams from around the world will be invited to join the league but carefully controlled by the founding few. It’s the start of a new global game.

Rich owners have basically stolen the tradition and history of some of the biggest and most famous sporting institutions in the world in order to start their own league and make eye watering amounts of money from it.

The big money is not in Europe but around the world where the Clubs can televise their own games to a global market. Where they can generate new fans by moving games to China or the US.

They don’t care about our affinity to the Club. They will move us to where they can make the most money and we will no longer be Manchester United but they needed our history and tradition to get this off the ground.

Billions of people will watch the games because it’s Utd v Madrid, for the sheer spectacle and entertainment value regardless of if you’re a Utd or Madrid fan. Rivalries will become diluted and many fans will change their allegiance depending on who is successful at a particular point in time.

It will change football irrevocably.