Why Man United Scrapped Anti-Glazer Protest Before Manchester Derby 

Anti-Glazer protests scheduled to occur before the Manchester derby were postponed following the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton, a legend of Manchester United.

The 1958 group have organised most of the recent demonstrations against club owners, the Glazer family, and had earmarked Sunday’s match with rivals City as the ideal date for their next protest. The game at Old Trafford went ahead, tributes were paid to the Red Devils legend, and City went onto win the match 3-0 – without a protest in sight.

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The 1958 chose to postpone the protest in remembrance of Charlton, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 86, according to the Daily Mail. The report also states that no more protests are scheduled for their upcoming games, which include Wednesday’s Carabao Cup match against Newcastle United and November 11’s Premier League visit from Luton Town.

Following growing calls from both fans and analysts for the Glazers to move on after taking over in 2005, the couple declared over a year ago that they were thinking of selling the Premier League mainstays. A 25% minority share is expected to be acquired by Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group, while Qatari Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has since withdrew from the bidding process. A number of stakeholders who own shares listed in the US share the remaining 69 percent of United, which is owned by the American family.