Protest to be held on 17 August when the Red Devils face Arsenal
Manchester United supporters’ group The 1958 have announced plans for a protest against the club’s ownership.
The demonstration is set to be held on the day of the club’s opening Premier League fixture against Arsenal.
The group have organised similar action in the past but this time it includes new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe alongside the Glazer family.
Ratcliffe acquired a minority stake at the club in 2024 and was handed complete control of the footballing side of things.
The 17 August protest will see fans march to Old Trafford to voice their frustration over what they describe as two decades of mismanagement, debt and a loss of the club’s culture.
A spokesperson for the 1958 group said it was a new season but “the same old ownership issues”.
“Twenty years of the Glazers and their debt mountain is 20 years too long,” said the spokesperson. “Enough is enough. We won’t allow some natural optimism and a couple of shiny new signings to deflect from the bigger off-field picture.
The group said that although he had only spent two years at the club, Ratcliffe was being included in the anti-ownership protest because he was “in bed with the Glazers” and was “helping keep them in charge”.
“On 17 August, we protest not just against the Glazers, but now also against Jim Ratcliffe, a man once seen by many, including ourselves, as a possible saviour, a beacon of hope but now revealed as complicit in the ongoing erosion of everything that makes our club what it is,” the group said.
“Jim Ratcliffe, you have chosen your side and it is not ours. You now stand shoulder to shoulder with the Glazers. The mask has slipped. You are no saviour. You’re like a devil in disguise.”
