Sport 30-06-2005 who: Joel, Avram and Bryan Glazer what: Given tour of their own football club by chief exec David Gill where: Old Trafford, MANCHESTER when: Wednesday snippet: "The Glazers, with their security officials in tow, arrived in a convoy of space wagons at a virtually deserted stadium," reports The Guardian. "The trio had hoped to keep their visit a secret after their spokesmen were instructed on security grounds to give out vague and misleading information." Nevertheless, fans got wind of the trip and attempted to barricade the Americans inside using fences from a nearby building site. "Officers dragged away protesters who were sitting in the middle of the road and refused to move," says The Telegraph, which reckons the Glazers needed a police escort to escape the club unharmed as fans chanted "Die, Glazer, die". [... more]

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