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Why Manchester United supporters hate the Glazers, the club's American owners

A first impression is often a good indicator of what is to come, so the evening of June 30, 2005 would have told the Glazer family all they needed to know about the road ahead for their ownership of Manchester United.

Having flown in to visit Old Trafford for the first time as owners, word got out that Joel, Bryan and Avram Glazer were inside the stadium, meeting senior figures and surveying the prize they had recently acquired. They had managed to get in unnoticed, but it was a different story as they attempted to get out.