Red-Faced Devils

by Daniel Freedman
City Journal
May 28, 2008

http://www.dfreedman.org/5298/red-faced-devils

Excerpt:

As Manchester United's 50 million fans across the world celebrate their team's winning the English Premier League and the UEFA Champions League final—crowning them Europe's best soccer team—many owe an apology to the team's American owner, Malcolm Glazer. For when Glazer, also the owner of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, bought the Red Devils in May 2005, fans and commentators reacted with outrage. Indeed, Red Devils fans burned him in effigy outside the Old Trafford stadium, dressed themselves in black, and boycotted games.

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