A sacked Manchester United steward claims there's huge rifts among the club's staff over the Glazer family.
The Times says a steward with 19 years of service at Old Trafford has been sacked for siding with the Glazer protesters. He has claimed that growing numbers of people employed by United are becoming increasingly opposed to a regime that has left the Barclays Premier League champions £716.5 million in debt.
Granville Boden, 53, was dismissed by CES, the security firm employed by United on match days, after attempting to return an anti-Glazer banner, confiscated by stewards during the league game against Burnley at Old Trafford last month, to the supporters who displayed it.
"There is a lot of internal conflict between the staff and I think that conflict is only going to grow as the protests against the Glazers gather more momentum," Boden said. "There are a lot of staff at the club who are sympathetic to what the Manchester United Supporters' Trust [MUST] are trying to achieve. I don't regret anything I did."
United said that the banner had to be removed against Burnley because it was concealing the scoreboard, which is also used to display messages in an emergency. They said that they did not prohibit peaceful demonstrations.
MUST has sold about 8,000 green-and-gold scarves, although the total number purchased from all vendors is thought to be closer to 30,000.