Man Utd fans plan further action after historic Glazers protest

A Manchester United fan group combined with FC United of Manchester supporters to rail against the Glazer family's 20-year ownership of the Premier League giants this weekend, with further demonstrations planned.

FC were founded in 2005 by disillusioned Manchester United fans shortly after Malcolm Glazer completed a controversial, leveraged buyout of the traditional English powerhouse. This firm split divided the fanbase at the time, but their shared hatred of the club's owners brought some factions together on Saturday afternoon.

As the semi-professional outfit operating in the seventh tier of England's footballing pyramid prepared for a clash with Stockton, around 200 supporters for FC and United joined together to protest against the Glazers. This is believed to be the first formal union between fan groups of FC and United in the past 20 years.

The prominent United supporters' organisation The 1958 instigated the historic collaboration. "The reason for us is that one thing [United's] ownership thrive on is division - in the fan base and throughout all the support," Chris Haymes of The 1958 told The Guardian.

"So we believe that unity is the best way to be able to look for what we believe is the right treatment and so why not reach out to the ones that have been there and done it before and walked away 20 years ago, irrespective of how angry you were or how passionate you were or what you believed in [then]."