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Manchester United Supporters Trust launch Green and Gold shirt as they step up Glazer protest
Cost half price of official United shirt with all profits going to charity
| Bet: | Returns: | Manchester United £19.00 | Draw £34.00 | Liverpool £40.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Manchester United £20.00 | Draw £30.00 | Liverpool £43.30 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Manchester United £19.09 | Draw £35.00 | Liverpool £42.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Manchester United £19.10 | Draw £34.00 | Liverpool £43.30 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Manchester United £19.70 | Draw £35.00 | Liverpool £42.00 |
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16 Jun 2010 20:17:00
EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey | Chief correspondent
Manchester United fans stepped up their colour-coded rebellion against the Glazer family today by launching a limited edition Green and Gold fans’ shirt.
Goal.com UK can reveal the first exclusive picture of the shirt, which has a limited edition run of 5,000 and, retailing at £19.99, will cost half the price of the official United shirt.
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Manchester United Supporters’ Trust, the driving force behind the Green and Gold scarf campaign that made such an impact at Old Trafford last season, commissioned leisurewear brand Tekkers to manufacture the shirts, which they stress is identical in quality to football club replica shirts. “This is the fans’ shirt, with all profits going to charity, rather than the Glazers shirt, with all profits going to the Glazers, banks and other corporations,” said Trust spokesman Oliver Houston.
The Trust, which is campaigning for the removal of the American Glazer family, who bought the club in a debt-leveraged buyout in 2005, say the shirt will be sold across the globe and expect demand to be exceptionally high.
“We are selling the shirts on a first-come, first-served basis and will courier to any address, anywhere in the world,” said Joe Sillett, managing director of Tekkers. “Each shirt has been made to Premiership-quality standards and is uniquely numbered on the bottom left-hand side. It is a chance for fans to buy a piece of history.”
Intended as a symbolic rejection of the Glazer family’s ownership, the Green and Gold theme harks back to Newton Heath, the club founded in 1878 that then became Manchester United in 1902.
Donations from the sales of the shirts will support a British Heart Foundation medical research project.
Richard Hytner, the Trust’s co-founder and President, said: “The amount of forecast annual interest alone on the debt amassed by Manchester United under the Glazers exceeds the entire amount needed to fund the BHF’s major new research programme.
"Manchester United fans will be delighted to buy a shirt that demonstrates its desire to see Manchester United less indebted, whilst also showing its support for such an important cause.”
Pre-sales of the shirts will begin on Thursday June 17 from the shirt's website, oneloveshirt.com, ahead of the stock arriving in mid-to-late July and the shirts are expected to be delivered to fans across the globe by the end of July 2010.
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