Manchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed as Newton Heath LYR Football Club, the works team of the Lancashire and Yorks
Manchester United was the subject of a takeover bid from Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB in 1998.
The construction of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida was one of the first major changes made by the Glazers after their acquisition of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Glazers retained David Gill as chief executive of Manchester United after taking control in 2005.
An anti-Glazer sticker on a lamppost in Manchester city centre
J. P. McManus
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John Patrick McManus is an Irish businessman and racehorse owner. He was a major shareholder of Manchester United until his stake was bought out by Malcolm Glazer in 2005.
Glazer ownership of Manchester United
…had increased his shareholding from 3.17% to around 15%, which he almost doubled in the year up to October 2004. His acquisition of John Magnier and J. P. McManus's 28.7% stake in May 2005 pushed his own up to around 57%, well over the 30% threshold that would force him to launch a takeover bid. A few days later…
AP McCoy in JP McManus' racing silks
McManus' Helicopter