Man Utd fan group The 1958 say “we protest for every fan silenced, evicted, priced out and disregarded” amid new plans for a march.
The group have announce they are protesting against the ownership, the Glazer family and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, ticket pricing and moving fans from seats.
This will take place before the Premier League opener against Arsenal on August 17th, 2025, with the group previously critical of the Glazers’ 20-year ownership and Ratcliffe’s 28.94% stake and operational control since February 2024.
They accuse Ratcliffe of supporting the Glazers and undermining the club’s identity. There is also concern for Manchester United declining performance, highlighted by a 15th-place finish last season, the lowest since 1974.
Ratcliffe has since indicated he might step away if faced with abuse similar to that directed at the Glazers.
“We protest for every fan who has been silenced, evicted, priced out and disregarded. This is bigger than one club. This is about the future of football.” #MUFC fans @The__1958 stages protest march before Arsenal game on Aug 17. Protesting about ownership, ticket pricing, moving… pic.twitter.com/pwAFcXbkGH
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) August 5, 2025
Protest group The 1958 announce plans for a demo before the opening game of the season at home to Arsenal targeting Sir Jim Ratcliffe as well as the Glazers for the first time with banners declaring ‘Jim Can’t Fix This’ #mufc
— Chris Wheeler (@ChrisWheelerDM) August 5, 2025
A spokesman for The 1958 said, per the Independent: “It’s a new season but the same old ownership issues. Twenty years of the Glazers and their debt mountain is 20 years too long. Enough is enough.
“We won’t allow some natural optimism and a couple of shiny new signings to deflect from the bigger off-field picture.
“Jim Ratcliffe chose to get into bed with the Glazers and in our opinion is helping keep them in charge.
“So on Aug. 17, we protest not just against the Glazers, but now also against Jim Ratcliffe — a man once seen by many, including ourselves, as a possible saviour, a beacon of hope but now revealed as complicit in the ongoing erosion of everything that makes our club what it is.
“This is no longer just about ownership; this is about survival — the survival of our identity, our community, and our values.”
The 1958 spokesman said the protest is for “every fan who has been silenced, evicted, priced out and disregarded,” adding “this is about the future of football.”
“Jim Ratcliffe, you have chosen your side and it is not ours. You now stand shoulder to shoulder with the Glazers. The mask has slipped. You are no saviour. You’re like a [red] devil in disguise,” the group go on to say.
Ratcliffe claimed back in March that he’d walk away from Man Utd if he ever suffered abuse on the level of that directed at the Glazer family.
“It can be unpleasant,” Ratcliffe told The Times. “And I’ve probably failed on the having fun front.
“I can put up with it for a while. I don’t mind being unpopular because I get that nobody likes seeing Manchester United down where they are, and nobody likes the decisions we’re having to make.
“Eventually, if it reached the extent that the Glazer family have been abused, then I’d have to say, ‘look, that’s enough guys, let somebody else do this.’”
United ended up sitting 15th in the Premier League last season — their lowest top-flight finish since 1974 — and missed out on European qualification after losing the Europa League final to Tottenham Hotspur.
Here’s how Twitter users reacted as the Man Utd fan group say “We protest for every fan silenced, evicted, priced out and disregarded”…
@ladycaroline0: Yet most on this app are more concerned and excited about the latest transfer saga. Most don’t give a shit. As long as they have their ST & nothing hits them in the pocket. Facts. Seen it with my own eyes this morning. We are fighting a real battle against APATHY. Shame on you.
@Gazelliottmufc: Get these owners out sick and tired drained and fed up of them #GlazersOut #RatcliffeOut #MUFC
@mickfox85: Tell them not to worry, Whittingham and Chansiri are forming a consortium to buy out the glazers
@Alby6119611111: How about an extensive post about these wasteful clubs chipping in to save the likes of Morecambe Fc.
@bozzystuff: Admirable, but too late, by at least 25 years. What they are trying to protect has already been dead and buried since at least the turn of the century at the top level. Their club perhaps the major beneficiary of that change
@leeds2023456: The usual entitled fan base on about this and that think there bigger than everyone else. You have Morecambe who are ready to go out of business and Fold and the prawn sandwich fanbase are holding a march 😂
@liamkenwright91: Hoping this is a poor joke. New training ground just opened, moving heaven and earth for a new 100k ground, brand new 200m front 3 for his FIRST managerial appointment!! Embarrassing if true and needless negativity before game 1!
@KobiiBanks: Ratcliffe are also complicit as much as the Glazers. Well done to the 1958! Lets unite and work together!
@colinmufc2: I get the protests against the glazers. But the 1958 could at least give Ineos more than a year to fix the 20 years of mess. What exactly has Sir Jim did that was so bad? Invested his own money; renovated Carrington, implemented a football structure, plans for new stadium etc
@Gazelliottmufc: Get these owners out sick and tired drained and fed up of them #GlazersOut #RatcliffeOut #MUFC
