Manchester United Supporters' Trust

MUST's members hope to be able to pool their funds to buy a meaningful stake in the club at a future date if the opportunity arises.

The group then changed its name simply to Shareholders United and continued its efforts to encourage supporters to own shares in the then publicly traded club.

In 2004, the American businessman Malcolm Glazer made an attempt to buy the club, but was rebuffed by the PLC board because of the large amount of borrowing his bid would rely on.

Shareholders United, together with the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association, organised demonstrations before matches, first before an important league match against Arsenal in an attempt to show the board that supporters were against the takeover, and later before a Champions League match against Milan, when thousands of supporters marched to demonstrate to Glazer that they would not welcome him if he bought the club.

The purpose of this was an attempt to warn the sponsors that supporters would boycott their products if they continued their links with the club after a takeover.