{"id":137,"date":"2010-12-17T08:51:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T08:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/?p=137"},"modified":"2010-12-17T13:28:33","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T13:28:33","slug":"the-other-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"The other United"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_138\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-138\" title=\"FC United of Manchester\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/photo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/photo-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/photo-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/photo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;We&#39;re making friends, not millionaires,&quot; say FC United fans<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When the American Glazer family bought Manchester United with borrowed money and landed the football club in huge debts, thousands of fans started protesting. Yet a few went a bit further, and left the world famous club to start their own. The result is FC United of Manchester, a community based club owned by its members and run by volunteers &#8211; a far cry from the mega-money and world fame surrounding Manchester United. So can FC United compete?<\/p>\n<p>Hear my report for Deutsche Welle Radio here:<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"boo_player_1\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"129\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/boos.audioboo.fm\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"lt\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F239289-fc-united-of-manchester.mp3%3Fsource%3Dembed&amp;mp3Author=lbevanger&amp;mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F239289-fc-united-of-manchester&amp;mp3Title=FC+United+of+Manchester&amp;mp3Time=08.45am+17+Dec+2010&amp;rootID=boo_player_1\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/boos.audioboo.fm\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F239289-fc-united-of-manchester.mp3%3Fsource%3Dembed&amp;mp3Author=lbevanger&amp;mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F239289-fc-united-of-manchester&amp;mp3Title=FC+United+of+Manchester&amp;mp3Time=08.45am+17+Dec+2010&amp;rootID=boo_player_1\" \/><embed id=\"boo_player_1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"129\" src=\"http:\/\/boos.audioboo.fm\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\" flashvars=\"mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F239289-fc-united-of-manchester.mp3%3Fsource%3Dembed&amp;mp3Author=lbevanger&amp;mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F239289-fc-united-of-manchester&amp;mp3Title=FC+United+of+Manchester&amp;mp3Time=08.45am+17+Dec+2010&amp;rootID=boo_player_1\" wmode=\"window\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" salign=\"lt\" scale=\"noscale\" data=\"http:\/\/boos.audioboo.fm\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the American Glazer family bought Manchester United with borrowed money and landed the football club in huge debts, thousands of fans started protesting. Yet a few went a bit further, and left the world famous club to start their own. 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