A Manchester United worker was sacked for wearing an anti-Glazer green and gold scarf – on the night David Beckham put one on.

Jerry Vyse, 21, from Fallowfield, worked in a food and drink kiosk at Old Trafford and decided to show his support for the anti-Glazer movement.

On the same night, last Wednesday, AC Milan player and former United hero Beckham donned a similar scarf following their Champions League match.

But the first year anthropology student, who bought his scarf outside the ground before the AC Milan match, ended up losing his job after refusing to remove it when ordered to do so by a supervisor.

Jerry said: “I bought the scarf outside of the stadium. I told the vendor I would be wearing it to work at Old Trafford for my shift for that evening’s game against AC Milan. He warned me that some staff were sacked on the spot for doing that.”

The Manchester University student put on the scarf at half-time, as many of the fans came to buy snacks and drinks.

Cheered

He says he was cheered by other fans wearing the same colours, which were originally worn by Newton Heath before they became United.

The colours are now at the forefront of the Glazer movement which has grown in recent months as United fans have seen their once debt-free club plunged into £700m worth of debt.

Jerry added: “The supervisor came round and ordered me to remove it.

“This was met with jeers from the United supporters, most of whom had the scarf on themselves.

“When I refused, the supporters cheered. He was then booed when he put the queue on hold to enter the kiosk and request I leave with him because my scarf was ‘anti-Glazer’.

A spokesman for United said: “There is a strict uniform policy and he refused to abide by it and was therefore asked to leave.”

Beckham later claimed he didn’t know the scarf – which he picked up from the pitch – was connected with the protest.