May 15: first game since takeover, Southampton away, and expected mass protest does not materialise.
May 21: many United supporters wear black at FA Cup final in protest, and the Reds lose on penalties to Arsenal.
May 30: disgruntled United supporters meet to form their own club, FC United of Manchester.
June 29: Glazer's three sons pay a first visit to Old Trafford and are forced to leave in a police van after supporters surround the ground and build barricades.
June 30: Sir Bobby Charlton apologises to the Glazers for the behaviour of United fans.
July 25: Roy Keane has a row with Sir Alex Ferguson over the relaxed nature of a pre-season training camp in Portugal.
July 29: Far East tour is declared a é3million success but a meagre 25,000 crowd for a game in China worries executives.
August 3: Chief executive David Gill admits he offered a donation to main Glazer opponents Shareholders United, and does not deny that he said he would be "on the barricades" with other supporters if it was not for his job.
August 9: First Old Trafford match since takeover sees some fans boycott, and cans and bottles hurled at police outside. But United beat Debrecen 3-0 to virtually ensure a place in the Champions League.
August 20: Business as usual at Old Trafford as a full house 67,000 sees United start their home campaign with a 1-0 win over Aston Villa.
August 23: Ferguson embroiled in a row with fan, who accuses him of "selling out" over the takeover, at Budapest airport.
August 31: Twenty-five backroom jobs shed at United after a "structural review" following a drop in TV revenue.
September 24: Ferguson's tactics openly questioned by fans in home defeat by Blackburn.
September 26: Glazers begin selling off stake in an airbag manufacturer, amid fears that the debt noose was starting to tighten.
November 1: Critical Keane interview, lashing teammates for the 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough, pulled from MUTV schedule.
November 6: United bounce back to defeat leaders Chelsea 1-0 at Old Trafford.
November 19: Roy Keane leaves the club "by mutual consent".
November 23: Vodafone pull the plug on their é9million-a-year sponsorship deal, two years ahead of schedule.
December 8: Defeat by Benfica sees United crash out of the Champions League and fail to qualify for the Uefa Cup.
January 4: United sign Nemanja Vidic for é7million.
January 10: United sign Patrice Evra for é5.5million. and Ferguson says the Glazers have been "excellent" and made transfer dealings much easier than the plc.
January 23: Announcement that United profits for 12 months to July 2004 had dropped by é12million.
January 31: Ferguson again speaks out for the Glazers, saying he cannot understand why some fans have strongly opposed the takeover.
February 4: United embark on a nine-match winning streak in the league that puts them back in title contention.
March 6: United win Carling Cup by beating Wigan 4-0, but Glazers' decision to stop traditional cup final trip for staff, and to snub the Busby family, taints the day.
March 26: New quadrants open at Old Trafford for the game against Birmingham, boosting capacity to nearly 70,000
April 6: New é56million, four year shirt sponsorship deal with AIG is announced, a British record
April 10: Average ticket price hike of 12.3 percent is announced, quickly followed by rises in car park charges
April 14: A 0-0 home draw with Sunderland puts paid to Premiership title hopes
April 16: Malcolm Glazer is taken to hospital in Florida suffering from a stroke
May 7: A record Old Trafford crowd of 73,006 sees United secure automatic qualification for the Champions League by beating Charlton 4-0
May 8: Ruud van Nistelrooy's future at Old Trafford placed in doubt after Ferguson expresses his anger at training ground incidents. Tweet
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Nice piece of biased journalism.
fans i know who did there best to get me to watch f.c. utd. anti glazer and all that. have stopped going . because as they knew the top people who run f.c.they got to know what the hidden agenda was and realise that it was,nt all about running a club for dissatisfied fans but to get money to under mine the glazers. p.s. any chance of prestwich heys being covered next year, a club steeped in history. and ran by honest people for the people
I think the word your looking for is
'BALANCED' Tommy of Tampa
yep another hack who decides to present as negative slant on things as possible... truth is we won a trophy and improved on our league position, as well as positioning ourselves for a good season next year. The Glaziers might not be perfect, but neither was the PLC
timmy donn, prestwich. You are Tommy Tampa. You are fooling none. You have never been to a FC game. How can the MEN let their site be used to spread lies? Get a job. Get a life loser.