5 stewards have been charged with assault after a Manchester United fan was allegedly attacked at Previous Trafford following the Manchester derby final 12 months.
The lads are accused of assaulting a 49-year-old supporter within the East Stand throughout a sit-in protest following the goalless draw with Manchester Metropolis in April 2025.
Mohammed Jamil Akbar, 22, Yaseen Islam, 24, and Mohammed Uzair Iqbal, 24, all from Oldham, Favour Stevenson, 28, from Rochdale, and Usman Hussain, 36, from Manchester, have been charged with assault occasioning precise bodily hurt and are on account of seem at Manchester Magistrates’ Court docket on January 7 subsequent 12 months.
Not one of the 5 males charged have been working for United and have been employed by Managed Options Group, a safety firm contracted by the membership on match days. United and CSG declined to remark.
The protest was organised as a present of opposition to the membership’s determination to extend season-ticket costs and scrap concessions for OAPs and kids.
United’s ticketing coverage has come beneath fireplace once more in latest days over a clampdown on touting that has led to hundreds of followers receiving emails saying their accounts have been suspended on account of suspicious exercise and their season tickets may very well be revoked except they supply a passable clarification.
5 stewards have been charged with assault after a Manchester United fan was allegedly attacked at Previous Trafford following the Manchester derby final 12 months
The incident got here after a goalless draw between Man Metropolis and Man United in April 2025 (pictured above – an motion shot from the sport)
Quite a lot of supporters’ teams joined forces final week to situation a press release accusing the membership of creating harmless followers really feel as if they’re being ‘handled as suspects’ and adopting a ‘ban first and ask questions later’ strategy.
On Wednesday, the Manchester United Muslims Supporters’ Membership mentioned there’s a ‘feeling that Manchester United is changing into more and more disconnected from the individuals who constructed the membership’.
