Man Utd fans revive brutal Man City banner after Premier League guilty verdict
· Mirror
Manchester United return to Premier League action this weekend and the club's fans will reportedly revive a banner mocking rivals Manchester City
Manchester United fans are reportedly set to restore a banner mocking Manchester City for this weekend. Last week saw City being found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges brought against them by the Premier League for financial breaches.
City are still maintaining their innocence and confirmed last Friday that they had submitted an appeal, claiming to have "a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence” that should clear them of any wrongdoing.
The Premier League returns this weekend after the extended international break, with United set to host Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday evening.
The Athletic have reported that a United fan group has paid to restore an old banner which mocks their bitter rivals, City, in the aftermath of the guilty verdict which emerged last week.
The ‘ticker’ banner was present in the Stretford End at Old Trafford and showed how many years it had been since City had last won a major trophy, first starting with ‘24 years’ on its initial appearance back in 2000.
The banner was taken down after City won the FA Cup in 2011, but it has now been reported that the banner will make an appearance once again this weekend.
The report claims that the United fan group, The Red Army, have paid £114 to create a new banner which will have an updated number of years to mock City.
It has been stated that the banner will now read ‘51 years’, joking that the trophies that City have won since that FA Cup triumph back in 2011 are no longer valid.
Before the win at Wembley 15 years ago, City had not won a major trophy since claiming victory in the League Cup final back in 1976.
The allegations against City relate to the timeframe between 2009 and 2018, during which time the club won three Premier League titles, three League Cups and one FA Cup.
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