Where`s the Media Focus on PL Match Postponement?
Illegal disorder, trespass, violence against the police, intimidation of staff, disruption of everyday life - it`s the United Way.
The BBC have reported that 4 suspects have been arrested.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-57687691
Yet there are still those who are justifying the protests on 2 occasions when Utd were due to play Liverpool.
The wider issues are
(1) When will the club be punished for its major failings on the day of the postponement? The first ever PL game unable to take place due to the club failing, having been pre-warned, to put in place adequate and appropriate health and safety arrangements to host a major event?
If this had been Leeds or Millwall or almost any other club, the punishments would have been swift and severe.
(2) Why has such a major story and prominent event not been followed up by the media, and the club called to account beyond an apology?
GMP have stated,
“We are continuing to review evidence from the day and are committed to identifying and prosecuting those involved.”.
The media should rightly keep this in the public eye and seek to hold the football club and Premier League to account. This is a public interest story. Punishment of the club should follow.