LONDON — The Premier League executives went around the room, until almost all of them had shared a story. Ugly confrontations. Woodward, a former banker who joined Manchester United after helping its unpopular owners, the Glazer family, acquire the team in 2005, has become a lightning rod for United fans angered by the precipitous decline in the club’s on-field fortunes. Fans have protested Woodward’s stewardship for most of the season. But the news that one group fired smoke bombs and flares at his home on Jan. 28 shook league officials and rival executives.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2020 23:15 UTC