Manchester United reveal structure of Fan Advisory Board

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Manchester United’s new Fan Advisory Board will consist of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;seven senior fan representatives and up to five club executives”&comma; the club have announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United revealed initial plans for a Fan Advisory Board after co-chairman Joel Glazer attended his first fans’ forum in early June&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Premier League club said they were now finalising those plans and also an expanded Fans’ Forum following further talks with Manchester United Supporters’ Trust &lpar;MUST&rpar; and other fan groups&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Your club&comma; your say&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shaping a United future&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;MUFC&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;MUFC<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Manchester United &lpar;&commat;ManUtd&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ManUtd&sol;status&sol;1400830011041587205&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">June 4&comma; 2021<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Terms of Reference and composition of both bodies have been agreed in consultation with the existing Fans’ Forum&comma; and with MUST in its capacity as the accredited independent fan group representing Manchester United supporters&comma;” United said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United’s chief operating officer Colette Roche said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are pleased with the progress made so far towards building a framework for more effective engagement between the club and its supporters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As Joel Glazer told the Fans’ Forum in June&comma; we are committed to strengthening fan representation and the role of fans at the heart of the club&semi; and the new Fan Advisory Board and expanded Fans’ Forum will help that process&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United said the Fan Advisory Board will meet quarterly and one of the club’s executive co-chairmen would attend at least once a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Fans’ Forum will remain in place as a wider representative body meeting quarterly to address fan questions&comma; with members increasing from 11 to 16&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Additions to the Forum will include representatives for the Manchester United Women Supporters’ Club&comma; youth supporters under the age of 21&comma; and international members&comma;” the club said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Fans’ Forum will then elect two of its members to the Fan Advisory Board to ensure a strong connection between the two bodies&comma; and MUST will have seats on both bodies&period; Recruitment to the two bodies will begin in the coming weeks&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United said progress had also been made in talks with MUST about the creation of a mutually beneficial fan share scheme&comma; which would give fans access to a new class of shares each with the same high-vote rights as those held by the Glazer family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Detailed work is continuing&comma; supported by expert advisers&comma; on the structure of the potential fan share scheme and more information will be shared in due course&comma;” United added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A large number of United supporters have protested against the Glazer family since they completed their controversial takeover at Old Trafford in 2005&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Long-standing anger among fans reached new levels in April when United and their fellow &OpenCurlyQuote;big six’ Premier League clubs agreed to join a new European Super League before pulling out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anti-Glazer protests on May 2nd led to United’s home Premier League match against Liverpool being postponed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e407513680b">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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