It is with pleasure that I wish to inform you that the Official Manchester United Supporters Club of Southern Africa is ceasing operations with immediate effect.
Why is it my pleasure? Because they have done nothing but bleed United supporters for the past three years. Promises have been made, with few kept. They are in the process of sending what amounts to a kiss-off letter to members telling them that membership is being terminated immediately. They don't even have the courtesy to honour agreements to the end of the season! But supporters in South Africa are not being abandoned. The club which ran under Gary Bailey's chairmanship for over ten years will be relaunched (with Gary again in the Chairman's seat) in time for the start of the 2003/4 season and you will find details in due course on our website at www.manutd.co.za MUFC SC (SA) will operate as it did before, as a non-profit making organisation, with branches in Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Johannesburg. A few years ago, when the money men at Manchester United sold us out to commercial interest, I wrote to this list and vented my anger. The result was intervention from Shareholders United in the form of Michael Crick who saw to it that our involvement continued. Michael knows he has my eternal gratitude and I will email him with this news. This is something we always knew was going to happen. A supporters club should be run by the fans for the fans. It cannot be seen as a commercial venture. Ethel ****************** ETHEL SLEITH Secretary Manchester United Supporters Club of Southern Africa Johannesburg Branch Tel/Fax : (011) 826-2181 InfoLine : (011) 826-5605 email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.manutd.co.za [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] *************************************** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
