Colour revolution

摘要

Eight minutes into the final of the Car-ling Cup on February 28th, the referee held up play for a few seconds. No goal, no injury: Phil Dowd merely wanted the players to burst the yellow and green balloons littering the pitch. These are the colours sported by Manchester United fans protesting against the Glazer family, the Americans who have owned the club since 2005. United, England's (and possibly the world's) most popular football club, usually play in red and white, but yellow and green were worn by their 19th-century forebears, Newton Heath, and as away kit in the early 1990s. Wear a scarf in these colours or blow up a few balloons and you show where your loyalties lie.