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| Manchester United's homecoming parade following next week's Champions League final has been cancelled after violence flared in the city on Wednesday. | |
| Police met the club and local authorities on Friday morning and the decision was taken to postpone any event until later in the summer. | Police met the club and local authorities on Friday morning and the decision was taken to postpone any event until later in the summer. |
| Manchester City Council confirmed that the riots involving Glasgow Rangers fans had been a factor in the decision. | |
| Manchester United play Chelsea in the final in Moscow next Wednesday evening. | |
| It will be the first time two English teams have met in the final. | |
| 'Security and safety' | |
| A joint statement said: "Manchester City Council, Trafford Council and Manchester United are working with Greater Manchester Police to identify suitable opportunities, given the necessary logistical demands to ensure security and safety, to appropriately celebrate United's achievements this season. | |
| "There will not be a parade immediately following the Uefa final next week but details are being discussed to organise an event which may take place during the summer." | "There will not be a parade immediately following the Uefa final next week but details are being discussed to organise an event which may take place during the summer." |
| Opponents Chelsea have also had their plans for a parade affected. | |
| The club wanted to hold a parade on Thursday, the day after the final, if it won, but the Metropolitan Police, Transport for London and local councils said a parade on a weekday evening "would bring severe rush hour disruption and chaos to west London". | |
| Hammersmith and Fulham Council said it had suggested the following Sunday or Monday - a Bank Holiday - as alternatives, but the club has said it will make its position clear if it wins Wednesday's final. | |
| 'Baying wolves' | |
| The problems in Manchester came after more than 100,000 Glasgow Rangers fans were in the city centre to Wednesday night to watch the Uefa Cup final with Zenit St Petersburg, held at Manchester City's stadium at Eastlands. | |
| But after Rangers lost 2-0 hundreds of supporters clashed with police. In one instance a mob of more than 200 fans chased after police officers and tripped one of them up. | |
| Pc Mick Regan was kicked, punched and stamped on as officers were pushed back by fans hurling bottles. | |
| Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, Justine Curran, described the fans as being "like a pack of baying wolves". | |
| Eleven supporters have since been charged with criminal offences. | |
| The charges include public order offences, assault and throwing a missile. |