Manchester United is reputed to be the most popular football club in the world, with one of the highest average home attendance in Europe.The club states that its worldwide fan base includes more than 200 officially recognised branches of the Manchester United Supporters Club (MUSC).The club takes advantage of this support through its worldwide summer tours. Accountancy firm and sports industry consultants Deloitte estimate that Manchester United has 75 million fans worldwide,while other estimates put this figure closer to 333 million.
Supporters are represented by two independent bodies; the Independent Manchester United Supporters' Association (IMUSA), which maintains close links to the club through the MUFC Fans Forum,and the Manchester United Supporters' Trust (MUST). After the Glazer family's takeover in 2005, a group of fans formed a splinter club, F.C. United of Manchester. The West Stand of Old Trafford the "Stretford End" is the home end and the traditional source of the club's most vocal support
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