A 2029 window and new loan papers: Stephen Howson on the end of the Glazer era
Ten uploads went out, and the Manchester United fan spent most of them on Manchester City's verdict, its appeal and its ties to the city council.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Glazer Era Is Finally OVER...
Is the Glazer era really over? Stephen Howson put the question in his week's most watched title, "Glazer Era Is Finally OVER...", and the answer inside is more careful than the capitals suggest. Working from new loan documents, he walks through United's debt covenants, INEOS's position and a 2029 window he sees as the possible turning point, with New Old Trafford sitting in the middle of the sums. It drew about 220,000 views, and its comment section is full of supporters who have heard this before: many say they will believe it when the takeover is signed, and a few worry the stadium plan could keep the owners in place for longer.
The rest of the week belonged mostly to the blue half of Manchester. Howson followed the Premier League's findings against Manchester City from several angles: the appeal, the punishments reported in the press, the Football Leaks founder Rui Pinto, and a 2015 land arrangement between the city council and City's owners that he lays out with a long list of newspaper sources. A Cristiano Ronaldo piece on Portugal winning without him made a detour.
The freshest uploads are the quickest. A day-old video on the Super League's return and another giving Michael Carrick "one month" to save his job are both moving fast, the second built on a run of fixtures that starts with Tottenham and Atlético Madrid.
Views ran a little above the channel's usual pace, and about a thousand new subscribers took it to 323,000. Among the football channels nearest its size, that was the third-biggest week for views, with GOAL's FanZone well clear and SBS Sport far above its own norm.
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What viewers say
Too many false dawns to get excited again, sorry Ste!
But as ever, here’s hoping 🙏🏻@eamonnpotts5063See it on YouTubeI refuse to believe anything until he is holding up the shirt
@ralphterry3863See it on YouTubei saw the title and nearly had a heart attack
@M45TVMarczSee it on YouTube
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By 2029 my love for the game would’ve probably been gone too they’d have already done irreparable damage 😂
@GizengaaSee it on YouTubeOnce they build the new stadium, they'll be here for the rest of our lives.
@United4life-h9oSee it on YouTubeNeeding to be in champions league 3 out of 5 years in a row is scarily in Leeds territory
@EricthekingthekingSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
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This Is A HUGE Mess…110,110 views · 2026-10-05
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- Channel
- Stephen Howson
- Subscribers
- 323,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,388,236
- Videos published this week
- 10
- Video published
- October 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 219,952
- Views on its first day
- 172,819
The numbers
Here is how Stephen Howson's channel moved over the past seven days.
💡 Test your knowledge
Michael Carrick, the subject of one of Howson's newest videos, joined Manchester United as a player in 2006 from which club?
Carrick moved from Tottenham to Manchester United in the summer of 2006 and spent the rest of his playing career at Old Trafford.

