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Originally Posted by Revol
My mistake, they're actually from Trafford. The only league club to come from Manchester are Man City. Implicitly you said you live in East Manchester, they're not too far from you then.  |
Manchester United originated in Newton Heath (north Manchester), then moved to Old Trafford, part of Trafford Borough, part of Greater Manchester.
I never get tired of exploding the popular misconception (City fans sad propaganda) that City have more Mancunian based fans than United.
It simply isn't true. Never has been and never will be!
So there you have it. United
are from Manchester and so are the vast majority of the fans.
It's true to say I live on the wrong side of town in footballing terms, but because of stadium location terms only.
Both City and United fans are pretty much spread out evenly throughout the city with the odd exception.
Parts of north Manchester and especially Salford are almost exclusively red and you won't find many United fans living in the Moss Side or Longsight districts, south of the city centre.
Put simply...City's stadium isn't big enough to accommodate United's match going Mancunian United fans. FACT.
Fact is...they can't even regularly fill it themselves.