superwatsonwatson said:
I wonder if 44026 is a record for a debut crowd in the Champions league for an English club. I suspect it is.
The answer is yes, for debut CL group stage games played at your own stadium:
Arsenal 73k (at old Wembley)
City 44k
Newcastle 36k
Leeds 35k (5,000 empty seats against Milan)
Chelsea 33k
Rags 33k (10,000 empty seats)
Spurs 32k (not a sell-out, they got 34k against Inter the next game)
Liverpool 30k (11,000 empty seats)
Blackburn 21k (10,000 empty seats)
But I didn't see any headlines like this after any of the above games:
"Empty seats at the Etihad as City take Euro bow"
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/84547...-as-manchester-city-took-champions-league-bow
