Was the attendance 38,000 or 45,000?? Nobody seems to be able to give a defining answer.
All the London clubs criticising can fuck off. They have the best and cheapest transport system in the country, tubes running every few minutes, buses more frequent and running all night. Try getting around Manchester after 6pm it's fucking miserable and that's before all the roadworks near the stadium. The dippers and rags have all the foreign fans, built up over decades of media publicity and arse licking to swell their crowds. Tfgm are also the pits. Trams that run on services that go into Piccadilly station should carry onto the stadium on match days. The same coming back. I used to be able to get on a tram in Altrincham and get off at the stadium. Now I have to get off and wait with loads of others for a connection. It's madness. Also at Maine Road at the bus depot there were buses waiting there would take you all over Manchester. I'd catch the 105 to Wythenshawe. Now we have to get a bus to the city center and then catch a service bus. Bring back the football specials