It was a good crowd as you say but there were a few patches of empty seats. Yes the weather was awful but I had numerous layers on and was ridiculously over dressed, I felt far too warm, esp in the second half when there was more to get excited about.
The empty seats were no shows. The game sold out ages ago.
A lot of no shows then.
It'll be cup scheme people who made the decision not to come late in the day. I get it, if I'm honest. I did go last night, but I don't live that far away and I don't have to navigate public transport to get there. If I was travelling from, say, Huddersfield and having to do the shit show of a rail network + tram + a late night + the cost of a couple of beers + the weather + a nothing game I'd have been seriously tempted to stay home. The £20 or whatever is already priced in, and guarantees you seats at bigger and better games, but all the other costs are saved.
That Merc was in a right mangled state, hope the driver is ok. Hardly any damage to the tram though.
Yes good explanation that.
They both have an historic international fan base who fly in, plus, I'm really not that embarrassed of that, a bigger "casual" fan base. If I don't go to a game I don't have 5 people who are City fans who never go who'd snap up my ticket where my United supporting cousin-in-law (is that a thing?) has a load of rags that he works with who have been to Old Trafford twice in their life.
