Norman kneejerk
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Yep I have seen a few things questioning the formation e.g. they were founded from the cricket team and the area at that point was quite nice and on the other hand was full of youths fighting so they formed a football team. Seems a bit conflicting.I think I once read something by him aswell that said MCFC isn’t a direct continuation of St. Marks, like most people believe.
Pretty sure he said that while some people from St. Marks helped found City, the two clubs were completely separate to one another and even existed side by side for a while.
On the demographics I always thought location was the biggest factor as men worked til 1 and the match kicked off at 2 pre lights people went to their nearest ground hence red and blue areas.