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In 2001, a study was conducted by Man Met over where season ticket holders in Manchester lived. 'Do you come from Manchester?' it was called.
7,808 of the 27,667 season ticket holders at Old Trafford in 2001 came from an 'M' postcode. 6,678 of the 16,481 season ticket holders at Maine Road were from the same area.
1.58% of City season ticket holders came from M14, the area of Maine Road, whilst 0.77% came from M16, the district of Old Trafford.
These figures are the ones United fans may expect, but those who claim United fans don't come from Manchester might not. Of course we're going to have a smaller percentage of season ticket holders coming from Manchester than City, given that we do have so many more fans from them in other areas of the country, but for close to one third of our season ticket holders to reside in Manchester goes against the myth.
The study goes deeper, looking in to where the most popular areas for United and City season ticket holders are to live. M33 is where most United season ticket holders come from, 882, which is roughly a ten minute drive from the ground. In comparison, City's most popular area is SK8, Cheadle, in other words, with 664, which is a greater distance away from the ground, and also, not technically in Manchester. City's biggest area for fans is actually in Stockport.
So, the biggest red area is in Manchester, but the biggest blue area isn't, but United fans must have loads of fans from the south taking up the rest of their season ticket seats, right? Wrong.
72% of all our season ticket holders (19,788) come from the North West, in comparison to the 78% of City's (12,864).
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Red through and through. Manc born and bred.
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