Long gone are the days when groups of adolescents from Mancunian suburbs such as Gorton, Longsight, and Wythenshawe, etc would travel in their numbers to Old Trafford. This is the Old Trafford of the past, filled with noise and imagery of terraces covered in red, white and black. Perhaps the 1970s and the 1980s was Old Trafford’s peak time for atmosphere as people stood in solidarity, singing and chanting about United. However, today, like most Major football stadiums, Old Trafford has become a space of commercialism and cronyism due to the removal of standing in 1989. The 1989 Football Spectators Act forced football grounds in England to become all-seated venues. This came… Read more