Working in the Manchester area, I went to Maine Rd with around 10 others from work, only me and one other Wiganer, a Leyther and none of the rest of whom were particularly interested in Rugby of either code, apart from Rob our canteen mon (and pitied Wire supporter).
It was a night out from work which involved a curry in Rusholme at Shere Khans (alright at the time but subsequently been done by the environmental health !
The match wasn't worth watching, it was so one sided and half of the lads drifted off to the pub long before the end.
Guscott
IS a gutless, over rated tosspot of the first rank.....but his view on the whole idea was in fairness reasonably accurate I thought.