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Originally Posted by yerself
The City of Manchester Stadium has a capacity of 48,000. Rangers were allocated approximately 13,000 seats. Why on earth did upwards of 150,000 Rangers fans turn up in Manchester on Wednesday night?
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there were at least 27,000 in the ground that night due them being in corporate seats, and in the russian end etc, and the reason 150,000 turned up was quite simple -
it was a euro final - 37 years since the last one,
it was local as in the north west of england therefore easy to get to,
they knew it would be shown on screens outside of the ground within fan zones set aside for ticketless fans,
and they have one of the largest and most loyal fanbases in the world - hence why 150,000 turned up.
plus most genuine fans wanted to sample the atmosphere and build up of a euro final..everyone wanted to be a part of it. myself included.