The home history of the two teams is more than 80 years old. Behind the vicissitudes of history, the huge differences between the two teams can still be seen.

Maine Road is located in the south of Manchester, which is a residential area, but judging from the construction and residents of this neighborhood, you can tell that it belongs to a slum in Manchester. It is said that renting a two-bedroom and one-living apartment near Maine Road is only 200 to 300 pounds a month, which is already quite cheap in the UK, but there are still many idle houses. After asking local students, they realized that they "dare not to live here" because there are too many black residents nearby and India and Pakistan, and social security is very problematic.

A few years ago, after every home game of Manchester City, many police officers maintained order on Maine Road, and football hooligans were everywhere. When they smashed all the shops on a street on Maine Road in the spring of 1996, 1,300 policemen in Manchester made every effort to control the situation, which slightly alleviated the football hooligan problem.

Maine Road can accommodate 35,000 spectators, and is not small in scale, but compared with the beautiful Old Trafford, it is completely different from the same level. The renovated Old Trafford in 1994 is a completely modern football stadium, which is small as every seat in the stadium, the passage below the stands, the canopy sky of the four stands, and the heating and drying equipment under the turf of the stadium are all placed in a very small way. In the passage below the stands, it takes at least half an hour to walk around the stadium that can accommodate more than 60,000 people.

As for the "Red Devils Bar" in Old Trafford, the large souvenir shop and grand and comfortable press conference rooms are unimaginable on Maine Road. They also have two huge venues specifically for renting them to young people willing to hold weddings in Old Trafford. Last summer, after Jiang Feng took over Old Trafford, he expanded the Old Trafford Stadium, expanding its capacity from 68,000 to 128,000. In fact, in the 2003-2004 season, Manchester United's total income per home game was 3 million pounds higher than their number one opponent Arsenal! This is based on the fact that Arsenal's tickets were much higher than Manchester United.

There are souvenir shops on Maine Road, but Manchester United has opened their souvenir chain to Singapore; there are also news conference rooms on Maine Road, but they can only accommodate up to 40 journalists. Every time reporters interview Keegan, they have to pass through the dark and shabby lower stands and enter this small conference room.

Both teams were founded in the budding period of football at the end of the 19th century, but the growth paths over the past century are very different. Manchester United always seems to have noble people to help them, and even the biggest tragedy in the team's history can help them win more attention. The 1958 Munich air crash won the infinite sympathy of people all over the world. Think about it, they have only won two European Champions Leagues so far, but they have become the most popular team in the world like Real Madrid and AC Milan. Two great coaches, Busby and Ferguson, have portrayed this team into a legendary story of Manchester.

The brothers in the city are far less brilliant. Manchester City gradually rose in the 1930s, but after winning the then League One Championship in 1968, the edge was immediately suppressed by Arsenal and Liverpool. The century-old history of Maine Road is full of continuous upgrades and relegations. This state of being unable to stabilize its position in the top league makes their fans even more jealous of the Manchester United team.

When leaving Manchester, Manchester United is a popular team, but when entering Manchester, most fans are ridiculing the team.

Manchester City's deepest hatred for Manchester United comes from an episode a hundred years ago, because Manchester City fans believe that Manchester United made a fortune by stealing Manchester City's talents at that time.

The story took place in 1904, when Manchester City was Manchester's unique football owner. They had reached the FA Cup final and Everton became the most popular club in England at that time, while Manchester United was a bottom team headquartered in Newton-Siss.

This period is the time when English football has undergone qualitative changes. Professional players have emerged since the 1870s, and the FA has always strongly opposed the professionalization of players. Although it was forced to accept the fact that players were professionalized in the 1880s, the FA used salary limits to restrict the maximum income of professional players, so that professional players, like ordinary miners, cannot have a maximum salary of £4 per week during the season, and cannot have a maximum salary during the offseason.

The purchasing power of 4 pounds in the early 20th century was equivalent to 300 pounds now, and it was able to make a living. However, most professional players had no other skills except football, and had almost no accumulation after retirement, so the salary limit put a considerable economic pressure on professional players. In this case, in order to maintain competitiveness, large clubs began the famous "brown envelope" tradition of British football.

"Brown Envelope" now refers to the illegal income part of all football transactions. At that time, in big clubs like Manchester City, the boss and head coach would use brown postal envelopes to encapsulate additional income and give it to the main players in private, ensuring that they don't have to worry too much about their livelihood and maintain the team's competitiveness.

At that time, Manchester City had the first real star in British football history. Welshman Billy Meledis Meledis was talented and arrogant, and was the core of Manchester City. At that time, whether it was the A League champion or the FA Cup champion, it was Manchester City and Aston Villa competing. Birmingham reporters found that Manchester City paid Meledis privately that this Welsh genius could live a playboy life. Meledis earned more than £20 a week!

After losing at Manchester City in a league in 1904, the resentful Birmingham newspaper broke the tacit commitment to the "brown envelope" and revealed the inside story of Meledis and several other Manchester City stars getting extra income. The FA, with serious bureaucratic habits, immediately launched a serious punishment and carefully investigated the income status of Manchester City players. It took 9 months. Finally, it was confirmed that Meledis and other players and Manchester City clubs were "incriminated". Meledis was suspended for 9 months.

A more severe punishment came to Manchester City club: In November 1906, at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, the FA England hosted a population auction. The FA ruled that Manchester City ordered all players to be sold as a punishment. At this auction, all 17 players of Manchester City's first team were sold, and Newton Sith United, the closest to Manchester City, bought 6 Manchester City main players, including Meledis.

Meredith has since become Manchester United's first red hero. He and five other former Manchester City teammates have completely changed the image of Newton and Sis United only fighting fiercely and not "playing football". Moreover, because of Meredith's extremely high popularity in Manchester, Newton and Sis United have connections to enter Manchester and compete with Manchester City for the market.

But this tragedy in Manchester City also changed Meledge's life. After retiring, he immediately became the leader of the Players' Union and worked hard for professional players to fight for legitimate rights and interests throughout his life.

Since the beginning of Industrial**, Manchester has been an industrial city. A large number of textiles were produced in this city and then sold to all over the world through Liverpool. Traditionally, Manchester is a city dominated by labor. These people cannot represent the interests of the upper class, but the population accounts for the majority of the city. When they choose a team like Manchester City that represents their own plain and simple style, Manchester United, which is too successful and too commercial, naturally has another reason to become the target of public criticism.

Manchester City's development history is almost synchronized with the times, just like Manchester, an important city during the industrial period. Today, Manchester is far less beautiful and modern than people imagined. There are only two cities in the UK listed as "regions", London and Manchester, but Manchester seems to give people the impression of declining. The demise of traditional industries is the fundamental reason for the gradual degradation of the city.

Manchester City still has some vitality in the first half of the 20th century. There was a ZTE period in the 1960s, but like this city, the club, like this city, was unable to rise to a higher level while the regional economy was behind. Manchester City's survival soil is still the working class in Manchester. However, the differentiation of the "working masses" - such as leaving Manchester to find new job opportunities and living space, has made this team lack the nutrition for growth.

In the west of the city, Manchester United is keeping pace with the times. Although they have never won the support of most Manchester fans, the club management is far better than the city brothers, and the European battlefield performance is also extraordinary. Even in the 1960s, when Manchester City performed well, their edge is still not comparable to Manchester United.

At that time, Manchester City won the League One championship, and there were also famous British internationals like Frances Lee and others, but Old Trafford had Bobby Charlton, George Best and Dennis Law, the top British football masters. In 1966, England won the World Cup at home, which also left a deeper impression on Manchester United players in the hearts of fans all over the world.

Compared with Manchester United's magnificent offensive football, Manchester City's style is closer to their fan group, simple and unpretentious. Calling Manchester City the "Blue Devils" seems to be a joke made by Chinese media reports on Manchester City. In England, except for Manchester City's official website once boasted about using the phrase "BlueDevils", no one will use Manchester United's nickname to target Manchester City.

Manchester City is not a "devil". In their more than 100-year-old team history, they have never produced a superstar with brilliant results like Charlton and charming like Best.
Chapter completed!