Manchester Sights

  1. City of Manchester Stadium

    Manchester's best-loved team is the perennial underachiever, Manchester City. In 2003 the team moved to the spanking-new City of Manchester Stadium.

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  2. Lancashire County Cricket Club

    Cricket is a big deal here, and the Lancashire club, founded in 1816 as the Aurora before changing its name in 1864, is one of the most beloved of all England's county teams, despite not having won the county championship since 1930. The really big match in Lancashire's calendar is the Roses match against Yorkshire, but if you're not around for that one, the other games in the county season are a great day out. The season runs throughout the summer.

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  3. MEN Arena

    Giant arena that hosts large-scale rock concerts (as well as being the home of the city's ice-hockey and basketball teams).

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  4. Old Trafford Stadium

    Here's a paradox: the world's most famous and supported football club, beloved of fans from Bangkok to Buenos Aires, is the most hated club in England and has a smaller fan base in Manchester than its far less successful cross-town rivals, Manchester City. United fans snigger and dismiss this as small-minded jealousy, while treating the Old Trafford stadium like holy ground and the stars (not hard to get when you have the money...) that play there like minor deities.

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