The success of Manchester City and Manchester United gives a big boost to the local economy and is estimated to be worth £2.5bn in advertising over the next twenty years.
Greater Manchester has been getting its governance act together in a way that has happened more slowly than in Birmingham or the north-east. The cause and effect relationship between that and the success or otherwise of the local football teams is a complex one, but it is undoubtedly there.
The success of Manchester City and Manchester United gives a big boost to the local economy and is estimated to be worth £2.5bn in advertising over the next twenty years.
Greater Manchester has been getting its governance act together in a way that has happened more slowly than in Birmingham or the north-east. The cause and effect relationship between that and the success or otherwise of the local football teams is a complex one, but it is undoubtedly there.