The North Stand s first evening spent in the surroundings of the South Stand has to go down as a success. The songs boomed out across the ground and from all reports the noise certainly made an impact.
The company behind the programme designed to move North Standers to the South Stand have said their product worked perfectly based on what they were asked to provide. Stowmarket based Data Factors, leaders in their field, said that their programme did exactly what it was designed to do.
Several weekend newspapers claimed that the odds on George Burley becoming Manchester United manager when Alex Ferguson retires had been slashed. With this in mind Man United fanzine United We Stand (www.uwsonline.com) decided to find out exactly what these odds were.