I do believe the excuse of Man Utd and City does not hold to much water.
Why?
Well have the attendences ever gone through the roof when City play away on Saturday and United play on a Sunday live on Sky
I think the answer would probably be no, but I dont have any stats to prove my arguement. So it is purely an observation.
So I stand by my comment that United and City can not be blamed for poor attendance.
We need to get in front of people. Youth Clubs, Schools, Youth football teams and give them cheap or free tickets to get the attendances up. Give them free for six weeks and then see what happens after this period. If attendances dont go up forget the idea, if the attendances go up then great.
Or alternatively free kids entrance with every paying adult sounds good to me. - No brads, Michael cant come in free if he comes with you!