The Manchester derby refers to football matches between Manchester City and Manchester United, first contested in 1881. City play at the Etihad Stadium and United at Old Trafford.
City and United have the two highest record home attendances in the history of English football – City in 1934 with 84,569 and United with 83,260 in 1948, played at Maine Road due to damage to Old Trafford during the Second World War. Financially, both clubs' combined 2010 revenue of £410m (City – £125 million and United – £286 million) makes up nearly a quarter of the twenty-team Premier League revenue alone. 8.3 million people watched the first leg of the 2009–10 League Cup semi-final on television and over 10 million the 2010–11 FA Cup semi-final on terrestrial television.
In the 2011–12 season, Manchester City won the Premier League after a close duel with Manchester United throughout the season. The last meeting, the 164th Manchester derby, was a Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium on the 9th of December which Manchester United won 3-2.
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