US TOUR A SUCCESS

Last updated : 05 August 2003 By Editor
"In terms of selling tickets and attracting interest, the
tour has been an unqualified success," Brian Lewis, a sports
reporter with the New York Post, told Reuters.

"On game day I saw 10 people in Manhattan wearing United
jerseys in the space of eight blocks, and in New York that
is very unusual. Over here, it is a case of 'what have you
done for me lately' as far as sport is concerned, so United
have to keep up their presence in the future. But they have
penetrated a market which has disposable cash. At the moment
they have clearly cracked the American market."