VICS no longer share their home patch with the European champions.
Manchester United have decided to move out of town, relocating their reserve team to Altrincham’s Moss Lane for the rest of the season.
“All of our remaining games will be played there subject to Premier League approval,” said a Reds’ spokesman.
He told the Guardian not enough people were interested in watching Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men play at the Marston’s Arena, owned by Vics’ former chairman Mike Connett.
Games this season in the Barclays Premier Reserve League North have been played out in front of less than 400 fans and United are hoping the switch will persuade more supporters to show up.
Last year their clash with Liverpool attracted more than 3,000 – more than three times the number of spectators at a Vics league match.
“We feel that Altrincham is closer to our core support,” added the spokesman.
He also said the farce that forced Vics’ FA Cup tie with AFC Telford United to be called off last month was uppermost in their thoughts.
That game was abandoned at the interval when a stand-alone generator providing electricity to the stadium blew up.
“We have concerns about Northwich staging night matches too,” he said.
The decision brings United’s stay in the town to a premature end, cutting off a vital income stream to Connett as landlord.
Last week’s Manchester Senior Cup clash with Bolton Wanderers took place at Moss Lane, and United’s next game in their new surroundings is on Thursday, November 27 against Middlesbrough.
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