HOWEVER the Board, all being
Old Etonian merchant banking types as well as members of the minor aristocracy clique, were solidly set
against this idea —
due to their (supposedly) traditional values of the
club and the reluctance to sell out to «foreign investors».
United still hold a
club record today for the biggest victory, which was
against Anderlecht in the game played on the 26th September 1956, a fortnight after the first match between the two
clubs, with United winning 10 - 0 in a match
due to be played at
Old Trafford, but a floodlight failure moved the game to Manchester City's former home, Maine Road.