Was talking to an Aussie man city fan based in the UK and I just cannot get my head around 10pm being the last train up north.And they can't get home afterwards. Unless they only live around the corner...
The 5 major regional hubs in victoria all have trains from Melbourne after 11:45pm and then coaches at 1am and 2am Sat morning.
These 5 locations wouldn't be able to combine the population to that of Manchester. Probably comparable to that of Newcastle.
Just blows my mind a city the size of London can't get away fans home after a night game of football.