A giant exhibition centre, just two miles from Old Trafford, is hosting a 'Rangers Takeover' when the Glasgow side take on Manchester United next Thursday.
Bowlers, in nearby Trafford Park, is set to entertain thousands of travelling fans without tickets for the Europa League match, in a move which may well raise eyebrows.
In 2008, ticketless Rangers fans rioted in Manchester when their side reached the UEFA Cup Final, in scenes branded 'a disgrace' by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Much of the trouble – which saw 11 men jailed - centred around an area in the city in which a big screen had been erected to show the game to those unable to gain entry to the Etihad Stadium, as a figure estimated north of 100,000 made their way south.