Rangers chief executive Martin Bain insists there will be no repeat of the scenes of crowd misbehaviour which marred the club's last visit to Manchester.
Some 150,000 Rangers fans descended on the city for the UEFA Cup final and trouble started when a giant screen failed to work.
Rangers will play Manchester United in the Group C of the Champions League on September 14 and Bain said: "I would say the circumstances [in 2008] were totally different. When we went to Manchester for the UEFA Cup final it was one of the biggest movements of people in Europe, 150,000 people descending on the city."
He added: "Going down in those vast numbers was obviously a lot for any club and any city to deal with. It was a final.
"I still believe to this day it was a small minority who spoiled it for the majority, but this is a different tie.
"The true Rangers supporters did not like those scenes and I am absolutely convinced that they will go down to Manchester to prove a point that they are a great set of supporters.
"Rangers and Manchester United know each other well, we have played each other before at this level, and we have the right administration and the right security people to make sure that things go accordingly. We've played United in the Champions League before, and as far as I remember there was no great calamity."
Spanish side Valencia and Turkish champions Bursaspor are also in Group C but Bain said the United fixture was a huge commercial bonus for the club.
He added: "Manchester United and Rangers is two great British teams pitting themselves against each other but the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson and Walter Smith are such great friends - and I've been privy to the banter as the seasons have gone on - is one they'll really be looking forward to, it's nice for them.
"The fact we've drawn Manchester United is great. There will be no easy matches. Commercially it's lucrative to play Manchester United at this stage - you want to have a tie which captures supporters' imagination."
Source: PA
