Trip to Old trafford Home of the red devils

I set off from my hostel to UoM shopping centre and took bus number 250 to reach the famous ground of MUFC, Old trafford.
Me and my friend went to the museum and the tour of the stadium. It cause us 6 pounds because we are students otherwise it would have cause us 10pounds. While looking around we saw that tickets are for sale for the match on the 27 sept. It is a champions league match between benfica and MUFC. We were excited and when to book the tickets but we will only be notify when it is ready. The average cost of the seats are between 24 to 40 pounds but trust me these are very ordinary seats as most of the better seat are given to their season ticket holders and others like companies and etc.

Our tour starts at 1pm and this is the best tour I think i ever have. It took us from the North stands of the stadium which can hold up to 25000 + people to the new dug out where players ran out from there at the begining of the match. It also took us to their press lounge, changing rooms, vip and player's family holding area, the old dug out which was said to hold a large piece of MUFC history, players dining area and all the different seat at the stadium which range from those for directors which contribute money to the club, those for royalties, premier seat and of couse economy seats. The stadium is sure grand nothing like singapore national stadium. Currently they are upgrading to both side of the northstand which will extend the stadium capacity to 78000. It will be done by sept 2006 but i will not stay to catch it. Even with such a large stadium, the cleaniness of the stadium is tip top. As for the facilities of the stadium which includes first aid room, kisok for refreshments and most importantly lockup cells for trouble makers. This is sure a fantastic stadium.

After that we walk the meseum which houses all their previous trophies, medals, tributes to the great players that have played at the club, memories of the 1958 plane crash that kill 7 of their players and of course the emotional 1999 trebble that they have won. I stood at the trebble room watching the replay 3 times recalling how i use to stayup till 4am in singapore to watch that 2 fantastic goals scored at the 90 min. They feeling is great man. Nowonder it is one of the world biggest club and they sure have a long histroy. In fact they are turing 110 years old soon but then there were so much stuff and i cannot really recall their founding years.


And the last stop is at their mega mall. I have not been to the mega mall at singapore but over here at manchester, the mall is like a mid size suppermart at singapore containing all the MUFC merchandise. I have posted all the photos on yahoo photos indcluding some products. Let me know if you fancy any and maybe i can bring it back for you but you have to bear the cost of the product.


And nothing is better than visit old trafford on saturday and watch a match seeing them play against their rivials liverpool on sunday AFTERNOON. WOW this is the first time I get to watch a live EPL on an Afternoon. As for the venue, we went to a pub that sells all their beer under 2 pounds. I had a Carling and it sure taste blend just like water and it is easy to drink. The place was jam pack with people just to catch this match. The mood was like those in the advertisement or other media. It was roundy, loud and full of curses when the players almost make a goal. Sad to say the match ended in a 0-0 draw. And since there was no goal, there was no cheers at the pub as well. Maybe i will go on another day and see again how it is like when a goal is made by V.Nistelrooy or ronney. But then again maybe ronney is more like to be send off haha.
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