Man Yoo vs West Ham

[ChuckleBantam]

Myself and my mate went to Old Trafford to see Man Yoo versus West Ham last night. My mate is a mate of the guy who was 4th official (who ended up reffing the game) so we had complimentaries as guests of one of the officials. These entitled us to be ale to park in the players carpark and use the players entrance and the Match Officials lounge etc :) The seats were top drawer as well.

It was my first ever visit to Old Trafford and whilst I was well impressed with the ground it definitley lacks atmosphere. When Fergie said you can hear the sweetie wrappers rustling he was right. There was almost 70k people in the ground and at times you could hear the players talking to one another. I dunno if it was cos we were in the "complimentaries" the people around us didn't seem football types either.

That said, I was a bit awestruck by the whole Man Yoo experience, it's a different world to what we are used to. The whole place and even in the pubs nearby is steeped in history of what is, wether you love em or hate them a great club. Personally I have a lot of time for them and they are fine ambassadors for the English game. However the only time I was starstruck was when I went for a piss at half time and outside the bogs we found ourselves next to Factory Records Founder, Former New Order/Joy Division Manager and subject of the Film 24 Hour Party People; Tony Wilson, I was too shy to say owt to him though :(

[Yeadon Bantam]

Thats nothing, me and steve sat near terry yorath at Valley parade!

[king billy]

Me and me old man had complimentaries in an exec box at Old Trafford a few years ago - courtesy of the yellow pages (we place shitloads of ads round the country every year) and it is an awestriking experience.....as you say totally different world to what were used to - even when we were in the premier league!! Whilst the grounds impressive it wouldn't even be in my top five in this country though, unless your on the lowest tier the views the same it is from the top of our sunwinstand (too far away - crap) - the last two times i've seen England play there i've come away saying never again.....

[Rick]

I've been 3 times to Old Trafford, twice to see City get murdered and once to see England v Wales.

I was lucky enought to get tickets for the North stand on the lower tier, the atmosphere was good because there were 7,000 Welsh fans just to the left of us in the East Stand Upper Tier. I don't know what you can see if you had tickets for the upper tiers, my mate says you can't see owt so I guess I've been lucky with the views at Old Trafford so far as the away section is also on the lower tier, mind you when the sixth goal went in I'd of been happy to of been sat behind a post.

Just like in KB's signiture, when I saw England play at Old Trafford everyone held up cards to make the St George Cross at each end and it looked the Dogs Bollocks.