Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Manchester United 1-0 Shaktar Donetsk

Tuesday 11th December
UEFA Champions League
Attendance: TBC
Admission: £35 

Manchester United play in the English Premier League and were formed in 1878. They play their home games at the 78,000 capacity Old Trafford.

The admission for us was £35 for adults, whilst considering the stature of the competition and the opposition, that is still a lot of money for a football match, especially since it was a fiver at the match we were at on Saturday. Outside the ground there is a great match day feel to the place with the plethora of people selling their flags and scarves, and all the fans walking down to the ground. We picked up our programme for £3 and went in the ground. The facilities inside the stand were very good with the toilets, food places and bookies there. As always the food is the first port of call. The food there was limited, and the pie of choice for us was their Peppered Steak Pie. Coming out into the stands you see the size of the place and it’s a great site of a great ground. As you take your seats you realise how cramped the ground actually is, definitely get acquainted with the person next to you. The pie was nice enough for the £3 you shell out, they do a deal of 3 items for £6, so Pie, Drink and chocolate, not bad but earlier in the season at one club we spent £2.80 on the exact same thing. The programme is the nice, professional programme you expect from the football league teams. The match was very disinteresting, with very little chances worth noting.
 
The Admission/Programme/Pie combo costs £41 at Manchester United. I didn’t actually see the parking but from past experience know there is a decent amount nearby. The staff were very friendly at the ground.

Overall it’s still a nice place to watch football in a large stadium with the pre-match hype but our return will not be that quick.

Price: 4.5pts
Programme: 9pts
Food: 6pts
Entertainment: 5pts
Parking: 2pts
Staff: 3pts
Facilities: 1.5pts

Total Score: 31.5pts


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