Rooftrusses v

I recently went to Old Trafford, and saw Man Utd beat Blackburn 4-1. Great day out! Got a few words with Mickey Thomas and Eddie Niedzwiecki (my girlfreinds Dad knows them very well from his playing days, and I have it confirmed he's the only person to ever knock a hat-trick past Eddie! They both do a lot in sponsoring the Llandudno disability football team, of which my girlfriends dad is manager/coach).

On arriving at the ground, I was surprised at just how plush the inside of the stadium was in the general concourse area behind and underneath the seating area. 42" plasma screems every 25ft to watch Liverpool v Arsenal playing live at the time. BetFred booths every 50 yards and new Budweiser sponsored bars every 50 yards. The floor sparkling clean red, the toilets gleaming. I was disappointed there wasn't any Molton Brown handwash to be honest! We found our seats just a couple back from the bench and 4 rows back from Fergie. Great view of everything.

As Utd scored their 3rd goal in the 80th minute, the stadium emptied. Nigh on 20,000 must have missed the 4th goal. I understand you have more than likely won the game 3-1 with 10 minutes to go, but why not stay and applaud the teams 2nd half performance, celebrate the win with the players?! The whole thing stank of complacency, "weve won, let's go move car".

Picture (left) was taken on my mobile on the day. Know that Budweiser "You do the football, we'll do the beer" advert?... These guys were wandering the aisles and pitchside in their droves, before the game, during the game and at half time. Clad in Budweiser fleeces and baseball caps selling drinks and sweets, and would you Adam and Eve it - "hotdogs"! I had to keep looking around to see if this was the norm here at "OT", it seemed it was. My cockney rhyming slang ties into the loudest and I mean LOUD cockney behind me screaming at every decision, weird. Another thing which didn't sit well in my thoughts was the home fans coaches outnumbering the away coaches by some 6/7 to 1.

Utd can keep their hotdog aisle selling attendants, their plethora of plasmas, their betting booths, multitude of bars, the undersoil heating raised pitch with plastic strands interweaved to do something or other, and the heated racing car bucket seats on the bench - what the fuck!? Give me the Racecourse Rooftrusses anyday! Rooftrusses v.

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