Old Trafford, Manchester

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Old Trafford makes a grand day out for any football fan, Manchester United or otherwise! Its spectacular museum chronicles the hitory of the msot decorated football club in English history, and has tons of memorabillia including many of their trophies and players medals. You can have your picture taken with the Club World Cup, the European Cup and the Premier League Trophy, and take a walk down the 'Treble Corridor', with boards and cabinets dedicated to every month of United unique Treble season of 1998/99, culminating in a cabinet displaying the three Trophies themselves, the European Cup, the FA Cup and the Premiership Trophy, which no other club in the UK has ever won in the same season. The same cabinet also contains the three medals, miniature replicas of the trophies, the commentary notes from the Champions League Final and the shirts of Ole Gunna Solskjaer and Teddy Sherringham, amongs numerous other little gems. There is also a room dedicated to remembering the Munich Air Disaster, in which many Manchester United players were killed.

The stadium tour is also excellent, and defiantely not to be missed! You get to see the home teams dressing room, the lounge where the players eat before the game, and you get to sit in the managers dug-outs (unfortunately the actual managers seat is cordened off, but you can sit on the substitutes seats, and wonder why these amazingly comfortable car seats are still called a 'bench'! The tour, naturally, ends in the megastore where you can shop to your hearts content with hundreds of Manchester United products on sale, including all kit ware.

After the shop, you should make your way to the Red Cafe. Here, you can either sit in the bar area and enjoy a nice drink and some bar food, including mini beef burgers (delicious), or go into the restaurant and enjoy what really is lovely food, and although it might be more pricey than some other restaurants, it is definately worth it just to say you have eaten here, and the food really is delicious! The deserts are between £3 and £4 and are actually a bargain, as I had a massive slab of chocolate fudge cake for just over £3!

Below is the ticket pricing list from manutd.com

Tickets Museum Only Museum & Tour
Adults £10.00 £13.00
Group Adult Rate £9.00 £12.00
Junior/OAP £8.00 £9.50
Group Rate Junior/OAP/Student(NUS Card holder) £7.00 £8.50
Family of 4 £32.00 £42.00
Family of 5 £40.00 £50.00
Education Visits (Pupils and staff) £4.00 £4.00
Students and Staff from University Groups £8.50 £8.50

Home to Manchester United, Old Trafford is a must see attraction if you love football, and don't support your local team. At the ground you can visit the club museum, club shop or take a stadium tour.

Details of prices & opening times can be found on the club website.

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No, i'm not promoting Manchester United. I am a true Leeds United supporter, you can hardly call me a glory supporter can you?

But i have to admit i had an electric time whilst at Old Trafford in 2006 when i went to see England play Hungry, with the winning result of 3-1. An unforgettable experience to see the boys play, making me a very proud indeed.

Although it was only a friendly, the performance from the team weren't anything less.

England fans are very supportive towards the team, making it an overall great experience for everyone, regardless what local team you support. We all supported England and thats all that mattered.

Leaving all Old Trafford, there was many happy fans and higher hopes for the World Cup. Although we didn't get the result we wanted in the Cup, i'm still proud to be supporting England, through and through!

Re-live the clubs triumphs, tragedies and trophies at the Manchester United Museum. Follow the history of the club from 1878 to the present day, including the Hall of Fame and dazzling Trophy Room. Delve behind the scenes at the Theatre of Dreams by taking the Stadium Tour. Stand in Sir Alex Ferguson's spot in the dug out, sit in the home changing room at your favourite players peg and emerge from the player's tunnel to the roar of the crowd. Not what you would expect from a museum and tour. Everything you would expect from Manchester United.

i think that even if you are not that interested in football a visit to one of soccer's most famous clubs is a must.
we had the tour the day after a match there and our guide was interesting and funny.
a couple of hours well spent

Whether you are into football or not, this is a great day out. For those of you who are into football, or support Manchster United then you are in for a real treat. If you can afford to splah out around £35 for a ticket to see a game then do so, you will not regret it. If that is out of your budget then why not go on the stadium tour which costs around £7. The tour takes you around the stadium, in the stands, next to the pitch, into the dugouts and into the players changing rooms. you also visit the clubs trophy room which is very impressive.

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Name: Old Trafford
Nickname: Theatre of Dreams
Inauguration: 1909
Capacity: 68,000 seats
Record Attendance: 76,962; Wolves-Grimsby, 25 March 1939
Address: Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0RA

When you step into the Theatre of Dreams you're walking into more than just a football stadium. It's been the focus for the passion of millions of fans around the world for nearly a century. All the hopes and dreams of the club have been played out here and every blade of grass on the pitch could tell a story. There's something for all ages, whether you're old enough to remember the triumphs of the Busby Babes or young enough to only remember the successes of the last few seasons. Take a journey to the heart of United and spend the day with us at Old Trafford. There's so much to see and do...

The museum charts the history of the club from 1878 to the present day. There are three floors packed with everything there is to know about the club, including a Hall of Fame, the dazzling Trophy Room and fascinating memorabilia commemorating players and fans.

The expanded East Stand of Old Trafford isn't just about seats. There are a whole host of new offices, as well as a fantastic new Megastore. From shirts to scarves, mugs to mousemats, everything you could possibly want from United is here. When they say, "If we don't sell it, they don't make it," they really mean it!

Known locally as The Swamp this old stadium has seen some great days in the past, but unfortunately these are getting increasingly rare. Home of the famous Cockney Reds it is an architectural masterpiece resembling a complex Meccano conundrum. Although it lies outside of Manchester in a run-down industrial estate, there is still Lou Macari's chip shop to enjoy as well as a fantastic gift shop selling (admittedly) ugly Roy ''Keano'' souvenirs such as Clocks and Pewter Tankards with the great man himself smiling god-like from above.

A great day out for anyone who appreciates just how far soccer has fallen, and wants to see where the decline started. For real fans of the beautiful game who want a more authentic and less touristy experience it is worth a trip further afield to Lancashire to see where it all started in the mill towns. Teams which formed the Football League on 17 April, 1875 included Accrington (Old Reds), Bolton Wanderers, Burnley and Preston North End. Most of these teams are struggling to compete with the theme park type appeal of The Swamp, but on the field at least Blackburn won there in 2005 to prove that the decline persists for the club once declared 'The Worlds Greatest' in a special football edition of the Singapore Times.