The home ground of Manchester United Football Club is the
Old Trafford. It has a recent capacity of 75,731 making it the largest football
stadium in the English Premier League. In 2011, the North stand was changed
name as the Sir Alex Ferguson to honor his 25 years at the club. Spending
£90,000, Manchester United
Old Trafford Stadium was built in 1909 and opened at 19th February 1910.
The Past
The Manchester United club was firstly established
as Newton Heath in 1878. Football matches were initially played on poor fields
at North Road and also Bank Street. The club was changed its name to Manchester
United after the club was saved from impoverishment, and teams are finally
located on a space of land in Old Trafford neighboring to Bridgewater Canal. This
local area inherits the new Manchester
United Old Trafford Stadium. The stadium was designed by renowned
stadium designer Archibald Leitch that intended to be a 100,000 capacity
stadium. Unfortunately, the club were required to cut down the stadium by
20,000 seats since it was soon surpassed the £60,000 budget.
Away
Supporters
With a standard distribution of tickets
capacity to about 3,000, supporters who visit Manchester United Old Trafford Stadium are
accommodated within the corner in the middle of the south and east stands.
There are frequently a lot of travellers or families which mean the small crowd
of cheery tourists are capable of out-singing the home subject within the
immediate vicinity of the away section for large sections of the match at the
same time with the northern stand.
The Match
day Experience
Any football supporter would feel an
intense experience when visiting Manchester United Old Trafford Stadium. Walk around and take
everything in, getting there a good few hours before kick-off is a well worth. You
begin to feel a genuine air of anticipation amongst the United truthful just
before kick-off thanks to its absolute size, and iconic structural design, it
is certainly an inspiring sight for up close Old Trafford with the region of
Manchester getting alive.
