Old Trafford Stadium

I came here as a late Christmas present and had a wonderful time, the history of the place and the events that have gone on there was overwhelming. The tour is absolutely recommended and the museum is worth every penny.
The tour was at 11am and lasts about 1.30 minutes, I wish they had spoken less about the safety aspects of the stadium (having a police station and medical team I don’t really care about), I wish they’d spoken about some of the unique features of the ground a little more like the plaques in the player’s tunnel.
Overall, fantastic!

For my husband’s 30^th birthday we traveled to Manchester for our first United game. We took the tour on the Friday before match day. Our tour guides– especially Richard were amazing AND the stadium was unbelievable. We highly recommend this tour to anyone coming to a match.

Old Scaffold is a very dangerous rickety place. It could fall down at any time and injure the fans. I’ve no idea why they even still play matches here.
But in all seriousness, I severely dislike Manchester United, but I can’t lie. Their stadium is an absolute palace. I prefer the stadium and atmosphere at Liverpool’s Anfield, but if I’m being completely unbiased, I can’t deny that Old Trafford is one of the world’s best and most intense stadiums. It reminds me a lot of the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund (except the atmosphere is not as good).
First-​Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium — well I already mentioned some and will mention more, further down, but I used to live right next to this stadium. I’ve seen many games here, both as a kid when it was much smaller, and as a grown man now that it’s been turned into a theater of dreams. I can’t stand the team that plays here, and some of the fans are too full of themselves, but as a stadium… it’s absolutely awe-​inspiring.
Definitely one of the best stadiums I’ve ever been to, and been inside.
I’ve been to every significant stadium in UK & US, due to a lifelong obsession with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later followed Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review — like all my reviews — are based on first-​hand personal experience, usually from multiple visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, visiting hundreds of stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was «stuck» in UK for 3 months, I went to most of them yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at many of them, which I will post later. Also, when back in the UK I plan to take more pix, and add more stadia! So watch this space!
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It’s expanded rapidly through the years of success for United, currently with capacity of over 75k. It was built in 1909.
I used to live within walking distance of this stadium. Those were the days. My Uncle walked me to United v Legia Warsaw and United v Montpelier in the victorious Cup Winners’ Cup campaign.
By the way, when in Manchester, try a Chicken Madras from Akbars, try Fish & Chips from Neil’s Fryery on Langworthy Rd Salford (which is very close to Old Trafford), and most importantly try a Kobedeh Kebab from Rusholme Chippy.