Football packages to Manchester United

About football packages with Manchester United

Manchester United is one of the greatest football clubs in the world, both in terms of merits and in the number of fans. Since the beginning of the 90’s, United has been a force to be reckoned with in English as well as European football. Seldom is there a season without Manchester United winning at least on big title.

Manchester United has a policy about only offering tickets on the internet. If you are a member of the official Manchester United fan club, you’ll get a discounted price. The simplest way is to book hotel and game ticket or flights, game ticket and hotel in a package. Then you won’t have to puzzle together the different pieces of your football trip by yourself.

With 19 League titles (the latest in 2011), 11 wins in the FA Cup, four victories in the League Cup and three golds in Champions League, Manchester United is really a great club. Among the greatest stars in recent years we find Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. The last one is pretty much who manager Sir Alex Ferguson builds the entire team around.

Other things to do in Manchester

Manchester has shed itself of some of its industrial background, and today Manchester is a modern city with a youthful pulse. Good food, evening and night entertainment and top-notch shopping are just some of the activities that Manchester has on offer. If you enjoy going to night clubs, then you should really visit Manchester during the fall, when many exclusive night club concerts are arranged.

Briefly about Old Trafford

Old Trafford, nicknamed The Theatre of Dreams, is a mighty scene indeed. This is the place where the great English team Manchester United plays its home games, and often in front of sold-out seats. If Manchester United is your team then a visit to Old Trafford is something you simply have to do at least once in your life.

If you attend a Manchester United home game, you will be in the good company of around 75,000 other spectators. Old Trafford is the largest stadium for a club team in Great Britain. Only Wembley Stadium can hold more spectators than Old Trafford.

The stadium was built in 1909 and was by the standards of that time an impressive stadium. The first game at Old Trafford was played against Liverpool, which is now an arch rival of United. Sadly, United lost the game (3-4).

During World War II, Old Trafford was badly hit by German bombers. United even had to abandon its stadium in favor for Manchester City’s Maine Road for almost ten years. Luckily, the stadium was rebuilt shortly after, and in 1949 they once again played their home games at Old Trafford.

In modern times, Old Trafford has undergone significant changes. Up until the late 1990’s, the spectator capacity of the stadium steadily shrank. This was because of new rules for spectator safety that were being put into place. During the 1996 European Championships, Old Trafford could handle 56,000 spectators. Since then, the stadium has been expanded several times, and nowadays Old Trafford can hold 75,811 spectators according to official numbers.

Old Trafford resides in the neighborhood Trafford, about three kilometers from central Manchester. The simplest way to get to the stadium is by the tram from Piccadilly Station. The journey to Old Trafford Station takes around 15 minutes, and then you only have to walk for five minutes to get to the stadium. On game days there is also a special train that leaves from central Manchester to Old Trafford’s own railway station.