Acquiring Manchester United tickets for a home game not only lets you to see one of the most exciting clubs in Europe play live, but also lets you experience the atmosphere at Old Trafford, also known as the Field of Dreams, home ground of the Red Devils, parade ground for the Red Army.
Apart from 8 years after it was bombed out during WWII, Manchester United tickets for home games at Old Trafford have been bought by fans since 1910.
The name Field of Dreams was bestowed upon the stadium by Bobby Charlton, one of the Club’s best known players.
In 1966, Sir Robert “Bobby” Charlton, won the World Cup and was also named European Footballer of the year, in part because of his famous midfield attacks and his ferocious long-range shots.
Seating 76,212 Manchester United ticket buying fans Old Trafford is one of the largest of any English football stadiums, and it is one of only two stadia in England to have been given a “UEFA elite stadium” five-star rating by UEFA.
As a neutral venue, Old Trafford has hosted many FA Cup semi-final matches and a number of “English national football team” England international fixtures.
During the “1966 FIFA World Cup” and “UEFA Euro 1996″ and the “2003 UEFA Champions League Final” matches were also played at Old Trafford.
The Old Trafford playing field is surrounded by stands, officially known as the North, East, South and West Stands.
Each of the stands has a minimum of two tiers, except the South Stand, which, because of construction restrictions has just one.
The lower tier of each stand is split into Lower and Upper sections, the Lower sections having been converted from standing room only terraces in the early 1990s.
The most well-known stand at Old Trafford is the West Stand, more famously, known as the Stretford End.
Originally designed to hold 20,000 fans, the Stretford End was the last stand to be covered and also the last remaining all-terraced stand at the ground before the forced upgrade to seating in the early 1990s.
Stretford End is home to Manchester United’s most die-hard supporters, known as The Red Army.
Much of the noise and atmosphere at Old Trafford emanates from this stand, and the roar from the Red Army there was once measured as louder than the roar of a jumbo jet lifting off.
Unless you’ve been subscribing to your season Manchester United ticket for many years it is impossible to get a seat in the Stretford End, even for the most die-hard fan.
Manchester United’s fan’s, better known as the Red Army was once the biggest and most notorious group of followers British football has ever seen.
When the Red Army followed Manchester United to an away game, the town would fall into chaos: large numbers of fhe Red Army would travel en-mass by train, coach, car or even by foot if necessary, doing whatever it took to get to the game.
During the mid-seventies when Manchester United had been relegated from the top flight of English football and played in the “Football League Second Division” Second Division for one season, the Red Army caused such chaos at games around the country when visiting stadiums where they would often outnumber the home fans, that it led to the introduction of segregation and fencing between of home and away fans at football grounds throughout England.
These days, the Red Army is quite different to what it was in the 1970’s & 80’s.
This Manchester United supporters club, now has a fan base of over 300 million fans across the world.
The vast numbers of Manchester United fans, all of whom would like to visit the Field of Dreams, both to see the game and to experience the atmosphere there, result in it almost always being difficult to buy Manchester United Tickets.
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