Home games Manchester United tickets allows one the chance to see one of the most popular and dynamic football clubs in Europe play live, but also enables to ticket buyer to experience the unique atmosphere that permeates Old Trafford, also named the Field of Dreams, and to witness the excitement that is 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.
Best known for his midfield attacks Sir Robert “Bobby” Charlton also had a deadly long-range shot which helped him win the World Cup and get names the European Footballer of the Year in 1966.
Able to seat over 76,000 Manchester United ticket buying supporters, Old Trafford is the second-largest football stadiums in England and it is one of the two stadia in England to have been given a “UEFA elite stadium” five-star rating by UEFA.
Old Trafford has hosted a fair number of FA Cup semi-final matches as a neutral venue along with a couple of “English national football team” England international fixtures.
It has also hosted matches during the “1966 FIFA World Cup” and “UEFA Euro 1996″ and the “2003 UEFA Champions League Final”.
Stands, officially known as the North, East, South and West Stand surround the pitch at Old Trafford.
Each stand has at least two tiers, with the exception of the South Stand, which only has one tier because of construction restrictions.
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 best-known stand at Old Trafford is the West Stand, more famously, or infamously 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 where Manchester United’s most die-hard supporters, known as The Red Army are located.
Most of the noise and atmosphere at Old Trafford comes from this stand, and once the roar from the fans there was measured as louder than that 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 club, usually called the Red Army was once the largest and most infamous group of followers British football has ever seen.
When the army of Manchester United fans followed their team to an away game, the town would get turned upside down: Huge numbers of the Red Army would travel en-mass by train, coach, car or even by foot if necessary 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 nothing like 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 huge number of Manchester United supporters, all of whom would like to visit Old Trafford, both to see a live game and to experience the atmosphere there, result in it almost always being difficult to buy Manchester United Tickets.
Tags: football, manchester united, manchester united football tickets, manchester united tickets, soccer, sports, tickets