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[Football] Old Trafford







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Binney on acid

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Louis Edwards would be turning in his grave. I believe that they were debt free when his son sold the club to those despicable yanks.
 




studio150

studio150

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Exactly the same sort of thing yesterday too. Yet give me those grounds over Wembley and Emirates any day.

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So extending your logic you don't like the Amex as its a modern stadium as opposed to one that's been around for years.


Whether you like them or not Old Trafford is surely behind the times with no video screen.

Time for a makeover
 


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studio150 said:
So extending your logic you don't like the Amex as its a modern stadium as opposed to one that's been around for years.


Whether you like them or not Old Trafford is surely behind the times with no video screen.

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No. I mentioned 2 grounds. I think the Amex is absolutely wonderful bar the reliance on Southern Rail.

I just think of the Prem away grounds visited so far, that dated Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge have been comfortably the best for an away fan. I don't need Wi-Fi to enjoy a game of football. Give me those over Swansea and Leicester anyday. West Ham was fab, but I wouldn't want that view up in the Gods every week.

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Lower West Stander

Lower West Stander

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Mar 25, 2012
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I really don't get that article at all.

The Emirates, Etihad and Wembley are soulless bowls. No character, history or atmosphere. So United haven't spent money on the stadium for a whole 10 years wow! Old Trafford is a way better stadium than any of those 3 with character to match - regardless of how much money has been spent of them.

And I actually liked the fact there was no screen. Anyway, where would they put them without reducing capacity.

The Amex is an absolute triumph compared to other modern stadia but to me that article is just bitter journalism.



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PILTDOWN MAN

PILTDOWN MAN

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70000 crammed into a 50000 sized stadium. No leg room, seat the size of a baby car seat, concourse tiny, overall very underwhelming
 


One Teddy Maybank

One Teddy Maybank

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I also thought Old Trafford was nothing special, however, in terms of leg room, yesterday was a lot, lot worse.


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BrianWade4

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The problem with expanding Old Trafford is that a railway line runs under the main (Sir Bobby Charlton) Stand so redeveloping it requires moving the railway, which is still in use. This is prohibitively expensive.

The rest of the ground is impressive in scale but ugly.
 


Mackenzie

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Nov 7, 2003
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It’s old and dated, but you can get a sense of history there. Selhurst is also old and dated, but you get more of a sense of tramps piss and rat infestation when you go there.
 


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