Neither can I - at £400 a ticket I'm quite glad someone else was paying
Excellent day out. That Jenas freekick was something special, but the game as a whole was a disappointment. Even the man sat next to me agreed (one Denis Irwin!). Although he was happy cos he bet his money on Silvestre scoring (£600 up by half time).
Weird place OT, first time I'd been.
I walked in and went "Wow" that's quite big and all that. But then I realised it's just a football ground filled with muppets for fans (chant of the day from Spurs "60,000 muppets"). They are silent for most of the game and can just about manage a "U-nit-ted" between them, but its seriously stretching their vocabulary. There was more atmosphere on the terrace at Doncaster...
The football was not what the VIP ticket paid for (as some of you know)
3 course meal, complimentary champagne/alco (I was bladdered by 6pm), free gifts (leather wallet - ebay!), programmes, player meets etc.
Meeting Guiseppe Rossi (short arse but top bloke) and Phil Bardsley (Grumpy) was cool, but they only had about two minutes per table.
Chatted to Alex Stepney for a while about Tom Heaton, he knew a fair bit about him, and reckoned United will hold him for a while yet as they believe he's one for the future. I asked him about his loan being up at Christmas and he said that it'll be extended as long as he stays first team choice.
Denis Irwin was a laugh as well, helped us cheat on the half time quiz (by answering the United questions for us) which meant we won a signed Man U shirt
I said to Irwin that the previous match I'd seen was Doncaster away, on the terraces in the wind and he said "That's how football should be"
So in short a great day out, but the football was a bit average...
