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.
Fans have been buying Manchester United tickets to their home games at Old Trafford, since 1910 (except for 8 years after it was bombed during World War II).
One of the Club’s most beloved and famous players, Bobby Charlton nicknamed the stadium the Field of Dreams.
Sir Robert “Bobby” Charlton was famous for his attacking instincts from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot, and won the FIFA World Cup” World Cup and was named the “Ballon d’Or” European Footballer of the Year in 1966.
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.
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.
The Stretford End stand was designed to hold 20,000 fans, it was the last stand to be covered and also the last remaining all-terraced stand at the ground before the early 1990s ushered in seating only rules.
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.
In “1974–75 in English football” the mid-seventies when Manchester United had been sent down from the top flight of English football and played a single season in the “Football League Second Division” Second Division, the Red Army caused so much trouble at football grounds around the country visiting other team’s stadiums and often outnumbering home fans, it led to the introduction of home and away fan segregation and fencing 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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