Thank you so much for all this info. It will be extremely helpful as I plan. I am looking into some Airbnb's in the City Centre or anywhere I can get to the stadium quickly from. It'll just be my wife and I and we plan to arrive on a Thursday and leave on Sunday. I will most definitely be doing a tour before leaving. Thank you again for taking the time out to help. Much appreciated.September is a great time to visit. Weather should be decent and warm. I only get to city around 2 or 3 times a year now, and September is always the one month I visit. Also go in March but its usually cold, very cold, and wet.
Get a membership. Get your tickets earlier and you should get 10% in the club shop and our online shop. Highly recommend a stadium tour, not on a matchday though for obvious reasons. U used to get a discount in the shop as well after a tour but not sure if that's still the case?? Haven't done a tour in years.
I've always stayed in a Premier Inn or a travelodge in the city centre. Basic but decent price. Use the tram to get around, easy and quick and good value for money I find. Prepare for a long wait after the final whistle though, trams get rammed. (Or leave early like a few others do, but that's not my thing if I'm honest). I've sat everywhere in the etihad and south stand is my preferred choice. Atmosphere is best. The only place I've never liked is East stand lower, just because if it's sunny then it's absolutely boiling and the sun is in your eyes the whole game. Wherever your seat is though you won't get a bad view, every seat has a fantastic view.
Plenty of shops in town, I enjoy walking around town, just be aware of the trams :-)
Will u be staying in Manchester? How long u over for?
Noted. Would love to visit, I want to dive into the history of the club as much as I possibly can. Thank you.If you have the time, take a trip to Moss Side where we played since 1923. Daytime trip would be advisable
Why is that? Bad experience?Don't bother!!!!!!!!!
LOL this was awesome. I love it! I hope to run into many people like you on my trip. Thank you. Oh, and come on mate, I know what a Hat Trick is! hahahaHalf and half only as a souvenir specific to your first match.
Do not wear it. A simple blue and white "Mancini" scarf will do.
Forest will no doubt play a 9-0-1 formation and hope to score from a set piece to get a 1-0 result. To be honest virtually every team will do this. But Erling will get a hat trick (that's 3 goals) and maybe Jack and Phil will not go up the hill and get 1 each in a comfortable stuffing.
Be at the ground and near the main entrance 90 minutes before kickoff to see the team bus arrive. If you are able to get south stand level 1 tickets you can then go in and get a beer or two while the songs get sung in the concourse (the bit behind the seats). Depending on how the match goes you may or may not hear them in the stands.
Players come out to warm up about 30 minutes before kickoff, City will be close to North Stand, Forest at the South. You'll be there 15 minutes before kickoff wondering where everyone is, have you got the right day but then in the next 10 minutes 40-50,000 people will appear from nowhere.
You bought seat tickets but be prepared to stand, especially in the lower tiers or when the action heats up. Don't wear stilettos. Don't be American and struggle to balance a hot dog, chips (fries) and a 32oz coke on your lap when the sixth goal goes in. Be in the match.
At halftime don't bother trying to get a drink, you need years of training.
Anywhere from 10 minutes from fulltime people will start leaving and you'll be WTF is happening? It's a thing, don't try to understand. Stay to the end, clap the players off.
Take the selfies but don't hold up a "Can I have your shirt" cardboard.
Savour the atmosphere, maybe go to City Square for a beer and some leading(?) interviews and punditry on the big screens. You won't be racing to town so enjoy while you can.
Enjoy it. Drink it in. You may never see anything like it again. As a famous commentary maybe once almost said.
I was told to clap the players off! No!?For the true matchday experience you should also leave when the game reaches 85 minutes - something to tick off the bucket list
Haha only joking with you, my poor attempt at humour, yes stay til the end and clap the lads off :)I was told to clap the players off! No!?
If you want to run into anyone from Bluemoon, I’d suggest you visit Stockport as that’s where every single one of us is from apparently ;)LOL this was awesome. I love it! I hope to run into many people like you on my trip. Thank you. Oh, and come on mate, I know what a Hat Trick is! hahaha
Bonus points of they’re wearing all black.If you want to run into anyone from Bluemoon, I’d suggest you visit Stockport as that’s where every single one of us is from apparently ;)
If you like reading football history about City, I’d suggest reading anything Gary James has written
Ps the kicking a red bastard in the balls is a real thing. Time to lose your virginity lad
You need to sort your keyboard or fat fingers out pal. Twice in the past couple of pages you’ve typed of instead if of ;)Bonus points of they’re wearing all black.
Proper belly laughed at that!Weirdo alert
I am not using my fingers. :-(You need to sort your keyboard or fat fingers out pal. Twice in the past couple of pages you’ve typed of instead if of ;)
I had a feeling that would backfire on u! :-)Haha only joking with you, my poor attempt at humour, yes stay til the end and clap the lads off :)
Hope you enjoy your trip!
If the tv companies change the date of the match to Sunday or Monday you might be able to watch it on the laptop as you're half way back over the Atlantic!It'll just be my wife and I and we plan to arrive on a Thursday and leave on Sunday.
No problemo. Have a nice trip.Thank you so much for all this info. It will be extremely helpful as I plan. I am looking into some Airbnb's in the City Centre or anywhere I can get to the stadium quickly from. It'll just be my wife and I and we plan to arrive on a Thursday and leave on Sunday. I will most definitely be doing a tour before leaving. Thank you again for taking the time out to help. Much appreciated.
I once had a job which involved asking questions of members of the public arriving in the UK. I asked an intense-looking young American chap “Are you travelling alone?” - whereupon he fixed me with a death-stare and replied: “Aren’t we all?”Are you travelling alone?