Advantages: Atmosphere at key games, facilities Disadvantages: Lack of covered seating, can feel empty.
Old Trafford Cricket Ground is situated in Stretford, on Talbout road a good few miles out of Manchester City Centre. It has "test status" which means, according to the ECB (English Cricket Board) it has the facilities, transport links, and crowd capacity to cope with and to execute the hosting of international matches to a high standard. On a "good day" it can take 22,000 people, although generally there are never more than half that many people ... ...There is also the Old Trafford Lodge on site, which builds up behind the stand closest to the main gate. Prices are more than reasonable in keeping with local hotels in Manchester and the surrounding area. A handful of rooms have balcony overlooking the ground, but these are booked up fairly quickly for big games.
The ground has transport links to most of the local area via Manchester City Centre which can be reached via Talbot Road or the Metrolink, ...
jedimasterlincoln 15.01.2008
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Advantages: Fun day out sometimes... Disadvantages: ...dodgy food, boring game...
...it. Yes, I’m a right old git, but not sad enough to be involved in cricket (everyone sighs at the word). I’m going to tell you about the culture around cricket.
OK, so perhaps telling you about the apparently nonexistent culture surrounding cricket sounds even more boring, but my kids enjoy the game and therefore I have the regular torture of having to go and watch them play. (Please don’t tell them I said that. Please!)
So through ... ...the floor and a few old chairs and benches propped up against that flimsy wall.
For some reason they always reek a disgusting smell, often a cross between raw sewage and male… …erm… body odour. Many were last cleaned in 1950, when the pavilion was built, and of course there’s the fetching windows… that is, if you’re a cockroach.
The facilities deteriorating to such low standards is a result of massive under funding ...
danieletheridge 19.07.2001
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Old trafford cricket ground is situated in a good area for sport , it is less than a mile from manchester united football ground and also it is very close to a tram station so people can travel in from lots of different places. The ground is lovely with a good wicket for batting and bowling on.
and in the seats you are very close to the pitch, my personal best seats are the top tear you get an excellent view.all of the players who play here are ...
greg 02.07.2000
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