Sunday, June 07, 2009
Day 6 highlights: It's match day!
It's all about football on Day 6 - the match between Man Utd and Arsenal. And if you can recall, it was a boring 0-0 draw. I was, of course, hoping for Arsenal to kick-ass and deny Man Utd of the EPL championship title. But that didn't happen, obviously. And we bought tickets for the Man Utd stand so I had to pretend to cheer for the home team and betray my loyalty for the Gunners.Bright and early on Saturday morning, we donned our cheap and authentic Man Utd jerseys from Lillywhites and made our way to Old Trafford together with hundreds of thousands of fans. While waiting for the match to commence, we watched as the stadium filled to its max capacity and players came on the pitch to do their warm-ups.
Not only were we lucky to catch a live soccer match in England, we also became a part of the celebrations as Man Utd lifted the championship trophy for the third year in a row, yadder yadder yadder...
Anyway, we picked up our bags from the hotel after the match and literally made a mad dash for our train back to London, where we'd spend the night at Annabel's before leaving for Paris the next morning.
The much-anticipated walk to Old Trafford on match day.
Taking our seats before the match.
As you can see, we were quite early.
As you can see, we were quite early.
Making sure I put the binoculars which
I "bought" from London to good use.
I "bought" from London to good use.
The players doing their warm-ups before the match.
One of the corner kicks during the match.
The players celebrate their victory after the final whistle.
Sigh...
Preparations underway for the prize presentation ceremony.
I don't understand why they
always do that jumping thing on stage.
always do that jumping thing on stage.
The players walking around the stadium with their families.
Exiting the stadium - always the most dreadful part.
We made it on the train back to London!
(And I'm trying to hide the jersey I have on...)
(And I'm trying to hide the jersey I have on...)
Familiar British pub food for dinner.
Beef burger with fries.
Hil, Jo and Annabel, who had so
generously let us stay in her room for the night.
generously let us stay in her room for the night.
