Grounds worth the bus fare

Gareth Openshaw

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IT manager by trade, Levenshulme lifer by choice. I've spent more Saturdays than is healthy getting rained on at one venue or another around this city. These are the ones I keep going back to, ranked on nothing more scientific than whether I'd do it again next week.

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Name	Venue	Sport	Address	City	My take
1Etihad Stadium	Etihad Stadium	Football	Etihad Campus, Ashton New Road, Manchester, M11 3FF	Manchester	Not my team, never will be, but the concourse pies are unbothered by rivalry.
2Old Trafford	Old Trafford	Football	Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester, M16 0RA	Manchester	Theatre of Dreams, theatre of queuing for the tram after. Still worth it on a European night.
3Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Cricket	Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester, M16 0PX	Manchester	A full day with a flask and a packed lunch. Nobody rushes you here, which suits me fine.
4National Speedway Stadium	National Speedway Stadium	Speedway	Kirkmanshulme Lane, Manchester, M12 4WB	Manchester	Loud, smells of two-stroke, over in a blink. Perfect for when you've no patience left for ninety minutes of football.