Grounds worth the bus fare

Gareth Oduya

@gaz_onvinyl

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Right, I've spent more Saturdays here than at my own gaff, and twice the money I spend on gigs in the NQ on a Sunday. This is every ground, track and arena in this city that's actually worth the Bee Network faff. Some are proper theatres, some are concrete boxes that happen to produce champions. All of them beat sitting in Ancoats refreshing a ticket app. Verdict column's non-negotiable, I've got opinions and nowhere else to put them.

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Name	Venue	Address	City	Sport	Verdict
1Old Trafford	Old Trafford	Sir Matt Busby Way, Manchester M16 0RA	Manchester	Football	Theatre of Dreams, aye, but the away end chips are a crime. Still gives me goosebumps walking up Busby Way.
2Etihad Stadium	Etihad Stadium	Ashton New Road, Manchester M11 3FF	Manchester	Football	Modern, slick, efficient. Bit like a Deliveroo order compared to a proper chippy tea, but the football's unreal.
3Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0PX	Manchester	Cricket	Different ground, same postcode confusion for every tourist going. Sunny day here with a pint beats most gigs I've paid three figures for.
4National Football Museum	National Football Museum	Todd Street, Manchester M4 3BG	Manchester	Football heritage	Rainy Sunday alternative to crate-digging. The FA Cup replica gets me every time, don't tell anyone.