Old Trafford - sitting with home fans

[rushscored4]

I seriously wouldn't advise it mate. I've done it a few times (the Murphy years stand out) and hated having to sit on my hands and keep my mouth shut. I'm an exiled Scouser living just a few miles from OT so I know plenty of propoh Mancs and most of them are 100% sound and deep down there is a begrudging mutual respect between them and Scousers.

I'm over 19st and used to work the doors but I've still had the odd local idiot trying to take the piss but most of them are fine. I was watching us lose to United in my local in Sale a few years ago and there was one big-mouthed dickhead slagging off Scousers all the first half. At half-time two of my Manc mates went over to him and said "eh mate, you're ****ing embarrassing us and our mate's over there's a Scouser so if he doesn't **** you, we will!"

[PTP]

[budgie007]

Sat in the top tier of the Matthew Harding stand at Stamford Bridge about 10 years ago. I was with the wife and a couple of friends (the wife supports Liverpool and was keeping an eye on me in case I did something stupid). We went a goal behind and I had to keep myself from shouting all sorts of abuse, and then we equalised (Riedle, shows how long ago it was!).

Anyway I was just about to go ballistic when the missus grabs hold of my dodgy knee and squeezes it hard enough to bring tears to my eyes! Good job she did because from the reaction of the chelsea scum in the stand I would have ended up on the bottom tier. They went on to beat us 4-1, and I have to say it was a miserable experience, and not just because we lost. Don't do it mate, you cannot let yourself go, and you can't even enjoy it properly if we win.

As someone has suggested above, sell them on ebay and have a few pints watching it in your local.

[Shaggy]

Couldn't agree more. It's just not a pleasurable experience, no matter the result. As you say you have to bottle it all up and you don't get to enjoy it even if we win. It's ****, sack it off.

[Craig_H]

If you have a scouse accent forget it, you'll be battered as soon as they suss you, and they will suss you

Years ago I got invited to watch in a exec box, it was 11.00 am kick off live on sky. There was me, one other red & 8 Mancs. Every time there was an incident on the pitch a couple of thousnd horrible *******s in the seats in front would look round into the box to see the replay on the TV. It was the game were Sammy went off for stitches in his foot and they scored, after they had celebrated they all turned around to watch the replay of the goal at which point I stood up and turned the TV off and gave them a load of V's. They went mental, banging on the glass threatening me with all kinds, I just kept holding 4 fingers up (we'd only won 4 back then) and telling them all to **** off knowing I was safe

I never got another invite after that

Superb

[lucas]

My brother Lucas (the est member not the Brazilian dynamo) sat with the scum fans a few years ago in a 4-0 defeat (the one where Sami was sent off). I'll get him to post his thoughts here tomorrow.

Yeah, wouldn't recommend it at all. 6 of us went over to the game from Ireland. 3 Liverpool fans and 3 scum fans. We were sat in a section in the upper tier above the Liverpool fans about 10 seats from the front. They spent the entire games shouting abuse down at them. One fan had even brought a Celtic jersey, as they had just beaten us in the Uefa Cup, and hurled it down, sad ****er!

We were all hungover to **** too and had to be seen to be cheering the goals - all 4 of them .

There was a kid near us, about 10, with his Mother. He had a Liverpool top on but the stewards went over to him at the start of the game and told him to cover it up. He was only 10 ffs, you inbred bunch of pricks!

I remember Heskey was up front on his own after Sami was sent off, Owen was injured (surprise!). He spent the entire game flicking on long balls to no one, except Barhez. Don't think he even knew there was no one up there with him. Seeing him play in a Liverpool shirt just made the day even worse.

[el matador]

A few years back we ended up in the home end of Villa v Liverpool (yes it was that game where rozenthal hit the crossbar from 6 yards).

When we thought we were going to score my cousin went ballistic and started celebrating like **** only for the ball to hit the bar and then he said something like '****ing hell'.

all of a sudden we had a load of villa fans turn around and look at us, and all I could think of saying was that my cousin was mentally handicapped and this was a treat for his birthday.

Somehow we got away with it and for the rest of the game we all kept quiet but that day we nearly got ****in battered by a load of fat brummies.

As for united, I have been to old trafford and although the stadiums decent and modern the atmosphere is ****. But as a liverpool fan i probably wouldnt sit in their home end.

for my own safety like