My regular NUFC away days are long gone but I went to Old Trafford. If this is what regular Newcastle United away fans have to go through...
Submitting your details indicates your consent for The Mag to send you email marketing messages and process personal data. Please read ourSubmitting your details indicates your consent for The Mag to send you email marketing messages and process personal data. Please read ourIt’s a good while since I was last amongst the Newcastle United away fans and it’s a good while since I last navigated England’s highest motorway , which is what we did on Wednesday.
So, we entered the ballot and to our surprise won a pair of tickets. The email confirmation from Amanda Staveley reached us on the Wednesday before the Saturday and so amidst the disbelief and the euphoria, cue panic.
Well, how wrong was I and even if we had played for the duration with fewer men, such was Man Utd’s lack of application, I’m sure we would have still won. Half time came and went and Man Utd looked a little better for the opening fifteen minutes of the second half. That said, they didn’t really cause us any problems and Joe Willock wrapped it up on the hour with a sublime finish.
The journey down was a nightmare. We left at around 2:30pm but didn’t park up until nearer 7:30pm. Basically, the motorway between Leeds and Manchester represented a traffic jam for the entire 45 miles and I calculated we averaged just over 20mph to travel between the two cities.
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