Visit to Old Trafford

         The summer of 2008 was a wonderful summer for one major reason; I got to go to Scotland and England.  It was the second time I would be going to Scotland but the first time to England.  The trip was a vacation but was also a opportunity for my soccer team to play teams in Scotland and England.  The trip started in Scotland where we stayed outside of Glasgow.  We played Kilmarnock and took tours of Rangers and Celtic’s facilities.  It was nice but I wanted to head south towards England to visit Old Trafford.  I had been so eager the whole trip to take this tour and was counting down the days.  That morning I sprung out of my bed in anticipation.  We got on the bus but very shortly got lost in the city of Manchester.  To say I was nervous was the biggest understatement of all time.  Luckily a police officer guided us outside of the city to the stadium.

            That moment I saw the stadium was a moment I would never forget.  It was beautiful and I rushed over to the entrance to get the tour started.  The tour guide was a corny guy but I really wasn’t listening I was in awe.  He took us to the locker room where my heroes prepared for every game.  They had face cut outs to indicate which locker belonged to which player.  I sat where Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Edwin Van Der Sar and so many of my idols sit.  It was truly something I would never forget and to this day is one of the greatest moments of my life.  I didn’t think it could get any better until we headed to the tunnel.  We lined up like the teams do and marched out of the tunnel towards the pitch.  The sun glistened on the grass and I took in the true size of the stadium.  Walking down the sideline towards the bench was surreal and then sitting on the bench just felt so right.  It was a great day for me and I am eager to get back to Old Trafford.