Champions League + Snow

Last wednesday, went to Manchester to watch Manchester United vs AC Milan. Just for your information, did you know that Milan is pronounced Mee-lan and not Milano because the club was formed by Englishmen? Hmm.... interesting...

Well, before the match, I was in the middle of a protest march by Man Utd fans against Glazer. Kinda cool to be walking besides the singing, marching fans. Could hear quite a number of songs, Red Army, We are the Busby Boys, You are my Solskjaer, and many more. Could have been on tv too. Heh.

Today, I sat at the Stretford End where the fans are the loudest. Honestly! The fans in my area (Tier 2) had to be asked to sit down 3 times! Plus, there was a section of the fans in the middle that stood for the entire 90 minutes. Other songs I heard there were Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gary Neville is a Red.

The match itself was pretty interesting. Man Utd could have been in the lead at half-time. In the second half, Milan defended pretty well and Man Utd seem to lack the imagination to break through the defense. It's just too bad that Carroll fail to clear the ball properly and let in that goal. Overall, it was pretty even and should have been a 0-0 draw. Oh well.

After the match, we went to see the players as they leave. Managed to get T-Ho and RVN's autographs. How cool is that? Then, we took the tram back to the train station. Unfortunately, they only had a replacement bus service at midnight. So, we ended up reaching Sheffield train station at 2 plus am. Walking back was a little harsh as it was snowing and windy at the same time. Along the way, we saw clubbers playing in the snow (with one layer of clothing on only mind you) and took some pictures of the white scenery.

The next morning, it was still snowing!! Quite nice to be walking to class in the snow. During lunchbreak, we went to St. George's churchyard to take more photos and play with the snow a little more. Even took a picture beside a snowman someone build and left there. Too bad the snow stop by evening.

Anyways, it was an enjoyable wednesday night and thursday morning and afternoon. Hope this happens again soon!