Last Tuesday, I went down to Bramall Lane to catch the Sheffield United vs Arsenal FA Cup 5th round replay with Chee Weng, Choon, Ken and Brandon. The night wasn't very chilly and the place was near enough to walk. It's just a bit further on from The Moor.
The stadium looks quite small actually compared to Old Trafford. Hard to make a comparison though, it's like apples and oranges. The atmosphere inside was more noisy though. The fans were singing almost the entire 90 minutes. They could give the Stretford End fans a run for their money. ^_^
Most of the songs they sang sounded a lot like the songs Man Utd fans sing. Makes you wonder who copied who. The theme song for Sheffield United was uniquely theirs though. Some familiar songs were such as "Shame on Arsenal, always cheating" plus chants on Ashley Cole.
The match itself was quite exciting though devoid of goals. It's quite incredible that Sheffield United manage to hold Arsenal all the way till the penalties. Too bad they weren't better at taking them.
Other interesting events were such as the arrest of troublemakers and witnessing a phone thrown onto the pitch. Just goes to show you that there's more to watching a football match in the stadium then just watching a football match inside a stadium. Heh.
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