On that fateful friday, tock and I.............
the writing has always been on the wall... (sounds familiar? okay okay, no lame jokes..)
alright, on tuesday, I was informed by a fellow manchester season ticket holder that he has 2 spare tickets for a match on friday.. i've gotten tickets from him before, so he's a reliable source.. the only thing is how he's gonna pass me the tickets, coz the last time around, he got his friend to pass me the ticket at Old Trafford (OT, Man Utd stadium) but this time, his friend couldnt make it too (hence 2 extra tickets).. he told me too that his friend is holding the tickets and would have him contact me for the collection.. Immediately after that, i booked the coach ticket to manchester to try to get fare as low as possible...
the next day (wednesday), his friend called me telling me that he's in chelsea area (which is very close to where i am staying in london) BUT he forgot to bring his tickets! alright, i thought it would be fine for him to post it to me and i'll collect it the next day or even the day after.. but he could only post it the on thursday as the post office would have closed by the time he's back home.. On thursday, he called to tell me that the tickets would not be able to reach on friday becoz *gasp* its good friday! argh... we're not meant to get those tickets! but we've already booked the bus tickets.. well... too bad then, we'll have to find a way to watch the match at OT, preparing to pay over the odds for the tout tickets (illegal, but its the only way? )
that fateful friday arrived, and we're on the 830am bus to manchester, arriving at 130pm.. we treated ourself to a chinese buffet, knowing that it could be the last rewarding activity in manchester before suffering in misery.. after lunch, we head towards OT and we started looking for tickets.. I guess we must have "desperado" printed on our forehead coz as soon as we were in the vicinity of the stadium, we were approached by touts, offering a staggering £150 per ticket! fine! it was 3pm.. and the match is at 745pm.. i know we're TAD early, but no need to shock us with that OMGWTFCISYF price! we tried to calm ourselves and went to megastore (man utd merchandise store) to look ard, but at the corner of our mind, we knew that we may not be able to watch the game after a 10 hours long return journey!
its depressing...................... i know............ bear with me (LOL, i know what u're thinking) this story has many twists... We then head to a bar and just try to chill... there we met 4 irish guy who told us that they met up with someone who was trying to sell tickets at another bar.. the thing is that the bar has exclusive entry.. meaning that u need a man utd match day ticket to enter.. OMG, who is that retard who is trying to sell tickets inside a bar where everyone must have a ticket to enter! and who are the 2 morons who are trying to find that retard? US! lol... but sadly we were denied entry into that bar for obvious reason (duh!)
we were too embarrased to re-enter the trafford bar (the previous bar) and we just sat opposite, trying our luck asking passersby for spare tickets.. we even had our advertisement! haha
We spent about an hour or so with thousands of ang moh passingby and giving us weird looks.. we had a few touts walked past and offering us the tickets from a price range of £60-£100 each.. we weren't willing to shell out that much and we sat around until a guy came and ask how much we're willing to offer.. we told him £40 and he seemed abit too eager to sell his.. he took our money and pass us the ticket and left in a hurry.. i checked the ticket immediately and found out that it was a child's ticket! i ran after him and wanted a refund.. reluctantly he offered to return £20 and "taught" me how to cheat and enter as an adult... so current situation: spent £20, a child's ticket.. hmmm after consulting my "accomplice", tock, we decided to upgrade it to an adult's ticket thru proper means by going to their official ticketing counter.. i'll leave the details of this part out, but, in the end, we were ecstatic coz we managed to convert it to an adult's ticket without extra costs! =)
so we're halfway to achieving our goal.. and now we need another ticket.. luck has it that a season ticket holder was walking past at the same place where we were "begging" before.. and, like other honourable season ticket holders, he sold us his extra ticket at face value! how lucky was that? damn those touts! but hurrah! we're going to watch the match at last!
but this story does not has a fairy-tale ending! man utd drew 0-0 with the "almighty" sunderland and the title dreams 2005/2006 evaporated then if not before.. it was really a emotional rollercoaster ride.. maybe we're just not meant to make that trip.. SIGH..
ps: i know what u're wondering... CISYF = can i slap your face
alright, on tuesday, I was informed by a fellow manchester season ticket holder that he has 2 spare tickets for a match on friday.. i've gotten tickets from him before, so he's a reliable source.. the only thing is how he's gonna pass me the tickets, coz the last time around, he got his friend to pass me the ticket at Old Trafford (OT, Man Utd stadium) but this time, his friend couldnt make it too (hence 2 extra tickets).. he told me too that his friend is holding the tickets and would have him contact me for the collection.. Immediately after that, i booked the coach ticket to manchester to try to get fare as low as possible...
the next day (wednesday), his friend called me telling me that he's in chelsea area (which is very close to where i am staying in london) BUT he forgot to bring his tickets! alright, i thought it would be fine for him to post it to me and i'll collect it the next day or even the day after.. but he could only post it the on thursday as the post office would have closed by the time he's back home.. On thursday, he called to tell me that the tickets would not be able to reach on friday becoz *gasp* its good friday! argh... we're not meant to get those tickets! but we've already booked the bus tickets.. well... too bad then, we'll have to find a way to watch the match at OT, preparing to pay over the odds for the tout tickets (illegal, but its the only way? )
that fateful friday arrived, and we're on the 830am bus to manchester, arriving at 130pm.. we treated ourself to a chinese buffet, knowing that it could be the last rewarding activity in manchester before suffering in misery.. after lunch, we head towards OT and we started looking for tickets.. I guess we must have "desperado" printed on our forehead coz as soon as we were in the vicinity of the stadium, we were approached by touts, offering a staggering £150 per ticket! fine! it was 3pm.. and the match is at 745pm.. i know we're TAD early, but no need to shock us with that OMGWTFCISYF price! we tried to calm ourselves and went to megastore (man utd merchandise store) to look ard, but at the corner of our mind, we knew that we may not be able to watch the game after a 10 hours long return journey!
its depressing...................... i know............ bear with me (LOL, i know what u're thinking) this story has many twists... We then head to a bar and just try to chill... there we met 4 irish guy who told us that they met up with someone who was trying to sell tickets at another bar.. the thing is that the bar has exclusive entry.. meaning that u need a man utd match day ticket to enter.. OMG, who is that retard who is trying to sell tickets inside a bar where everyone must have a ticket to enter! and who are the 2 morons who are trying to find that retard? US! lol... but sadly we were denied entry into that bar for obvious reason (duh!)
we were too embarrased to re-enter the trafford bar (the previous bar) and we just sat opposite, trying our luck asking passersby for spare tickets.. we even had our advertisement! haha
We spent about an hour or so with thousands of ang moh passingby and giving us weird looks.. we had a few touts walked past and offering us the tickets from a price range of £60-£100 each.. we weren't willing to shell out that much and we sat around until a guy came and ask how much we're willing to offer.. we told him £40 and he seemed abit too eager to sell his.. he took our money and pass us the ticket and left in a hurry.. i checked the ticket immediately and found out that it was a child's ticket! i ran after him and wanted a refund.. reluctantly he offered to return £20 and "taught" me how to cheat and enter as an adult... so current situation: spent £20, a child's ticket.. hmmm after consulting my "accomplice", tock, we decided to upgrade it to an adult's ticket thru proper means by going to their official ticketing counter.. i'll leave the details of this part out, but, in the end, we were ecstatic coz we managed to convert it to an adult's ticket without extra costs! =)
so we're halfway to achieving our goal.. and now we need another ticket.. luck has it that a season ticket holder was walking past at the same place where we were "begging" before.. and, like other honourable season ticket holders, he sold us his extra ticket at face value! how lucky was that? damn those touts! but hurrah! we're going to watch the match at last!
but this story does not has a fairy-tale ending! man utd drew 0-0 with the "almighty" sunderland and the title dreams 2005/2006 evaporated then if not before.. it was really a emotional rollercoaster ride.. maybe we're just not meant to make that trip.. SIGH..
ps: i know what u're wondering... CISYF = can i slap your face
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