State of Old Trafford's disrepair evident as water floods Manchester United's stadium

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State of Old Trafford's disrepair evident as water floods Manchester United's stadium

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3 ай бұрын

Old Trafford flooded with water at the end of Manchester United's game with Arsenal on Sunday, leaking through the roof and cascading through the stands.
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Footage also shows the roof in Arsenal's dressing room leaking water on to the players. The Glazers, Manchester United's long-time owners, have often been criticised by fans for their apparent reluctance to invest in updating and adequately maintaining the increasingly ageing stadium.
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@mrartdeco 3 ай бұрын

Old Trafford : “Glazers still here? Fine I’ll disassemble myself”

@ravd8082 3 ай бұрын

the glazers never invested in the club for the past 20 years they took 1 billion out

@mrartdeco 3 ай бұрын

@@ravd8082 ah yes the floor is made out of floor

@jamieround2784 3 ай бұрын

The stadium is in nearly bad a shape as the team

@Phil_Mitchell 3 ай бұрын

That's not rain, that's just the tears of Man Utd fans 😭😭😭

@dzeklakovic7568 3 ай бұрын

Ahhahahahahahhahah

@-A-lm5xb 3 ай бұрын

😅🤣😂 Brilliant.

@johnkennedy2524 3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@justonecornetto80 3 ай бұрын

@@dzeklakovic7568 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@blueshadow62 3 ай бұрын

Best comment man 🧍‍♂️

@rohanc9220 3 ай бұрын

When Ronaldo pointed the lack of facilities, quality of infrastructure and overall state of the club everyone blamed him. Everything he said was spot on . He was the only one who had what it takes to say what needs to be said.

@Ohanftbl 3 ай бұрын

Yes but you can’t say that as an employee

@fkyfky0208 3 ай бұрын

@@Ohanftblkeep being trash then

@itsmeprasad1987 3 ай бұрын

No one blamed him.. everyone thanked him to speak his mind..

@cisuminocisumino3250 3 ай бұрын

@@itsmeprasad1987lol, No they didn't

@-A-lm5xb 3 ай бұрын

@@itsmeprasad1987 That's not how I remember it.

@eurekacomment5719 3 ай бұрын

*Welcome to the Theatre of Streams*

@kronowtf 3 ай бұрын

*_thats crazy_*

@zeiadosamaahmedngi3390 3 ай бұрын

The theatre of tears

@Jon14141 3 ай бұрын

@Young-lion99😀

@seanyleey 3 ай бұрын

nah welcome to the theatre of tears

@nuudelz3711 3 ай бұрын

Actual healthcare safety hazard, lucky they are who they are. Regular businesses would be shut down

@llpalm08 3 ай бұрын

Portsmouth had warnings about future health and safety issues at Fratton Park from years of nothing being done due to the financial issues, and had threats of having a forced reduced capacity if nothing was done and yet I had never seen anything like this happen at Fratton Park. The current owners have sorted all the issues out since they came in and are now improving facilities, and that was on a League 1 budget so there's no reason the Glazers couldn't at least have fixed the roof at Old Trafford, and with it getting to this state there needs to be forced closures of portions of the stadium because if that waterfall happens when it is full up then the fans in those seats could get seriously hurt. Hopefully Sir Jim will get something sorted soon though.

@-A-lm5xb 3 ай бұрын

@@llpalm08 It WAS full. It was just sheer luck that it was the end of the match when the really heavy rain came down and the stadium had started to empty.

@fredfredrickson5436 3 ай бұрын

It's okay- They got shares in that.

@llpalm08 3 ай бұрын

@@-A-lm5xb That's what I meant, if the fans in those seats were still there when the waterfall started getting strong there could have been injuries, they are just lucky that the area with the worst of it had been mostly cleared just before it started.

@maciejmacias4111 3 ай бұрын

I am from abroad and when we travelled to Manchester for a CL tie few years ago, me and my friends were shocked at the state of Old Trafford stadium. It was horrible and visibly left to rot. We couldn't believe it as you cannot see it on TV. Glazers milked that club to the bottom..

@jwyang91 3 ай бұрын

Only thing leakier than that is Man Utd's defense

@aviationtrainsfc1 3 ай бұрын

And villa's defense as a Villa fan

@balanceinmidfield1843 3 ай бұрын

Apparently it never rains where the Glazers live.

@Druid2001 3 ай бұрын

well they live in florida and we are having a bit of a drought lol

@balanceinmidfield1843 3 ай бұрын

@@Druid2001 but you guys have to be prepared for hurricanes. Can’t imagine the bucks stadium collapsing once in a while 😂

@Druid2001 3 ай бұрын

@@balanceinmidfield1843 well tbf hurricanes are stronger than wind so the stadium is built to withstand it

@daze77gaming 3 ай бұрын

not just us as fans but even our own Stadium is crying now.....

@robberchas1 3 ай бұрын

True

@twyscape 3 ай бұрын

We have been watching the decay of a club that in the 90s and 00s was the envy of the world. How the mighty have fallen.

@michaelkobylko2969 3 ай бұрын

Not just fallen. Deliberately run into the ground by American vultures with no interest in anything other than taking. Prior to Glazer ownership, Manchester United had no debts and was a licence to print money. This type of takeover is not even allowed anymore.

@TalaaboDheer 3 ай бұрын

If the infrastructure of a stadium that is regularly visited is like this. What about everything else that we can't see?

@-A-lm5xb 3 ай бұрын

"Falling apart" is the phrase I've heard most often from United fans.

@obliviousij5265 3 ай бұрын

Not the glazers fault

@brittneyking4284 3 ай бұрын

@@obliviousij5265it’s not?

@obliviousij5265 3 ай бұрын

@@brittneyking4284 yeah we cant blame the owners or players sack the manager, Divi Dens In!

@LeoBov1 3 ай бұрын

CR7 called it out and y’all thought he was toxic

@aganbraganca4156 3 ай бұрын

ronaldo warned fans about this

@markalanrudings3657 3 ай бұрын

Not true. United fans were saying this BEFORE he came back... we've wanted Glazers out for a LONG time. People forget that...

@cosmo9208 3 ай бұрын

They laughed at Ronaldo's warnings. Now they get what they deserve!

@brittneyking4284 3 ай бұрын

@@cosmo9208exactly

@mysticalA153 Ай бұрын

ronaldo glazer

@abrahamhagos7714 3 ай бұрын

This is ridiculous. Owned by 2 billionaire families and can't get a roof fixed.

@dmg9241 3 ай бұрын

That's why Manchester United fans have been complaining against Glazers family. Ronaldo was right on his interview against Piers Morgan. He told him that Manchester United stadium stills the same as it was before

@classifiedtopsecret4664 3 ай бұрын

All the money they take from the fans and won't even pay for repairs? Disgusting.

@TheAngmarwitch 3 ай бұрын

Why should the British taxpayer fund a new stadium for a club owned by the richest man in Britain? He did this with Ineos when he bought the ICI works in Runcorn, threatened to close the site unless he got government funding to build a new plant, which he profited from directly.

@yofinance1777 3 ай бұрын

Public funds would fund the surrounding public areas. City were given the old 2008 commonwealth games as it was in best public interest 👍🏻

@drunkenhobo5039 3 ай бұрын

Remember, socialism is bad, unless it's for the billionaires.

@FaustoTheBoozehound 3 ай бұрын

@@yofinance1777Not true and this theory (advanced exclusively by property developers and their sycophants) has been disproven by study after study. Stop giving tax money or tax breaks to billionaires. They never, ever have public interest at heart.

@josephmathabela 3 ай бұрын

Sidebar: you are aware he only owns 25% of the club, right?

@eurekacomment5719 3 ай бұрын

Stingy cheap owners! Such scrooges!

@i.m1981 3 ай бұрын

Why does it slways rain on me... Oh its because im a man utd fan lol

@user-xu8gu6tf6z 3 ай бұрын

They should call cristiano and apologize.He speak the truth about the condition of this club's facilities.

@edittide9842 3 ай бұрын

People are being too harsh on the Glazers. They can’t afford repairs to Old Trafford! First, they have to take dividends out of the club and second that is Ratcliffe’s problem 🤷

@KidTrafford19 3 ай бұрын

"can't afford" part made me laugh hard

@roughwalkers 3 ай бұрын

Whats crazy is that they keep putting ticket prices up 😂😂😂😂

@ghostly1178 3 ай бұрын

Can't afford, they're making a brand new stadium more seats than Wembley, yet they can't just fix a leaky roof. Make it make sense.

@burmesepython393 3 ай бұрын

This is a health hazard. No different than any other workplace. The stadium should be shut down.

@NkosanaMakhubele 3 ай бұрын

They crucified my Goat Ronaldo for speaking the truth😢😢

@raz6446 3 ай бұрын

Everything that Ronaldo said at the piers Morgan interview was becoming more evident day by day

@karatsurba4791 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful... Name another stadium that can boast a waterfall within a stadium. Truly a 'theatre of dreams'

@_wormlet 3 ай бұрын

What's that guy on about, 'if this game had kicked off at the normal time on a Sunday?' 16:30 is a normal time for a Sunday kickoff.

@mightymouse5029 3 ай бұрын

or 13:30

@_wormlet 3 ай бұрын

@@mightymouse5029 Yes, but the main Super Sunday game is 16:30.

@chubbygallasso 3 ай бұрын

Stadium replicates the club ....once best in class now, run down in need of upgrade.

@atimiz3296 3 ай бұрын

Outsiders criticize United fans when they want the owner out, this is just one of the reasons why. No one knows better than the fans

@algfourty9185 3 ай бұрын

Imagine telling someone at the turn of the century that this is what would become of Man United. They'd never have believed you!

@grumpymonkey6181 3 ай бұрын

The club, the football and the infrastructure of mufc is a shambles. How can not just united but the governing bodies allow the stadium to be in such a hazardous state? Any other club would be forced to cease trading until a health and safety risk such as this was rectified.

@ChristianHeid7 3 ай бұрын

And yet... The Glazers will not put a penny into fixing it. This could have been very dangerous situation and obvious that this will lead to further damages and mold in the entire part of the stand.

@addielekeawodidaniel9420 3 ай бұрын

And the Media will still blame Ten Hag..loll... the Glazers are the reason for all this even the performances. if they had hired proper football directors we wouldnt have all those injuries and poor recruitment let alone the stadium which has fallen apart

@theiceman7590 3 ай бұрын

Most of these players are Ten Hags.

@markalanrudings3657 3 ай бұрын

Most?! 4 of his players in the starting lineup yesterday. Not even half haha

@husky2961 3 ай бұрын

35 injury second highest this season. Whose to blame, idk honestly.

@harderway8568 3 ай бұрын

@@markalanrudings3657 He spent 400.000.000 pounds mate.

@anirudhsmenon216 3 ай бұрын

What if the injuries repeat next season with the same training regime and medical staff? Because most our injuries are non contact or muscle injuries

@patrickthomas8101 3 ай бұрын

The fact that Everton's stadium can still be weather resistant really shows how bad the owners are.

@hrasrfaser 3 ай бұрын

And yet people say ronaldo was the problem. He mentioned everything right in piers morgans interview

@Evemeister12 3 ай бұрын

Alex Ferguson's final years of success at Manchester United helped the glazers to hide their damage to the club. This all stems from ferguson's dispute with JP McManus and John Magnier over a racehorse.

@Billzloveschelsea 3 ай бұрын

This is what the glazers have done. Taken all of the money from Manchester United and not even invested anything in the club and stadium

@ismailmaatoug7642 3 ай бұрын

They called Ronaldo a madman when he said nothing has changed since 2009!

@John-dl1ob 3 ай бұрын

I am surprised they don’t charge the fans extra for that

@carsonstanislaus 3 ай бұрын

As a Manchester United fan this is embarrassing 😔

@LimaJayaSRC 3 ай бұрын

but they paid 100mil for Anthony 🤣🤣🤣

@Dita000 3 ай бұрын

Im pretty sure its not even fully paid yet.

@TheSnoozeFox 3 ай бұрын

This is actually dangerous now how is this legal?

@CoconutClan 3 ай бұрын

I guess Ronaldo was right all this time

@5eurocups2005 3 ай бұрын

Health and safely hazard with water also going through office ceilings. How can a multi billion pound club not maintain it's roof and guttering system? Ridiculous.

@FormulaProg 3 ай бұрын

Flooding from the roof is quite bad but understandable if there's a sudden monsoon but in the dressing rooms is crazy. Needs big investment.

@roughwalkers 3 ай бұрын

I dont think the glazers understand that word

@FormulaProg 3 ай бұрын

@@roughwalkers probably not mate probably not

@Support-your-local-team 3 ай бұрын

The roof isn't understandable either, especially when it's streaming in from all over the stadium.

@FormulaProg 3 ай бұрын

@@Support-your-local-team was it? Only seen from one stand.

@Support-your-local-team 3 ай бұрын

@@FormulaProg You can see both ends of the stadium flooding in the first 15 seconds of this video and I've seen clips of one of the stands in-between it leaking too. That's at the very least three of the four stands flooding.

@DangerManQ 3 ай бұрын

Why a new stadium? Fix this like Real Madrid did. Too many memories in Old Trafford only to replace it when we have players and staff that shouldn't be here. Invest the money wisely

@tfootball8704 3 ай бұрын

So since Ratcliffe has come in he has not sorted the roof?????

@fi7959 3 ай бұрын

Not a simple job.

@RichardHosking-ym5fw 3 ай бұрын

No point when they are building a new stadium

@tfootball8704 3 ай бұрын

@@fi7959 It has been like this for years hasn't it? I'm sure a multi billion dollar club could sort a leaky roof out?

@roughwalkers 3 ай бұрын

He has only just come along

@rufdymond 3 ай бұрын

@@tfootball8704 ~ What are you talking about….we’ve had owners who are not interested in fixing anything…..that’s the point.

@footballmanutd-1112 3 ай бұрын

as a man utd fan this is a disgrace

@jamesdenny5078 3 ай бұрын

To be fair it did rain really hard

@jrbanano 3 ай бұрын

If they build a new stadium, they could call it New Trafford

@hazharibo7439 3 ай бұрын

Theatre of wet dreams 🤣🤣🤣

@roughwalkers 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@-A-lm5xb 3 ай бұрын

Great answer.

@engineer8363 3 ай бұрын

Been a while since I've had one of those happy dreams

@iamleoooo 3 ай бұрын

Man Utd: let guess... Your home? Ronaldo: It was. and it was beautiful... Man Utd was like any other big clubs, too many goods not enough to go around. And when i came back i offered a solution. Man Utd: Renovation. Ronaldo: But stricter, just passionate fair young and old players alike. *They called me a madman.* And what i predicted came to pass. Man Utd: Congratulations you are a problem Ronaldo: I'm a professional

@mortenfrosthansen84 3 ай бұрын

There has been some massive rainstorms these couple of months.. It is not the only place in UK, let alone in Europe, that is showing signs of not being build for that amount of water. So many floods and destroyed roads.. Some that only seems to be holding on, until the next big rain

@janeburns7673 3 ай бұрын

Could not make me more happy.

@NickChemist-yf6oj 3 ай бұрын

I want to see the old trafford waterfall looks beautiful !

@Sutty0151 3 ай бұрын

it’s not leaking its just a water feature that got added 20yrs ago priority for new owner was new batteries for it

@Revtiva 3 ай бұрын

Even some of stadiums in my home country is better than this.

@tpg6555 3 ай бұрын

I’m from Porto Alegre RS, Brazil. For a moment, I felt like home

@shubhamsingh-wq5th 3 ай бұрын

These cracks can be repaired but what about team?

@user-bw5pn4qv9i 3 ай бұрын

Is there a team?

@RankinMsP 3 ай бұрын

Perfect representation of the club. Long may it continue

@ENGBriseB 2 ай бұрын

Sort it out its embarrassing.

@takemehomeunitedroad7960 3 ай бұрын

No need to go and watch the water fall anywhere around the world when we have it at old Trafford.

@kemahkeming75 3 ай бұрын

The fans bought the football tickets, found out they accidentally went to the waterpark. Unfortunately they were no water slides

@ynwa73 3 ай бұрын

Would you risk turning on any light switch in that dump

@Paul05449 3 ай бұрын

No wonder Old Trafford is falling down. The stadium is ebsolutly dreadful and honestly even league one side Derby have a better stadium than Man Utd. The Glazers clearly don't care about the health hazards within the club. I mean leaks all over Old traffor on the seating area and inside the buildings is absolutly apauling. In regards to the Fa cup, they don't deserve to even be in the final let alone win it. I don't see this being a demolishing but I do see this being a comfortable 2-0 win for City unless they hit their absolute best on the day

@AgentLynch616 3 ай бұрын

That’s a danger to fans. Should be shut down

@RD-zx6py 3 ай бұрын

Can't wait for ETH to tell us Old Trafford is the most modern and best equipped stadium in the league next week.

@sam.james.walker 3 ай бұрын

What do they mean by”if it had kicked off at the normal time for a Sunday”? It did kick off at the normal time????

@tehDanielRuiz 3 ай бұрын

Old Trafford is definitely OLD now. They should repair it and call it NEW Trafford

@Lambandpotatocurry 3 ай бұрын

Everything literally falling apart there. There needs to be a drastic change on every department.

@daveyjones6148 3 ай бұрын

No love for united but a glaring example of how fans are merely treated as revenue

@Hamilton8timeChampion 3 ай бұрын

Welcome to old Trafford where United have a new waterfall feature installed.

@del2186 3 ай бұрын

New stadium was on cards anyway 🤔🤔

@mynamesak 3 ай бұрын

Old trafford living up to its name

@jasonbannon5726 3 ай бұрын

People come from all over the world to see this attraction

@petercross3984 3 ай бұрын

This is why it’s not being used for euro 28

@johnmichaelson9173 3 ай бұрын

Ten Hag said everybody knows we haven't had a fit Plumber all season.

@user-qo5nz3qb6j 3 ай бұрын

How Manchester United have gotten away with this, is absolutely beyond me? How many health and safety regulations are the club in breach of?

@olliecrayford 3 ай бұрын

Or, instead in building a new stadium, just do general repairs and keep old trafford how it is and do general safety checks. Would save time and money doing that. Like liverpool did with Anfield.

@CHAZE2B 3 ай бұрын

I can't believe this is my boyhood club. What has happened to Manchester United and Old Trafford 😢

@Yotsukaido 3 ай бұрын

They don't call it the Swamp for nothing.

@BehemothNitro 3 ай бұрын

Arteta punished the stadium and ten hag punishd their dressing room 🤣💀

@goldenboy1435 3 ай бұрын

They have to close down the entire club

@StevenHallsworth 3 ай бұрын

It’s tragic to see how quickly the glazers have decimated our once great club! 😔

@tonyhancock3912 3 ай бұрын

That was a once a year downpour. Stop having a go at the Glazers. That will be well over a thousand to patch the roof. Money doesn't grow on trees!

@joseparcenary4706 3 ай бұрын

Hasn't this been going on for years? Why are the images only going viral now? I suspect Mr Ratcliffe has something to do with it. Certainly helps promote his position that the stadium is not worth saving.

@ants84 3 ай бұрын

Utterly embarrassing for a club of its size to have its literal infrastructure be that neglected by its owners. Symbolic really in comparison to the team.

@britpackdog4545 3 ай бұрын

Tallest waterfall in England I've heard. Makes you proud

@danny29x 3 ай бұрын

Luckily that's not rain water and its just man utd fans tears or it could have been worse.

@junaedyhamid7510 3 ай бұрын

Old trafford iconic Jewel singapore waterfall..

@kyle6792 3 ай бұрын

Theatre of “come and take a shower with our tears”

@user-bc6yd8jr2h 3 ай бұрын

Man u fans shld just not attend the games and make their voices heard Ticket sales is a small part of the revenue so the glazers may react

@user-bc6yd8jr2h 3 ай бұрын

When I say don't attend I mean it Ignore next season premier league

@CARTMANBRAWH 3 ай бұрын

Cost for repairing gone for anthony 😂

@iancawley9777 2 ай бұрын

How is a stadium in this condition allowed to host premier league football

@hassymiia6267 3 ай бұрын

This is shocking for a rich Fc. How could they have let this go on for so long without repairing things much earlier? Absolute embarrassment of a football club, complete joke and disgrace to PL.

@marvbick1697 3 ай бұрын

One of the countrys biggest clubs made millions over the years yet can't do repairs to the stadium makes u wonder where all the money is going mostly to the over paid football players