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

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  • Опубликовано: 12 май 2024
  • 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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Комментарии • 437

  • @Phil_Mitchell
    @Phil_Mitchell Месяц назад +807

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

  • @mrartdeco
    @mrartdeco Месяц назад +490

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

    • @ravd8082
      @ravd8082 Месяц назад +20

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

    • @mrartdeco
      @mrartdeco Месяц назад

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

    • @jamieround2784
      @jamieround2784 28 дней назад

      The stadium is in nearly bad a shape as the team

  • @rohanc9220
    @rohanc9220 Месяц назад +484

    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
      @Ohanftbl Месяц назад +8

      Yes but you can’t say that as an employee

    • @fkyfky0208
      @fkyfky0208 Месяц назад +95

      ​@@Ohanftblkeep being trash then

    • @itsmeprasad1987
      @itsmeprasad1987 Месяц назад +16

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

    • @cisuminocisumino3250
      @cisuminocisumino3250 Месяц назад +50

      ​@@itsmeprasad1987lol, No they didn't

    • @-A-lm5xb
      @-A-lm5xb Месяц назад +38

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

  • @eurekacomment5719
    @eurekacomment5719 Месяц назад +277

    *Welcome to the Theatre of Streams*

  • @nuudelz3711
    @nuudelz3711 Месяц назад +292

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

    • @llpalm08
      @llpalm08 Месяц назад +19

      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
      @-A-lm5xb Месяц назад +14

      @@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
      @fredfredrickson5436 Месяц назад

      It's okay- They got shares in that.

    • @llpalm08
      @llpalm08 Месяц назад +1

      @@-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.

  • @jwyang91
    @jwyang91 Месяц назад +64

    Only thing leakier than that is Man Utd's defense

  • @maciejmacias4111
    @maciejmacias4111 Месяц назад +24

    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..

  • @balanceinmidfield1843
    @balanceinmidfield1843 Месяц назад +143

    Apparently it never rains where the Glazers live.

    • @Druid2001
      @Druid2001 Месяц назад +6

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

    • @balanceinmidfield1843
      @balanceinmidfield1843 Месяц назад +5

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

    • @Druid2001
      @Druid2001 Месяц назад +3

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

  • @daze77gaming
    @daze77gaming Месяц назад +78

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

  • @twyscape
    @twyscape Месяц назад +46

    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
      @michaelkobylko2969 Месяц назад

      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.

  • @LeoBov1
    @LeoBov1 Месяц назад +38

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

  • @TalaaboDheer
    @TalaaboDheer Месяц назад +66

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

    • @-A-lm5xb
      @-A-lm5xb Месяц назад +6

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

    • @obliviousij5265
      @obliviousij5265 Месяц назад

      Not the glazers fault

    • @brittneyking4284
      @brittneyking4284 27 дней назад

      @@obliviousij5265it’s not?

    • @obliviousij5265
      @obliviousij5265 26 дней назад

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

  • @abrahamhagos7714
    @abrahamhagos7714 Месяц назад +18

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

  • @aganbraganca4156
    @aganbraganca4156 Месяц назад +24

    ronaldo warned fans about this

    • @markalanrudings3657
      @markalanrudings3657 Месяц назад +6

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

    • @cosmo9208
      @cosmo9208 Месяц назад +2

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

    • @brittneyking4284
      @brittneyking4284 27 дней назад

      @@cosmo9208exactly

  • @classifiedtopsecret4664
    @classifiedtopsecret4664 Месяц назад +13

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

  • @i.m1981
    @i.m1981 Месяц назад +29

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

  • @eurekacomment5719
    @eurekacomment5719 Месяц назад +29

    Stingy cheap owners! Such scrooges!

  • @TheAngmarwitch
    @TheAngmarwitch Месяц назад +31

    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
      @yofinance1777 Месяц назад +3

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

    • @drunkenhobo5039
      @drunkenhobo5039 Месяц назад

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

    • @FaustoTheBoozehound
      @FaustoTheBoozehound Месяц назад +8

      ​@@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
      @josephmathabela Месяц назад +2

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

  • @Boy_O_Boy
    @Boy_O_Boy Месяц назад +5

    Thank you Glazers for this masterpiece.Not only did they destroy the football structure but also the stadium👏

  • @dmg9241
    @dmg9241 Месяц назад +3

    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

  • @user-xu8gu6tf6z
    @user-xu8gu6tf6z Месяц назад +6

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

  • @edittide9842
    @edittide9842 Месяц назад +38

    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
      @KidTrafford19 Месяц назад +15

      "can't afford" part made me laugh hard

    • @roughwalkers
      @roughwalkers Месяц назад +8

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

    • @ghostly1178
      @ghostly1178 Месяц назад +3

      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
    @burmesepython393 Месяц назад +6

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

  • @nkosanamakhubela2586
    @nkosanamakhubela2586 Месяц назад +34

    They crucified my Goat Ronaldo for speaking the truth😢😢

    • @raz6446
      @raz6446 Месяц назад +3

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

  • @karatsurba4791
    @karatsurba4791 Месяц назад +4

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

  • @_wormlet
    @_wormlet Месяц назад +5

    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
      @mightymouse5029 Месяц назад

      or 13:30

    • @_wormlet
      @_wormlet Месяц назад

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

  • @ChristianHeid7
    @ChristianHeid7 Месяц назад +3

    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.

  • @chubbygallasso
    @chubbygallasso Месяц назад +2

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

  • @grumpymonkey6181
    @grumpymonkey6181 Месяц назад +4

    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.

  • @addielekeawodidaniel9420
    @addielekeawodidaniel9420 Месяц назад +16

    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
      @theiceman7590 Месяц назад +4

      Most of these players are Ten Hags.

    • @markalanrudings3657
      @markalanrudings3657 Месяц назад +1

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

    • @husky2961
      @husky2961 Месяц назад +2

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

    • @harderway8568
      @harderway8568 Месяц назад

      @@markalanrudings3657 He spent 400.000.000 pounds mate.

    • @anirudhsmenon216
      @anirudhsmenon216 Месяц назад

      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
    @patrickthomas8101 Месяц назад +13

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

  • @CoconutClan
    @CoconutClan Месяц назад +6

    I guess Ronaldo was right all this time

  • @John-dl1ob
    @John-dl1ob Месяц назад +1

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

  • @algfourty9185
    @algfourty9185 Месяц назад +1

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

  • @atimiz3296
    @atimiz3296 29 дней назад +1

    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

  • @carsonstanislaus
    @carsonstanislaus Месяц назад +1

    As a Manchester United fan this is embarrassing 😔

  • @janeburns7673
    @janeburns7673 Месяц назад +1

    Could not make me more happy.

  • @Evemeister12
    @Evemeister12 Месяц назад +10

    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.

  • @LimaJayaSRC
    @LimaJayaSRC Месяц назад +5

    but they paid 100mil for Anthony 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Dita000
      @Dita000 Месяц назад

      Im pretty sure its not even fully paid yet.

  • @TheSnoozeFox
    @TheSnoozeFox Месяц назад +2

    This is actually dangerous now how is this legal?

  • @hazharibo7439
    @hazharibo7439 Месяц назад +56

    Theatre of wet dreams 🤣🤣🤣

    • @roughwalkers
      @roughwalkers Месяц назад

      😂😂😂😂

    • @-A-lm5xb
      @-A-lm5xb Месяц назад

      Great answer.

    • @engineer8363
      @engineer8363 Месяц назад

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

  • @Billzloveschelsea
    @Billzloveschelsea Месяц назад +2

    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

  • @FormulaProg
    @FormulaProg Месяц назад +3

    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
      @roughwalkers Месяц назад +2

      I dont think the glazers understand that word

    • @FormulaProg
      @FormulaProg Месяц назад +1

      @@roughwalkers probably not mate probably not

    • @Support-your-local-team
      @Support-your-local-team Месяц назад

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

    • @FormulaProg
      @FormulaProg Месяц назад

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

    • @Support-your-local-team
      @Support-your-local-team Месяц назад

      @@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
    @DangerManQ Месяц назад +3

    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

  • @5eurocups2005
    @5eurocups2005 28 дней назад +1

    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.

  • @RankinMsP
    @RankinMsP Месяц назад

    Perfect representation of the club.
    Long may it continue

  • @NickChemist-yf6oj
    @NickChemist-yf6oj Месяц назад

    I want to see the old trafford waterfall looks beautiful !

  • @Joshua57535
    @Joshua57535 Месяц назад +1

    Yes 👏 😊

  • @mortenfrosthansen84
    @mortenfrosthansen84 29 дней назад

    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

  • @jamesdenny5078
    @jamesdenny5078 Месяц назад +1

    To be fair it did rain really hard

  • @TheReapersFORTNITECLAN
    @TheReapersFORTNITECLAN 26 дней назад +1

    as a man utd fan this is a disgrace

  • @tfootball8704
    @tfootball8704 Месяц назад +16

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

    • @fi7959
      @fi7959 Месяц назад +1

      Not a simple job.

    • @RichardHosking-ym5fw
      @RichardHosking-ym5fw Месяц назад +7

      No point when they are building a new stadium

    • @tfootball8704
      @tfootball8704 Месяц назад +5

      @@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
      @roughwalkers Месяц назад +1

      He has only just come along

    • @rufdymond
      @rufdymond Месяц назад +2

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

  • @tpg6555
    @tpg6555 Месяц назад

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

  • @Sutty0151
    @Sutty0151 Месяц назад

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

  • @lukealex6428
    @lukealex6428 Месяц назад

    I was always for refurbishment but after seeing this. Full rebuild....like the team and personnel....start from scratch

  • @junaedyhamid7510
    @junaedyhamid7510 Месяц назад

    Old trafford iconic Jewel singapore waterfall..

  • @ynwa73
    @ynwa73 Месяц назад +1

    Would you risk turning on any light switch in that dump

  • @sam.james.walker
    @sam.james.walker Месяц назад

    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????

  • @jasonbannon5726
    @jasonbannon5726 Месяц назад

    This ain't new this has been like that for years

  • @ENGBriseB
    @ENGBriseB 24 дня назад +1

    Sort it out its embarrassing.

  • @Jesse_E5150
    @Jesse_E5150 Месяц назад

    Things just falling apart both on and off the pitch

  • @jrbanano
    @jrbanano Месяц назад +1

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

  • @jeremygziji9186
    @jeremygziji9186 Месяц назад

    I thought they were talking about the team

  • @steveblack610
    @steveblack610 Месяц назад

    Bit of rain never hurt anyone.

  • @shubhamsingh-wq5th
    @shubhamsingh-wq5th Месяц назад +2

    These cracks can be repaired but what about team?

  • @hrasrfaser
    @hrasrfaser 29 дней назад

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

  • @cloud_c5222
    @cloud_c5222 Месяц назад +1

    The mighty has fallen

  • @del2186
    @del2186 Месяц назад +1

    New stadium was on cards anyway 🤔🤔

  • @Lambandpotatocurry
    @Lambandpotatocurry Месяц назад

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

  • @Revtiva
    @Revtiva Месяц назад

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

  • @kemahkeming75
    @kemahkeming75 29 дней назад

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

  • @usmankamran9524
    @usmankamran9524 29 дней назад

    Reason???

  • @48BA
    @48BA Месяц назад

    🎶 OLD TRAFFORD IS FALLING DOWN.....

    • @mattep74
      @mattep74 Месяц назад +1

      When I heard it the first time I thought it was normal banter. Seems they told the truth

  • @olliecrayford
    @olliecrayford Месяц назад

    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.

  • @ismailmaatoug7642
    @ismailmaatoug7642 Месяц назад

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

  • @Bewar3them00n
    @Bewar3them00n Месяц назад

    That’s why they call it the swamp!

  • @04mdsimps
    @04mdsimps Месяц назад

    The normal time on a sunday? Half 4?

  • @Wiiggz
    @Wiiggz Месяц назад

    Even the stadium is crying!

  • @takemehomeunitedroad7960
    @takemehomeunitedroad7960 Месяц назад

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

  • @TheInvisiblemagikarp
    @TheInvisiblemagikarp Месяц назад

    Even the stadium has given up on Manchester United

  • @iamleoooo
    @iamleoooo Месяц назад +1

    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

  • @AgentLynch616
    @AgentLynch616 Месяц назад

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

  • @LeeStewart
    @LeeStewart Месяц назад

    We need a new stadium. Pronto.

  • @joseadamputu3558
    @joseadamputu3558 Месяц назад

    Glazers Out, SIr Jim Should Be Majority Own Manchester United

  • @stephenumpleby6421
    @stephenumpleby6421 Месяц назад

    Iam a boro never has the riverside stadium has Never leaked as far as I can remember that utfb

  • @jermainelong1843
    @jermainelong1843 Месяц назад

    Symbolic of their recent form.

  • @CARTMANBRAWH
    @CARTMANBRAWH Месяц назад

    Cost for repairing gone for anthony 😂

  • @johnmichaelson9173
    @johnmichaelson9173 Месяц назад

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

  • @StevenHallsworth
    @StevenHallsworth Месяц назад

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

  • @kungfooslap2983
    @kungfooslap2983 Месяц назад +1

    Just about sums up most things in the uk…not to be dramatic but big money has got to start stepping up and helping the infrastructure and experience of the population..decline,decline,decline whilst the rich dine on fine wine…my opinion anyway.

  • @harderway8568
    @harderway8568 Месяц назад

    A very old trafford.

  • @petercross3984
    @petercross3984 Месяц назад

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

  • @sk5130
    @sk5130 Месяц назад

    It has to look like old

  • @asnil96
    @asnil96 Месяц назад

    truly theatre of dream

  • @Yotsukaido
    @Yotsukaido Месяц назад

    They don't call it the Swamp for nothing.

  • @trojanhorse93
    @trojanhorse93 28 дней назад

    Blame the glazers

  • @Hamilton8timeChampion
    @Hamilton8timeChampion Месяц назад

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

  • @user-by1mh3eh1t
    @user-by1mh3eh1t Месяц назад

    Even the stadium has had enough😂

  • @BOOGERBOY1
    @BOOGERBOY1 Месяц назад

    Never seen anything like it in any stadium 😂

  • @user-qo5nz3qb6j
    @user-qo5nz3qb6j Месяц назад

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