In the afterglow of the World Cup, a visit to Manchester will keep the game’s spirit and your wander lust alive
. It’s another big victory for the top English club of the past decade.
Having spotted a mural of legendary Man City manager Pep Guardiola en route to the match, I indulge afterward with Catalan tapas at Tast. Guardiola owns this intimately lit, centrally located restaurant. Sipping a gin cocktail with dill-infused Manzanilla sherry and nibbling onYes, this red-brick city of railways and canals remains gritty, graffiti-strewn, and packed with construction sites. Its Industrial Revolution history as a cotton production hub forged an indelible image.
“From the 1780s to the 1820s, this was a paupers’ graveyard in one of England’s worst slums, with 40,000-odd people buried here. Bodies lay in mass graves a foot below the surface, and kids played football with skulls. Later, a football pitch was created. Nobby Stiles, one of our 1966 World Cup heroes, honed his skills here.”
Sculptor Hannah Stewart’s 2019 bronze statue of soccer pioneer Lily Parr poised to kick a ball catches my eye. It’s Britain’s first statue of a female player. Parr achieved stardom with Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C. just as the Football Association in 1921 imposed a ban on women playing in stadiums, claiming that “the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and should not be encouraged.” That exclusion lasted until 1971.
Even though United may be for sale and recently split unceremoniously with Cristiano Ronaldo, the club’s pride is a thing to behold. Hong Kong fans in David Beckham shirts join Americans and Germans on the hour-long tour.blares as we enter the 112-year-old, 74,140-capacity stadium through the players’ tunnel. The quippy guides laud ex-managers such as Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson, and show off the mood lighting that Jose Mourinho installed in the dressing room.
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