It's my second day in Manchester for this trip. I had an appointment with Peter Hargreaves at 9 a.m. I was wonder what is he look like even though I've seen a photo of him before. So after our breakfast,me,my mum and my sister were waiting at the lobby of the hotel. Around 8.50 a.m. we saw a man came to us and asked which one is Pat so after greeting and stuff, we walked down to his car and started our trip.
But seemed like we brought our luck with us 'coz when we arrived in front of the Cliff, we saw some fans inside the Cliff and that was a good sign! After parking the car,us,walked inside with me carrying a present for Phil Neville. I was a bit wonder who were they 'coz when we arrived, some players were already got inside and changed. So we asked this guy and he said Andy Cole is there too. We saw Sheringham drove Mercesdes passing us and Pete told me that must be his wife's car since he's got a Ferrari too. I was pretty amazed 'coz all the cars which parked there were so nice. Anyway, we noticed Zoe Ball there too and Andy Cole was giving interview with her. After waiting for a while, the players went down to the pitch and started training. We saw The Gaffer and Steve McClaren went down to the pitch but after the The Gaffer gave interview, he went back inside. It was pretty fun seeing them trained 'coz to be honest I don't think I've seen something like this in Thailand.
After watching them train, they went back inside. Andy Cole was the first one who left,of course,it was tradition to walk to him and ask for autograph. He was nice. Then David May drove off and well,like you can imagine,I stood besides his car and asked for autograph and a photo with him too.Then Stam, I did the same routine as the one I did to Cole and May. Nick Culkins walked to his car and of course, me and my sister walked up to him. We did a little chat and told him we're from Thailand. He was quite amazed then it's autograph's and picture's time. We got back to the fence and waited for Nicky Butt in his Ferrari. His car is so cool and well,same with the owner. I asked him for autograph and a picture with him. When Butty drove off,I noticed that someone in Mercesdes convertible was driving my way and it was Phil!
This is very exciting...I still remember that minute,I will never ever forget that! When he stopped around where I stood, I walked to him,gave him a present and told him it's from me.After that I handed him my "For club & country" book and told him to write some special message 'coz I'll put it on my website which I made and dedicated to him. I think he doesn't get that idea so he wrote "Enjoy reading the book! Best Wishes, Lots of love...Phil Neville". I asked him if it's alright to take photo with him and he said o.k. My sister told him that we came all the way from Thailand just to let me meet him, he gave us a sweet smile and he looked pretty surprised. Then he drove off,that was the best moment in my life...I can say that! Then we got to the fence and got Van De Geow's and Wes Brown's autographs. Solskjaer didn't come out yet so Pete went to ask this guy who's working at the Cliff and he said Solskjaer got a bit of injury so he'll stay a bit longer. We decided to leave 'coz we've booked for Stadium tour at Old Trafford besides it's 12 p.m. now and we didn't have lunch yet so we got on and moved to Old Trafford.
The wall I mentioned
We had our lunch at The Red Cafe. The food was great as I imagined. I ordered Sweet and Sour Pork with rice. After the meal,we were a bit late for our 2 p.m. tour so we waited about half an hour for the next tour. We decided to have a look around the museum.I have to be honest with you,I just think the museum is excellent and I really love the wall with all United players' names on.Then it's time for the stadium tour...It's not that exciting 'coz I used to come here and do stadium tour 3 years ago. It's great to be back anyway and got to sit where Phil sit in dressing room.After the stadium tour, we stormed to the megastore. I bought a home jersey with no.12 and P Neville on the back. The day was over after that Pete drove us back to hotel. We passed the cemetery and Pete told me that this is where Sir Matt Busby was buried. To this day, I still think that it would be so great if Sir Matt is still alive. I wish he could see that the team he love is finally achieved the point he used to do.
Great food!
First of all, I want to thank you my parents for everything esp. the airplane's ticket and to Peter Hargreaves, Thank you so much for helping me out everything. It was great to meet you and I really want to thank you million times for being part of making my dream come true. Also a big thank you to everyone on Man United mailing lists for all your help and to Mark and Sherrie for being such a nice friend, taking us around.