RangersFC v Zenit St Petersberg

Andrew Paul

The 14th of May is a date that stands out in my mind because this was the night that Rangers football club would play in the UEFA cup final against Zenit Saint Petersburg at the city of Manchester stadium. I was so excited because I was going to watch Rangers in a cup final.

My mum, dad, brother and I made our way through to Ibrox. On the way I put a scarf out the window and rolled the window up so the scarf was flying. Nearly every car that passed us was a Rangers supporter and when they passed they tooted their horn and cheered.

When we got to the stadium it was mobbed with Rangers fans. It was very hard to find a parking space near the stadium. We searched for about half an hour and eventually we got one just off Copland road. We got out the car and made out way to the stadium and stood in the queue at Copland road stand. We queued for one and a half hour and the stewards eventually told us that this stand was not getting opened. All the other stands were already open and all of the supporters said we will never get in now and you could see it in their faces that they were not happy about this situation we were in.

We must have walked around the stadium twice and then the police and the stewards told us that there were no more seats left. Suddenly there were bottles getting smashed off the floor and a lot of people were drunk. So then the police took us and made us queue just outside the Rangers superstore then after all the events that happened the police then told us they had found another 1000 seats. We all cheered and then the stewards let us into the stadium. Eventually we got our seats and waited for the game to start. ... (continues)