Football fan business trip to Manchester – Hotel Football

If you’re going to Manchester for business and are a football fan, you should consider staying at the Hotel Football. The new football-themed hotel is located directly opposite Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium.

The 133-room property is owned by former Manchester United players Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, with support from their “class of ’92” colleagues Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Philip Neville.

On the ground floor of the hotel Cafe Football has a menu overseen by two-Michelin-star chef Michael Wignall. The focus is on comfort food with football-related names, like the Special One burger and Overhead Kick pizza.

The hotel has a 750-capacity basement bar, called the Old Trafford Supporters Club, with pool tables, TV screens and terrace-themed food such as pie and peas.

The hotel’s top floor is aptly named ‘Heaven’. It offers non a bookable five-a-side astroturf football pitch. On match days Heaven transforms into a bar and barbecue area (for £40, you get food and beer but not a match ticket) with views over Manchester.

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