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So next Sundays pre season friendly against Athletic Club will be mine and my sons first ever Anfield match day experience. Can anyone tell me what the general atmosphere is around the ground during the build up for a friendly, and is there any difference for how it would be during a league match?

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The pubs will not be as busy for the friendly as there will be a few dad's taking their kids for the first time as it's easier to get tickets. There isn't anything riding on the game so singing inside and outside the ground will be a bit muted but it's been a while since the last home game with fans, so could be alright. Hope you and your lads enjoy the game.
 
Holle said:
But under no circumstances use the toilets there.

I repeat, do not use the toilets at the King Harry!
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There are things one just doesnt do, and going to the toilet at the King Harry is one of them.

My wife doesn't really care to come back to Liverpool for this reason.
 
Adam Shepherdson said:
So next Sundays pre season friendly against Athletic Club will be mine and my sons first ever Anfield match day experience. Can anyone tell me what the general atmosphere is around the ground during the build up for a friendly, and is there any difference for how it would be during a league match?

Cheers
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Are you local or are you also doing a trip to Liverpool too?

I love match days, they are still a novelty to me whenever I get the chance. There won't be a lot of the usual pre game but I would recommend arriving in the area early. I love going into the club shop in the city centre (although there are two now) as there is a good hustle and bustle of excited fans. There are some big bars near the bus station that I will normally grab a pint in again as you start to feel 'at one' with a group of people also there for the same experience.

There is a shuttle bus from opposite the marriot hotel to the ground, presume it will also run for this.

I then love just doing a loop of the ground and taking in the stadium, the vendors etc. Before meeting whoever from the site is around that game for a pint in the Harry (unlikely for a friendly though!).

I'm excited for you that you'll get to see your son walking up the steps and through to see the pitch for the first time, what an experience that will be!
 
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I took my little girl when she was about 4 or 5 to see a pre-season friendly Bayer Leverkusen... obviously it doesn't have the same atmosphere as a regular match day but you still get a nice taste of what it'd be like. It was a nice day, bumped into some people I know... got dragged into the club shop and forced to spend a load of money (never again).

That said, it all went downhill after about 20minutes as she was like this is great and all but when am I getting on? After she realized she was not actually there to play, she was kinda like I'm done with this.
 
Getting fingered would probably have been a nicer experience than having to take a dump there.
 
Holle said:
Getting fingered would probably have been a nicer experience than having to take a dump there.
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It wasn't taking the dump per se that was the problem.
It was trying to keep your feet jammed up against the door to stop some cunt barging in and pissing on top of you was the problem.
 
the count said:
It wasn't taking the dump per se that was the problem.
It was trying to keep your feet jammed up against the door to stop some cunt barging in and pissing on top of you was the problem.
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A mate had to hold the door because it was unhinged and broken. To jam the feet against the door was also impossible because there was no toilet seat. You had to squat over a hole in the floor.

Happy days.
 
Holle said:
A mate had to hold the door because it was unhinged and broken. To jam the feet against the door was also impossible because there was no toilet seat. You had to squat over a hole in the floor.

Happy days.
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Sounds like classical, shabby train station pub - whereby the good ones I know just have urinals.

But to be honest, just enjoy it. Of course it is different but still a great experience.
 
That Taggys is a boss setup by the way but it's not my type of gaff. I don't even know if the Harry will still be open going forwards. And definitely wouldn't go there for a friendly, pointless. Taggys much better to take your kid
 
The only issue I had in the toilets was trying to not get piss on my feet while using my socks to wipe my arse after realising there was zero toilet paper!

Bought a lovely pair football socks in the club shop which keep my toes warm during the game.
 
It would be physically impossible for me to want to shit in a pub unless I happen to be there between 6 and 9am and shave first.

Shaving in the morning is my Pavlovian stimulus and what makes my regularity the envy of all my kin.
 
I'd have to be close to passing out in pain to even consider answering nature's call like that in ANY boozer, never mind the f@#$ing King Harry.
 
I won't go ten minutes away from my house without first building a firewall of imodium that will last at least as long as I'll be out
 
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