1. Why you were looking forward to going to the ground (or not as the case may be):

I was looking forward to going to the game as following the Villa away can be a laugh and a rolller coaster of emotions, I was looking forward to this one though because I haven't been the Man City away and had heard good things about the ground and I always enjoy my trips to Manchester when following Villa and England.

2. How easy was your journey/finding the ground/car parking:

We caught the National Express from Digbeth Coach Station, only a tenner return so we could go central Manchester for some drinking before the game, finding the ground was easy as we just got a taxi when we left the pub.

3. What you did before the game pub/chippy.... home fans friendly?

Before the game there loads of us in the city centre drinking at the two pubs in Exchange Square Oyster bar and Old Wellington inn i think they are called where the atmosphere from our fans was pretty good especially with the warm weather too, I didn't notice too many places to eat or drink around the ground probably with it being a new ground and all.

4. What you thought on seeing the ground, first impressions of away end then other sides of the ground?

I was pretty impressed with ground when I first saw it compared with other new stadiums it is a lot better and different to say, Derby, Leicester etc. Inside was pretty standard but spacious which was good as there was a lot of villa fans in there also when I sat down at half time there was a fair bit of leg room.

5. Comment on the game itself, atmosphere, stewards, pies, toilets etc..

The game itself was pretty good especially as we won 2-0 in the end and they missed a penalty, there was quite a lot of banter between the two sets of fans, I was right next to the divide which wasn't very big 3 rows of seats, the stewarding was fine no trouble from them i only ever seen em just stand there, I didn't try any of the food on sale in there too packed and probably too expensive nor did I go in the toilets I didn't want to leave the game the atmosphere was pretty good from our end but overall I thought the City fans were pretty quiet maybe because it was an end of season game I don't know.

6. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game:

After the game we walked back to the city centre as the roads were rammed  and so were the buses and I couldn't see any taxis but walking only took 20 minutes and we just followed the crowds and experienced no trouble.

7. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out:

Overall I enjoyed the day out, we won 2-0 the weather was good and the atmosphere was terrific, I'd definitely go back again it was a nice ground to go and has the city centre down the road to pass the day away.