Etihad Stadium

We were visiting fans with the away supporters. In theory we should have been escorted to our seats. However, our escort wasn’t sure where our seats were so we ended up with a bit of a tour past some hospitality areas and up to the wrong floor and ended up being left in the home end! We managed to get let back through to the away end and found our seats. A lady came and took our food order and even got us chips which are not available at the kiosks in the away end. We had a great view from our seats. However, wheelchair users share the accessible viewing platforms with all the police, security and stewards on that level, who were huddled very close to us for most of the game. One member of staff even rested on my son’s wheelchair handles. We always try to secure a space at the end of the row to give my son a bit of space. Unfortunately this area was occupied by the largest number of staff. This seems to be an issue exclusive to the Etihad and my son found it quite unnerving.

Absolutely brilliant access for people with disabilities. This was the first match my little girl has been to, and (apart from the score) it was perfect!

Brilliant tour, they tried their best to make it accessible but few slight issues.