IT has become the ultimate place for Manchester United fans from overseas to stay.

In 2015, the four-star Hotel Football opened its doors to much fanfare.

Hotel Football is a four-star hotel owned by Man Utd legends

Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs are co-owners of Hotel Football

Rooms are football themed

It helped that its owners are all Red Devils legends.

Ryan Giggs, Gary and Phil Neville, Paul Scholes, and Nicky Butt all put their hand in their pockets, with the help of the GG Hospitality Management Company.

Boasting 133 rooms, the Cafe Football restaurant, and a five-a-side pitch on the roof, it cost a whopping £24million.

And, of course, it’s next to Old Trafford.

Rooms start at £89, but on match days can rise to £299.

Finally, it’s beginning to make a profit – with a turnover of around £6.4million.

Early formation 

Gary Neville originally purchased land from a group of Manchester United supporters who wanted to construct a clubhouse close to the stadium.

With the assistance of Stuart Proctor, the former general manager of the Stafford Hotel in London, who provided that specific experience, plans for the design and construction of a park with a football motif were in place by 2011.

The Class of ’92 wanted the hotel to pay homage to the golden era of football pre-1990’s, when ticket prices were more affordable.

In November 2014, the group won planning permission to install an astroturf five-a-side pitch on the roof.

It can be hired throughout the year, except on a game day, when it’s turned into a bar and BBQ area for fans.

How comfortable 

Prices for Rooms cost up to £299 on a match day 

A hotel is measured by the comfortability of its rooms.

Every expense was incurred to ensure that the visitors, who are unquestionably football lovers, would enjoy themselves.

There’s a complimentary minibar with antique candies, walk-in rainforest showers, and king-sized Hypnos beds.

The embroidered phrases ‘Dream big’ and ‘Dream of triumph’ on pillows, football-shaped amenities, and football-themed wall art pay homage to the great game in every room.

Dedicated United supporters will ask for a room with a view of the stadium.

The Class of ’92 artwork features in one of the rooms

Inspirational quotes from United’s greats are scribbled on the wall

A five-a-side pitch can be found on the hotel’s roof

On a match day the five-a-side pitch is turned into a bar

As with any hotel, there’s a gym on site that looks over Salford.

Food for a King 

Cafe Football brings in punters on match days

Fan can enjoy the extensive bar menu

Foodies will be impressed by the hotel’s Cafe Football restaurant that offers breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The 185-seat eatery’s menu was overseen by the two-Michelin-star chef Michael Wignall of the country inn boutique b&b The Angel at Hetton.

A couple of the mains are named after two of the owners.

The Scholesy comes with chips, gravy, mushy peas, and beef suet pudding.

In contrast, the Giggsy consists of grilled Cumberland sausage, gravy, and mashed potato.

Additionally suggested are pizzas and burgers, which also happen to appear fantastic when you glimpse a plate of someone else’s mouthwatering dinner on social media. It’s almost too good to eat.

Tasty burgers can be ordered

Healthy lunchtime meals are also available

It’s making a profit

Hotel Football is set for a record year financially in 2023.

For the first time since it opens its doors in 2015, the hotel is set to make a profit.

Gary Neville, in a statement included in newly-filed documents with Companies House, said that “all key performance indicators suggest” that the hotel’s revenue will exceed pre-Covid levels by the end of 2023 due to “increasing demand, especially with non-match day revenue streams increasing through accommodation, conference and events and food and beverage sales within the outlets of the hotel”.

Incredibly, its revenue increased from £3.5m to £6.4m in 2022.

While pre-tax losses were cut from £1.1m to £630,158.

Hotel Football was opened in 2015 

Some eight years since opening, Hotel Football is finally turning over a profit

Punters are delighted with Hotel Football