It’s healthy to have hobbies that you truly enjoy. It’s a big part of what makes like worth living. One Manchester United supporter has a pretty extreme devotion to his hobby. I’m not sure I would classify what follows as “healthy.” Chris, from Rusholme, spent 450 hours building an Old Trafford replica out of nearly 5,000 match sticks.
You can truly call him the “man of the match.”
The Old Trafford replica is indeed a sight to behold.
Take a look:
https://twitter.com/theunitedmanc/status/651722618777767936
Die-hard Manchester United fan builds replica Old Trafford stadium of of MATCHSTICKS http://t.co/qF5xibEhmT pic.twitter.com/WNQnlRSfl4
— Ed The 🔴👹 (@EdBateman84) October 7, 2015
Manchester United fan builds replica Old Trafford out of matchsticks. Incredible! #MUFC #GGMU pic.twitter.com/pjvDDajvJq
— Marco 🤠🇧🇷 (@MarcoRedDevil) October 8, 2015
I guess this 41 year old Red Devils supporter is “match fit.” (I’ll stop now)
“I ended up spending five hours every night working on it which meant I wasn’t watching much football,” Chris told the Manchester Evening News.
“I got dozens of pictures of the stadium off the internet and studied them to make sure I got everything just right. It was difficult at times to concentrate for so long. The tiniest mistake could have ruined the whole thing.”
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