Thursday, November 5

Chelsea travel and pub guide


Chelsea
Stamford Bridge, West London
FA Premier League
Sunday, November 8, kick off 16:00

Tickets

United have got 3,107 tickets in the upper and lower sections of the Shed End Corner. That is 107 tickets more than last season. They cost £47 and £44 for adults and £19.50 for concessions. All tickets are sold out.

The going rate for touted tickets in the away end is roughly £275.

Home end tickets are sold

TV
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 1HD. The programme will begin at 15:30 and end at 18:30.

Weather
According to the BBC, there will be a mixture of light rain and showers in London on Sunday. The temperature during the game will be roughly 12C/54F


Travel

Car - £80 approx

If you're using a satnav or online routeplanner, use the destination postcode SW6 1HS.

The journey will cost about £35 each way, plus £4 each way extra if you decide to take the M6 Toll.

The general route is M6 -> M42 -> M6 -> M1 -> M25 to J15 -> M4 -> A4.

Then follow the M4 which becomes the A4 up to Hammersmith.

Stay on it over the Hammersmith Flyover and for a further 1.5 miles before turning off for Earl's Court.

Go past Earl's Court station and down the one-way system until you hit Fulham Road, turn right at the traffic lights.

Go straight on for 600 yards and the ground is on your right. Parking is difficult very close to the ground so you may want to look a bit further away.

Parking

Street parking is very limited near the ground as there are many controlled parking zones in residential areas.

Parking on designated car parks isn't cheap either. For example, if you park ten minutes away on the Chelsea

Cloisters car park, in Sloane Avenue, it costs £21.50 for four hours.

There is no easy or cheap option for parking in this area of London, so we recommend parking on street elsewhere or parking at a Tube station for as little as £1 for the day and finishing your journey by Tube. Here is a list of stations.

Train - £66.40

The route

You've got two options:

Route A: Manchester to West Brompton (between two and four changes and a brief walk). The last leg of the journey is by a replacement bus department from the entrance of Willesden Junction station. Full timetable details here.

Route B: Manchester to Fulham Broadway (change on to the Tube at Euston and make two further changes before a brief walk) Full timetable details here.

Coach - £30
United are running coaches with places priced at £35 per person. Coaches leave at 09:30 from the N2 car park at Old Trafford. The estimated time of arrival is 22:30. To book call 0161 868 800.

The Betty Bus to Chelsea on November 8 leaves at 07:30 from Chorlton Street Coach Station. Places cost £35. To book, email your name and contact number to redsaway@hotmail.co.uk

Red Army Travel is running a coach with places priced at £30 per person. It will leave from the Spread Eagle pub in Royal Green Road, Northenden and call at the Bishops Blaize pub in Chester Road. For departure times or to book, call 0161 998 4455 or 07545 391 999 or email prem@redarmytravel.com

Public coach - £23.60

Megabus - from £23.60

Leaves Manchester Shudehill Interchange at:
06:30, 08:45 and 10:30

Arriving at Victora Coach Station: at:
11:00, 13:30 and 15:00

From Victoria, walk the short distance to Victoria Tube and buy a two-zone, one-day Tube travelcard for £5.60

Then take the District line westbound to Fulham Broadway. (Make sure you board the Wimbledon-bound train).

Leaves Victora Coach Station at:
18:30, 19:30 and 23:00

Arriving at Manchester Shudehill Interchange at:
22:55, 23:55 and 03:00

Book here

National Express - from £24.60

Leaves Manchester Chorlton Street at:
06:25, 08:00 and 09:15

Arriving at Victora Coach Station: at:
11:35, 13:20 and 14:45

From Victoria, walk the short distance to Victoria Tube and buy a two-zone, one-day Tube travelcard for £5.60

Then take the District line westbound to Fulham Broadway. (Make sure you board the Wimbledon-bound train).

Leaves Victora Coach Station at:
19:00, 20:00 and 22:30

Arriving at Manchester Shudehill Interchange at:
23:50, 00:45 and 02:45

Book here

Flights - £191.50
The cheapest return flight at reasonable times are these
Fly British Airways - Leave Manchester at 09:00, arrive London Gatwick at 10:00 - £102.60 one way
Fly bmi - Leave London Heathrow at 20:30, arrive Manchester at 21:25 - £88.90 one way.
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