Friday, July 9

Wembley (Chelsea) ticket, travel and pub guide


Chelsea
Wembley Stadium
London
FA Community Shield
Sunday August 8, kick off 15:00

NOTE: The tie must be decided on the day, but there's no extra time – it would go straight to penalties, so the latest fans will leave the ground is roughly 17:15.

Tickets - updated Aug 2

Out of a capacity of 90,000, United have got 26,690 tickets priced at £40, £30, £20 and £15 for adults and £5 less than those prices for under 16s and over 65s.

All season ticket holders and members who applied got tickets. They went on open sale and sold out on July 22.

Chelsea end tickets have sold out.

TV
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 1HD, with the show starting at 14:30.

Weather
Information will appear five days before the match

Travel
For live travel information on event days and in the lead up to events call the Wembley Stadium Travel Information Line on 0845 6000 555.

Car - £60

Sat navvies should use the postcode HA9 0WS for Wembley Stadium.

The journey takes three-and-a-half hours and costs about £30 each way petrol (add on £4 if you plan on taking the M6 Toll road).

The basic route is: M6, M42, M1, North Circular Road, Brent and Wembley.

Parking - free

There are four options

1. The Wembley Stadium car park has secure parking for £27.75 a car. Blue badge holders can book places for £17.75 a vehicle. Book both of these here. The car park opens at 07:00. Book here.

2. If you want something cheaper but need to park near the stadium, you will find quite a few car parks on industrial premises charging about £10 per car.

3. A good park-and-ride compromise is parking at a Tube stop and finishing your journey by Tube.

You can pay £1 to park all day at Ickenham Tube Stop car park, which has 176 spaces, then take the Metropolitan Line nine stops east to Wembley Park. Buy a one-day six-zone Travel Card for £7.50, as two singles will cost £8.

You can book places in loads of different tube stops here.

4. If you've got the time, you can easily find a free parking spot within five minutes' walk of Ickenham Tube Stop.

You can then take the Metropolitan Line nine stops east to Wembley Park. Buy a one-day six-zone Travel Card for £7.50, as two singles will cost £8.

Train - about £66.20
From Manchester Piccadilly there are three ways of getting there by train – via Euston, via Milton Keynes and via Watford Junction.

If you buy tickets on the day, it will cost £66.20 for a return. Booking the entire route in advance is the same price.

We advise to book the Manchester to Milton Keynes/Watford/London Euston part of the journey in advance and then buy tickets for the remaining part of your journey. It will save you about £20.

Manchester to Wembley Stadium

Option 1 – journey time 3:11
Leave Manchester Piccadilly: 08:20
Arrive Watford Junction: 10:39
Leave: 11:06
Arrive: Harrow and Wealdstone: 11:12
Leave: 11:22
Arrive Wembley Central: 11:31

Option 2 – journey time 3:18
Leave Manchester Piccadilly: 08:27
Arrive Crewe: 09:02
Leave: 09:13
Arrive Watford Junction: 11:16
Leave: 11:21
Arrive Wembley Central: 11:45

Option 3 – journey time 3:11
Leave Manchester Piccadilly: 09:20
Arrive Milton Keynes Central: 11:12
Leave: 11:25
Arrive Harrow and Wealdstone: 12:13

Leave: 12:22
Arrive Wembley Central: 12:31

Option 4 – journey time 2:55
Leave Manchester Piccadilly: 10:20
Arrive Watford Junction: 12:34
Leave: 12:51
Arrive Wembley Central: 13:15

Option 5 – journey time 3:05
Leave Manchester Piccadilly: 10:35
Arrive London Euston: 13:00
Leave: 13:17
Arrive North Wembley: 13:40

Option 6 – journey time 3:05
Leave Manchester Piccadilly: 10:35
Arrive London Euston: 13:00
Leave: 13:17
Arrive North Wembley: 13:40

Option 7 – journey time 2:55
Leave Manchester Piccadilly: 11:15

Arrive London Euston: 13:31
Leave: 13:47
Arrive North Wembley: 14:10
Option 8 – journey time 3:05
Leave Manchester Piccadilly: 11:35
Arrive London Euston: 13:49
Leave: 14:17
Arrive North Wembley: 14:40

To the stadium from North Wembley station

Follow the pedestrian route under Empire Way and over Olympic Way to the front of the stadium. It takes 10 minutes

To the stadium from Wembley Central station

Turn right and walk along High Road past McDonalds and Burger King to the Wembley Triangle Junction and Clock Tower Island.

Turn Left into Wembley Hill Road, cross the road and follow the pedestrian route across the White Horse Bridge. It takes 15 minutes.

You can also reach Wembley from London Euston and Harrow and Wealdstone via the Tube.
The price is included in your train ticket and your train ticket will work on the Tube turnstiles.

Wembley Stadium to Manchester
You pretty much ave to go via London Euston on the way back. It's just a matter of how you get to Euston.

Route 1:
Get the train from Wembley Central (pictured) to Harrow and Wealdstone and then onto Euston. It takes about 35 minutes and trains leave every 20 minutes or so.

Route 2:
North Wembley direct to Euston. It takes about 25 minutes and trains leave every 10-15 minutes.

Route 3:
From Wembley Park Tube, go 11 stops south on the Jubilee Line to Green Park and then go three stops north on the Victoria Line to Euston. Services go every five to 10 minutes and take about 30 minutes.

Services for Piccadilly leave Euston at: 17:55, 18:15, 18:35, 18:55, 19:15, 19:35, 19:55, 20:15 and 20:35, 21:24 and 21:50. The journey takes 2 hours and 15 minutes, though the last two take closer to three hours.


Package -updated Aug 2
Independent United travel firm, Champion Sports Tours are running a £90 package for the Community Shield trip to Wembley. It is now sold out.

For the price, customers will get train tickets from Manchester to London, leaving on Saturday August 7 and returning after the match, which is a day later.

They also get a one-night stay in a London hotel.

The price is based on two people sharing a twin room.

For details, go
here. To book, call 0161 282 1966 or email debbie@mufctravel.com

Coach - £35 - updated Aug 2

United's new official coach provider Thomas Cook has announced it will be running coaches to Wembley for the Community Shield match against Chelsea on August 8.
Places cost £35 per person and coaches will depart from the W2 car park.
Those who book will be able to leave their cars parked there during the day.

Departure and arrival times will be confirmed nearer matchday. Six coaches have sold out. Two places remain on the seventh, and lots of places remain on the eighth.

Book
here or by calling 0870 752 0924.

The Betty Bus is running to this game. It leaves from Chorlton Street Bus Station at 06:30, will call at the Bishop's Blaize pub in Chester Road at 06:45 and can call in Stockport at 06:00 by request. Five places remain.

Places cost £35. To book, email your name, number of required places and a contact telephone number to redsaway@hotmail.co.uk

National Express is running coaches to and from the game from Manchester Chorlton Street, with places costing £36 per adult and £18 per under 16. Book here

They leaves Chorlton Street at 07:30, call at Birmingham Coach Station at 09:30 and reach Wembley at 12:15.

On the way back, they leaves the stadium at 17:30 (depending on when the match ends) and reach Chorlton Street at 22:15 after calling at Birmingham Coach Station at 20:15.

It's a 4hr 45min journey both ways.

Coach/Train combo - -updated Aug 2 - £24.30
National Express also runs coaches between Manchester Chorlton Street and London Victoria Coach Station. You can buy returns in advance now from £8.

Outward
Leave Manchester: 05:45
Arrive Victoria: 10:50
Journey time: 5:05
One-way cost £16

From Victoria, walk south to Victoria Tube stop (as shown by the map below) and buy a one-day Travelcard covering zones 1-4 for £6.30

Travel from Victoria one stop north on the Victoria Line and get off at Green Park. Then travel 11 stops north on the Jubilee Line to Wembley Park. That takes about 23 minutes.

To get to the stadium, turn right out of the station and walk down Bridge Road for a few minutes towards Wembley Park Drive. Then turn left onto Olympic Way and the stadium is a five-minute walk straight ahead.

Homeward
Leave Victoria: 19:00, 20:00, 22:30
Arrive Manchester: 23:50, 00:45, 02:45
Journey time: 4:50, 4:45, 4:15
One-way cost: £12, £18, £12

Megabus runs coaches between Chorlton Street to London Victoria.

Outward
Leave Manchester: 04:30, 06:30, 09:15
Arrive Victoria: 08:30, 11:00, 14:00
Journey time: 4:00, 4:30, 5:15
One-way cost: £9, £9, £9

Walk to Victoria Tube Station (use the map on the right) and travel from Victoria one stop north on the Victoria Line and get off at Green Park. Then travel 11 stops north on the Jubilee Line to Wembley Park. That takes about 23 minutes.

To get to the stadium, turn right out of the station and walk down Bridge Road for a few minutes towards Wembley Park Drive. Then turn left onto Olympic Way and the stadium is a five-minute walk straight ahead.

Homeward
Leave Victoria: 18:30, 19:30, 23:00
Arrive Manchester: 23:00, 23:55, 03:00
Journey time: 4:30, 4:25, 4:00
One-way cost: £15, £15, £9

Plane and train combo - -updated Aug 2- £162.70
British Airways is offering flights between Manchester and Heathrow and Gatwick.

At the time of writing, there are four sets of flights for under £100. All flights take an hour.

Leave Manchester: 06:55, 08:25 or 11:45
Leave Gatwick: 21:00, 21:00, 21:00
Return price: £144.40, £166.39, £144.39

From Gatwick, it takes 90 minutes to reach Wembley Stadium train station via Victoria, then across to the Tube and then via London Marylebone. A return costs £18.70.

Leave Manchester: 08:00 on bmi
Leave Heathrow: 20:20 on British Airways
Return price: £166.83

From Heathrow, it takes 80 minutes to reach Wembley Central Tube stop, changing at Piccadilly Circus. A one-day off-peak Tube travelcard covering zones 1-6 costs £7.50. Don't go by train as it costs £46 return.

Pubs
The Torch at 1 Bridge Street, will welcome reds. It has a got a good pre-match atmosphere and is only a 10-minute walk from the ground. Getting served quickly can be a bit of a pain though.

The Greyhound at 324 Harrow Road, is another decent, large football boozer and is a 10-minute walk from Wembley Central and North Wembley station.

If you prefer something slightly quieter, head for The Windermere, in Windermere Avenue, outside South Kenton Tube Station.

It’s out of the way but the queue at the bar will be smaller and you can still make kick off if you leave 20 minutes before the game.

Another decent boozer at which to meet up with friends before the game is the Royal George Hotel right outside London Euston.

Taxis
Cheap Wembley Taxi Firm 0207 183 6499
Angel Cars 0208 900 1111
Radio Cars 0208 8908 0333

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