Apply for Villareal tickets now

Reds wanting to make the trip to sunny Spain to see United play Villareal on November 25 can now apply, but it might be quite pricey.

There’s been no price announcement so far, but it is anticipated it will cost from £50 to £58 for away-end tickets.

United say ticket prices and the number of tickets they will get is still to be confirmed.

This is because they are trying to persuade Villareal to put the price down, though that’s unlikely.

MU Travel customers have been told they will have £57 added on to the cost of their trip if they wish to buy a ticket that way. But it's unclear if that's the whole price of the ticket.

Execs, season ticket holders and One United members can apply from now until 8pm on Tuesday by calling 0161 868 8000 and selecting option 1.

Priority will be given to those fans who applied for and went to this season’s away games at Aalborg and Celtic.

Those who are successful must pay a three-per-cent admin fee and £4.45 postage.

For a travel guide to this game, go here and for important flight and train information go here and here – especially if you’re flying to or from Valencia.

Bargain of the day - train it to Spurs for £44.30 (book now and save £20)

United travel to North London again on December 13 to face Tottenham in a 5.30pm kick off.

The annoying thing with this late kick off is that, if you leave it too late getting the train home, you're looking at three changes and a five-hour journey, so you won't make it back to Piccadilly before midnight.

That, is unless, you take the direct 20:01 service from Euston. Book now on Virgin Trains for £13 one way and choose one of the dozen or so trains from Manchester to Euston, all priced £26 one way.

Then you can buy a £5.30 two-zone off-peak one-day railcard from London Euston Tube to Seven Sisters on the day.

That comes to £44.30, which is £20 cheaper than if you buy an off-peak return from Piccadilly to Seven Sisters on the day.

Rail firm assures fans

Reds needing to get back to Valencia or Castellon by train after the November 25 clash with Villareal will have no problem getting back, Spanish rail authorities have said.

When United last played there, police laid on extra services to ensure supporters got back to their hotels after the game.

On November 25, the match is due to finish at 10.30pm local time.

According to Jose Antonia Gonzalez, press spokesman for Spanish train provider Renfe, fans can get the 23.28 arriving at 23.37.

He said those needing to go south to Valencia, won't make the last direct service, which leaves at 22.36, so instead, they should first go north to Castellon and then get the train south to Valencia at 23.59.

If there are delays which mean fans can't make the 23.59 train, both Renfe and Spanish police will do all they can to ensure everyone gets to Valencia on an alternative service.

Tokyo explained

FIFA World Club Championship

First round (December 11)

1. Adelaide United v Waitakere United

Quarter final

1. Winner of 1. v Gamba Osaka (December 14)
2. Al-Ahly v Pachuca (December 13)

Semi Final

1. Winner of QF1 v Manchester United (7.30pm local time, 10.30am UK time, December 18, Yokohama)
2. Winner of QF2 v LDU Quito (December 17)

Third-place play off (4.30pm local time, 7.30am UK time, December 21, Yokohama)

Final (7.30pm local time, 10.30am UK time, December 21, Yokohama)


United’s games
No matter what happens both United’s games will take place at the 72,327-capacity Nissan Stadium in Yokohama three days apart.

Tickets
You can either tickets direct from the club’s ticket office for £46 for the semi final and £58 for the day of the final, which entitles you to watch both the third-place play off and the final.

United have 1,000 of these Category 4 seats for each fixture behind one of the goals and they aren't expected to sell out.

The club say people who haven't told them they are interested in going have to do so before 8pm on November 7 by calling 0161 868 8000 and choosing option 1.

Those that already have done this can buy tickets until 8pm Monday, November 10 on the same number.

Or, from 10am on November 15 to 11.59pm on November 30, you can buy tickets, up to four per person for any game, through the FIFA website, with the added advantage of knowing exactly where in the stadium you’ll be.

You will be sent a confirmation email with details of where to pick your tickets at the stadium on the day.

Semi final tickets cost:
Category 1: £115.61
Category 2: £89.96
Category 3: £57.83
Category 4: £44.96

Final tickets cost:
Category 1: £192.64
Category 2: £141.27
Category 3: £96.42
Category 4: £57.83
A three-per-cent booking fee will be added on to every order.

Buy tickets here.


Visiting Japan

You don’t need a visa, only a valid passport.

Flights

Having considered all direct London to Tokyo flight options and indrect flights via seven European cities, the best flight is expedia's offer of a £520 return via Paris, leaving December 17 and returning December 22 (though the price is pretty much the same on all dates).

At the time of writing, MUTravel has two places left on its four-day trip, which leaves December 17 from Manchester Airport and goes via Paris on Air France. You also get coaches to and from both matches. The price is £1,799. Click here to book.

Champion Sports Tours is also running a five-day trip, leaving December 16, which is now sold out.

Guests will stay for four nights at the four-star Hyatt Regency in Tokyo

Getting to the stadium from Tokyo
It is 10-minutes walk from the stadium to Shin-Yokohama Station, which is in Yokohama city (pictured left).

From the station, take the high-speed Tokaido Shinkansen train from Platform 1 to Tokyo, which is 25.5km away.

Arsenal travel guide

Arsenal
Emirates Stadium, North London
Saturday November 8, kick off 12.45pm.

Tickets

Out of a capacity of 60,355, United have got 2,900 tickets priced at £48 for adults and £24 for over 65s and under 16s.. All have been sold.
If you applied, go here to find out if you got one, if you don't know already. Match programme costs £3.

TV
For those who can't make it, Sky Sports 1, with the programme starting at noon.

Start the day off with a pint and good company by joining the MUST-organised Chubb Club revellers at the Walkabout. Tickets are £2 in advance or £3 on the door. Book here.

Travel
Car - £52.32

First a word about parking: Don't even attempt to park near the ground.
As the stadium is in such a heavily-populated residential area, there are severe parking restrictions and, in any case, the surrounding roads are closed to traffic from, in Saturday's case 11.45pm until 3.30pm.

It's far better to park for free outside one of the tube stations on the Piccadilly Line, like Wood Green, and then get the Tube four stops south to Arsenal station.

If you're using a sat-nav or routeplanner, use the postcode N22 6UX to get near Wood Green station.
The journey takes three hours and 29 minutes, is 207 miles and will cost £52.32 in petrol, unless you go on the M6 Toll roll, which is £4.50 either way.


Train - £57.30

Get a Virgin Trains service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, taking about three hours 20 minutes.
Then take the Tube north on the Victoria Line towards Walthamstow and get off at Finsbury Park, taking about 30 minutes.

On the way there, train times are:
Leave Manchester: 06:20 06:41 06:55 07:43 07:55
Arrive Finsbury Park: 10:08 10:27 10:38 11:12 11:40
Total journey time: 3:48 3:46 3:43 3:29 3:45

And on the way home, train times are:
Leave Finsbury Park: 15:22 15:38 16:22 16:38 17:22
Arrive Manchester: 18:47 19:28 19:46 20:28 20:50
Total journey time: 3:25 3:50 3:24 3:50 3:28

You can by an off-peak saver return on the day for £64.80.
But it's slightly cheaper to buy a £57.20 return (£52 if you leave at 6.20am) from Manchester to London. £57.20 via Virgin Trains and then a £5.30 two-zone off-peak one-day railcard from London Euston Tube to Finsbury Park on the day.


Official coach - £30

The club coach to the game costs £30 per person and leaves the N2 car park at Old Trafford at 8.30am, returning by 9.15pm. Call 0161 868 8000 to book.

Public Coach - £22

Megabus has one coach there and two coaches back on the day of the game, going from Chorlton Street to Victoria Coach Station.

On the way there, leave Chorlton Street at 06.30, arrive Victoria Coach Station at 11am, £12 one way.
On the way back, leave Victoria Coach Station at 16:30, or 18:30, arrive Chorlton Street at 21:10 or 22:55, £10 one way.

National Express has one coach there and four coaches back, but due to long waits, changes and inconvenience, there's only really one that you'd take.

On the way there, leave Chorlton Street at 06.45, arrive Victoria Coach Station at 11.35am, £12 one way.
On the way back, leave Victoria Coach Station at 15:30, arrive Chorlton Street at 20:50, £12 one way.

Once you've arrived at Victoria Coach Station, turn right and walk the short journey up Buckingham Palace Road to Victoria Tube. (see map above)

Then get the Victoria Line north to Finsbury Park, with a £5.30 two-zone off-peak one-day railcard.

Plane - £261.80

A non-starter. If you'd've booked flights three weeks ago, it would've been much, much cheaper, but you'd be mad to shell out this much now.

Bargain of the day - bus it to Villa for £3

When the reds play Villa on Saturday November 22, kick off 5.30pm, Megabus is offering a one-way ticket for £3.

It takes two hours and leaves Chorlton Street at noon, arriving Birmingham Queensway at 2pm, giving you plenty of time to get over to Birmingham New Street train station and catch a quick train to Witton station, where Villa Park is.

There's no Megabus back, but you can get a one-way train ticket from New Street to Manchester for £8.50 in advance from The Train Line - so you can get there and back for £11.50.

As many reds will tell you, in previous years at Villa - especially with evening kick offs - British Transport Police have kindly kept a Manchester-bound train waiting for fans at New Street for the journey home once they arrive from Witton.

Aand there's usually no conductor checking for tickets back to Manchester. BUT it's your own risk.

Or, you can stay stick about, get a 10-minute train to Birmingham International and fly out to Reus on Ryanair at 6.30am on Sunday for £28.06 single in time for the following Tuesday's game at Villareal.

You can then fly back from Barcelona Girona to Manchester the day after the match for £8.09, again on Ryanair.

The flight prices do not include a booking fee (£4 per flight unless you use a Visa Electron) or baggage.

Bargain of the day - Villareal flights for £25

If you've not already booked flights for Villareal away on November 25, Ryanair's sale gives you the perfect chance to get there for less than the cost of a match ticket.

Fly Liverpool to Reus on Monday for £15 single, watch the game on Tuesday and then fly Girona to Manchester on Wednesday for £10 single.

There are downsides though:

Those prices don't take into account booking fees, which is £4 per flight unless you book with a Visa Electron

If you don't book it over the phone (0871 246 0000, 10p per minute), you'll have to buy them separately, and you can only book the return flight with a credit card (as you're paying in euros).

The prices don't include: insurance, priority boarding or baggage fees.

Click here for a full guide to getting to and from the Villareal game