United set to face Swansea or Fulham

After seeing off Derby with an impressive 4-1 victory at Pride Park today, the reds now face Swansea or Fulham in the quarter finals.

The match is expected to be shown on Setanta Sports 1, so it will probably take place on Sunday March 8.

So it will be sandwiched in between the trip to Newcastle and the home Champions League game against Inter Milan.

Fulham play Swansea at Craven Cottage on February 24.

Ticket news for the Swansea or Fulham match will be announced early next week here and a travel guide will appear here once the date and opponents are confirmed.

Ticket results out for Newcastle trip

After applications closed yesterday morning for tickets to see Newcastle v United on March 4, the ticket office seem to have wasted no time in posting results.

So you should be able to find out now if you got tickets through the usual channels.

A full travel and pub guide will be posted here on Monday, but, for starters, be aware that, if you go by trains, you won't get back to Manchester until at least 4.30am.

Looking ahead to Rome

While it is ambitious to think about United reaching a second Champions League Final in a row, it's worth mentioning possible travel.

Last year for Moscow, many reds got cheap deals because they gambled £30 or so on buying flights before the reds even got through to the semi final.

Doing the same this year could save you a packet - and even if you United don't make it through, you could get a refund, write off the cash or still have a few days' break on the continent.

Despite the final not being until May 27, flight prices between Manchester and Rome on the week of the match are in the region of £380 return direct or £185 connecting in Paris - and it will probably be in the region of £500 return by the time we know who will be in the final.

But you can fly from London Gatwick to Zurich on Air Lingus arriving two days before the game and returning the day after it for £33.20.

From there, you can take an 11-hour train to Rome, or take a four-hour train to Milan and then do the rest of the journey later.

Derby travel guide

Derby County

Pride Park

FA Cup fifth round

Sunday February 15th, kick off 4.30pm

Tickets

Pride Park holds 33,597 and United have got 5,600 of those. in the Cawarden End (south stand).

They are priced at £21.50 adults, £12.75 for over 60s and £17.75 for under 16s. All tickets have been sold and will be posted out this week.

Spare tickets in the away end should be available on Red Issue this week and on the day in pubs around the ground and on United messageboards now.

Tickets in the home end go on sale on Thursday. Find out more here.

TV

The match will be shown live on ITV1 and ITVHD in England and Setanta Sports 2 in Scotland at 16:15 and 16:25 respectively.

Travel

Car - 20.58

If you're using a satnav or online routeplanner, use the postcode DE24 8XL for Pride Park.

This map will prove useful. It's 95 miles each way, which works out as £10.29 each way in petrol.

When it comes to parking, it’s probably easy to follow signposts to Derby city centre and park in any one of the numerous council car parks, most of which are free or heavily discounted on Sundays.

It’s then a 10-minute walk to the stadium.

Train - £20.50

If you buy your tickets on the day you travel, an off-peak day return will cost you £20.50.

You can book in advance make a saving of up to 70p by buying an off-peak return from Manchester to Sheffield and then the same kind of ticket from Sheffield to Derby.

But it’s not worth it as it restricts how you get back and you have to stick to certain trains.

Manchester Piccadilly to Derby
There are no direct services. All journeys require you to change trains at Sheffield.

The journey time is between 90 and 100 minutes, including waiting at Sheffield.

Trains leave Manchester hourly but the departure time changes each hour.

Leave Piccadilly: 08:49 09:22 11:18 12:18 12:44 13:20 13:39* 14:20
Arrive Sheffield: 09:37 10:43 12:08 13:08 13:36 14:08 14:37 15:08
Leave Sheffield: 10:20 11:20 12:20 13:18 13:50 14:20 14:50 15:20
Arrive Derby: 10:54 11:52 12:51, 13:53 14:21 14:53 15:21 15:52
*leaves Manchester Oxford Road

The ground is about a 10-minute walk from the train station using a footbridge. It is well signposted.

Derby to Manchester Piccadilly

Trains home go via Sheffield, Stoke or Chesterfield. You have nine options that will get you home at a decent time.

Option 1
Leave Derby: 18:20 Arrive Sheffield: 18:56 Leave Sheffield: 19:11
Arrive Piccadilly: 20:06

Option 2
Leave Derby: 18:42
Arrive Stoke: 19:35
Leave Stoke: 19:50
Arrive Piccadilly: 20:30

Option 3
Leave Derby (pictured right): 18:44
Arrive Chesterfield: 19:02
Leave Chesterfield: 19:12
Arrive Piccadilly: 20:35

Option 4
Leave Derby: 19:22

Arrive Sheffield: 18:55

Leave Sheffield: 20:11
Arrive Piccadilly: 21:06

Option 5
Leave Derby: 19:40
Arrive Stoke: 20:31
Leave Stoke: 20:37
Arrive Piccadilly: 21:18

Option 6
Leave Derby: 19:44
Arrive Chesterfield (pictured right): 20:02
Leave Chesterfield: 20:10
Arrive Piccadilly: 21:36

Option 7
Leave Derby: 20:07

Arrive Sheffield: 20:39

Leave Sheffield: 21:11
Arrive Piccadilly: 22:06

Option 8
Leave Derby: 20:40
Arrive Stoke: 21:31
Leave Stoke: 21:38
Arrive Piccadilly: 22:15

Option 9
Leave Derby: 21:29

Arrive Sheffield (pictured right): 22:08

Leave Sheffield: 22:17
Arrive Piccadilly: 23:29

Coach - £15.20

Official

The club is running coaches to the match with places costing £20 per person.
The coaches leave from the W2 car park at 1pm. Click here to book.

Public
National Express runs a limited service between Chorlton Street in Manchester and Full Street in Derby city centre with a return ticket costing £15.20

There’s one coach there, which leaves at 08:05 and arrives at 10:20 and one coach back, which leaves at 20:00 and arrives at 22:05.

Megabus doesn’t run coaches from Manchester to Derby.

Derby ballot results out?

Though United have said ballot results for next weekend's FA Cup trip to Derby won't be posted until Monday, some fans are claiming they are out already, so it's worth checking your booking history.

United have confirmed reds will get 5,600 tickets for next Sunday's match priced at £21.50 for adults, £12.75 for over 65s and £7.75 for under 16s.

A full travel guide will be posted here later today.

West Ham drinking guide

Seeing as most of us will be spending a lot of money and most of our Sunday on reaching Upton Park, it makes sense to relax with a pint – and a cheap one at that – while we’re there.

So the best pub for away fans will probably be the Millers Well at 429 Barking Road.

Granted, it is a good 20-minute walk to the ground, but it is a Wetherspoons pub, so it offers bottles of San Miguel for 99p each and loads of other cheap drinks and food deals.

Besides, it’s hard to get lost on the way to the stadium as it’s straight down Barking Road.

And on the way there you can call in to the Denmark Arms, which is a bit bigger than the Millers Well and shows live football so, before setting off for the match, you can catch part the Tottenham v Arsenal match, which kicks off at 1.30pm.

It also serves decent food there between noon and 6pm and has two pool tables too. You’ll spot it opposite East Ham Town Hall.

But if you’re travelling by Tube and can’t be bothered to stray far off the beaten track, the Duke of Edinburgh at 299 Green Street, is probably for you.

It’s a 10-minute walk from the ground and can be found by turning left out of Upton Park Tube Station and looking to your right once you’ve reached the mini roundabout.

Not only is it next door to some cheep and cheerful pie shops, it offers a decent pint, which you can enjoy in one big open room.

The only downside is that it does get busy in the run up to kick off so it can take an age to get served and it can also draw the attention of police as home fans tend to trend to drink there too.

Finally a word about safety: Unless you plan to stay ultra subtle for a quick half, avoid The Boleyn Pub and The Greengate, Wine Bar, The Village and The Central, which are all on Barking Road.

A full travel guide is here and all the pubs mentioned above can be seen on the map below.

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Inter Milan ballot results out

Fans who applied for a ticket for United's February 24 trip to Inter Milan can now find out if they have one.
The ticket office began to publish results and take money from the accounts of people who will get tickets on Tuesday, but they say every applicant will know for definite by the end of today.