No way to get back to London after the match by train, unless you want to leave early and there could be extra-time and penalties, but for those who want to stay overnight there are some cheap fares available or there could be a chance to mix up by coach as there was last season in the league.
OUTWARD (Tuesday August 11)
London Paddington 14.45 - Cheltenham Spa 17.03
London Paddington 15.48 - Cheltenham Spa 18.04
Cost £9.00 single
There are services before 14.45 at that price but later than 15.48 from £20.00.
INWARD (Wednesday August 12)
Cheltenham Spa 08.37 - London Paddington 10.37
Cheltenham Spa 09.40 - London Paddington 12.00
Cost £9.00 single
There are services after 9.40 at that price.
For all train bookings to Cheltenham go to: www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Go here for a chance to get a fiver off the fare:
www.thelittlegazette.com/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=EDW5&id=450992
Cheltenham Station is over two miles from the ground, but walkable if you want to stop in town for a pit stop.
Plenty of taxi's are always waiting at the station or a bus right outside will get you to the high street, see 2nd paragraph.
If you are going to embark on the 35-40 minute walk then turn right out of station car park and follow Queens Road for around half a mile. At end of Queens Road and turn left into Lansdown Road. At the next (Montpellier) roundabout, turn left into Montpellier Walk, (which later becomes the Promenade). At the end of the Promenade, turn right into the High Street.
Go along High Street for around 100 yards and then turn left into Winchcombe Street, (by a branch of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society, if it hasn't gone bust). Continue straight along Winchcombe Street and into Prestbury Road. Straight across the next roundabout and then first right into Whaddon Road. The entrance to the away end is down on the left.
(Thanks to www.footballgroundguide.co.uk for their help with this article.)