TICKETS
Prices for the match have been set at £24.50 for adults and £11.50 for under 16's and seniors (65+).
On sale to season card holders from Monday December 8.
Upper or lower is fine but if you plan to have a few beers before the game might like the lower, there's a lot of stairs if you get the top! (Though that's where the Blue Voice have a couple of blocks, good luck lads!)
For full details go here: www.thelittlegazette.com/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=420314
COACH
The prices and pick-up points for the supporters club coaches are available here: www.shrimperstrust.co.uk/default.asp?page_id=617
For an alternative journey keep up to date with SoL Travel at: www.theshrimpers-online.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=8.
Under 16's have to travel with an adult.
TRAIN
Four an hour; 05, 20, 35 and 50 reaching Southend Central 9 minutes later.
Takes up to 1 hour 7 minutes depending where you join. Fatser trains are the 20 and 50. (Full timetable click on the fare link below.)
Then a short ten-minute walk to Tower Hill underground, follow the signs.
Fares:
www.c2c-online.co.uk/tickets_timetables/fares_2009/leisure_fares_2009
Engineering:
Normal Saturday Service at the moment.
Southend Victoria - Liverpool Street:
Three an hour; 06, 26, 46.
Trains take up to 55 minutes depending where you get on. (Full timetable click on the fares link below.)
Fares: www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/train_tickets/buy_a_train_ticket
Engineering:
Only if your going via Stanstead Airport, but keep checking!
Of course, if you have any Youth, Senior or Family railcards the day will be even more cost effective.
The main overground is West Brompton station which can be reached from Waterloo and Clapham Junstion, good for any south of the river based Shrimpers!
TUBES
The nearest tube station is Fulham Broadway which is on the District Line.
There are direct trains from Tower Hill (Fenchurch St. Line) to Wimbledon which will take you directly to Fulham Broadway and thris arrive about every 10 minutes.
Or you can take a service to Earls Court from Tower Hill (District) or Liverpool Street (Circle - 2 stops Tower Hill) and, if necessary, change for a Wimbledon bound tube.
If staying on the Circle Line change at Gloucester Road and get a District Line service, one stop to Earls Court or, if lucky, direct to Fulham Broadway on a Wimbledon service.
Dowload a tube map here: www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx.
Work out your own route on tube and buses here: www.journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en
BUS
It's a long journey by bus from the main stations but with a travelcard you could have a pint at, say, the Market Porter at Borough, then jump on at London Bridge tube to get the Jubilee Line to Westminster and the District Line.
If jumping off at Hammersmith for a pint on the river, (Hammersmith & City Liverpool St., District Line Tower Hill; two different stations, the District Line is closest for buses), get back on the District Line for Fulham Broadway or take the 211 from the bus station towards Waterloo or 295 towards Clapham Junction / Falcon, make sure you sup up by 2.00, 15 mts. to the station and a 20-25 minute bus journey which is more direct to the ground than the tube in this case unless your lucky with a direct Wimbledon service.
If near Putney Bridge; Service 14 towards Warren Street.
If near Parsons Green Lane (next to tube, see map below); Service 14 towards Warren Street, 414 towards Chippenham Road or Shirland Road, 424 towards Telegraph Road.
Give yourself a good 15-20 mts. on any of these services to the ground.
(That's West Brompton overground & tube in the top left and Parsons Green tube, the best pubs nearby, bottom left. Fulham Broadway clearly marked to the left of Stamford Bridge and 10 minutes walk to the ground. Buses stop right outside.)
Fill in the details from your home postcode to Chelsea FC here for a full route plan www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp but for an edited version;
Approx. 54 miles; 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Leave the M25 at Junction 15 and take the M4 towards London, which then becomes the A4 up to Hammersmith. Carry on over the Hammersmith flyover and after a further one and half miles, take the turning Earls Court. Continue past Earls Court station and down the one way system until you reach the junction with Fulham Road. At this junction, turn right at the traffic lights and after about half a mile, you will see the ground on your right.
A number of local resident schemes are in operation around the ground, so you may well end up having to park some way from the ground itself.
FOOD AND DRINK
SHORT BREAKS
If you require hotel accommodation in the area, and why not have a weekend in your capital city, then first try a hotel booking service provided by Football Hotels who are powered by Activehotels, who specialise in locating accommodation near or within a short travelling distance of the football ground. They also have the added advantage over some other hotel booking services that you pay on departure. Access here: Chelsea and London page.
Good Luck however you choose to travel, they'll be up to 6,000 of us, so plenty of options, and make sure you have yourselves a real good time. COME ON YOU YELLOWS!!!
(Thanks to the Internet Ground Guide, www.footballgroundguide.com/chelsea/index.htm, and DoDtS's excellent Shrimperzone Away Travel section, www.shrimperzone.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=24, for their help in preparing this article.)
Prices for the match have been set at £24.50 for adults and £11.50 for under 16's and seniors (65+).
On sale to season card holders from Monday December 8.
Upper or lower is fine but if you plan to have a few beers before the game might like the lower, there's a lot of stairs if you get the top! (Though that's where the Blue Voice have a couple of blocks, good luck lads!)
For full details go here: www.thelittlegazette.com/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=420314
COACH
The prices and pick-up points for the supporters club coaches are available here: www.shrimperstrust.co.uk/default.asp?page_id=617
For an alternative journey keep up to date with SoL Travel at: www.theshrimpers-online.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=8.
Under 16's have to travel with an adult.
TRAIN
For most it's Travelcards, around twelve quid, and a change on the tube in Central London. Would you believe the fares go up on Friday January 2!
Shoeburyness-Fenchurch Street:
Shoeburyness-Fenchurch Street:
Four an hour; 05, 20, 35 and 50 reaching Southend Central 9 minutes later.
Takes up to 1 hour 7 minutes depending where you join. Fatser trains are the 20 and 50. (Full timetable click on the fare link below.)
Then a short ten-minute walk to Tower Hill underground, follow the signs.
Fares:
www.c2c-online.co.uk/tickets_timetables/fares_2009/leisure_fares_2009
Engineering:
Normal Saturday Service at the moment.
Southend Victoria - Liverpool Street:
Three an hour; 06, 26, 46.
Trains take up to 55 minutes depending where you get on. (Full timetable click on the fares link below.)
Fares: www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/train_tickets/buy_a_train_ticket
Engineering:
Only if your going via Stanstead Airport, but keep checking!
Of course, if you have any Youth, Senior or Family railcards the day will be even more cost effective.
The main overground is West Brompton station which can be reached from Waterloo and Clapham Junstion, good for any south of the river based Shrimpers!
TUBES
The nearest tube station is Fulham Broadway which is on the District Line.
There are direct trains from Tower Hill (Fenchurch St. Line) to Wimbledon which will take you directly to Fulham Broadway and thris arrive about every 10 minutes.
Or you can take a service to Earls Court from Tower Hill (District) or Liverpool Street (Circle - 2 stops Tower Hill) and, if necessary, change for a Wimbledon bound tube.
If staying on the Circle Line change at Gloucester Road and get a District Line service, one stop to Earls Court or, if lucky, direct to Fulham Broadway on a Wimbledon service.
Dowload a tube map here: www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx.
Work out your own route on tube and buses here: www.journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en
BUS
It's a long journey by bus from the main stations but with a travelcard you could have a pint at, say, the Market Porter at Borough, then jump on at London Bridge tube to get the Jubilee Line to Westminster and the District Line.
If jumping off at Hammersmith for a pint on the river, (Hammersmith & City Liverpool St., District Line Tower Hill; two different stations, the District Line is closest for buses), get back on the District Line for Fulham Broadway or take the 211 from the bus station towards Waterloo or 295 towards Clapham Junction / Falcon, make sure you sup up by 2.00, 15 mts. to the station and a 20-25 minute bus journey which is more direct to the ground than the tube in this case unless your lucky with a direct Wimbledon service.
If near Putney Bridge; Service 14 towards Warren Street.
If near Parsons Green Lane (next to tube, see map below); Service 14 towards Warren Street, 414 towards Chippenham Road or Shirland Road, 424 towards Telegraph Road.
Give yourself a good 15-20 mts. on any of these services to the ground.
(That's West Brompton overground & tube in the top left and Parsons Green tube, the best pubs nearby, bottom left. Fulham Broadway clearly marked to the left of Stamford Bridge and 10 minutes walk to the ground. Buses stop right outside.)
ROAD
Fill in the details from your home postcode to Chelsea FC here for a full route plan www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp but for an edited version;
Approx. 54 miles; 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Leave the M25 at Junction 15 and take the M4 towards London, which then becomes the A4 up to Hammersmith. Carry on over the Hammersmith flyover and after a further one and half miles, take the turning Earls Court. Continue past Earls Court station and down the one way system until you reach the junction with Fulham Road. At this junction, turn right at the traffic lights and after about half a mile, you will see the ground on your right.
A number of local resident schemes are in operation around the ground, so you may well end up having to park some way from the ground itself.
FOOD AND DRINK
As you would expect plenty of eating places within thirty minutes of the ground but there's a Harry Ramsden's fish and chip shop located just outside the entrance to the away end.
Or read the Pub Crawl in Chelsea here: www.thelittlegazette.com/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=EDW8
Or read the Pub Crawl in Chelsea here: www.thelittlegazette.com/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=EDW8
SHORT BREAKS
If you require hotel accommodation in the area, and why not have a weekend in your capital city, then first try a hotel booking service provided by Football Hotels who are powered by Activehotels, who specialise in locating accommodation near or within a short travelling distance of the football ground. They also have the added advantage over some other hotel booking services that you pay on departure. Access here: Chelsea and London page.
Good Luck however you choose to travel, they'll be up to 6,000 of us, so plenty of options, and make sure you have yourselves a real good time. COME ON YOU YELLOWS!!!
(Thanks to the Internet Ground Guide, www.footballgroundguide.com/chelsea/index.htm, and DoDtS's excellent Shrimperzone Away Travel section, www.shrimperzone.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=24, for their help in preparing this article.)