TICKETS
£15 Adults, £11 seniors, £7 Under 16's, £11 for disabled and carer.
COACH
For the latest news, prices and pick-up points for the supporters club coaches click here: www.shrimperstrust.co.uk/default.asp?page_id=622
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 only allowed to travel if accompanied by an adult.
There are some fun trips if you want to do it on the cheap from London Victoria, and your fit and healthy.
There were some free seats on offer on Megabusm from London Victoria, but they've long gone and now it's between five pounds and nine coming back the next day.
Latest offers here: www.megabus.co.uk/uk/index.php
National Express, also from London Victoria, do have a service for a fiver up at 14.00, in at 18.20, and others from £7 getting in earlier.
Sadly, for getting back after the game, only a five past midnight, in at 6.20, but a more expensive £14.30, the bastards! There are fiver to seven quid fares back but from 5.20! Not much clubbing on a Tuesday to kill time till then but Leeds is a big city!
For all the latest prices go here: www.nationalexpress.com
TRAIN
Tickets over a hundred pounds return now, and that's with an overnight stay, so forget it. The only cost effective way at this stage is the coaches.
If you want to feel the pain go here: www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com
For those already with tickets, or coming from the coach station, the following info may be useful.
Elland Road is around a 35 minute walk from the train station. Probably best to either take a taxi or one of the shuttle buses, that run from just outside the station to the ground. The shuttle buses did cost £2.50 return. As you come out of the station main entrance, cross the road and take the stairs down to the street below. Turn right and cross the road and you will see the double-decker buses lined up. The first bus in the queue also sells the tickets for all the other buses. The buses drop off and pick up at the corner of the North and East stands. It's best to get a return ticket as then you don't have to queue up after the match to get a ticket back to the station, you just walk straight onto the bus.
If your a fit bugger and you fancy the walk;
Leave the station from the rear exit, from where you can walk down the short hill out of the car park and follow the road around to the left. At the traffic lights go ahead (the road bears slightly left) and follow Whitehall Road for just shy of half-a-mile, passing under a railway bridge and then forking left down Springwell Street, to cut off a corner. At the end of Springwell Street, you come to a roundabout exit road with a zebra crossing in front of you. Cross at the zebra crossing, taking the next exit road clockwise around the roundabout. This is the A58 Domestic Road.
This road becomes Domestic Street after about 400 yards (Domestic Road turning right and heading up to an overpass) and continues slightly uphill for about another 400 yards, passing under another railway bridge. There is a zebra crossing up here, which you should use to walk up the right-hand pavement. Upon reaching the top of the hill, you come to a garage, and some small shops, where you should turn right onto Shafton Lane. At the end of Shafton Lane, turn left onto Ingram Road and follow this until you see a pedestrian bridge ahead, as the road bears left, becoming Tilbury Road.
By now, you should have seen the football ground over to your right. Cross the M621 via the footbridge, turning right at the bottom, and head down Elland Rd towards the stadium.
(All fares correct as of Sunday January 25)
ROAD
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Approx. 227 miles, 4 hours.
Follow the Motorway M1 and then onto the M621 (signposted Leeds Central). You will pass the ground on your left and then you need to take the next exit from the motorway and turn left onto the A6110 ring road. Take the next left onto Elland Road for the ground. Just as you go under a railway bridge there are entrances on either side to a couple of very large car parks (£5).
Surprisingly the traffic coming out of the car parks seemed to disperse quite well after the end of the game.
A good tip for Elland Road is to park in Car Park A where they normally put away fans coaches. From here you can get back on the M621 within 10 minutes of coming out of the ground.
FOOD AND DRINK
For the best choices for a decent pint and some good grub, and this is one of the better trips, go to the Last Orders in Leeds here: www.thelittlegazette.com/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=EDW4&id=428713
SHORT BREAKS
SHORT BREAKS
If you require hotel accommodation in the area 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.
To access their Leeds page click here.
(Thanks to the Internet Ground Guide, http://www.footballgroundguide.com/leeds_united/, and DoDtS's excellent Shrimperzone Away Travel section, www.shrimperzone.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=24, for their help in preparing this article.)