January's Directions

By Road Leave the M5 motorway at junction 18, travel along the Portway (A4) following the signs for Bristol Airport/Taunton (A38). Over the swing bridge (Brunel Way), branching left into Winterstoke Road, and left again at Cruickshanks Mercedes Garage for Ashton Gate.

Street parking is limited so please arrive early and adhere to parking restrictions. Alternatively call Youcanpark Ltd on 0871 200 3261 to pre-book limited secure parking (at BS3 2HA) and near the stadium for £3.50 per car.

By Air Only ten minutes, by car from Bristol International Airport. Call 01275 474444 for flight times.

By Rail Only five minutes by car from Bristol Temple Meads railway station. For information on train times please call the National Railway Enquiry Services on 08457 484950.

By Bus Buses are supplied by Abus 'Service A' which costs a flat rate of 50p. The buses pick-up one hour before kick-off from the following places - Temple Meads, Old Market (Temple Way), Haymarket, Centre, Anchor Road, Hotwells. The buses return to all those destinations after the match, leaving from Ashton Road, by the Greville Smyth Park.

CITY2003'S GUIDE TO ASHTON GATE
Firstly hope as many of as possible can make the trip to Bristol.
Be prepared to be searched by the stewards.
no booze is sold inside the ground
regarding the food outlet in the ground its crap, staffed by agency staff whose purpose is to do as little as possible
KFC can be seen from the away end(two minutes walk, honest) and sainsburys store is five minutes
with restaurant
If you can buy yer tickets in advance you can get the discounts
If you want to buy your tickets in advance please don't ring the Bristol City premium rate phone number.
The club charges for credit card bookings and also charges a pound if you want the tickets sent to your home
best advice is send a cheque for the amount and pick up tickets on the day
If you are one of those fans who like to keep ticket stubs of your away games no ticket stubs are issued at the turnstiles
either book the tickets in advance as suggested or purchase from the Bristol city ticket office on the day
If you are bringing young ones to the game and they still
"look young" speak to the chief steward before handing over money
No "unkind" comments please
If you are coming by road use M5 southbound to junction 18(avonmouth) then follow signs A4 bristol airport
It looks the long way round but traffic in central Bristol is awfull
If you are coming by train thier is a local service to parson street which will take you two thirds of the way to the ground
departure time from Bristol temple meads XX:50 past the hour
public transport to the ground is not a lot of cop
The ground is designated not smoking, but thier always seems to be a lot of fag ends between the toilet block and the catering block!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bristol City produce a match day DVD of all home games
with full commentry cost twelve quid,not sure of the postal charges
Casualty and Hobly City are filmed in the City don't ask me about either of the programmes cos I think thier both crap
Finally the block of flats on the right hand side as you are in the away end is "the" block of flats in "fools and horses"
The market scene where the footballers manaquins are cut into the wall are at the away end of the ground in the club car park
Bring yer camera and turn up early if you wanna take any photo's
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BLACKBURN ROVERS V COVENTRY CITY
SAT JANUARY 5TH 2008 AT 3PM
AT EWOOD PARK,BLACKURN, BB2 4JF
FA CUP THREE

By Car: From the North: Leave the M6 at Junction 29 and join the M61, at the first exit join the M65 and head East to Blackburn. Ewood Park is well signposted on the M65, leave at junction 4, join the A666 and head towards Blackburn Ewood Park is about a mile away on your right.

From the South: Leave the M6 at Junction 29 and join the M65 and head East to Blackburn.

Ewood Park is well signposted on the M65, leave at junction 4, join the A666 and head towards Blackburn. Ewood Park is about a mile away on your right.

From the West: From the M6/M62 or M60, join the M61, leave the M61 for the M65 and head East to Blackburn. Ewood Park is well signposted on the M65, leave at junction 4, join the A666 and head towards Blackburn. Ewood Park is about a mile away on your right.

From the East: Travelling from Yorkshire, either on the B6234, the A56 Haslingden by-pass or the Skipton Road, join the M65 and head West. Leave the M65 at junction 4 and head towards Blackburn on the A666, Ewood Park is about a mile from the motorway on the right hand side.

From the M62 leave at Junction 18 for the M66 Bury, travel to the end of the Motorway which becomes the A56, join the M65 at Junction 8 and head Westbound towards Blackburn. Leave the M65 at junction 4 and head towards Blackburn on the A666, Ewood Park is about a mile from the motorway on the right hand side.

Street parking close to Ewood Park is restricted, please use the car parks provided.

By Train: Blackburn station is approximately a mile and a half from Ewood Park. Mill Hill station is approximately one mile away from the ground. There are direct trains from Manchester Victoria, Salford Crescent and Preston. See the "http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/" Nationalrail website for train times.

By Bus: The buses serving Ewood Park are: No. 1 (Darwen Cemetery - Darwen - Blackburn - Accrington), No. 5a / 5c (Blackburn Outer Circle Anticlockwise & Clockwise), No. 19 (Sunnybower - Blackburn - Feniscowles), No. 225 (Bolton - Blackburn - Clitheroe), No. 237 (Edgworth - Darwen - Blackburn)

Service 1 departs from stand M at Blackburn Boulevard, Services 19 &a 225 depart from stand N at Blackburn Boulevard, Service 237 departs from stand P at Blackburn Boulevard. The frequency of buses serving Ewood Park is every 10 minutes. For more information use the Traveline website or telephone number: http://www.traveline.org.uk/ or call 0871 200 22 33.

Disabled Facilities: There are 20 spaces for visiting supporters at the front of the Darwen End. Call 01254 693 793 at least five days in advance to book. Cost: Free for disabled, normal ticket price for helper.

E.ON, one of the UK's leading energy suppliers and Sponsor of The FA Cup, is offering free coach travel with National Express for football fans heading to FA Cup Third Round matches, as part of its Carbonfootyprint.com campaign.

The offer will provide coach travel for fans at each of the 32 away Third Round fixtures in order to reduce the environmental impact of The FA Cup. By logging onto www.carbonfootyprint.com, fans can pledge leave their car at home and travel by coach for free.

Coventry City fans face a 256 mile round trip to Blackburn and could save nearly 1750 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of powering a TV for over 40,000 hours if they take the free coach. Meanwhile, Hull City fans face the longest journey in Round Three with a 677 mile round trip to Plymouth Argyle. If 50 City fans travel in a coach together they will save over 4 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to powering a house for the entire football season.

With fans expected to clock up over 8,000 miles in total traveling to games over the Third Round weekend, fans are being encouraged to do their bit. Going by coach is the most environmentally friendly form of transport, emitting just 29g of CO2 on a per passenger kilometre basis (gCO2/pass.km) compared to trains and cars. If just one coach is filled with fans at every game rather than traveling by car, over 56 tonnes of CO2 would be saved, the equivalent to boiling over 1million kettles for your half time cuppa1.

The partnership with National Express will run across every round of The FA Cup through to The Final in May. By encouraging fans to travel to matches together in a coach, rather than driving in a car, fans can make a significant difference to competition's carbon emissions.

Mike Thompson, Head of Sponsorship & Events at E.ON said:
"With thousands of fans traveling to FA Cup games every round, it is no surprise that travel has the biggest environmental impact. By providing free coaches to away games this round and for every round until The Final, we hope that fans will travel to the game together rather than by car, and reduce their carbon footprint. The initiative with National Express is a great way of communicating some of the easy steps fans can take to help make this season's FA Cup carbon neutral."

Paul Bunting, Chief Executive, National Express, added:
"We are delighted to be working with E.ON to make it easier for football fans to reduce their carbon foot print when travelling to support their team during the FA Cup. In 2006 nearly 300,000 tonnes of CO2 were saved from entering the atmosphere by people using the National Express instead of the car, and this brilliant campaign will help people understand that changing travel habits from cars to public transport is the single best way they can help the environment".

The free coach travel offer forms part of E.ON's Carbonfootyprint.com campaign, which aims to offset the 45,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide produced by The FA Cup in order to make the competition carbon neutral2. Carbon emissions are calculated for every match in every round of The FA Cup (including replays) and include the operational emissions from all participating clubs, the television emissions from viewers watching matches at home and the travel emissions produced by home and away fans.

By logging onto www.carbonfootyprint.com, football fans can also find out about car sharing schemes in their area and choose from over 30 different energy saving pledges, such as fitting energy efficient light bulbs, walking to a game or watching the match together at a pub with friends.

The Carbonfootyprint.com campaign follows the success of 'Save Your Energy for the Blues' an initiative run by E.ON in conjunction with Ipswich Town Football Club last season, which saw fans make over 14,000 carbon saving pledges to make the Blues the country's first ever carbon neutral football club.
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LEICESTER CITY V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY JANUARY 12TH AT 3PM
At Wa*kers Crisp Bowl Stadium, Filbert Way,Leicester, LE2 7FL

By Road
From North & South (from the M1/M69 Motorways): The M1 and M69 Motorways interchange at Junction 21 (M1), where you should exit and follow the signs for the City Centre via the A5460. After 3 miles turn right onto Upperton Road, go over the bridge and take the first right down Western Boulevard and you will see the Walkers Stadium ground on your right-hand side.

By Rail
The Walkers Stadium is five minutes drive, or 20 minutes walk from British Rail, London Road, Leicester.

By Air
The Walkers Stadium is 35 minutes drive from East Midlands International Airport at Castle Donnington, and 45 minutes from Birmingham International Airport.

By Coach
There are many services to and from the City Centre. The most frequent are the Leicester City Bus Service number 36 (which departs from the Haymarket Bus Station on Charles Street in the City) or the Midland Fox services 52, 52a, 52b, 52c or 53 (which depart from the Clock Tower in the City). Other services are Midland Fox, Pam's Coaches and Woods. Please ring bus operators for further details.
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COVENTRY CITY RESERVES V WOLVES RESERVES
MONDAY JANUARY 14TH AT 7PM
LIBERTY WAY,ATTLEBOROUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,NUNEATON,CV11 6RR TBC

Directions
Leave the M6 at Junction 3. Go onto the A444 to Nuneaton. Go straight at first mini roundabout then when you reach the Griff Roundabout, proceed onto the A444 to Nuneaton. Go straight at the next mini roundabout, then you will reach another roundabout, with a large Stone in the middle and a Yellow bridge. Go straight at this roundabout. At the Next roundabout next to Cotton Arches take the 2nd exit onto Avenue Road.

Follow this road until you get to the next roundabout where you should go straight on, onto Eastboro Way. Go over the bridge and you will come to a mini island (next to The Crows Nest Pub) go straight on. Take a left at the next roundabout onto Townsend Drive, then take the next right onto Liberty Way. Gates are straight ahead.

From the M1
Exit the M1 at Junction 21. Then at the roundabout go onto the M69. Exit the M69 at the Junction 1 for the A5, Nuneaton and Hinckley. Leave the roundabout and turn right, join the A5 Watling Street to Nuneaton. Then stay on the road until you see signs for A47 Nuneaton and take a left next to the Longshoot Pub (use filter road). You will reach a roundabout at the end of the A47. Take a left onto Eastboro Way. (Nuneaton RFC signposted and a Somerfield and The Acorn Pub are on the right of Eastboro Way).

You will then see the ground on your right. At the mini roundabout take a right onto Townsend Drive and the next Right onto Liberty Way. Gates are straight ahead.

Using Public Transport
If you are arriving by Train, you need to go to Nuneaton train station. This is then about a 5 minute taxi journey from the ground and should cost between £5 and £8 depending on the time of the day.

The ground is a forty minute walk from the bus station.
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By car: Leave the M6 at junction 3. Take the A444 towards the City centre and at the first island go left and you will see the Ricoh Arena on your right.

By rail: For all train information call National Rail Enquiries on: 08457 48 49 50, but be warned Coventry station is a £10+ taxi ride away. Take the 27 bus from the train station get off at Pool Meadow bus station and catch the 4 or 5 service. Or go out of doors and over the road by Sainsburys and get the 20, getting off the by Tescos.

Parking: Car parking is extremely restricted around the ground.

Coaches From Rugby.
The Avon mill are running the coach travel to all home games this season again anyone interested please contact Mac on 01788 542815 or email rugbyccfc1@yahoo.co.uk £4 per person per game or you can purchase a season ticket for the whole season for £85

Coaches From Kenilworth For details please contact harry.bragginton@btinternet.com

Travel From London for Members of CCLSC http://www.cclsc.co.uk/

AWAY SUPPORTERS PARKING
Car parking around the Ricoh Arena is strictly limited.

However, there is a designated away supporters car park, situated around five minutes walk away from the ground. The car park is secure and cost is £5 - but spaces are limited to just 100.

Directions: M6 to junction 3. Take 3rd exit if coming from north or 1st exit if travelling from the south. At the 2nd roundabout, take the 2nd exit, under the railway bridge, through the first set of traffic lights, and pass the pedestrian lights. At the next set of lights, turn right into Blackburn Road and the car park is at the top of the road.

SAT NAV
Some car satellite navigation systems have not been updated to show Coventry City FC as playing at the Ricoh Arena. Those visiting the ground for the first time are advised to enter "Phoenix Way" and the post code "CV6 6GE" instead.
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HUDDERSFIELD TOWN RESERVES V COVENTRY CITY RESERVES
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23RD AT 2PM
AT THE GALPHARM STADIUM, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 6PX

From the North:
Take the M62 at Junciton 25, then join the A644 and A62 followinging signs for Huddersfield, and then signs for The Galpharm Stadium

From the South:
Exit the M1 at Junction 38, follow the A637?A642 to Huddersfiled, at the Ring Road follow the signs for the A62 to The Galpharm Stadium

BY TRAIN
The ground is walkable from Huddersfield train station, albeit a long one (15-20mins). After coming out of the Railway Station, turn down past the front of The George Hotel. Go straight over the crossroads into Northumberland Street and walk down across the Ring Road straight on into Leeds Road. Turn right down Gasworks Street. Straight over crossroads to the ground.
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HULL CITY V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY JANUARY 29TH AT 7.45PM
AT KC STADIUM,WALTON STREET, HULL, HU3 6HU

By Car -
From the West
Approach Hull from the M62, which leads straight onto the A63. Continue on the A63 under the Humber Bridge.The road continues into the A63 Clive Sullivan Way. Continue along Clive Sullivan Way. Turn off onto the slip road just before the fly-over, sign-posted 'Local Traffic/Infirmary' and for KC Stadium. At the roundabout, take the second exit "Rawling Way" At the next main set of traffic lights (and with the Hospital in front of you), take a left turn onto A1105 Anlaby Road. Continue over the fly-over.At the foot of the fly-over, take a right turn into Walton Street.

The Walton Street car park is located just over half way down this street after the Sports Arena.

From the Humber Bridge
Once over the Humber Bridge, follow signs for Hull City Centre. The road follows round to the left to join the A63 Clive Sullivan Way and will take you under the Humber Bridge. Continue along Clive Sullivan Way. Turn off onto the slip road just before the fly-over, sign-posted 'Local Traffic/Infirmary' and for KC Stadium. At the roundabout, take the second exit "Rawling Way" At the next main set of traffic lights (and with the Hospital in front of you), take a left turn onto A1105 Anlaby Road. Continue over the fly-over.At the foot of the fly-over, take a right turn into Walton Street.

The Walton Street car park is located just over half way down this street, after the Sports Arena.

From the North
Take the A1079 towards Beverley then follow signs for the Humber Bridge and the A164. Take the A63 sign-posted Hull City Centre. Continue on the A63 under the Humber Bridge. The road continues into the A63 Clive Sullivan Way.Continue along Clive Sullivan Way.Turn off onto the slip road just before the fly-over, sign-posted 'Local Traffic/Infirmary' and for KC Stadium. At the roundabout, take the second exit "Rawling Way"

At the next main set of traffic lights (and with the Hospital in front of you), take a left turn onto A1105 Anlaby Road. Continue over the fly-over. At the foot of the fly-over, take a right turn into Walton Street. The Walton Street car park is located just over half way down this street, after the Sports Arena.

From the East & Hull Docks
The A165 approaches Hull from the East Coast and onto Holderness Road. Follow signs for A63/M62 Leeds At the second large roundabout on the A63 Garrison Road, continue over Myton Bridge straight onto A63 Castle Street. Continue along the A63.Just before the flyover, take the slip road signposted "Infirmary/Anlaby A1105", and at the roundabout take the 3rd exit onto 'Rawling Way.' At the next main set of traffic lights (and with the Hospital in front of you), take a left turn onto A1105 Anlaby Road.Continue over the fly-over. At the foot of the fly-over, take a right turn into Walton Street.The Walton Street car park is located just over half way down this street, just after the Sports Arena.