LIVERPOOL TRAVEL INFORMATION
How to get there: Follow the M62 until you reach the end of the motorway. Then follow the A5058 towards Liverpool. After three miles turn left at the traffic lights into Utting Avenue (there is a McDonalds on the corner of this junction). Proceed for one mile and then turn right at the Arkles pub for the ground.
Car park: If you arrive early there is street parking to be found. Otherwise it as an idea to park in the streets around Goodison and walk across Stanley Park to Anfield, or you can park in a secure parking area at Goodison itself which costs £6.
Traveling by Train: Kirkdale station is the closest to the ground.However, it may be more advisable to go to Sandhills Station as this has the benefit of a bus service to the ground, which runs for a couple of hours before and a couple of hours after a game and drops you within easy walking distance of the ground. The best route for away fans from the city centre if they want to use public transport is the Merseyrail Northern Line to Sandhills where you can get the special Soccerbuses; trains can be caught from Liverpool Central and Moorfields. If fans are buying their train tickets in Liverpool, ask for a return to Anfield as opposed to Sandhills even though that's where you're getting off. The advantage of doing this is that the train ticket is valid also for the Soccerbus and the additional fare is only £1 return as opposed to £1 each way that you'd have to pay on the bus if you only bought your ticket to Sandhills. If fans want to get a taxi from Lime Street, they're about £6. Both Sandhills & Kirkdale stations and can be reached by first getting a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool Central and then changing there for Kirkdale.
Walking Directions From Kirkdale Station:
On exiting from Kirkdale Station turn right and then cross the railway bridge, where you will see a pub opposite called the Melrose Abbey. Walk up Westminster Road, alongside the pub and continue along it, passing the Elm Tree pub. Follow the road around the right hand bend and then turn left into Bradwell Street. At the end of Bradwell Street you will come to the busy County Road (A59). Cross over this road at the traffic lights and then go down the road to the left of the Aldi superstore. At the end of this road you will reach the A580 Walton Lane. You should be able to see Goodison Park over on your left and Stanley Park in front of you. Cross Walton Lane and either enter Stanley Park following the footpath through the park (keeping to the right), which will exit into Anfield Road and the away end. Or bear right down Walton Lane and then turn left down the road at the end of Stanley Park for the ground.
Where to drink: The Arkles pub near to the ground is known as the away fans pub, but can get extremely crowded. Another away friendly pub is the Flat Iron which is a five minute walk away. There is also a good chippy located on the other side of the road. To find this pub,turn left at the junction where Arkles is (with the ground over to your right down Anfield Road). Head away from the ground and the pub is down on the right hand side.
What the ground is like: The famous Kop Terrace at one end of the ground, has been replaced by a huge stand designed to emulate the old Kop, hence it's odd shape and single large tier. The other end, the Anfield Road Stand, part of which is given to away supporters, is the most recent addition to the ground. It has boosted not only the overall capacity of the stadium, but has given Anfield a more balanced and enclosed feel as all corners are now filled. On one side of the stadium is the large, two tiered, Centenary Stand. Opposite is the Main Stand, the oldest in the ground and looking its age with a number of supporting pillars. This stand has a TV gantry suspended beneath its roof. In the corner between the Kop & Centenary stands is an electric scoreboard.
Around the outside of the ground, there are the Bill Shankly Gates on Anfield Road. These wrought iron gates have the legendary Liverpool phrase 'You'll Never Walk Alone' displayed above them. There is also a statue of the great man, Bill Shankly near the Club shop. Also along Anfield Road, there is the moving memorial to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster, which always has flowers adorning it.
What's it like for visiting fans: Away fans are located in the Anfield Road Stand at one end of the ground, where just under 2,000 seats are available, although this can be increased for cup games. This stand is also shared with home supporters, some of whom will be sitting in the small seated tier above the away fans. The facilities within the stand are not bad. There is a Ladbrokes betting outlet and the refreshment kiosks sell a wide variety of burgers, hot dogs and pies, including a 'Scouse Pie' at £1.80.
Ticket Prices: There are no more tickets available for this game.
Town on Tour/The Bobbers Travel Club: Luton Town Supporters Club and the Bobbers Travel Club are now fully booked on their coaches for Tuesday's FA Cup Third Round replay trip to Liverpool. Both organisations have requested that if any supporters who have booked seats on their coaches for this game, but are now unable to attend, to contact them immediately. Luton Town Supporters Club can be contacted on 07960 567465 and the Bobbers Travel Club on 01234 856542.
Luton Town Supporters Club will be leaving Leighton Buzzard at 12:30pm, Houghton Regis 12:45pm, Luton (Maple Road) at 1pm, and Milton Keynes Coachway at 1:30pm.
The Bobbers Travel Club will leave Cranfield at 12:30pm and Luton (Maple Road) at 1:30pm.
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