Getting to Football
In this section, I give directions to each club in
Steps 1 to 6 of the English pyramid using public transport. While
there are those who have always made a point of travelling to
football in this way – either because they have no car or
because they choose to leave it at home on Saturdays – their
number does seem to be increasing. That seems to be down to a
combination of factors – one car households in which another
member has a more pressing claim to the car on Saturday afternoons,
petrol prices, environmental concerns, or just the desire to have a
drink while out all make a contribution, quite apart from those who
simply don’t have a car.
For similar pages covering
other countries, see the links here (the Scotland section is under
construction; the others don’t exist as yet but are shown here
as placeholders!).
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How
to use this information
For each
ground, I identify the railway station to which it is most convenient
to travel – I assume that trains are in general preferred to
buses. That isn’t necessarily the nearest station; if a ground
is not within walking distance of a station then it’s the one
which makes the entire journey easiest. Where a ground is within one
mile of a station on foot, walking directions from the station only
are given. Where that is not the case, then directions for bus travel
between station and ground are given. If walking directions are given
for journeys of more than one mile, that may be taken to imply either
that no bus service exists or that it is too infrequent or too
circuitous to be of use.
Directions are then given for the
walk from bus stop to ground. In some cases I know just where the bus
stop is located, but more often I don’t – so a road
junction by which the traveller should alight is mentioned, this will
in practice require the traveller to leave the bus at the next stop
and then backtrack to the junction mentioned. I’ve used the
American convention to refer to road junctions; High Street at Church
Street means the point at which Church Street is a turning off High
Street.
All directions are based on Saturday games kicking off
at 3.00; they absolutely do not apply to evening games or games
played on Sundays, although in nearly all cases they will work
perfectly for the rare games played on weekday afternoons. I’ve
ensured that a return journey is possible assuming the game finishes
at 5.00; in the few instances where it is not this is made clear.
I
fear I can’t accept responsibility for any errors in the
information contained here, much as I’ve done my best to ensure
that it is correct. If you discover any errors – I’ve
mentioned a bus service that doesn’t exist, I’ve gone a
longer way around than necessary, or – worst of all – the
ground isn’t where I say it is, please let me known at
rochestervaliant@yahoo.co.uk.
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Thanks to the various posters on Tony’s
Non-League Forum who have provided me with corrections and
suggestions. Keep them coming!
Address
lists
The main part of this site
covers English football from Step 1 to Step 6. Linked below are lists
giving ground addresses only for various other clubs.
England
2009-10 – Premier League and Football League clubs
Ireland
– Clubs in the three levels of the League of Ireland
Northern
Ireland 2009-10 – Clubs in the three levels of the IFA
League
Scotland
2009-10 – SPL and Scottish League clubs, and Senior League
clubs
Scotland Junior Football 2009-10 – to follow
Wales
– Clubs in the top three levels of the Welsh pyramid