Everton (a) Thursday 29th October 7.45pm
These are the train options, which are obviously very limited coming back, with fares as at 21/09 (italics means change):
| York | 1145* |
1245* |
1345* | 1445* | Lime Street | 2201 | 2319 | ||
| Leeds | 1300 | 1400 | 1500 | 1600 | 1700 | Huddersfield | 0058 | ||
| Bradford Int | 1233 | 1334 | 1434 | 1534 | 1634 | Bradford Int | 0022 | ||
| Huddersfield | 1320 | 1420 | 1520 | 1620 | 1720 | Leeds |
0043 |
0138 |
|
| Lime Street | 1431 | 1532 | 1634 | 1732 | 1833 | York | 0210* | 0250* | |
| Single (York) | £26.30 | £26.30 | £26.30 | £26.30 | Single (York) | £21.20 | £19 | ||
| Single (Leeds) | £18.70 | £18.70 | £18.70 | £18.70 | £18.70 | Single (Leeds) | £12.20 | £14.40 | |
| Single (Hudd) | £17.50 | £17.50 | £17.50 | £17.50 | £17.50 | Single (Hudd) | £13 |
|
£45.30 |
Advance Singles |
|
£70 |
Off-Peak Return |
|
£33.10 |
Advance Singles (ignoring the 2201) |
| £42.50 |
Off-Peak Return |
|
£30.50 |
Advance Singles |
| £42 |
Off-Peak Return |
|
From £20.80 |
Advance Singles (split tickets) |
| £40.40 |
Off-Peak Day Return |
There's a 2220 direct train back to Sheffield, getting there at 0017. It'll
cost you from £22.30 for Advance Singles. An Off-Peak Return is £48.40.
Notes:
1. Railcard holders can normally get one third off the above prices
2. 16-25 Railcard holders can get 50% off TransPennine fares if booked at www.tpexpress.co.uk
Getting to and from the ground
The options are:
- train from Liverpool Central or Moorfields to Sandhills (eight an hour,
journey time
8-9 minutes from Liverpool Central, or 6-7 minutes from Moorfields), then
around a 15 minute walk to the ground; the single fare is £2.80
- taxi (good value, especially if there are five of you to fill a black cab);
they can only take you to within half a mile or so of the ground
- special bus (919) from Commutation
Row (£2 each way); there are several service buses that go somewhere near the
ground
- walk; it's just over 2 miles to the away section, so it should take around 40
minutes
If you're driving over, it's likely
that you'll have to park some distance from the ground as streets anywhere near
will be residents' parking only.
Pubs
There are hardly any options around the ground, and those that there are will no
doubt be heaving. And it's anyone's guess whether they allow away fans in. Your
best bet is therefore the fan zone ("Budweiser Plaza") next to the ground, which
opens three hours before kick-off, and which can accommodate 17,000 people!
If you get the train over then you
may prefer to drink in the centre until late on,
in which case you're spoilt for choice. We have been known to go to the
Richard John Blackler just down from the station. However, it's notorious for
bad service, so I would give it a miss. You'd be better off going to the
Crown, which you pass on the way to the Richard John Blackler. It's a traditional pub which has a decent selection of
beers and pub food at reasonable prices. More or less next door is the recently
opened
Lime Street Central, a Greene King pub. Also recommended are the
Ship and Mitre, which has a vast
selection of beers from both the UK and abroad, and the nearby
Excelsior, which
is very much like the Crown. From both of these it's a five minute
walk to Moorfields station. Another option is the
the Globe. This is a traditional cosy
little pub, with great staff and friendly customers, not to mention a good range
of beer. Plus it's literally two minutes from Liverpool Central station. Other places you might want to try are
Doctor Duncan's and the Poste House, both of which have a good range of
beers and get decent reviews. There's another Spoons right next door to the station,
the North Western. It's got a similar feel to the Union Rooms.
All the pubs mentioned, plus a few others, are shown on the pub maps below.
Ground area map
City centre pub map
Liverpool pub guide (very comprehensive and fairly up to date)
Football Ground Guide
Away fan info