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Was thinking of driving, but guess parkings going to be a problem in london?

coaches sold out, so only other way is train..what station would you go to? and how much is the tube etc?

cheers

Drive to the Tube Station (Ealing Broadway???). Believe a day travelcard is only about £6.00 off peak? or maybe even less?

Train to Paddington then tube to Putney Bridge. Think there may be a change involved on the tube but my knowledge of the underground is pants. Train and tube together in a standard open return group saver will be £22.50.

Nope, you get on the district line tube terminating at Wimbledon

Sorted, 10.42am train from swine -> paddington, tube to waterloo, then some overground service to putney, gets in at ten to one....4 of us going, £22.50 each.
Happy days.

Yep, either that or get the tube to Putney Bridge. Both work!

tube straight from Paddington to Putney ennit

but then onto which pub?

Depending what train you are on , you may have to change at Earls court, district line splits after that.

D'oh, just realised I booked tickets for putney station instead of putney bridge tube..hence the overground element, oh well, just adds about 5 mins to journey

The Eight Bells I think it's called, by Putney Bridge station. I'm sure we've been through all this before in another thread!

I'm driving, parking won't be a problem  :)

Any ideas on where to park?

There is metered street parking off the Fulham Palace Road.

paddington to putney bridge on the tube is on the district line and no change needed, and its about 8 stops between paddington and putney bridge

24 of us going on group savers, £15.90 each including underground

If there's 2 adults out there who would like to join me at the station and buy a group saver to paddington I'd be much obliged.  Return that is.

Ime in Trog...

I've heard that there may be a queueing system in operation at Swindon station in the morning (i.e. holding people in groups 'kettle style'), and again on return at Paddington.

One thing I do know for sure is that the bridge to Swindon station from the North Star side is closed on 2nd Jan so don't try to use it as a short cut when you've only got 2 mins to catch the train.

Would imagine most have timed tickets?

someone said to me today about parking in a Sainsburys nearby the ground?????

No I think most have standard returns.

Yeah because although on the website you select a time, my tickets don't actually specify a time!

Could be quite some carnage!

Me and Si need or 2 more people for a group saver if anyone still hasn't got their tickets sorted yet.

You can get a group saver for three if you need to Rich. Slightly more expensive but not much.

I'm on the case douchebag. We need 1 or 2 people like Talk Talk says.

I know but you posted in the lounge thread so not everyone would be able to see it.

We'll end up travelling with fatbury if you make our plans public :(

Anyone wanting to go on sat on the 909.just meet up beforehand...Trog and his family,me and a friend are going that time i think...minimum four i think but dont think there is a limit on a group saver cept the minimum...just not sure on availability.

Group savers come in chunks of three or four. I got 11 of us on 2 x 4 plus 1 x 3 for £22 a head excluding underground (couldn't afford the extra cash outlay). The only restriction is that you all have to travel together. Like that is a problem  ;D

Bushey did better though - fook me that's a good deal including the toob.

Is that for any timed train Talk Talk?

I had the option of booking seats or open return (either way) for the same price. I took the open bit because I wanted to check with the peeps what time they wanted to go.

Thanks...what one are you getting?

11:11

But don't tell anybody  ;)

Park outside of town and get the District Line in.

What's the lounge thread?

It's a forum where they get together and talk about people like you and i

Bastards!

I bet they all sit there naked fellating each other though.

Can I have an application form? Sounds fun.

Do you know what you're doing? Are you driving? There is metered street parking to the east of the Fulham Palace Road. If you are travelling down from Hammersmith it's on your left  :)

I expect the train to Paddington will be packed I am glad I get on before Swindon :)

You need a webcam, a teatowel, and a packet of hob nobs before you are allowed to join.

Garibaldi surely. Hobnobs are too itchy.

Yeh, but Hobnobs were 3 for 2...

Getting train tickets later. Need another person to make it a group of 4 and save another fiver on the ticket. PM if you're interested.

As you can probably tell, I'm rather desperate to save money for beer and I have no shame in admitting so.

But that's part of the test!

Have the Transport Police made the Swindon - Paddington line 'dry' for Saturday? That is usual when such numbers are expected to travel to football games.

I will smuggle my mini bottle of Champagne on there so if you hear a 'POP'; that will be me.

will that be your jaw popping? get the impression someone wouldn't mind breaking it

Might be useful if you are driving, but the areas around the ground are on Google Earth, the walkabout thing. You can see the street signs to see if it is metered parking or residents only. I've picked a street and hope that it's empty when I get there!

Happy New Year to you all! I'm going on Saturday, but unfortunately will be sitting with the Fulham fans, as I'll be with a bloke I worked with at QPR, who is a Fulham fan. If you are driving, the parking around Craven Cottage is a nightmare, and, I'm told, is residents only on matchdays (I might be wrong). I would suggest parking in Hammersmith, as there are a couple of large NCP's, and walking along Fulham Palace Road to the ground (about 15-20 minutes). There are a couple of decent pubs on the way as well. Anyway, good luck on Saturday, however you all get there, and fingers crossed for promotion as well.

But the question is, will you be wearing the mac, Mark?

Should be ok from oxford thankfully! The way back will require beerage before boarding the party train (wishful thinking me....thinks!) home!  :cry:

Or could stop off at Reading....but they may be celebrating a famous win!

What time train are you getting? Were going from kingham, 2 stops up the line at 956.
I dont know you, but you wont be the only town fans having to endure travelling through the shit hole known as oxford

About another 8 (from 5 to 65) here going on the train from Oxford - might have a couple of spare train tickets at about £13 return inc tube if anyone's interested?

On the 9.30 train from Ox so will probably be in the smoke at 10.30ish.

Costing me £7.60 for the train! Promotion on at the moment on single tickets booked in advance.

 

I'm also travelling from oxford with 4 others on the 9:30. So you won't be alone! 

Anyone heard anything more about this? Don't want to roll up at the station tomorrow only to be held back and miss the train.

Ime getting to the station at 7....i still need 1 or 2 partners in crime to make my day less expensive..

Why so early?

Breakfast at 8 in the Octogan...and want to get my tiks before the maddening crowd..probably get there around 7.30 actually...and breathe in the big day atmosphere..been along time since the last one.

Enjoy it lads and lasses, there's nothing like coming through Paddington with thousands of other reds, really gets the tingles going, feeling a bit jealous as i haven't done that for years.

buzzin atmosphere so cant wait....gettin in the dockle at 9am before making me way to station for the choo choo.....aint had me airhorn out-so to speak since promotion game v walsall....have dusted it off so may bring it along tomorrow.....people class airhorns in same category as a drum at the footy?

I do. Don't fucking bring it!

reading between the lines, I dont think you approve?!

a proper cfc filled can of air horn blasting yes!
pathetic blown shitty plastic horn no!

Neither is acceptable

yes its the proper job so thats 2 votes each...

If you are sitting in P3 then leave it at home

I'm in P1 so you will hear it unless it runs out of gas on the train ;-)

Lot of other people on the train from o*fordshire by the sounds. Just trying to work out the nicknames of other 'South Oxfordshire Reds' on here...

is anyone else jumping on the Worcester 08:57 > Paddington 11:29 train tomorrow?

passes through:
 
Worcester Shrub Hill [WOS]  09:01  09:02
 
Pershore [PSH]  09:11  09:11 

Evesham [EVE]  09:20  09:27 

Honeybourne [HYB]  09:33  09:33 

Moreton-in-Marsh [MIM]  09:46  09:48 

Kingham [KGM]  09:56  09:56 

Charlbury [CBY]  10:06  10:08 

Hanborough [HND]  10:15  10:16 

Oxford [OXF]  10:28  10:31
 
Reading [RDG]  10:54  10:55 

Slough [SLO]  11:09  11:10

just been down the station to pick my train tickets up as the queues tomorrow will be daft..it's fucking freezing out there.i hope fulham have undersoil heating or decent covers

Good tip that arriba, im off to get mine now

try to keep your car on the road today fella!

no they don't. Them and Portsmouth are the only prem teams that don't have it

It's only supposed to go down to -1C tonight then up above freezing during the day, so hopefully the ground will cope fine.

snowing outside my house right now.i hope it doesn't spread to london

I'm planning on parking at Hammersmith and tubing it to Putney bridge, I notice that others on here intend on doing the same. How much time are people allowing?

Any ideas whereabouts you're parking,my dad's thinking of doing the same but is stuck for somewhere cheap to park

Parking is expensive at Hammersmith.

I am parking at Acton Town and tubing from there.

I just know that there are a some car parks near the tube station at Hammersmith, a couple of which are NCP so am hoping they are fairly secure. Not sure about the price, I'm going on the theory that I could park further out for cheaper but would then pay more on the tube. Apparently street parking around Fulham is £1.60 p/h and no tube fare needed but I don't fancy driving around looking for street parking when it is very limited. I imagine Hammersmith will be less than this but how much less I don't know.

2007 prices: Hammersmith NCP prices: Daily tariffs 2 Hours £ 4.60 2 To 4 Hours £ 8.50 4 To 6 Hours £ 11.00 6 To 9 Hours £ 12.00 9 To 12 Hours £ 16.00 .

Sutton, tube itdown to paddington thenand join the party.

Safe journey everybody and enjoythe day.
Make stfc proud.

I know someone who has a spare ticket for the away section if anyone wants it