Travel Man United (A) - 28th November (3 Viewers)

[WarrenBee]

Any train deals to be had, or has everything already gone through the roof to accommodate half of Surrey going to Old Trafford for a 3.00 kick off?

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

When’s this game?

 

[WarrenBee]

Nov the 28th.

 

[allanfinnie]

Any train deals to be had, or has everything already gone through the roof to accommodate half of Surrey going to Old Trafford for a 3.00 kick off?

Currently saying £114 off peak return on Avanti
Total rip off

 

[hobbsy]

Currently saying £114 off peak return on Avanti
Total rip off

That's the walk up price and will never change.

 

[GABS]

Random one, I'll be flying in but will have luggage as staying a few days. Does anyone have experience of the bag storage places? Seems Manchester Piccadilly is quite expensive (£15?), are the companies around town with cheaper prices reliable etc?

 

[jlove]

Random one, I'll be flying in but will have luggage as staying a few days. Does anyone have experience of the bag storage places? Seems Manchester Piccadilly is quite expensive (£15?), are the companies around town with cheaper prices reliable etc?

Will you be staying in an hotel?

 

[GABS]

Will you be staying in an hotel?

Night before in Airbnb way outside town, so need place for my bag on match day.

 

[JCMcBee]

Night before in Airbnb way outside town, so need place for my bag on match day.

£5 for bag storage at MUFC... apparently they get a lot of tourists...not you I may add.

 

[Dribble chop]

If only BA did an evening flight back from Manchester!.

 

[BuzzWord]

Night before in Airbnb way outside town, so need place for my bag on match day.

Try Stasher or Excess Baggage Left Luggage to book online.
The latter will prob cost about £15 .... Stasher gives options some of which will be at hotels (near to eg Piccadilly station) & are pretty cheap.
Should book as far in advance as possible.

 

[hobbsy]

Random one, I'll be flying in but will have luggage as staying a few days. Does anyone have experience of the bag storage places? Seems Manchester Piccadilly is quite expensive (£15?), are the companies around town with cheaper prices reliable etc?

Try Stasher.com , you can usually store bags in Premier Inns even if you aren't staying there

 

[longtimeagobee]

Any train deals to be had, or has everything already gone through the roof to accommodate half of Surrey going to Old Trafford for a 3.00 kick off?

£39 return from Reading with a railcard.

 

[exactonian]

£46 from Trowbridge with railcard using Trainline. Managed to get hotel in Salford for £65. City centre ones ridiculous prices.

The hotel I booked though has a 1.3 ranking on TripAdvisor. Sure I'll cope.

 

[South Acton Bee]

Hotel and parking booked. As Little Bee been wanting to good OT since he was 3 lol. 6 now.

 

[Jezybee]

As mentioned earlier in the thread. Direct EUS - MAN trains all showing at £114.00, the standard off-peak day return.

However, time on the scenic train to Birmingham and the creative inspiration of the English countryside have resulted in what we believe to be the most #thriftcorner slow return London to Manchester day return on 28 November:

Out: £14.00 Advance Single
London Euston: 08:46 - Crewe:10:56 (WMT)
Crewe: 11:16 - Manchester Piccadilly: 12:28 (Northern)
The 09:46 with same itinerary but an hour later also £14:00

Return: Two separate tickets
£5.40 Advance Single
Manchester Piccadilly:18:44 - Warrington Bank Quay: 19:16 (Transport for Wales)
£29.50 Advance Single
Warrington Bank Quay: 19:30 - London Euston: 21:33 (Avanti)

Total price: £48.90 (no Travelcards nor discounts)

 

[Alex]

Long journey times but can't complain for the price

 

[brentfordfc4ever]

Tickets on sale yet?

 

[South Acton Bee]

Tickets on sale yet?

No

 

[WarrenBee]

Turns out that one of my sons mates and his dad are are ST holders at Old Trafford, they live in Weybridge, so why wouldn't they be?!
Anyway, putting all that aside, they've offered us a lift.

 

[Beecareful]

Will need to put our best LB from a defensive standpoint on Mbuemo as he is undoubtedly Manure's best attacker imo.

And the most successful on pastures new of those we have sold in the past couple of years. Class act and a Brentford Great.

 

[BEEcool]

Will need to put our best LB from a defensive standpoint on Mbuemo as he is undoubtedly Manure's best attacker imo.

And the most successful on pastures new of those we have sold in the past couple of years. Class act and a Brentford Great.

Agree with the sentiment marking Bryan out the game isn't going to get you to and from Manchester.

 

[hobbsy]

Will need to put our best LB from a defensive standpoint on Mbuemo as he is undoubtedly Manure's best attacker imo.

And the most successful on pastures new of those we have sold in the past couple of years. Class act and a Brentford Great.

Is that to monitor #cans on the train? If not then start a pre-match thread.

 

[Voice from the Braemar]

X2 on board the slow boat to china 8.45am (West Midlands trains) via change at Crewe and back to Warrington central and a healthy walk (#1 can) to Warrington bank quay and onto Euston after….a right pain but a lot cheaper than those Aviva rip off ejeets we better fkin win this

 

[Old B]

Recommendations for getting back to Piccadilly, wait with the masses at OT tram stop or is there a better way?

 

[Voice from the Braemar]

Recommendations for getting back to Piccadilly, wait with the masses at OT tram stop or is there a better way?

Walk (an hour ish) or walk and tram from Trafford Bar stop…don’t even consider anything else

 

[Old B]

Trafford Bar is 15-20 minutes isn’t it?

 

[Voice from the Braemar]

Trafford Bar is 15-20 minutes isn’t it?

Yep and one of the tram lines doesn’t come from anywhere near OT

 

[nocoat]

Recommendations for getting back to Piccadilly, wait with the masses at OT tram stop or is there a better way?

ive walked it twice or maybe three times. its a long way to be fair! deffo two canner

 

[maddogging]

ive walked it twice or maybe three times. its a long way to be fair! deffo two canner

440ml, 330ml and you’re running dry

 

[super J]

Can't see a ticket thread for this one. Match tickets on sale tomorrow 3pm.

 

[oldashbee]

Any info on coach pick up times ? Not on the website yet......

 

[Jay Bee]

Recommendations for getting back to Piccadilly, wait with the masses at OT tram stop or is there a better way?

I have done it walking and tram and also tried picking up a taxi halfway.

The tram is actually pretty good considering the number of people and the size of the trams... they have one arriving every few mins to clear the crowds.

I've probably asked this before but is there also a shuttle bus? I remember getting one from by the cricket ground after a Test match but I thought this was possibly an option for football too.

 

[JCMcBee]

Recommendations for getting back to Piccadilly, wait with the masses at OT tram stop or is there a better way?

... hello mate....my son and I always walk down towards media city in Salford Quays after the game...the trams are much easier to get on from there..it's about a 15 walk when you come out the away end....the trams from media city all go to Piccadilly Train station.

 

[Lush55]

Recommendations for getting back to Piccadilly, wait with the masses at OT tram stop or is there a better way?

Get on the buses outside the ground, will drop you off and then short walk to Piccadilly

 

[JCMcBee]

.... the only thing I can see cost wise... granted a bit more expensive than voices 'around the world in 100 days' trip....is St Pancras-Sheffield-Madchester return... I've done it 21-25 and senior Railcard... two of us...£135 total.

 

[brentfordfc4ever]

Anyone seen a decent deal. I'm struggling to find anything north of £140

 

[Jay Bee]

Anyone seen a decent deal. I'm struggling to find anything north of £140

Assuming you are talking about a train from London, there are at least three different suggestions in the posts above, have a look through those.

 

[Jay Bee]

Lucky me I have racked up my Club Avanti points and am doing this one for no cost. Travelling up on Friday night and back on Sunday afternoon.

 

[hobbsy]

Anyone seen a decent deal. I'm struggling to find anything north of £140

Slow train to Crewe on the 8.46 , should be £43 each way

 

[Lush55]

Get on the buses outside the ground, will drop you off and then short walk to Piccadilly

Post match shuttle bus service

Following Manchester United men's first team home fixtures, 14 post-match shuttle bus services will operate as a 'load and go' service starting from Chester Road, outside the Ford garage at the junction with Throstles Green.

The buses will travel directly to the city centre and customers will alight at Deansgate-Castlefield, Portland Street and Piccadilly Gardens.

 

[Jay Bee]

Post match shuttle bus service

Following Manchester United men's first team home fixtures, 14 post-match shuttle bus services will operate as a 'load and go' service starting from Chester Road, outside the Ford garage at the junction with Throstles Green.

The buses will travel directly to the city centre and customers will alight at Deansgate-Castlefield, Portland Street and Piccadilly Gardens.

Thank you that answers my question in post 33.

I've never used Avanti super fare but they sell £25 singles for London to Manchester on that day, the only problem is you will be allocated any train between 7am and midday.

Superfare

Travel fast for less with Superfare tickets. Be matched to an empty seat, get a bargain fare for an Avanti West Coast train. Fares are low whenever you go.

www.avantisuperfare.co.uk

The post 5pm return journey is already sold out.

 

[Lush55]

£25 return change at Crewe going out, coming back two changes Stoke and Stafford.

Good times for drinking.

That was on split tickets with rail card

 

[Eastcote Bee]

As mentioned earlier in the thread. Direct EUS - MAN trains all showing at £114.00, the standard off-peak day return.

However, time on the scenic train to Birmingham and the creative inspiration of the English countryside have resulted in what we believe to be the most #thriftcorner slow return London to Manchester day return on 28 November:

Out: £14.00 Advance Single
London Euston: 08:46 - Crewe:10:56 (WMT)
Crewe: 11:16 - Manchester Piccadilly: 12:28 (Northern)
The 09:46 with same itinerary but an hour later also £14:00

Return: Two separate tickets
£5.40 Advance Single
Manchester Piccadilly:18:44 - Warrington Bank Quay: 19:16 (Transport for Wales)
£29.50 Advance Single
Warrington Bank Quay: 19:30 - London Euston: 21:33 (Avanti)

Total price: £48.90 (no Travelcards nor discounts)

Well researched, I have booked 2 tickets same journeys £33.25 each with cards, thanks

 

[Alex]

Managed to find three adults via Crewe both ways for £65.20 with a two together card for two of us, 3.5 hours there and 4 back but better than driving.

 

[bobob]

Going with my wife and making a full day out of it, so ponied up a bit for direct trains:

7:33 EUS - 9:44 MAN
20:14 MAN - 22:57 EUS

£136 total for 2 people with a Two Together railcard

There is basically no cheap option, and from there it's a game of picking how much you're willing to pay for your preferred departure and journey times.

 

[Jay Bee]

Going with my wife and making a full day out of it, so ponied up a bit for direct trains:

7:33 EUS - 9:44 MAN
20:14 MAN - 22:57 EUS

£136 total for 2 people with a Two Together railcard

There is basically no cheap option, and from there it's a game of picking how much you're willing to pay for your preferred departure and journey times.

There are cheap options if you are happy to change but yes Avanti are annoyingly expensive.
Enjoy your day out - you're certainly making a full day of it with the timings you've picked.

 

[Baubaul]

There is no coach option for this one, or it’s been already sold out?

 

[bobob]

There are cheap options if you are happy to change but yes Avanti are annoyingly expensive.
Enjoy your day out - you're certainly making a full day of it with the timings you've picked.

Yeah, we love Manchester generally, our favourite English city break thanks to the long list of food and drink places we really like or are keen to try. Will head straight to a favourite bakery in the morning (either Pollen or Companio) and hit a couple of many great breweries / pubs / beer bars / cocktail bars throughout the day and night.

Then added bonus this time of year as we can do the Christmas markets

 

[Jay Bee]

Yeah, we love Manchester generally, our favourite English city break thanks to the long list of food and drink places we really like or are keen to try. Will head straight to a favourite bakery in the morning (either Pollen or Companio) and hit a couple of many great breweries / pubs / beer bars / cocktail bars throughout the day and night.

Then added bonus this time of year as we can do the Christmas markets

Prepare yourself for some light mockery from some of the regulars for mentioning bakeries and cocktail bars on a football trip ... but it's your day out, you enjoy it!