Bradford City v Hereford United
Football League 2
Saturday 24th October 2009 KO 3.00 pm
Coral Window Stadium (Valley Parade)
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD8 7DY
Phone 01274 773355
Ticket Office 01274 770012
Visiting fans are no longer housed in the two-tiered stand at the one end with Bradford now preferring to provide accommodation in part of the Midland Road Stand to one side of the pitch. Bulls' fans are expected to be in blocks F and G. The view will be good but that is little consolation when you realise that having paid top-wack to get in, the home fans get exactly the same view with their "tuppenny ha'penny" season tickets. Admission is £20 for adults, Seniors £14 and U16's £12. Bradford's student ticket price is only available to home fans that are members of their student scheme.
Directions:- Bradford is off the M62 so you have a choice of going via the M6, or the M42/M1 route. In either case, leave the M62 at J26 and take the M606 towards Bradford. At the end of the M606 take the centre or right hand lanes and follow signs for Ring Road East (under tunnel) onto Rooley Lane (sign Leeds/Bradford Airport). Pass McDonalds on your left and then over a set of lights by an Asda store then turn left at the roundabout into Wakefield Road. Stay in the middle lane, over two roundabouts and onto Shipley Airedale Road (A6037), which then becomes Canal Road. Just after a Tesco store, turn left into Station Road (A6177) and left again into Queens Road. At the third set of lights, turn left into Manningham Lane then after the Gulf filling station turn left into Valley Parade. There is no public parking at the stadium and limited street parking. Distance approx 180 miles. Allow three and a half hours. Postcode BD8 7DY.
HUISA - Departs Radford’s at 8.30am. Fare £19 (£20 non-members). Bookings through club office (08442 761939)
FUNBUS - Departs Radford’s at 8.30am. (Worcester South 9.15ish) Full.
Refreshments - There is the Carlton pub that is only a few minutes walk from behind the Kop Stand. It does allow in away fans, but the pub is quite a basic one. There are also a couple of hotels with bars; all about a ten-minute walk away. They are the Park & Cartwright hotels. Just continue to walk on the main road by the ground away from the town centre and at the traffic lights where the entrance to the park is, turn right and you will see them in a row on your right. Also about a ten minute walk away is the "Corn Dolly" a good real ale pub on Bolton Road, but this has more of a home fan feel about it. Otherwise it is probably wise to drink in the centre or if you are feeling adventurous jump in a taxi and visit the Fighting Cock in Preston St, which serves excellent real ale and has often been listed in "the book" (serves Weston's). Also in the centre is the Shoulder of Mutton at 28 Kirkgate (Close to the Station) offering decent Sam Smith's and good food at reasonable prices. If you're looking for something a little different, you could try The New Beehive on Westgate Hill Street. It's an Edwardian gas-lit Pub full of character and good ale. Finally, in Centenary Square, you will find both a Wetherspoons and a Lloyds within staggering distance of each other.
The nearest chippy to the ground is probably the one just off the Manningham Road at 1A Bowland Street. Otherwise, for those in the centre, there is The In Plaice at 1 Sunbridge Road (near Centenary Square).
See you there.