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icarus · 04-23-2010, 06:07 AM

Re: going to a soccer game.

I live in Fulham, about oh a 30 second walk from Stamford Bridge stadium, and if you want to go see a Chelsea match there are about 40 or 50 ticket touts (scalpers) in the general vicinity before any match. You can shop around for the best deal. Two tickets to an FA Cup quarter-final a few weeks ago were going for about £70-90 (I assume prices go down once the game starts). There's a ticket office at the stadium too so who knows you might get lucky. With Fulham FC, you can buy general sale (legit) tickets for just about any fixture and it's better value. Advance sales definitely, walk up sales probably too... I saw Fulham v. Sunderland this year and there were rows and rows of empty seats behind us.

The whole point is you can go to any football match you want and budget for it. If you're up north Newcastle gets huge crowds but you should still be able to get some tickets outside the stadium.

Re: Heathrow vs. Gatwick

Both are easy to get into the city from, how quick and how cheap is up to you.

Heathrow -- underground (cheap but long), Heathrow Express (not cheap but fast), cab (not cheap but kind of fast)

Gatwick -- Easybus to Fulham (cheap and quick), national rail (cheap and slow), Gatwick Express (not cheap and fast), cab (not cheap but fast... although why not just take the Easybus?)

I am poor so I always go for the underground from Heathrow and the Easybus from Gatwick (which pretty much drops me off at my door).

04-23-2010, 06:07 AM	#25
icarus Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Singapore Exp:	Re: going to a soccer game. I live in Fulham, about oh a 30 second walk from Stamford Bridge stadium, and if you want to go see a Chelsea match there are about 40 or 50 ticket touts (scalpers) in the general vicinity before any match. You can shop around for the best deal. Two tickets to an FA Cup quarter-final a few weeks ago were going for about £70-90 (I assume prices go down once the game starts). There's a ticket office at the stadium too so who knows you might get lucky. With Fulham FC, you can buy general sale (legit) tickets for just about any fixture and it's better value. Advance sales definitely, walk up sales probably too... I saw Fulham v. Sunderland this year and there were rows and rows of empty seats behind us. The whole point is you can go to any football match you want and budget for it. If you're up north Newcastle gets huge crowds but you should still be able to get some tickets outside the stadium. Re: Heathrow vs. Gatwick Both are easy to get into the city from, how quick and how cheap is up to you. Heathrow -- underground (cheap but long), Heathrow Express (not cheap but fast), cab (not cheap but kind of fast) Gatwick -- Easybus to Fulham (cheap and quick), national rail (cheap and slow), Gatwick Express (not cheap and fast), cab (not cheap but fast... although why not just take the Easybus?) I am poor so I always go for the underground from Heathrow and the Easybus from Gatwick (which pretty much drops me off at my door). __________________ Shot down in Flames!