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Liverpool
Directions
Follow the M62 until you reach the end of the motorway
(beware of a 50mph speed camera about a 1/4 of a mile from the end of the
motorway) .
Then follow the A5058 towards Liverpool. After three miles turn left at the
traffic lights into Utting Avenue (there is a McDonalds on the corner of this
junction).
Proceed for one mile and then turn right at the Arkles pub for the ground.
If you arrive early (around 1pm) then there is street parking to be found.
Otherwise it as idea to park in the streets around
Goodison or you
can park in a secure parking area at Goodison itself which costs £6 and walk across Stanley Park to Anfield.
Pubs
The Arkles pub near to the
ground (see directions by car), is known as the away fans pub,
but as can be expected it can get extremely
crowded. Mark Parsons a visiting Aston Villa fan adds; 'We
arrived at the Arkles at about 1.15pm
and already found it packed out, with fans
queuing outside to get in. We asked a very helpful WPC
for any other away friendly pubs and were told to go to the Flat Iron which was
a five minute walk away. Although the pub
was mostly full of Liverpool fans,
the bars were mixed and all were very friendly.
There is also a good chippy located on the other side
of the road. To find this pub, turn left at the
junction where Arkles is (with the ground
over to your right down Anfield Road).
Head away from the ground and the pub is down
on the right hand side'.
Brian McIlwrick informs me; 'I got to the ground at around 1.30pm and
decided to enter the away end early, only to find that they don't serve
alcohol to away fans. Be warned!'
By Train
Kirkdale station is the closest
to the ground (just under a mile away). However, it may be more
advisable to go to Sandhills Station (which is served directly from Liverpool
Lime Street) as this has the benefit of a bus service to the ground. As Peter
Hedges informs me; 'There
is a soccerbus that goes from Sandhills station on the Merseyrail
Northern Line. It costs 50p and goes regularly for a
couple of hours before and a couple of hours after a game and drops you within
easy walking distance of the ground'.
Both Sandhills & Kirkdale stations
and can be reached by first getting a
train from Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool Central and then changing
there for Kirkdale.
The main railway station in
Liverpool is Lime Street which is over three miles from the ground and is really too far
to walk (although it is mostly downhill on the way back to the station), so
either head for Sandhills or Kirkdale stations or jump in a taxi. Craig Hochkins adds; 'you
can catch various buses from the bus station which is seven minutes walk
away from the train station and is well signposted. Either the 17a
17b 17c or the 26 will drop you right outside the ground at a cost of
about a £1. The buses are run by Arriva and the journey takes about 15 to
25 minutes dependant on traffic'.
Walking Directions From Kirkdale Station:
On exiting from Kirkdale Station turn right and then cross the railway
bridge, you will see a pub opposite called the 'Melrose Abbey', (which has
been recommended). Walk up Westminster Road, alongside the pub and
continue along it, passing the Elm Tree pub. Follow the road
around the right hand bend and then turn left into Bradwell Street. At the
end of Bradwell Street you will come to the busy County Road (A59). Cross
over this road at the traffic lights and then go down the road to the left
of the Aldi superstore. At the end of this road you will reach the
A580 Walton Lane. You should be able to see Goodison Park over
on your left and Stanley Park in front of you. Cross Walton Lane and
either enter Stanley Park following the footpath through the park (keeping
to the right), which will exit into Anfield Road and the away end. Or bear
right down Walton Lane and then turn left down the road at the
end of Stanley Park for the ground. Thanks to Jon Roche for providing
these directions.
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