For any info ahead of game at Southampton other than tickets and coaches

I would be very obliged if anybody could advise some parking information for saturdays game. Due to mobility problems I would need to be parked near to the ground.

Thanks for any help you can give

How close? Parking isn't good at Southampton.

7decades wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:11 am

I would be very obliged if anybody could advise some parking information for saturdays game. Due to mobility problems I would need to be parked near to the ground.

Thanks for any help you can give

We always park at Royal South Hants Hospital, and will be doing so this weekend given the price of the trains. Its always quiet at the weekend and is about 15min walk from the ground.

Last time we went we parked as close as we could find because of Storm Dennis. I'm sure it was the Hindu Temple about 5-10 mins walk away on Radcliffe Road.

Park away and get a taxi right to the ground.

Thanks for your replies, greatly appreciated

Without being able to check my ticket, are we in the north eastern corner of the ground, or the south west corner??

box_of_frogs wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:42 pm

Without being able to check my ticket, are we in the north eastern corner of the ground, or the south west corner??

Last time I was there (a few years ago) it was the NE corner as we had the sun in our eyes on a February day

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:50 pm

Last time I was there (a few years ago) it was the NE corner as we had the sun in our eyes on a February day

Thanks. I thought it was the NE end, so i'll go with that!

It is north-east (Northam) stand (corner area)
Blocks 47 + 48
Britannia Road (next to ticket office)

https://www.southamptonfc.com/-/media/f ... .pdf?la=en

There used to be a pub a few roads away where you could park easily. It was run by someone who looked just like the Turin Shroud but I don’t think it’s there anymore.

The one time we watched a game at St Mary's we got securely parked <3 minutes walk from the ground...
We were on a boat in Itchen Marina though

The nearby Premier Inn does matchday parking.

box_of_frogs wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:51 pm

Thanks. I thought it was the NE end, so i'll go with that!

If seats are in that northern stand then Ocean Quay Marina's probably closer.

AfloatinClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:01 pm

If seats are in that northern stand then Ocean Quay Marina's probably closer.

Parking over at West Quay and then walking over - hotels over that way! Thanks for the advice though!

claretblue wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:56 pm

It is north-east (Northam) stand (corner area)
Blocks 47 + 48
Britannia Road (next to ticket office)

https://www.southamptonfc.com/-/media/f ... .pdf?la=en

And 46.

Any recommendations for away friendly pubs ( preferably with real ale on) pre/after match please?

Vintage Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:52 pm

Any recommendations for away friendly pubs ( preferably with real ale on) pre/after match please?

Never been so I don't know how far away from the ground it is but a Leeds supporter I know tagged him self in the slug and Lettuce last week pre match.

Easy walking distance

Vintage Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:52 pm

Any recommendations for away friendly pubs ( preferably with real ale on) pre/after match please?

It's about a 25 min walk from the ground and going away from the city centre but Olaf's Tun is a decent real ale place

dermotdermot...that would be Andy the landlord of the Bent Brief. Great bloke. The pub has since been renamed I think.

Southampton is a dreadful city, one of the very worst. The people who populate the city centre make the citizens of Burnley look healthy, wealthy and wise. I spent 2 years there.

That said, there is a cluster of pubs and food places on Oxford Street which are quite nice, not too far from the ground.

kindonesque wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:35 pm

dermotdermot...that would be Andy the landlord of the Bent Brief. Great bloke. The pub has since been renamed I think.

I know that he is or was a great bloke. But he was the Turin Shoud. Has he been whisked off to the V and A?