I park 10 mins walk away from the stadium and yesterday the traffic was much quieter
Perhaps everyone getting clogged up around the stadium meant that they hadn't got onto the roads by the time I 'd walked to my car
Like always, stayed to the end, applauded the players off, walked to the car and arrived home in Northwich well before 6pm
ok matey sorry for jumping in
its shocking that the move to eastlands was sold to the club back in 2000 that the road system was great for getting to and away from the game hahahahahah
Bit dangerous using the canal though with Jack The Dipper still out there....Slightly off topic but to do with getting away.
Is the canal path the quickest way of getting to Piccadilly station? Difficult to judge from the map, following the pedestrian signs down the New Road seemed to be a long way of doing it.
Even half an hour after the finish the tram queue looked too long and with no apparent movement we walked.
Has anyone got any idea what was going on with parking at Asda today? The velodrome was shut to football parking (even though the blokes on the gate on Tuesday and Wednesday both said it would be open) so we turn up at Asda and a guy in an orange high vis says he's employed by the club to tell us Asda is not available for football parking and we should go to the Blue car park at the Etihad.
Asked in Asda they said they didn't know anything about it or who he was.
Did the same after checking for any parking signs on the car park.I got there about 2:20pm and there was no fella in an orange hi-vis jacket telling me I couldn't park on there or anything. They used to have parking attendants on there that used to direct cars to the left hand side of the car park when you get on there for £5 but they haven't been there at all this year. I'd be ignoring anyone that was saying that to me and just parking on there anyway.
Did the same after checking for any parking signs on the car park.
Happy to pay a fiver but its becoming more of a ball ache by the week - with the traffic after the game, especially with the velodrome closed with no warning occasionally.
Sooner or later there'll be parking enforcement notices at Asda if they don't get the football parking people back and it's going to be a nightmare finding somewhere else at short notice.
I got there about 2:20pm and there was no fella in an orange hi-vis jacket telling me I couldn't park on there or anything. They used to have parking attendants on there that used to direct cars to the left hand side of the car park when you get on there for £5 but they haven't been there at all this year. I'd be ignoring anyone that was saying that to me and just parking on there anyway.
I've parked there for about 4 years now and only paid once. Saturday afternoons are the worst for getting out of the car park, we ran back to the car yesterday after staying until the end and we managed to get out straight away but we can be sat in there until about 5:20 some times when yesterday, I was home by 5:30!!
You're right though, but I think there are already signs that say 'matchday parking restrictions apply' or something like that. There's a couple of car parks a bit further up Ashton New Road where you can park. Or, I'll park closer to Ashton Old Road on one of the side streets and just walk across. It would only take 10 minutes.