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I have visited every ground in League 1 and Championship in the last 2 seasons following Ipswich Town. I was looking forward to our usual welcome and to watch an exciting game.
I travelled by car from the Birmingham area, which was relatively easy via M5 and M40. The return journey via M1 was more problematic.
Parking in the Church Road Car park was easy to find, but really difficult to get away from. It took nearly an hour to leave the multi-storey as the exit procedure was so slow.
I ate at a local Chicken burger bar which was reasonably priced and quite fast.
Appalling. From a visiting fans point of view the single concessionary outlet inside the ground, the no alcohol for away fans policy and the no flags policy were all negatives, discriminatory and I felt unnecessary.
We had a large area with good unimpeded vision.
Home fan were pretty quite most of the time. Ipswich support was loud and jovial. That probably reflected the run of the play.
0/10 – I’m elderly and was abused after the match by young supporters who felt it was appropriate to wish harm to me!
Easy to leave the stadium, horrendous to leave the car park.
£80-£100. It was an expected amount. I would have spent more at the club had the food and drink outlet been better, and offered more.
This is the only club that I have visited where I didn’t feel welcomed by club or home supporters. I think the club should take responsibility for that.
Watford need to think about the welcome they offer to away support, provide decent facilities for them, encourage them, expecting and accepting that they will show allegiance to their team. They need to engage with them, demonstrate that they value them and not discriminate against them. Then maybe Watford supporters would take the example and not abuse away support. Everyone expects banter amongst supporters in the ground. Everyone expects and accepts rivalry; but I do not expect to be abused outside the ground. Improved stewarding and policing of home supporters should be considered.
Chose the game because it was only an hour drive from home and never been to Vicarage Road before.
By car. Very simple to get to the ring road and close to the stadium but roads are at a standstill next to the ground.
We parked in the Premier Inn car park – a 10/15 minute walk.
We didn’t and wished we did – there is no alcohol sold to away fans inside the ground – a beginners error!
Outside the ground there is a busy chippy, though we ate right outside the away fans entrance where there was a burger van.
No alcohol for away fans – just had some coffees and coca-colas. At least you were allowed to keep the lid.
View was good. The seat numbering is unusual because we got EE expecting to be half way up but we were two rows from the front. Generous allocation (10% of capacity) for away fans. I liked being on the end rather than the side.
Good away support. You’re put next to what seems like the family stand so the fan ‘banter’ is a bit limited.
10/10 – had a chat with a few on the way to the ground while wearing the Saints scarf.
Got stuck for half an hour getting on the main route out to the motorway – but that’s to be expected.
Four tickets – adults £30 each. £5 each on burgers. Parking £5. Good value for an away win!
Yes – pleasant ground. Good view.
