TOWN on TOUR! St Albans City

TOWN on TOUR!
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

St Albans City (Away) THE BUILDBASE FA TROPHY 2ND ROUND PROPER Sat 13th Jan 2017 K.O. 3:00pm

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


AWAY TRAVEL:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


*Supporters coach leaves the CNG Stadium @ 9am

Prices:
Adult member £10
Adult non-member £17
Under 16 member £5
Under 16 non-member £10

All under 16’s must be accompanied by a paying adult.

Please check the Facebook group and Twitter prior to travel to confirm departure time.

To book your place, please see Jordan Ford in the 1919 at any of our home fixtures, call
07989 969 575 or e-mail [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Thank you for your support.

* Thank you to John Swaine of Plasmor who has very generously offered to subsidise the coach cost meaning that we are able to offer heavily discounted prices for this trip.


Predictions:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


Contacts/Directions
Clarence Park Stadium,
York Road,
St Albans
AL1 4PL

Tel: 01727 848914

Directions by road:

From the North (M1)
Take the M10 exit at junction 7 to St Albans. At end of motorway take 2nd exit at rbt onto A405. At next rbt turn left onto A1081. Follow road for approx 1 mile until mini rbt (Great Northern pub on left). Turn right into Alma Road. At traffic lights turn right into Victoria Street and continue to junction with Crown pub. Go straight across into Clarence Road, ground is first on left about 50 yards past junction or take the next turning on the left into York Road, ground entrance is at the end of the road on the left.

From the North (A1M)
Come off A1(M) at junction 3 onto A414 to St Albans. At next major rbt take A1081 exit to St Albans. Follow road for approx 1 mile until mini roundabout (Great Northern pub on left). Turn right into Alma Road. At traffic lights turn right into Victoria Street and continue to junction with Crown pub. Go straight across into Clarence Road, ground is first on left about 50 yards past junction or take the next turning on the left into York Road, ground entrance is at the end of the road on the left.

From the West (A5183/A4147)
At Batchwood Hall rbt go straight on towards St albans. At next mini rbt bear left past petrol station into Catherine Street. Follow road up to roundabout at top of St Peters Street in City centre. Go straight across into Hatfield Road, then straight over another mini rbt and over railway line to Crown Pub junction. Turn left into Clarence Road, ground is first on left about 50 yards past junction or take the next turning on the left into York Road, ground entrance is at the end of the road on the left.

From the M25 (Clockwise)
Exit M25 at juntion 21A (A405). Follow signs to St. Albans from slip road. At Noke Hotel roundabout (Shell garage will be straight ahead), bear right on A405 and stay on A405 until London Colney rbt (traffic light controlled). Turn left onto A1081. Follow road for approx 1 mile until mini roundabout (Great Northern pub on left). Turn right into Alma Road. At traffic lights turn right into Victoria Street and continue to junction with Crown pub. Go straight across into Clarence Road, ground is first on left about 50 yards past junction or take the next turning on the left into York Road, ground entrance is at the end of the road on the left.

From the M25 (Counter-clockwise)
Exit M25 at juntion 22 (A1081). Follow signs to St. Albans from slip road. At London Colney rbt (traffic light controlled) exit onto A1081. Follow road for approx 1 mile until mini roundabout (Great Northern pub on left). Turn right into Alma Road. At traffic lights turn right into Victoria Street and continue to junction with Crown pub. Go straight across into Clarence Road, ground is first on left about 50 yards past junction or take the next turning on the left into York Road, ground entrance is at the end of the road on the left.

Parking
A small amount of parking is available at the Clarence Road entrance if not the station car park can be used or surrounding roads but please do not block driveways and be aware of local parking restrictions.


By train:
The nearest station is St Albans City, which is served by Thameslink trains from St Pancras and further south of London. Slow trains from London normally terminate at St Albans but fast trains go on to Luton or Bedford. The station is about a 5-10 minute walk away from the Clarence Park ground.

On coming out of the main station entrance (on the east side), turn left along Station Way. At the top of this road turn right into Hatfield Road. Go down to the traffic lights (where the Crown pub can be seen on one corner) and turn left into Clarence Road and then left again for the ground entrance. You may be interested to note the cricket pavilion on your right.

Alternatively, from the traffic lights, you could enter Clarence Park and take a short cut directly to the turnstiles. Brian Scott has informed me that on his visit in September 2017 that he noticed that a new entrance to Clarence Park is being made in Hatfield Road up near the railway bridge at the top of Station Way. If this is open on your visit it will be an even quicker walk.


Where to eat & drink:
Pubs
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Fast Food Restaurants
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Restaurants
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


Prices: TBC
Adults
Concessions
Juniors

History:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Ground:
Clarence Park
Capacity 5,007 of which 642 are seated
Record Attendance v 9,757 v Ferryhill Athletic Amateur Cup 4th Round 27/02/26 W4-1


USE OF FLAGS
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


Guidance for the use of flags at Clarence Park
Clarence Park upholds the highest standards of Health and Safety. The following guidance is in line with the stadium’s grounds regulations.

We know that many supporters like to display flags at football matches and Clarence Park will always be as accommodating as possible.

Flags are not generally confiscated, however, flags are prohibited from the West (Main) Stand Complex also the obstruction of gangways, access routes, exits and entrances, health and safety signage, advertising boards and stairways is strictly forbidden – In the event of an emergency we must have all access and exit points clear.

St Albans City Football Club reserves the right to confiscate flags if they are very large or may compromise public safety, obscure someone’s view, a camera position or if a flag carries offensive, discriminatory or inflammatory messaging.



Flagpoles greater than 1m in length will not allowed.

Any articles that could potentially be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety are strictly prohibited.

Permission must be sought in advance from the Club to arrange use of the very large supporter flags that are designed to be passed over people’s heads. In such cases the flag must be flame retardant and the organiser bringing the flag into the stadium will need to provide the appropriate H&S certification.

Entry to the Ground shall constitute acceptance of the Ground Regulations.



Last competitive match @ St Albans City
N/A


St Albans City Forum:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


Live match coverage:
Radio York MW Frequencies
666 & 1260 across the county

Harrogate Town twitter
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

St Albans City twitter
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

If this one finishes level at the end of the game will it be a replay or extra time and penalties?

Hi all,

Saints fan in peace here.

The best place place for a pre match beer/real ale is the mermaid on Hatfield, Rd where they also serve brilliant homemade pie and mash and other home cooked food. Just down the road from the train station although there is Crown PH which just a short walk from the ground. Also at the ground I believe we are now selling ale from our local brewery three brewers, i'm sure the club will be grateful for your custom.

Hope you enjoy your day with us.

I understand it will go to a replay BL with it being on Tuesday.

It will be fascinating to see how Conference North matches up to Conference South.

Come on Town !

This will be a harder game than Wrexham, who weren't really bothered.

I think after our (reported - I didn't go) performance at Nuneaton, we ought to be bothered and need to get back to winning ways before the now hugely immense game at Salford next week (weather permitting). However, If we perform well but lose, that might be a blessing in disguise as surely this season is our best chance ever of getting into the national league and we don't want a cup run to distract us from that goal, do we ? We won't get a better chance of promotion imvho ie this year there is no team in our league a class above the rest, unlike the last 2 years - Solihull and fylde!

Just seen we are 1-0 down ????. Gutted as I wanted us to have a right go at this. Win a few games including today, and unbeleivably we could be going to Wembley!!!! Linked to the news Leeds are now losing at Ipswich, just makes for a depressing Sat in Jan’ Brilliant start to the New Year????. Come on Town/United????.

Unbeleivable, you couldn’t write the script :-). Get in lads, roll on Tuesday.

was i just in a bad mood or was that a dire performance ? i left 5 mins before the end so missed the equaliser but saw enough tocome to the opinion that based on that performances and other recent form we will not come in the 1st 3 and we'll get knocked out in the 1st qualifying round of playoffs. there seemed to be no set plan - in 2nd half kennedy was forever hoofing it upfield into no mans land - btw i have a lot pf time for kennedy normally. i have to say that based on our performances since november we've been overrating our potential.
but sport is full of surprises and maybe yet we can still surpass what we are currently promising before the season ends.

Have to agree since Becks arrival we have reverted to the long ball more than before - even when he is not playing - must be the style in training. Wish we could get back to the style that we played at the beginning of the season with it all on the deck and then the form will return.

Really poor again today. Started 1st 15 mins okay then garbage. Our midfield without Falkingham is very negative except Jack who tries to break forward. Thomson should be given another chance because he's got to be better than some playing today. Ainge needed that 90 mins to knock the rust off but was offside a few times as usual. We are playing too many long balls again and the ball is coming straight back.Hope the injuries we had today are not serious because we need to be near full strength on Tuesday to get through to the last 16. Finally i think we had about only one shot at goal 2nd half and we equalised which is no where good enough.

Bar on impossible to play that bad again on Tuesday! Fully expect us to win against what will be a tired part time side on a surface there not used to playing on ( not in a arrogant way but we have to use what we have at our advantage) no excuses, neither keeper had anything to do apart from pick the ball out of there respective nets today, real poor game lacking in quality throughout, Tuesday has to be a improvement, although based on today anything over £10 to get in I shall not be attending!

We have gone off the boil a bit!
So best get kettle on again sharpish!!!!

Full of cold, but I will be there on Tuesday!!!!!

Before this week Salford took 2 points from a possible 12. Brackley went 4 games without a win and Blyth took 3 points from a possible 12.
We took 9 points from a possible 12. It's not just us!

Is the game at risk even tho it’s still forecast to go ahead. Steady snow forecast most of the night.

Hope so - the southerners may not like it so much!

What a terrific 90 mins of footy we got from 2 sides played in arctic conditions. We were unrelenting in the 2nd half and could have had at least 3 more goals. Good to see Thomson get 90 mins and playing well. He put in some cracking crosses and fully deserved his goal. Both Jack and Falkingham had good games and no booking for Falkingham which is a bonus. Think we rested some players but they must wonder if they will get back in. Almost forgot to mention Knowles who looks as if he's ready to get a bag full of goals now clear again of injuries.

Knowles was superb tonight and looked like the player we signed a few years ago. Hope he can stay clear of injuries now.

Just what we needed going into the Salford game - a performance full of skill and endeavour, good FOOTball build-up and, often incisive finishing.
It was always going to be difficult for part-timers, long journeyed St Albans (btw - unlucky not to win the first game) to match us, but they gave their all, have some very skilful players and contributed immensely to an excellent match - i only felt cold at half-time !

I just hope we can bottle that performance and sprinkle it over the rest of the season, starting with a big dollop on Saturday.