VISITING VICARAGE ROAD VISITING SUPPORTERS GUIDE 2018/19 WELCOME TO VICARAGE ROAD THE HOME OF FOOTBALL CLUB Thank you for choosing to come and watch your team at Watford FC. We are keen that your visit to Vicarage Road will be as enjoyable as possible, so we have put together this guide to give you all the information we think you might need.

You’ll find details on transport and parking, as well as a Vicarage Road Stadium plan, and information on where you can get your hands on the matchday programme.

Please browse the information in this guide, and we hope you enjoy your visit to Vicarage Road. GETTING TO VICARAGE ROAD

P P P BY TRAIN PARKING BY CAR

AND TUBE There is no parking The clubs postcode is available for fans at the WD18 0ER. The nearest station is ground and street parking Watford High Street, a is restricted for local From the North – Join 10-minute walk away residents with matchday the M25 and follow until from the ground. Watford permits. Watford General Junction 20. Exit and follow Junction train station is Hospital ensure that their signs for Hempstead Road, about a 20-minute walk. security and parking staff follow Hempstead Road Watford also has its own monitor the entrances to into central Watford. Follow the hospital carparks to the large roundabout tube station, which is on prevent supporters from system at the end of the and parking on-site. Watford Hempstead Road and exit is situated just under one town centre has several towards Rickmansworth mile from Vicarage Road. car parks, the easiest A412. Follow this road for of which for access to 1/4 mile and turn left at Vicarage Road is Church the end of the underpass. Car Park (WD18 0JD) on Go through two traffic the inside of the ring-road, lights and turn left into ‘The opposite the turn-off into Hornets’ at the East end of Vicarage Road. All town Vicarage Road. centre car parks are within a 10-minute walk From the South – Join of Vicarage Road. There the M25 and follow until is also additional car Junction 18. Exit via the parking in the Town Centre slip road, which goes at Royalty House (WD18 up to a bridge going 0BW). Other possibilities are across the motorway, Watford Grammar School then turn left towards for Girls (WD18 0AE), and Rickmansworth. Head Fishers Industrial Estate off down into Rickmansworth Wiggenhall Road (WD18 until you arrive at a 0FN). large roundabout near Rickmansworth BR station. Turn left here along the A412 towards Watford. Follow signs into Croxley Green. Continue straight over at the two roundabouts past Croxley, then take the fifth right exit on to Harwood Road. Continue straight down, heading straight over the traffic lights, until you come to the end of the road. At the end turn left and you will now be on Vicarage Road, continue for a few hundred metres and you will see the ground on your right hand side. SUGGESTED LOCAL HOTELS

TRAVELODGE WATFORD CENTRAL 23-25 Market Street, Watford WD18 0PA, England 0871 984 6320 www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/320/Watford-Central-hotel

0.4 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium

BEST WESTERN WHITEHOUSE HOTEL 27-31 Upton Rd, Watford WD18 0JF 0844 387 6197 www.bestwestern.co.uk/hotels/best-western-white-house-hotel

0.5 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium

JURYS INN LONDON WATFORD Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1JA 01923 422800 www.jurysinns.com/hotels/london/watford

0.6 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium

PREMIER INN WATFORD CENTRAL Timms Meadow, 69 Water Ln, Watford WD17 2NJ 0871 527 9140 www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/hertfordshire/watford/ watford-central.html 0.7 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium

HOLIDAY INN WATFORD JUNCTION 65-67 Clarendon Rd, Watford WD17 1DS 01923 227274 https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/watford/lonju/hoteldetail

0.9 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium AWAY END MAP

OCCUPATION ROAD

DROPPED KERB DROPPED KERB 6 GATE LIFT ACCESS STEP FREE ACCESS WC WC THE HORNETS SHOP 1 i 1 ROADIES VICARAGE SEATS ROW Y ROW A ROW LL ROW DD (1-5 RESTRICTED VIEW) AMBULANT AREA VRS1 4 12 1 LOOP HEARING 8 GATE 1 17 WC TOILET and will escort accessible entrances. supporters to the appropriate ACCESSIBLE Disabled supporters should aim for the VICARAGE ROADIE information point where SEATS ROW Y ROW A ROW LL ROW DD the matchday meet and greet team are situated. They are dressed in green hi-vis jackets hi-vis jackets in green dressed situated. They are team are the matchday meet and greet VICARAGE ROAD VRS1 LIFT ACCESS 15-18 TURSTILES 44 9 GATE ENTRANCE ACCESSIBLE 47 12 SEATING ACCESSIBLE SEATS ROW Y ROW A ROW LL ROW DD VRS2 Vicarage Road Visiting Supporters Plan 19-20 TURSTILES REFRESHMENTS 74 10 GATE 0 7 8 WC 1 TURNSTILE 13 5 (RESTRICTED VIEW) 1 PROVIDED HANDRAILS AMBULANT AREA LOWERED COUNTER 8 STEPS TO SEATS 1 TICKET 86 COLLECTIONS VICARAGE ROADIES

OUR TEAM OF ‘VICARAGE ROADIES’ LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO THE VICARAGE ROAD STADIUM

Who are the Vicarage Roadies? What Do We Do?

The Vicarage Roadies are here to meet and Anything we can to help is the easy answer. greet supporters coming to Watford Football As Hornets supporters, we know a lot about Club on match days. We are a team of the Club, the town and the stadium. In the volunteer Watford fans who aim to enhance unlikely event we can’t help you we will find the supporter experience by offering advice someone who can. and support to all visitors to Vicarage Road. Our role is different to match day stewards. Most of the Roadies have been Hornets for We have more time to chat with fans and years, the one thing we all have in common are dedicated to offering everyone the is our desire to go that extra mile and give warmest welcome to our ground. all supporters the best possible matchday experience. How Can We Help You?

How and Where Can You Find Us? Our team will provide help, guidance and the answers to any questions you might During your visit we hope you will get to have when you arrive at the Stadium. To meet and interact with some of our Roadie us no problem is insurmountable, whatever Team. Our team can be found on the you might need, from assistance for those approaches to and around Vicarage Road needing support to access the stadium, Stadium from at least 90 minutes before to away match ticket collection and kick-off, and we have an information point everything in between. No task is too great at the North-East corner of the stadium. or small! Just come and find us, ask us and You’ll easily spot us dressed in our bright we will do all we can. As it says on our green ‘Roadie Jackets’ with cheerful smiling Roadie jackets, we’re ‘HERE TO HELP’ faces. Welcome to Vicarage Road Stadium! Hot Dog £4.80 You won’t have to look far to get your Pies £4.30 food to keep you going through the match – make sure you try the pies, Vegetarian Pie £4.20 you’ll only find one other ground in Sausage Roll £4.00 the whole football league that sells Grab Bag £3.00 the same ones! We’ve got peppered steak and the classic chicken balti Chocolate £2.10 - and for the vegetarians, we have Crisps £2.00 cheese and butter. Hot Dogs £4.70 We look forward to serving you soon. Soft Drinks £2.50 Water £2.20 Hot Drinks £2.10 MATCHDAY PROGRAMMES

No visit to Vicarage Road is complete programme really is a must-have purchase without picking up a copy of the matchday for all supporters. programme – available at the stadium before every Watford home game. The 100-page programme costs £3.50 to purchase and is available from The Hornets Featuring a detailed look at the Hornets’ Shop as well as various vendors situated opponents, all the on-pitch and behind-the- around the stadium. You can also download scenes club news, as well as fun quizzes and a digital version for iPhone, iPad and Android games for younger fans – the matchday devices from the Matchday Digital app. 11.08.18 / 3PM £3.50 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION & HOVE BRIGHTON

Commentary for supporters Disabled with visual impairments Watford FC has a number of ‘Soccer Supporters Sight’ headsets which allow visually impaired supporters to hear an audio Information commentary provided by volunteers from the Watford Hospital Radio team. Viewing Areas Visiting supporters are asked to email There are 32 wheelchair spaces and [email protected] or 15 Amenity/Easy Access spaces avail- call our ticket office hotline on 01923 able in the visitor’s section at Vicarage 223023 with their name and seat num- Road. ber to book a headset at no addition- al cost, which will be delivered to their Stadium Access seat before kick-off and collected at Disabled supporters should aim for the the end of the match. ‘Vicarage Roadie’ Information Point next to the Hornets Shop, on arriv- Car Parking al. Supporters should then approach A limited number of wheelchair park- Watford’s ‘Vicarage Roadies’ match ing bays and spaces for ambulant day meet and greet team, who are disabled supporters can be booked dressed in bright green hi-vis jackets in advance. To book a space, please and will be stationed outside the stadi- call our ticket office hotline on 01923 um from 1pm onwards on the day. The 223023 or email your request to dis- ‘Roadies’ team will be happy to escort [email protected]. supporters to the appropriate acces- Spaces are subject to availability and sible entrances and on to the away maps showing access routes for each sections of the stadium. car park can be provided on request. A drop off point is also available. Dropped Kerbs Visiting supporters in wheelchairs are Access Statement advised that there are two dropped Please visit www.watfordfc.com/dis- kerbs along Vicarage Road itself, in abledsupporters for our full access front of the Hornets Shop on the East statement. side of the stadium and next to the Hospital Access Road on the West side of the Stadium. Bottles and Flasks Additional Plastic bottles are allowed into the stadium. All bottles will be information opened to check contents be- fore entry. Bottle tops will be able Stadium Entry to remain on any drinks that are Turnstiles will open 90 minutes be- taken into the stadium. Flasks are fore kick-off. In order to meet our discouraged, contents will also be security obligations, we advise checked before entry. that you arrive no later than 45 minutes before kick-off to avoid Tablets, Laptops, Cameras any potential delays. All support- and Mobile Phones ers will be searched prior to entry Tablets and Laptops can be into the ground. brought into the stadium but must be placed in a suitable bag. Supporter Meeting Point Large cameras are not permitted. The officially designated ‘away’ All electronic devices must not pub is The Oddfellows, 14 Fearnley be used for filming and supporters Street, WD18 0RD. may be ejected, if identified.

Bags and Luggage Flags and Banners We politely request that you avoid Flags and banners are not al- bringing large bags as these may lowed inside the stadium unless not be allowed into the ground. express permission has been A left luggage facility for cabin granted by the Operations Man- style luggage is available at the ager stadium, prior permission must be sought as space is limited and all Additional Questions luggage will be searched on arriv- Have you got a question we ha- al. Please contact event.safety@ ven’t answered in this guide? watfordfc.com for more details Please contact yourvoice@wat- and to obtain permission. fordfc.com or call 01923-496000 and select option 0.