Visiting Fan Guide 2018-2020 Croeso i Gymru. Welcome to Wales.
Welcome to Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
This guide has been compiled in conjunction with the FAW and FSF Cymru, who organise Fan Embassies. The purpose is to help you get the most out of your visit to Wales.
The guide is aimed to be fan friendly and contain all the information you’ll need to have an enjoyable day at the Cardiff City stadium, including directions, where to park and so much more.
At the Cardiff stadium we accommodate supporters of all gender, age or nationality. Our aim is to ensure that each fan has an enjoyable matchday experience-irrespective of the result.
The FAW thank you for purchasing tickets and look forward to If you have any queries, please contact us. greeting you in Cardiff, where members of the FSF Cymru fan Twitter @FSFwalesfanemb embassy team will be available to assist you around the stadium. Email [email protected] How to get to the Stadium by car
If you are travelling to the stadium by We have an away parking area located in that obstructs footways and/or private car, access from the motorway is easy. the away compound of CCS (accessible entrances. Cardiff Council enforcement Leave the M4 at junction 33 and take up until 30 minutes prior to kick-off), officers and South Wales Police officers the A4232 towards Cardiff/Barry. Exit which can be accessed via Sloper Road work event days and will check that all the A4232 on to the B4267 turnoff, (next to the HSS Hire Shop). Tickets cost vehicles are parked legally. signposted towards Cardiff City Stadium. £10 per car.
Follow the slip-road off the B4267, There is parking for coaches, disabled take the second available exit off the supporters and a limited number roundabout on to Hadfield Road and of spaces for fans who arrive early then take the third left in to Bessemer (immediately adjacent to the away Road. turnstiles).
Travel to the end of Bessemer Road and Thereafter, further parking for away at the traffic lights turn left on to Sloper supporters is available at Bessemer Road. Continue down Sloper Road and Road’s Wholesale Market car park (CF11 turn left (next to the HSS Hire Shop) to 8BA) - less than a five-minute walk from access the away supporters car park. Cardiff City Stadium. Parking here costs £5 per vehicle. There will be Electronic Vehicle Management signage & brown football Cardiff City FC politely asks all those signage to help guide you to Cardiff City attending events at CCS to respect Stadium from the M4 onwards. local residents by not parking in a way How to get to the Stadium by train
Away supporters should take A Taxi from the centre of the a direct train to Grangetown city should cost between £5 and Station from Cardiff Central £10 we recommend that you use Station (a 5-minute journey, Dragon Taxis approximately). 029 2033 3333.
Arriva Trains Wales operate a half hourly service to Grangetown Station which is approximately one mile from Cardiff City Stadium.
Away supporters are advised not to transfer via Canton Station. For more information, visit arrivatrainswales co.uk Walking from Grangetown station to the or the trainline.com. stadium takes 18 minutes Alternative ways to get to the Stadium
A match day shuttle bus service runs between the city centre and the stadium every twenty minutes. After the game buses pick up from the Fred Keenor Statue- the first of them five minutes after the final whistle, subsequently up to one hour after the match.
The stadium is about 1.5 miles from the city centre and takes Eating and drinking about thirty minutes to walk to Visiting fans are advised to look for Live train times/prices the ground (see map). refreshments in the city centre, please Arrivatrainswales.co.uk or thetrainline.com Bus timetables see back page for recomendations Cardiffbus.com Alternatively a taxi will cost Live traffic updates between £5-£10. Livetraffic.tomtom.com Ticket Procedure
All persons entering the stadium must have a match ticket, these should be bought in advance from your National Football Association.
You may be subject to search on entry and you cannot enter with prohibited items, especially pyrotechnics.
• Check ticket for turnstile number • Have your ticket ready as approaching turnstile • Place your ticket into the reader • Make sure that the bar code is under the scanner • Once the light goes green proceed through into the stadium and enjoy the match. If the light turns red please notify the customer service staff or stewards who will assist you. Banners, Flags, Signs & Musical Instruments
The FAW welcomes fans to discriminatory, commercial, explicit authority from the FAW demonstrate their support political, contentious or obscene operations manager or its using flags and banners. To nature safety officer. Specific requests ensure these articles do not • Banners that are likely to cause from visiting supporters will be upset or distract others, we ask alarm or distress to other groups considered on an individual basis. supporters to adhere to the of supporters and/or either Under no circumstances will following guidelines. particular nation, officials or staff Megaphones be allowed into any will not be allowed area of the stadium. • Banners should not be more • The FAW head of operations than 3m by 1m ( other banners and its safety officer reserve including “crowd surfing” banners the right and sole discretion to only allowed with prior consent.) allow or remove banners at the • Banners are not placed in the stadium eyeline of others • Under normal operating • Banners do not obstruct procedures musical instruments signage or advertising are not permitted into any • Banners should not be of a area of the ground without The FAW & FSF Cymru. Together Stronger.
Although fully independent of The FAW and Welsh football is on 88 caps and still a regular in each other the FAW and FSF some interesting trivia the Welsh team Cymru work together to ensure • The FAW, Established in 1876, • Wales’ top scorer is the the wellbeing of all supporters it is the third-oldest national incredible Gareth Bale, who and to offer an enjoyable association in the world overtook Ian Rush when he matchday experience to • Wales’ first team currently play scored his 29th goal amongst a everyone who attends matches most games at the Cardiff city hat trick against China in 2018. stadium but can also • Wales qualified for the World The FSF Cymru arrange fan play at the Principality stadium cup in 1958 reaching the Quarter Embassy services for Welsh in Cardiff city centre, the Liberty finals and famously got to the fans who travel to away games, stadium in Swansea and when semi-finals in France at Euro 16. the organisation are members the ground improvements are of Football Supporters Europe made, up in North Wales at (FSE). Wrexham. • Wales’ most capped player is currently Neville Southall on 92 caps, but Chris Gunter Cardiff City Centre Drinks and Food Cardiff Bay
Cardiff City Centre has over 30 public houses within The old Cardiff docklands have been redeveloped a square mile, from traditional Welsh pubs to more in the last decade to create Cardiff Bay, home to European type Cafe bars. Prices for pints range from a large freshwater lake for sailing and water £2.50 to £4.50 per pint, with wine starting from sports; the stylish five star St David’s Hotel and £1.50 per glass. Spa, Mermaid Quay – a restaurant hotspot with everything from Italian to Turkish cuisine and the There are several Craft Beers, with two micro home for Welsh National Opera – the Wales breweries in St Mary St. Millennium Centre.
Resaturaunts are plentiful with over 50 within the The Red Dragon Centre is the City’s ultimate city centre entertainment destination, boasting everything you need to eat, drink and play under one roof. What we do is what we do best! Inside you’ll find Many different cuisines including Thai, Indian, a 12 screen cinema, a 26 lane bowling alley, Chinese, Syrian, Portugese and our own traditional casino and gym. We’re also all about eating! Welsh dishes can be sought within the centre. Whatever your choice in food you’ll find it here with plenty of restaurants, bars, and cafés to suit For those who like Fast Food, you will not be all tastes. disappointed, there are many spread across the centre including McDonalds, KFC, Subway and Burger King