VISITING VICARAGE ROAD WATFORD FC 2017/18 AWAY FAN GUIDE Thank you for choosing to come and watch your team at Watford FC. We WELCOME TO 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 VICARAGE ROAD might need. You’ll find details on transport and parking, as well as a Vicarage Road THE HOME OF Stadium plan, and information on where you can get your hands on the WATFORD matchday programme. Please browse the information in this guide, and we hope you enjoy your visit FOOTBALL CLUB to Vicarage Road. GETTING TO VICARAGE ROAD P P P BY TRAIN AND TUBE PARKING BY CAR The nearest station is Watford High Street, There is no parking available for fans at From the North – Join the M25 and follow a 10-minute walk away from the ground. the ground and street parking is restricted until Junction 20. Exit and follow signs for Watford Junction train station is about a for local residents with matchday permits. Hempstead Road, follow Hempstead 20-minute walk. Watford also has its own Watford town centre has several car parks, Road into central Watford. Follow the large London Underground tube station, which is the easiest of which for access to Vicarage roundabout system at the end of Hempstead on the Metropolitan Line and is situated just Road is Church Car Park on the inside of the Road and exit towards Rickmansworth A412. under one mile from Vicarage Road. ring-road, opposite the turn-off into Vicarage Follow this road for 1/4 mile and turn left at the Road. All town centre car parks are within end of the underpass. Go through two traffic a 10-minute walk of Vicarage Road. There lights and turn left into ‘The Hornets’ at the is also additional car parking in the Town East end of Vicarage Road. Centre at Royalty House (on King Street, just off the High Street). Other possibilities are From the South – Join the M25 and follow until Watford Grammar School for Girls, Cassiobury Junction 18. Exit via the slip road, which goes Park Avenue, and Fishers Industrial Estate off up to a bridge going across the motorway, Wiggenhall Road. then turn left towards Rickmansworth. Head down into Rickmansworth until you arrive at a 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. STADIUM MAP WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL THE GRAHAM TAYLOR STAND HOSPITALITY ENTRANCE SIR ELTON JOHN SUITE UGT7 UGT6 UG UG UGT2 UGT1 RY T5 T3 LLE A 37-43 G CATAIN AR HE HOSPITALITY T TV 2 THE VIEW ENTRANCE TV 1 LG LGT5 LGT4 T3 LGT2 LGT1 1-11 RS1 RS5 VRS4 VICARAGE ROAD VI C STAND Y AR A A W VRS3 RS2 RS6 GE R O ADIUM A STAND T D S VRS2 RS3 RS7 THE ROOKERY 15-18 MATCHDAY RECEPTION RS4 RS8 VRS1 SKY LOUNGE & MATCHDAY AWAY TICKET TICKET OFFICE SENSORCOLLECTIONY ROOM POINT SE ENTRANCE J8 SEJ7 SEJ1 SEJ2 SEJ3 SEJ4 SEJ5 SEJ6 SKY LOUNGE SENSORY ROOM THE HORNETS SHOP 29-36 28-27 26 25 24-23 22 THE SIR ELTON JOHN STAND OCCUPATION ROAD 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 Anything we can to help is the easy and greet supporters coming to Watford answer. As Hornets supporters, we know Football Club on match days. We are a a lot about the Club, the town and the team of volunteer Watford fans who aim stadium. In the unlikely event we can’t to enhance the supporter experience help you we will find someone who can. by offering advice and support to all Our role is different to match day visitors to Vicarage Road. Most of the stewards. We have more time to chat Roadies have been Hornets for years, with fans and are dedicated to offering the one thing we all have in common everyone the warmest welcome to our is our desire to go that extra mile and ground. give 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 During your visit we hope you will get you might have when you arrive to meet and interact with some of our at the Stadium. To us no problem is Roadie Team. Our team can be found insurmountable, whatever you might on the approaches to and around need, from assistance for those needing Vicarage Road Stadium from at least support to access the stadium, to away 90 minutes before kick-off, and we have match ticket collection and everything an information point at the North-East in between. No task is too great or small! corner of the stadium. You’ll easily spot Just come and find us, ask us and we will us dressed in our bright green ‘Roadie do all we can. As it says on our Roadie Jackets’ with cheerful smiling faces. jackets, we’re ‘HERE TO HELP’ CATERING Hot Drinks from £2.00 Snacks from £1.60 No visit to Vicarage Road is complete without a visit to our newly refurbished matchday kiosks. We believe and work Pies and Sausage rolls from £4.00 to the ethos that the quality of our food starts in the field, not in the box in a warehouse. We go right to the start of the source and the quality of that product is looked after throughout the entire process - so by the time we select our ingredients, put a good chef around it and cook the product the delivery is the best it can be. It’s all designed to offer fans a new, unique, and truly FANCENTRIC experience. Ultimately we aim to create the best matchday experience possible by providing a choice of great quality food, served in a speedy, efficient manner by engaging and friendly employees. We look forward to welcoming you. MATCHDAY PROGRAMMES No visit to Vicarage Road is complete without picking up a copy of the matchday programme – available at the stadium before every Watford home game. Featuring a detailed look at the Hornets’ opponents – including exclusive interviews with players past and present – as well as fun quizzes and games for younger fans, the matchday programme really is a must-have purchase for supporters of both teams. The 100-page programme costs £3.50 to purchase and is available from The Hornets Shop as well as various vendors situated around the stadium. You can also download a digital version for iPhone, iPad and Android devices from the Matchday Digital app..