Spurs (a)
Saturday 11th February 5.30pm
It's
now thirteen years and counting since we played at White Hart Lane at 3 o'clock
on a Saturday. There aren't any real cheap train deals available unless you
travel as a group of three or more. Below are the main services, with fares
as at 03/01. Italics means change at York.
|
Leeds |
1005 |
1105 |
1205 |
1305 |
|
Kings Cross |
2030
|
2100 |
2200
|
|
Wakefield W |
1016 |
1116 |
1216 |
1316 |
|
Wakefield W |
2235 |
- |
0024 |
|
Kings Cross |
1330 |
1330 |
1430 |
1530 |
|
Leeds |
2254
|
2333 |
0045
|
|
Single fare |
£27.30* |
£27.30* |
£27.30* |
£20.55* |
|
Single fare |
£27.30* |
£10.45 |
£20.55* |
* If bought at
www.eastcoast.co.uk, otherwise costs more
Fares
from Leeds and Wakefield:
|
From £35** |
Advance Singles |
|
£94.10 |
Super Off Peak Return |
** Groups of three or more can get approx 27% off Advance Singles if booked
here
Fares from Sheffield:
|
From £22 |
Advance Singles
booked at
Megatrain |
|
From £42 |
Advance Singles |
|
£67.50 |
Super Off Peak Return |
The best way to get to White Hart Lane from
Kings Cross is to catch the Victoria Line to Seven Sisters, from where you catch a train to White Hart
Lane station. There are additional trains running between Severn Sisters and
White Hart Lane before and after the game. If you hit it right the entire journey from Kings Cross will only
take just over 20 minutes. Alternatively it's a 25 minute walk from
Seven Sisters to the ground, with a couple of pubs on the way that you should be
able get in. Whatever you do you'll
need a One Day Travelcard for zones 1-4 unless you've got an
Oyster Card.
Anyone daft enough to drive down will find
that there is no street parking whatsoever anywhere near the ground. You'll
therefore have to either park some distance away or pay around £15 in a private
car park.
Pubs
The pubs closest to the ground are strictly home fans only, and many others are
very partisan and so you might want to give them a miss. The best options are
therefore probably:
- Gilpin's Bell
(Wetherspoons, which is a 10 minute walk north of the ground along High Road)
- the Elmhurst, which is where any Yorkshire Mags going to Spurs in recent
seasons have tended to go; get off at Bruce Grove if you catch the train from
Seven Sisters
- Harringey Irish Club, very close to White Hart Lane station
The above, as well as many others, are all marked on the pub map below.
Alternatively you could just drink around
Kings Cross and catch a late tube up. If so then be aware that you'll need to
set off by quarter to 5 to make kick-off (tube at 16x`.29 should get you to
White Hart Lane at 16.51, or 16.43 at 17.06).
Pub map
Kings Cross pub map
Internet
Ground Guide
London Transport
Official Spurs site
Top Spurs (unofficial site)