Sheffield Wednesday away

[DavidRyder]

I'm interested to hear from people that have done this away trip before - tell me about your experiences etc. Is it a trip you'd recommend? What's the ground/facilities/home support like? Any pre match pubs etc to recommend? Thanks in advance!

 

[Foolg]

Cracking place for an away day.

Plenty of cheap pubs, cheap trains (if you book it up early), and decent atmosphere usually. Drink in Kelham Island, or there's also a decent boozer by the station (in the station actually), and a couple just up the hill too as you walk out. Taxi to the ground is about £6/7.

Away end is in the Leppings Lane end, it's old fashioned (like Hillsborough), but it's a proper old school football ground, and there aren't many left nowadays.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The lower tier of Leppings Lane is still horrible and it feels very creepy walking through the tunnel.
The upper tier is ok.
There's loads of good eating and pubs in Sheffield.
We never win at Hillsborough.

 

[DavidRyder]

Sounds promising so far (apart from the results record up there). If I was to get the coach, and I'm guessing they'd drop us at the ground - anywhere close by to eat etc?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Sheffield Wednesday

If you love homophobes who've undergone several irony bypasses it's the best place in England.

 

[sir albion]

Never won there....That's enough for now

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Good away trip. Excellent beers in the pub at the station, tram to the ground. Great city for beers afterwards.

We never win there, mind... which sets up a Zamora winner nicely.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Away fans are once again located in the upper tier. You won't have any trouble standing or sitting where you'd like as we'll only take around 350-400 up there on a Tuesday night.

More information here if you need it - http://www.footballgroundguide.com/...ionship/hillsborough-sheffield-wednesday.html

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Btw I always make a point of visiting the Hillsborough memorial which is in front of the main stand (to your right as you face the away end from outside).

 

[RM-Taylor]

I remember us being 1-0 up there going in to injury time before the inevitable happened and they equalised on the counter attack with pretty much the last kick off the game, good 12 years or so now though. We were bottom of the table and they were 23rd at the time, we would have gone above them aswell.

 

[DavidRyder]

Away fans are once again located in the upper tier. You won't have any trouble standing or sitting where you'd like as we'll only take around 350-400 up there on a Tuesday night.

More information here if you need it - http://www.footballgroundguide.com/...ionship/hillsborough-sheffield-wednesday.html

That's a handy link - thanks.

 

[lawros left foot]

I went two seasons ago when Leon Best scored for them in the 94th minute, could do a job

 

[RM-Taylor]

I remember us being 1-0 up there going in to injury time before the inevitable happened and they equalised on the counter attack with pretty much the last kick off the game, good 12 years or so now though. We were bottom of the table and they were 23rd at the time, we would have gone above them aswell.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2530727.stm - this is the game I'm on about

 

[Hampster Gull]

The ground time forgot. Otheriwse a good day out

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Last year was one of the worst games of football I have witnessed. We arrived late to boot. This year it costs 8 weeks wages.

I'll be there.....

 

[Working class pride]

I'm interested to hear from people that have done this away trip before - tell me about your experiences etc. Is it a trip you'd recommend? What's the ground/facilities/home support like? Any pre match pubs etc to recommend? Thanks in advance!

A very good old ground. Very big but normally half empty. Insofar as away grounds, I've been to around 70 odd and would rate it somewhere between 10th-20th of the grounds I have been to. But grounds are personal tastes as I like lots of small grounds. Sheffield is a fun night out if you are in your 20's but much older than that and its a bit tragic. Both Shef W and Shef U are grounds to visit.

 

[Bolton va va]

An excellent away day....the bar at the station, a good town centre, a nice tram ride & plenty of pubs & eating places around Hillsboro. A bonus for us last season was that the stewards were spot on, letting everyone know that standing was permitted on the back 20 or so rows, & that anyone wanting to sit should go in front of those rows, which improved the atmosphere no end & cut out the usual arguments. Very sensible stewarding & policing.

On the down side, I think they're hiking ticket prices up quite a bit this season.

 

[atfc village]

Always a good day out at ever Wendy or United ,plenty of pubs round the town ,Dev Cat ,Fat Cat ,Bath Arms,Shakespear . Must go back soon it's been a while.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Living in Sheffield I've had the misfortune to go to more games than I care to remember at Hillsborough. Most have been awful and we never win.

The pitch was ruined in the flood in 2007 and never recovered but they finally replaced it for this season and by most accounts have a half decent side now. Hopefully this will mean a better game but I'll not hold my breath.

Just wish the Blades would stop being so crap and get promoted (too late if we go up obviously) as Bramhall Lane is much more fun and you lot would get to see the proper side of the city. The further South/West/nearer the Peak District you go the better it gets in general.

Having said that, as others have mentioned the Sheffield Tap at the station is decent and the Kelham Island area is pretty cool nowadays for bars/food. Although it still changes when the sun goes down.....

 

[theboybilly]

Hotel booked Love Sheffield away days, though Bramall Lane is my favourite of the two