Just to let you know the car parks close at 11.00 not 10.15.

Excellent, thanks.

Cheers
How far past McBride (Lea Green) is it?
And is that pub there within realistic walking distance?

Cheers

It's about another mile n half after the Micklehead Green Pub at Lea Green but walking isn't really viable as the A570, St Helens Linkway, doesn't have any pavements! A taxi would cost around a fiver as it's a straight drive to the stadium but tell the taxi driver you want to go to Burger King (and then walk over to the Stadium) otherwise he may go the much longer local route to the actual Stadium entrance road. Best taxis are: Cable Cars - 01744609060; Critchleys -01744813184

Re. the car park times: the council started off with an 11pm close for the first game, then switched to 10:15pm. Having asked my snout at Saints, he says it's back to 11pm so I stand corrected on that one.

Nice one, cheers mate

Thanks a lot for that R.V.M its a great help for me as im coming by train and its not St Helens Central but St Helens Junction so the map is a big help [ plus the tip for the pub in the town centre

I'm stopping at the Park Inn as I'm doing the run on Sunday.

Thanks for the info pal! Much appreciated!

Any Stella in the George?

Not that I'm aware of but there is a "German" fridge fully stocked with a wide variety of imported Bavarian brews. And a cooker to match, with Bavarian grub for a quid a pop.

Also cask ale for the quaffers but I'm not 100% sure what's on this weekend.

The best person to comment is the Landlord, I'll point him to this thread.

Excellent. We'll be having a visit hopefully.

or try Thatto heath rlfc club house, cracking folks, always friendly, 5 mins drive from ground , cheap and cracking gaff too...
Met a top fella/ saints fan in there last year called "the mexican" had us in stitches and stayed with us all , all day, sadly no longer with us but what we witnessed and how friendly it was that day will make us go back time and again ...

Agree with the Thatto Heath shout, just round the corner from me and a cracking facility. They've also started to run a shuttle bus to Langtree Park, £4 return with a free pint either before you go or when you get back. It's a book in advance job but come Friday evening, if there's empty seats and some FC fans with £4 in their pockets, I can't see Thatto Heath saying no.

As for the George, Landlord tells me this week he's got Black Sheep and Bombardier on cask and the Bavarian section has seven varieties of pint sized bottles, including Dunkelweisse and Altbier. I'm assuming that they are very good premium beers?

Good for you! Who are you doing it for? I'm doing the run too (although more of a jog/walk combo for me) for the Saints Foundation. Mind you, you could be one of those serious types who wear a little timer and do stuff like run up North Road! (That's a hill in the middle of the circuit, just for the uninitiated)

North Road is not a hill!!!
It's a slight incline. Try Gathurst, that's for REAL runners.

Thanks, i've googled it and i'll get off at Lea Green then and walk to the stadium to stretch the legs and suss the timing for after the match. Coming over earlier as well to sample the George, Bavarian Beers, Nice !! Schneider Weiss even better

Booked the day off work and win lose or draw this is one away trip im really looking forward to with the new Langtree Park.

Try riding a bike from Manchester to Blackpool through Haigh Hall, then you'll meet some serious hills.



Kudos on doing the run by the way!

I'm running for the SPF, and hoping (although not a serious runner at all) to do it in less than an hour. Not looking forward to North Road, but compared to the hills in Sheffield it's a doddle



Maybe see you there!

Having lived in Sheffield for four years I can vouch for the hilliness of the hills there! I remember having a nice skate downhill in my car thanks to snow and ice. No, North Road isn't as big a hill as some of those in Sheffield but it still fools you, especially if (like me) the only running you ever do is the bath! There are also two other inclines in quick succession following on from North Road, but just far enough afterwards to fool you into thinking that it's going to be flat from now on. I think too that the fact North Road (and other inclines) come slap bang in the middle of the run is another factor to consider when being a novice like me. The professional runners won't figure it all for much. I think one person wants to do the full circuit in 33 minutes. I'm aiming to beat my 1.5 hours! But most of all I just want to finish so that I can hand over my sponsor money to my charity. I wouldn't be doing it at all if it wasn't a charity event.

From Council Website..... confirms Multi Storey's P-02 & P-04 on the map close at 11pm

"Next Match - Saints v Hull 9th March, 2012 8pm.

Chalon Way Car Park and Tontine Car Park will close at 11pm

Parking Charge £1 on Chalon Way, Linkway and Tontine Car Parks"

Lovely stadium but we parked in the multi storey and it was a nightmare to get out, think the fact that it's in the city centre obviously causes some problems parking.

Apart from the balls up at the turnstyles leaving hundreds of home and away fans missing kick off, couldn't fault anything else about the away day experience. Mega impressed with the stadium, despite booing their side off (those that were left) the Saints fans must be chuffed to bits with moving from KR to LP.

we had no problems getting out of the multi storey car parks, but we managed to get there early enough to park in the one closest to the ground, from getting out the stadium back to the m62 it took us 15 minutes! now............it would have been nice to have known about the m62 being closed on the way home!

Thanks to the fc fans in The George last night, hope you enjoyed the beer and also the betting tip hull getting 8 point start. See you on analby rd later this year.

Cheers Al & Michelle