Travel Guide - Portman Road, Ipswich Tuesday, 25th Mar 2008 15:15 QPR are on the road again this weekend as they visit another team chasing the play offs, Ipswich Town. Ground Name: Portman Road Capacity: 30 300 (all seated) This guide is brought to you in association with Mrs Clive - she has a season ticket at Ipswich so you can trust her because she goes here a lot, or you can ignore her because you think she might be having you on and trying to get 1200 QPR fans to rattle round Lowestoft for the afternoon just for the craic. By Car: So, at the Interchange, take the 2nd exit (straight across), over the A12. Follow this road into Ipswich. When you get to the traffic lights at the crossroad with Yarmouth Rd (by Sainsbury's petrol station), turn right and follow the road round. If you want to park by the ground (on the away fan side), get into the left hand lane when you join the one way system by the big ugly council building (the dented steel monstrosity), and the 1st set of traffic lights onto the Princes St. Depending on your timing you should be able to turn onto Portman Rd and go into the car park. If not, continue to the roundabout with Fransican Way, and take the 1st exit. Take the 1st exit at the next roundabout, and the 1st left will be the other end of Portman Rd Map: Parking: By Train Liverpool Street 1130 Ipswich 1730 You can still book this trip for £24 based on buying two single tickets – standard advance singles (two) to be precise. On arrival come out of the main entrance and everything should be obvious to you. There's a pub dead opposite the station that is traditionally a haunt of the away fans and then the ground is behind that, over the river bridge, and about five minutes away on foot. The town centre is no more than five minutes beyond that. Pubs: Tickets We have 283 seats in the middle of the Cobbold Stand priced at £31.50 for adults (yes you’re reading that right, £31.50 for Championship football watched from a horrible, cramped old stand) £20.50 for old aged pensioners (again, that’s not a typing error, the cost of an adult ticket at third placed Hull is charged for elderly people at Ipswich) and £9/50 for Under 16s. The 1413 tickets we have in the off centre section are slightly cheaper, but still bloody expensive, particularly for pensioners. £26.50 for adults, £9.50 for under 16s, and £18.50 for pensioners and 16-19 year olds. You can get an adult ticket for £22.50, a senior and teen for £15.50 and a junior for £6.50 in the family stand but you have to go through the turnstiles with two kids and a talking dog or something so good luck with that. As if that wasn’t scandalous enough – if you pay on the day the cost goes up by £2.50. So you could potentially be charged £34 for an adult and £23 for a pensioner. Links: Detailed fans' guide to Portman Road Going to Ipswich? Talk about your matchday plans on the Message Board Click here and be the first user to comment on this article Photo: Action Images Please report offensive, libellous or inappropriate posts by using the links provided.
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