Our annual trip to Hull City kicks off at 7.45 tomorrow night.

If you're driving from Leeds you need to stay on the M62 right till the end, where it becomes the A63. On the edge of the city you should continue along the A63 (Clive Sullivan Way) till you come to a roundabout where you need to take the 2nd exit at a roundabout, following signs to the Stadium and Hull Royal Infirmary. Turn left at the lights and then go over the flyover, right at the next lights and the ground is down on the right.

The stadium offers an Executive 'on-site' Car Park, and there is additional parking on the approach to the stadium in Walton Street, but I wouldn't try to park in any of the surrounding residential streets, which are for permit holders only and are patrolled by an army of traffic wardens. One final option is to use the Park & Ride service from Priory Park, which is signposted from the A63. This service has spaces for up to 650 cars, offers a frequent bus service to the city centre, and picks up supporters after the game from outside the stadium on Anlaby Road.

The railway station is a 15 minute walk from the stadium, with a signposted pedestrian route using Londesborough Street, and you should get your bearings when you pass the stadium on the way into Hull. Of course it's just possible that the local bobbies will be kind enough to provide an escort, to make absolutely sure that we don't get lost. If you want to visit the city centre first, bus service number 701 will take you from there to the Stadium. The last train back to Leeds is at 21.33, so I can't guarantee you'd be able to catch it, but it has been known for the police to keep our train waiting at the station, to make sure we catch it and we're not left hanging round on their patch.

They usually shut all the pubs will be shut both before and after the game, with no alcohol will served inside the stadium, although when was the last time you had a decent pint inside a football ground anyway? So there doesn't seem to be a lot of point in giving my usual pub guide, but if you're in need of some scoff there are some takeaways on the main Alanby Road. If there's one thing Hull is good for, it's got to be fish and chips!

The Kingston Communications (KC) stadium was opened in December 2002 at a cost of £44m, and is owned by the Hull City Council. It's home to both the towns Rugby League & football clubs, and as with all new stadia it has excellent facilities, but seems a bit bland and identikit to old farts like me, who prefer old football grounds with a bit of character. It's got all the important stuff, including 2,000 square feet of conference and exhibition space, 28 executive boxes, a restaurant and 4 banqueting/hospitality suites. And there won't be much danger of the game being postponed, as the water porosity of the pitch is 25-30mm per hour, which I think means it can absorb a lot of rainfall. To make sure we all behave they have a total of 57 CCTV cameras to keep an eye on us.

Our usual ticket allocation is 3,334 for this game, out of a total capacity of 25,404. On Friday the official Leeds site said that we had only 700 tickets left, The Hull website has announced that the home tickets have gone on general sale, and that they will definitely not be selling tickets on the night. There may already be some of the loyal Humberside whites who have already bought tickets in the 'home' parts of the stadium. As the KC is owned by the local authority, the East Yorkshire Whites will have helped to pay for it anyway through their council taxes, so why shouldn't they be able to see their team there! Ticket prices for away fans are £24 for adults and £14, £10 and £5 for various types of concessions.

There are future plans to add an additional tier to both the East & South Stands, which will increase the capacity of the KC Stadium to around 34,000, but at the moment they have no idea when they will be able to make a start on this extension. It might have to wait until they get back into the Premier League, so it could be a while yet.

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