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Visiting Fan Guide
2018-2020
Croeso i Gymru. Welcome to Wales.
Welcome to Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
This guide has been compiled in conjunction with the FAW and FSF
Cymru, who organise Fan Embassies. The purpose is to help you get
the most out of your visit to Wales.
The guide is aimed to be fan friendly and contain all the information
you’ll need to have an enjoyable day at the Principality stadium,
including directions, where to park and so much more.
At the Cardiff stadium we accommodate supporters of all gender,
age or nationality. Our aim is to ensure that each fan has an
enjoyable matchday experience-irrespective of the result.
The FAW thank you for purchasing tickets and look forward to
If you have any queries, please contact us.
greeting you in Cardiff, where members of the FSF Cymru fan Twitter @FSFwalesfanemb
embassy team will be available to assist you around the stadium. Email paul.corkrey@fsf.org
How to get to the Stadium by car
If you are travelling to the stadium by car, Cardiff council operate several park and rides across the City.
access from the motorway is easy. Leave
the M4 at junction 33 and take the A4232 The Cardiff City stadium is one of these. Follow along the A4232
towards Cardiff/Barry. Exit the A4232 on to
the B4267 turnoff, signposted towards as above until the B4267 turnoff signposted Cardiff City Stadium
Principality Stadium.
Bear left at the roundabout and you will see the entrance to the
There will be Electronic Vehicle
Management signage & brown football
Stadium Park and Ride on your right.
signage to help guide you to Principality
Stadium from the M4 onwards The East side of Cardiff is at Pentwyn, just of the A48 if you are
coming from the East of Cardiff. The Postcode for this is CF23
Follow the signs to the Town Centre and
Car Parks. 8HH.
. There are many more listed at www.parkjockey.com
How to get to the Stadium by train Cardiff Central is the nearest station to the stadium and operates mainline services from all over the UK. Cardiff Queen Street Station is a 15minute walk to the east of the Stadium and offers rail services across Cardiff and from the South Wales Valleys A queuing system is generally in operation at Cardiff Central Station after each event so please check the signage for details of your train. When arriving at Cardiff Central Station passengers should bear left along wood street for Gates 5,6 and 7 or bear right along Wood Street to Westgate Street for Gates 4,3,2, continuing to Gate 1 on Castle Street
Alternative ways to get to the Stadium
For those flying Cardiff Wales A typical taxi fare from Eating and drinking
Airport to the Principality Cardiff Wales airport to Visiting fans are advised to look for
Stadium is a 30 minute drive the town centre is refreshments in the city centre, please
and 45 minutes’ drive from approximately ￡30.00 to see back page for recomendations
Bristol Airport. An express bus ￡45.00
service (T9) operates directly
from the terminal to the City
Centre. Live train times/prices
Arrivatrainswales.co.uk or thetrainline.com
A short shuttle bus journey Bus timetables
connects the Airport to the Cardiffbus.com
Live traffic updates
train station at Rhoose, which Livetraffic.tomtom.com
is a 30-minute rail journey to
Cardiff Central Station.
Ticket Procedure All persons entering the stadium must have a match ticket, these should be bought in advance from your National Football Association. You may be subject to search on entry and you cannot enter with prohibited items, especially pyrotechnics. With increased Security checks around the stadium we advise you arrive 1 hour before the game • Check ticket for turnstile number • Have your ticket ready as approaching turnstile • Place your ticket onto the reader • Make sure that the bar code is under the scanner • Stewards will be at every turnstile
Banners, Flags, Signs & Musical Instruments
The FAW welcomes fans to discriminatory, commercial, explicit authority from the FAW
demonstrate their support political, contentious or obscene operations manager or its
using flags and banners. To nature safety officer. Specific requests
ensure these articles do not • Banners that are likely to cause from visiting supporters will be
upset or distract others, we ask alarm or distress to other groups considered on an individual basis.
supporters to adhere to the of supporters and/or either Under no circumstances will
following guidelines. particular nation, officials or staff Megaphones be allowed into any
will not be allowed area of the stadium.
• Banners should not be more • The FAW head of operations
than 3m by 1m ( other banners and its safety officer reserve
including “crowd surfing” banners the right and sole discretion to
only allowed with prior consent.) allow or remove banners at the
• Banners are not placed in the stadium
eyeline of others • Under normal operating
• Banners do not obstruct procedures musical instruments
signage or advertising are not permitted into any
• Banners should not be of a area of the ground without
The FAW & FSF Cymru. Together Stronger.
Although fully independent of The FAW and Welsh football is on 88 caps and still a regular in
each other the FAW and FSF some interesting trivia the Welsh team
Cymru work together to ensure • The FAW, Established in 1876, • Wales’ top scorer is the
the wellbeing of all supporters it is the third-oldest national incredible Gareth Bale, who
and to offer an enjoyable association in the world overtook Ian Rush when he
matchday experience to • Wales’ first team currently play scored his 29th goal amongst a
everyone who attends matches most games at the Cardiff city hat trick against China in 2018.
stadium but can also • Wales qualified for the World
The FSF Cymru arrange fan play at the Principality stadium cup in 1958 reaching the Quarter
Embassy services for Welsh in Cardiff city centre, the Liberty finals and famously got to the
fans who travel to away games, stadium in Swansea and when semi-finals in France at Euro 16.
the organisation are members the ground improvements are
of Football Supporters Europe made, up in North Wales at
(FSE). Wrexham.
• Wales’ most capped player is
currently Neville Southall on 92
caps, but Chris Gunter
Cardiff City Centre Drinks and Food Cardiff Bay
Cardiff City Centre has over 30 public houses within The old Cardiff docklands have been redeveloped
a square mile, from traditional Welsh pubs to more in the last decade to create Cardiff Bay, home to
European type Cafe bars. Prices for pints range from a large freshwater lake for sailing and water
£2.50 to £4.50 per pint, with wine starting from sports; the stylish five star St David’s Hotel and
£1.50 per glass. Spa, Mermaid Quay – a restaurant hotspot with
everything from Italian to Turkish cuisine and the
There are several Craft Beers, with two micro home for Welsh National Opera – the Wales
breweries in St Mary St. Millennium Centre.
Resaturaunts are plentiful with over 50 within the The Red Dragon Centre is the City’s ultimate
city centre entertainment destination, boasting everything
you need to eat, drink and play under one roof.
What we do is what we do best! Inside you’ll find
Many different cuisines including Thai, Indian, a 12 screen cinema, a 26 lane bowling alley,
Chinese, Syrian, Portugese and our own traditional casino and gym. We’re also all about eating!
Welsh dishes can be sought within the centre. Whatever your choice in food you’ll find it here
with plenty of restaurants, bars, and cafés to suit
For those who like Fast Food, you will not be all tastes.
disappointed, there are many spread across the
centre including McDonalds, KFC, Subway and
Burger King
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