Away Days: Falkirk

By Chris Mac
June 12 2005

Stomp News

Away Day Guide to Falkirk
 

Stadium: Falkirk Stadium, Westfield, Falkirk, FK2 9DX

Telephone: (01324) 624121

Disabled Access:
Spaces at front of Main Stand

Distance:
22 miles

Travelling Time:
Car - 30 min
Rail - 1 hour

Weblinks: Official Site, One F In Falkirk

Nickname:
The Bairns

Getting there:
Falkirk's new stadium in just outside the town, basically between Falkirk and Grangemouth and is about 20 mins walk from the town centre.

Car: Take the M80/A80 towards Stirling, branch left at junction 5 onto the M876 (signposted Kincardine Bridge) and then south onto the M9 towards Edinburgh. Leave the M9 at Junction 6 (signposted Grangemouth) and take the A904 back towards Falkirk. After the Westfield roundabout the stadium will be on your left.

Rail: There are trains every hour from Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk's Grahamston Station, and the Falkirk Stadium is roughly a 20 minute walk away along the main road to Grangemouth (A904). Or after you've sampled the local pubs near the station, head for the bus stop outside the Asda and buses to Grangemouth (no.3&4) and Bo'ness (no.6&7) will take you past the ground.

Parking:
There are very few car parking spaces at the ground and if you are not at the park by at least 2:15 do not expect to get one.

The Ground:
Away Fans: Temporary stand (new North Stand in 2005). The temporary stand is pathetic and not worth paying the £15 charged to sit in it, Falkirk FC are taking the p!iss with this and should be forced to allow away fans in to the main stand and segregating it just like many other teams have been forced to do in the past.
Admission: £15 adults, £10 concessions.£5 primary school kids. All Falkirk games look as though they will be all ticket. However do not expect the tickets to be on offer until shortly before the game.
Capacity: 4,200 all seated (5,200 inc temp stand).

Half-Decent Pubs: Suggest Others Here
The nearest is the Earls Gates Social Club, it's only 500 yards along the road, not sure how welcoming they'll be to away fans though... If there are any others please post the details here.

   

 

 

 

  

 

 

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