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queens park rangers Visiting Supporters Matchday Guide Welcome to Loftus Road Welcome to Loftus Road! We want to make sure you have an enjoyable experience watching your team play, and have created this ‘Visiting Supporters Matchday Guide’ to help you get the most out of your visit to W12. The guide walks you through buying your match ticket in advance, how to get to Loftus Road, and what there is to do once you arrive at the stadium. We finish off with some interesting trivia about the ground and some useful information on local attractions. Your match tickets Understanding your tickets Fixture Your match tickets tell you a lot of useful information for matchday, which is illustrated on the diagram to the right. Please keep your tickets with you at all times when at the stadium and ensure the barcodes are not folded. Competition Match information Any Queries Any queries that you have prior to the game, please contact your club’s box office for advice. If you have any queries on the day, please visit the Box Office, which is located on the South Africa Road side of the stadium. The Box Office team will be able to show you your seats on their computer screens and direct you to the relevant turnstile block. Buying Tickets The Box Office at QPR does not sell tickets for the visitors section. Please contact your own club’s box office for ticket on-sale information and to secure your seats. The barcode to be scanned when entering the turnstile The stand you are sitting in Need more info? Email [email protected] or call the Box Office Customer Service team on 020 8740 2613 Your seat location Turnstile block Getting to Loftus Road Please note, due to our city centre location, we strongly advise fans not to travel to Loftus Road by car, as unfortunately there are no official club car parks. Tube The nearest tube stations are White City on the Central Line and Wood Lane on the Hammersmith and City Line, which are about a five and seven minute walk away respectively. Shepherds Bush station on the Central Line is approximately a 15 minute walk from Loftus Road. This station is also the nearest overground train station, with trains from both Watford Junction and Clapham Junction stopping here. By Bus Fans wishing to travel by bus can take either the 283 to Bloemfontein Road or the 72, 95 or 220 to White City Station. Please note, road closures around the stadium occur 90 minutes prior to kick-off so please allow plenty of time for your journey. 2 Entrance to the School End Upper Visiting SupportersisEntrance (Visiting Supporters) via turnstile block 2 which is on Ellerslie Road. Stadium Seating Plan Key 2 Visiting Supporters Entrance Arriving at Loftus Road Once you reach the stadium, please keep an eye out for our ‘Loftus Roadies’ who will be happy to help with any questions. They are located at several points around the outside of the stadium and should be easy to identify by their bright red, labelled uniform. If you have any ticketing enquiries, the Box Office is located on the South Africa Road side of the stadium. Please be aware that 90 minutes prior to kick-off, all ticket collections are relocated from the Box Office to the ‘Tickets for Collection’ kiosk, which is located between the Box Office and the QPR Superstore, again on the South Africa Road side of the stadium. The nearest cash machines with free withdrawals are outside the Tesco Express, next to the BBC Media Village or outside the Sainsbury’s on Bloemfontein Road (please see map on previous page). The stadium opens 90 minutes prior to kick-off. Make sure you arrive early for all the pre-match build up. The QPR Superstore is open at the following times in case you would like to take home a Loftus Road souvenir: Saturday Matchday: 9am – 15 mins before KO Weekday Matchday: 9am – 15 mins before KO AWARDED ‘BEST PROGRAMME IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE 2014/15’ BY PROGRAMME MONTHLY MAGAZINE hoops The Official Matchday Programme - Just £3! Packed full of exclusive interviews, content and much, much more, Hoops – the official matchday programme of QPR – really is a must-read. Visiting Supporters can grab a programme from the official sellers stationed in the streets around the stadium, as well as from the QPR Superstore. Menu Hot Food Rollover Hot Dog £4.10 Pukka Stand Up Pasty £3.30 Pukka Beef & Onion Pie £3.30 Pukka Chicken Balti Pie £3.30 Pukka Cheese & Onion Slice £3.30 Pukka Jumbo Sausage Roll £3.30 Snacks Maynards Wine Gums £2.50 Sweet Treats £1.50 Cadbury Chocolate Bars £1.30 Walkers Crisps £1.20 £4.20 PINT Tetley ’s Can £4.00 440ml Somersby Cider £4.00 PET 500ml Red / White Wine £4.00 PET 187ml Soft Drinks Coke / Diet Coke / Fanta Orange Oasis PET 500ml Still Water All visiting supporters will be seated in the The School End – Upper Tier. We have four television screens which show DVD content specific to your club, live football, or the latest scores from around the country. Loftus Road stadium opens an hour and a half before kick-off, with our two refreshment kiosks in the visitors’ end serving a wide range of alcoholic and soft drinks. A full menu can be found on this page, alongside all of the deals we offer. The club has one official away pub called Belushi’s in Shepherds Bush, just one stop Eastbound on the Central Line from White City. However this has a maximum capacity of 300. Hot Dog Meal enjoy served with: Alcohol Carlsberg The School End Upper (Away End) PET 500ml PET 500ml £2.30 £2.30 £2.10 Hot Drinks Kenco Coffee £2.10 Tetley Tea £2.10 Cadbury Hot Chocolate £2.10 Bovril £2.10 soft drink £6.00 Sausage Roll or Pie Meal beer £8.00 enjoy served with: soft drink £5.20 Hot Drink & Treat beer £7.20 enjoy a hot drink and a choice of confectionery £3.20 Matchday Timings (Timings based on a 3pm kick-off) 1.30 3.00 The match kicks off 2.00 Both team line-ups are announced on social media 3.45 Half-time. Selected kids take part in our half-time challenge including at least one visiting supporter 2.20 4.00 The second half kicks off 4.45 Full-time. Our Loftus Roadies will be on hand to give you any information you need The School End – Upper Tier (Visiting Supporters) opens Both sets of players come onto the pitch for their pre-match warm up 2.55 The teams and mascots come onto the pitch Loftus Road Trivia Loftus Road was first used on 11 October 1904 by Shepherd’s Bush FC, an amateur side that was disbanded during the First World War. QPR’s nomadic history has seen the club travel to 14 different grounds. Despite this, the club have only had 2 stadiums since joining the Football league in 1920; Loftus Road and White City Stadium. In 1981 the ground became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed, which remained until 1988. Loftus Road hosted Barry McGuigan’s fight with Eusebio Pedroza in 1985 for the WBA Featherweight Championship. QPR have ground shared Loftus Road with 2 other sports clubs: Fulham Football Club from 2002-2004 and London Wasps (Rugby Union) 1996-2002. Tourist Attractions Shopping Westfield London is a large shopping centre just a short walk from White City, Wood Lane & Shepherd’s Bush stations. It is the equivalent of around 30 football pitches in size, and contains a cinema, a large selection of restaurants & bars, and flagship stores of some of the UK’s most popular retailers. Theatre London’s world renowned West End theatre district is just a few stops away with some of the theatres located on the Central Line near to Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road. Then simply take the Northern line to Leicester Square for other theatres and experience the vibrant atmosphere the West End has to offer. Accommodation Some great accommodation options for fans visiting Loftus Road, are the Ibis London in Shepherd’s Bush, the Travelodge hotel near Tottenham Court Road, and the Premier Inn Hammersmith near Hammersmith tube station. However if you’re looking to make your journey to W12 that little bit more special, the K-West hotel in Shepherds Bush is just a 20 minute walk from the ground. Another alternative would be the Dorsett Hotel, a luxurious Grade II listed building located in Shepherd’s Bush with 317 rooms. Restaurants Uxbridge Road offers a wide range of restaurants which includes favourites such as Nando’s and KFC, as well as The Queen Adelaide which offers a wide selection of food. Westfield Shopping Centre is also a good bet for food, including a Burger King, Pizza Express, Nando’s, and Chip & Fish. From everyone at QPR, we hope you enjoy the match!