BOSTON UNITED - Saturday 8 January 2005
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 27 (M11). Take the M11 northbound carriageway and continue past Cambridge until the motorway merges into the A14 northbound. Join the A1(M) at junction 13a and continue northbound towards Peterborough. After about 17 miles take the A47 eastbound towards Peterborough. After 7 miles take the A15 north to Market Deeping and join the A16 to Boston. On entering Boston, go over a railway crossing and bear right at the following set of traffic lights (SP : Boston College). Go over the small Haven bridge and straight along JOHN ADAMS WAY (dualled). The flooodlights of the ground can be seen on the right. At the next set of traffic lights, turn right into MAIN RIDGE before taking the next right into YORK STREET. The car-park at the ground is for permit holders only; the advice is to use one of the nearby town centre pay-and-display car-parks.
Distance : 145 miles - allow 3 hours.

BY RAIL :  GNER services leave London Kings Cross for Grantham, where you need to change and take a Central Trans service to Boston. The whole journey should take about 2¼ hours. The ground is about 10 minutes from the station. Head down STATION STREET towards the church tower. Bear right past the police station and head over the footbridge over the river. Turn right up an alleyway into CHURCH LANE. Pass the Britannia Inn and continue into SOUTH STREET. Take a left turn into SPAIN LANE and continue to the end where you will come to a dual carriageway and see the ground ahead of you.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

BRISTOL ROVERS - Friday 27 August 2004
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 15 (M4). Take the M4 westbound and continue to the M5. Head southbound on the M5 to junction 16 (SP : Filton) and joined the A38(S) towards the city centre. After passing the large British Aerospace works and then the Royal George and Duke of York pubs, turn left at the set of traffic lights; the Memorial Ground is sign-posted and about 100 yards down the road. If you go straight over at the lights you will find the Wellington pub; there is street parking around the sides and back of the pub.
Distance : 175 miles - allow 3 hours.

BY RAIL : Friday night game. Unless you're staying overnight, consider alternative transport.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

BURY - Saturday 11 December 2004
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 21 (M1). Take the M1 northbound to junction 19 (M6) and take the M6 westbound around Birmingham and continue to junction 21a (M62). Take the M62 eastbound to junction 12 and join the M60 northbound around Manchester to junction 18 (M66). Head north towards to junction 3 (A56) and take the left-hand exit at the junction. Follow the road to the A56 MANCHESTER ROAD and turn right at the traffic lights towards Bury. After passing the Swan & Cemetary pub and some playing fields, you'll be looking to turn right into GIGG LANE just before the next set of traffic lights. However it should be noted that Gigg Lane is normally closed to traffic on match-days and the location of the ground is not apparent from the main road. Street parking is really all that is on offer.
Distance : 245 miles - allow 4 hours.

BY RAIL : Virgin Trains services leave London Euston for Manchester Piccadilly and take about 3¼ hours.  At Manchester Piccadilly catch a tram to Bury Metrolink station. The ground is about 15 minutes walk. Turn left out of the station and continue along a pedestrian walkway as it goes under a dual-carriageway. Turn right towards the town hall and, just before you reach it, turn left into KNOWSLEY STREET. At the bottom of the road, turn left onto the A56 MANCHESTER ROAD and keep going for about half-a-mile to GIGG LANE.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

CAMBRIDGE UNITED - Monday 28 March 2005
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 27 (M11). Take the M11 northbound carriageway and continue to junction 14 (A14). Take the A14 eastbound towards Newmarket and continue for about 5 miles before turning off onto the B1047 (SP : Cambridge Airport). At the top of the slip-road turn right towards Fen Ditton and continue to a set of traffic lights where you turn right into NEWMARKET ROAD. Go straight across the roundabout (McDonald's on one corner) and the Abbey Stadium will be on the left. However parking is extremely limited at the ground itself so it's best to continue past it for about 400 yards and turn left at the next set of traffic lights into COLDHAM LANE. Continue across a mini-roundabout and over a railway bridge to a car-park entrance on the left. The ground is accessed across the common.
Distance : 75 miles - allow 1 hour 30 minutes.

BY RAIL : WAGN services leave London Kings Cross for Cambridge and take about 45 minutes. Since the ground is over two miles away it's probably best to catch a taxi. Otherwise it's a fair old walk through a maze of streets.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

CHELTENHAM TOWN - Saturday 19 March 2005
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 16 (M40). Take the M11 westbound to Oxford and leave the motorway junction 8 (A40). Follow the A40 around Oxford and continue westwards to Cheltenham.
Distance : 145 miles - allow 2 hours 50 minutes.

BY RAIL : First Great Western services leave London Paddington for Cheltenham Spa and take around 2 hours. Cheltenham Spa station is another one that is over two miles from the ground. Best hop into a cab.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

CHESTER CITY - Saturday 5 March 2005
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 21 (M1). Take the M1 northbound to junction 19 (M6) and take the M6 westbound around Birmingham and continue to junction 20 (M56). Take the M56 westbound and stay on it until you reach a roundabout at the end. Follow the signs to North Wales and Queensferry on the A5117. After about 1½ miles bear left at the set of traffic lights onto the A550 and continue for another 1½ miles, passing RAF Sealand. Turn left onto the A548 (SP : Chester) and head straight through the first set of lights. At the next set, turn right into BUMPERS LANE and continue to the end of the road where you will find the ground. There's plenty of parking (charge : £3) but it can be difficult to get away after the match.
Distance : 245 miles - allow 4 hours.

BY RAIL : Virgin Trains services leave London Euston for Crewe, where you need to change and take an Arriva Trains Wales service to Chester. The whole journey will take around 3¼ hours. The ground is over two miles from the station so get a taxi or catch the "football special" bus from behind the Town Hall (charge : 65p).

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

DARLINGTON - Saturday 2 October 2004
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 21 (M1). Take the M1 northbound to junction 32 (M18) and take the M18 eastbound towards Doncaster. At junction 2 (A1(M)), take the northbound carriageway of the A1(M) and continue to junction 57 (A66(M)) into Darlington. Go straight across two roundabouts - the ground will reveal itself on the left - then turn left at the third roundabout into NEASHAM ROAD. There is a car-park at the ground (charge : £5).
Distance : 265 miles - allow 4 hours 45 minutes.

BY RAIL : GNER services leave London Kings Cross for Darlington and take just over 2½ hours direct. The ground is about 1½ miles from the station. Leave the station and turn right past the taxi rank and head towards the car-park. Cross a covered footbridge into ALBERT ROAD. Continue down the road before taking a right into NEASHAM ROAD. The ground is about a mile down the road on the left. Or take a taxi.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

GRIMSBY TOWN - Saturday 7 May 2005
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 27 (M11). Take the M11 northbound carriageway and continue past Cambridge until the motorway merges into the A14 northbound. Join the A1(M) at junction 13a and continue northbound past Peterborough and continue to Newark-on-Trent. Take the A46 eastbound past Lincoln and continue to Cleethorpes. Remember that Grimsby Town FC play in Cleethorpes and NOT Grimsby! The ground is on the A180 which runs between the two towns. There is no car-park at the ground - you will soon seen why - and you have to take your chance with street-parking.
Distance : 200 miles - allow 4 hours 10 minutes.

BY RAIL : GNER services leave London Kings Cross for Doncaster, where you need to change and take a Transpennine Express service to Cleethorpes. The whole journey should take about 3 hours. The ground is about a mile from Cleethorpes station. Turn left as you come out of the station and walk along the sea-front. Keep going and you will see the ground on your left.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS - Monday 3 Jan 05
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 16 (M40). Take the M11 westbound past Oxford and continue towards Birmingham. Merge into the M42 westbound towards Bromsgrove. Merge into the M5 northbound to junction 4 (A491). Take the A491 towards Stourbridge and then the A456 into Kidderminster. As you enter the outskirts of the town, turn left at a set of traffic lights by the Land Oak pub onto the A449 and then turn right at the next set of traffic lights towards the town centre. At the Severn Valley Railway station on your left, you can park for £1.50 and walk to the ground; if you don't fancy that, continue past the station and turn left into HOO ROAD just before a roundabout. Continue up the road and the ground is on the left. There is a car-park behind the home end but it can be difficult to get away quickly after the game.
Distance : 175 miles - allow 3 hours 5 minutes.

BY RAIL : Plenty of options but the easiest seems to be to take a First Great Western Link service from London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill and then a Central Trains service to Kidderminster, taking about 3¼ hours. The ground is about 10 minutes from the station. Come straight out of the station and go past the Severn Valley Railway station on your left. Go down the hill and turn left into HOO ROAD; the ground is further up on the left.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

LEYTON ORIENT - Tuesday 7 December 2004
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 27 (M11). Take the M11 southbound carriageway towards London; after about six miles take the right-fork signposted for the North Circular Road. At the bottom of the flyover, the roads merge and you need to move into the left-hand lane and turn left at the roundabout into the A104. After a mile or so turn right at the next roundabout - still on the A104 - and continue towards Leyton and Stratford. After about half-a-mile turn left into LEYTON GREEN ROAD and left again into a short slip-road past a bus garage and then left once again into LEYTON HIGH ROAD. Continue until you see the floodlights of the ground. Street-parking is the only option.
Distance : 40 miles - allow 1 hours 5 minutes.

BY RAIL : Catch a First Great Eastern service from Southend Victoria to Stratford (trains leave every 20 minutes from Southend). At Stratford change and take a London Underground Central Line service eastbound to Leytonstone. Brisbane Road is about ten minutes walk from the station. Turn right when you exit the station and follow the LEYTON HIGH ROAD for about a quarter-of-a-mile - cross the road to the other side at some point - and then turn left into BUCKINGHAM ROAD for the ground.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

LINCOLN CITY - Tuesday 10 August 2004
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 27 (M11). Take the M11 northbound carriageway and continue past Cambridge until the motorway merges into the A14 northbound. Join the A1(M) at junction 13a and continue northbound past Peterborough and continue to Newark-on-Trent. Take the A46 eastbound to Lincoln. Sincil Bank (LCFC) is now well sign-posted. There is limited parking available at the ground behind the Stacey-West Stand (charge : £4) if you arrive early enough. However it's better to park (for free) on South Common, which is an open field just as you arrive on the A46 into Lincoln and is about ten minutes walk from the ground.
Distance : 165 miles - allow 3 hours 15 minutes.

BY RAIL : Since it's a mid-week evening game, there are NO trains back to London after the match So, unless you are intending to stay overnight in Lincoln, you are advised to find alternative transport to and from the match.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

MACCLESFIELD TOWN - Saturday 9 April 2005
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 21 (M1). Take the M1 northbound to junction 24 (A50) and follow the A50 westbound for about 12 miles and then take the A38 northbound towards Derby. After about 6 miles take the A52 westbound past Ashbourne and then the A523 through Leek to Macclesfield. As you enter the outskirts of the town, the ground is on the left. Parking is limited to finding somewhere in the streets behind the ground or on the A523 itself.
Distance : 220 miles - allow 3 hours 55 minutes.

BY RAIL : At the moment it's not as easy as it used to be. Take a Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Wilmslow and then a bus shuttle to Macclesfield station. The ground is about 1½ miles from the station. As you leave the station turn left into SUNDERLAND STREET and follow until a set of trafffic lights next to a war memorial and gardens. Turn left into MILL LANE and follow the road as it becomes LONDON ROAD. Just after the church on the right, the ground is just ahead. It's an uphill walk so you can catch a bus if you don't fancy the stroll. Take the Arriva Cheshire No 9 service from the bus station opposite the railway station.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

MANSFIELD TOWN - Saturday 22 January 2005
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 21 (M1). Take the M1 northbound to junction 28 (A38) and take the A38 into Mansfield Woodhouse. After about 7 miles turn right at the crossroads into BELVEDERE STREET and right again into QUARRY LANE for the ground. You can park at the ground (charge : £2) or chance your luck with street-parking.
Distance : 175 miles - allow 3 hours. 

BY RAIL : Take a Midland Main Line service from London St Pancras to Nottingham and then a Central Trains service to Mansfield Woodhouse; journey time 3 hours. The ground can be seen from the station and it just a short walk. Turn left as you leave that station along a dual carriageway heading away from the town centre. At a set of traffic lights, go straight on into PORTLAND STREET and at the next set of lights turn right into QUARRY LANE. The ground is just a short distance down on the right.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

NORTHAMPTON TOWN - Saturday 19 February 05
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 21 (M1). Take the M1 northbound to junction 16 (A45) and take the A45 towards Northampton. The ground is on the right. There is fair-sized car-park at the ground (donation : £2) but it can get full. Don't park in the Virgin Cinema complex; you could kop at £10 charge!
Distance : 105 miles - allow 2 hours. 

BY RAIL : Trains run by Silverlink Trains Services Ltd. leave London Euston for Northampton and take about 1¼ hours. The ground is over two miles from the station so it's probably best to pop in a cab unless you really feel the urge to wander. If so, turn right out of the station and follow the road past a tall tower. Continue past Wickes and at the leisure centre turn left down a footpath and turn right into the road at the end. The ground is in the distance ahead of you.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

NOTTS COUNTY - Saturday 18 September 2004
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 21 (M1). Take the M1 northbound to junction 26 (A610) and take the A610 towards Nottingham before following signs for Melton Mowbray. Turn left before the River Trent into MEADOW LANE. Parking is available at the Cattle Market (charge : £2) behind the away end or in the club car-park (charge : £2.50), otherwise it's down to street-parking.
Distance : 160 miles - allow 2 hours 55 minutes. 

BY RAIL : GNER services leave London Kings Cross for Grantham, where you will need to change to catch a Central Trains service to Nottingham.The ground is a 10 minute stroll from the station. As you come out of the main entrance, turn left and then left again to follow the road down to LONDON ROAD. Turn right and the ground is about a quarter-of-a-mile down on the left.

BY COACH : See the Shrimpers Trust website for more details.

OXFORD UNITED - Saturday 23 April 2005
BY ROAD : Take A127 out of Southend to the M25 and head anti-clockwise to junction 16 (M40). Take the M11 westbound to Oxford and leave the motorway junction 8 (A40). Follow the A40 towards Oxford and, at the first roundabout with a McDonalds on the corner, take the first left onto the A4142. After about two miles, leave the dual carriageway before the flyover and take the B480 (first left at the roundabout)