Tips For Saints Supporters Visiting The Emirates From Arsenal ISA.
Our friends at the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association have provided us their guide, which includes all the information you’ll
need about the stadium, including costs and options for food and drink, for supporters who will be visiting the Emirates on Saturday.
1) Entering the stadium. The turnstiles will open 90 minutes prior to the start of play.
The advice is to attempt to come early (60+ minutes?) because entering the Emirates now requires a lengthy process. In the final
fifteen minutes before kickoff, things can occasionally get really crazy.
* Highbury and Islington (Victoria), Holloway Road, Finsbury Park, and Arsenal (all on the Piccadilly line) are all close enough to the
ground to walk to in ten minutes or less.You can’t utilize it after if you’re coming from Holloway Road.
The two hours that follow the game’s conclusion are spent closed. Carpooling supporters, please refer to (6) below.
2) Size of bag. Nothing exceeds A4 as the upper bound. Thus, a tiny backpack or
purse. But bring as little as you can when you travel. As usual, no bottles are allowed; a formal list of goods that are forbidden is
provided below. Every bag is inspected and marked before being let inside. We advise utilizing a string or clear bag; this will speed up
entry since they can see what you have and won’t have to pour the contents onto a table.
3) No ‘away’ pub is in the area. The Drayton, If alcohol is desired, it must be purchased inside the stadium, unfortunately at Arsenal
prices (see below). Soft beverages and nibbles in tiny plastic flasks or bottles are allowed (as long as they fit into that tiny bag!). A pub
by the main line stations is your best bet.
4) The Emirates is CASHLESS so if you want to buy anything inside, you’ll need
plastic or your mobile to pay.
5)There is food within the Emirates. It’s not cheap, but it’s also not horrible.
There is very little right outside the stadium on the concourse other than restrooms and programs. However, there are some excellent
small cafés around the concourse where you can grab something to eat (the “Wagon Café,” a really nice café that is visible from the
“away” entrance, welcomes all supporters).
If you have your mobile maps with you, you may find a ton of additional cafes and eateries a little bit farther away by going along
Gillespie Road, Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, or left or right from Arsenal tube. in addition to the typical number of burger vans on
the streets that encircle the stadium.
6) If you come by car.
The usual parking issues (generally, no parking available) have been exacerbated by Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Roads around the
stadium have been closed, but not physically – by barely visible signs, with camera enforcement (and £130 fines). If drivers see a low
flying motorbike over a car sign (left) don’t go past it.
7) The club tells us, ‘For any ticketing enquiries on matchday, the Box Office is
situated next to the Armoury Store on the west side of the Stadium.’ That’s the
Holloway Road Tube station side, not the Arsenal tube side, so if you come from the
latter, you have cross bridges to the pedestrianised exterior of the stadium and
down steps to the ‘west’ side.
8) There are public toilets in the area immediately surrounding the outside of
stadium. So no matter how desperate, please don’t use people’s gardens. (It’s hard
to believe but some fans do.)
9) There is a Foodbank donation point opposite turnstile entrances F and G (along
the side of the stadium from the Away entrances – to your right as you look at the
clock on the stadium exterior). It takes cash and card donations as well as canned
food, if you’re feeling philanthropic and generous before the match!
Below is a menu from inside the stadium. There’s also a whole load of bumph that
our club sends yours, and we’ve put in links to that at the end. (Some computers
need you need to copy and paste to make them come alive.)
FOOD
Willy’s beef mince & Westcombe cheddar cheese pie 352kcal Grass fed British beef mince, braised with Henderson’s relish, root vegetables and rosemary. Finished with mustard and Westcombe Cheddar. £6.75
Uncle Wrighty’s roast chicken, sage & onion pie 428kcal Arsenal legend Ian Wright’s take on a classic. Free range roast chicken, in a rich white sauce, alongside the ever reliable front three of softened onions, mustard and sage. £6.75
Willy’s Bombay potato & pea pie plant based 632kcal A fragrant spice blend mixed through root vegetables, peas, garlic and ginger. Finished with fresh coriander and mango
chutney. £6.75
Jumbo sausage roll 467kcal £4.65 – single £7.30 – double £13.50 –quadruple
Mom’s bad boy hot dog with onions 672kcal £7.50
Plant based hot dog with onions 442kcal – VE £7.50
The Gunner dog 768kcal
Fajita chicken, caramelised onions, cheese sauce & spring onions £9.25
Hot dog & beer Choose a hot dog & Camden Hells/Pale Ale (Gunner Dog not included)
£12.35.
Hot dog & soft drinks 768kcalChoose a hot dog & any hot/soft drink(Prime Hydration and Gunner Dog not included)£10.20
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
Budweiser pint £3.50 / £6.85
Camden Hells lager pint £3.65 / £7.00
Camden Pale Ale pint £3.65 / £7.00
Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA 355ml 0.5% ABV 65kcal £5.90
Wine PET 250ml; red 13.5%, white 12%, rose 11.5% £8.95
2 bottles of wine Choose from red, white or rose £15.00
4 pints of Camden Hells £25.00
SOFT DRINKS
Soft drink 500ml; Pepsi max 2kcal, 7Up free 10kcal £4.45
Soft drink pint Tango 6kcal, Pepsi Max 2kcal, 7UP Free 12kcal £4.85
Water 500ml 0kcal £2.99
Prime Hydration Blue Raspberry 500ml 25kcal
(seasonal flavours available throughout the year)£5.05
Lavazza black coffee 0kcal £3.25
Bovril 22kcal £3.25
Cadbury hot chocolate 96kcal £3.25
Tea 1kcal £3.25
SNACKS
Grab bags; twirl bites 109g 578kcal, giant buttons 119g 637kcal, wine gums 165g 605kcal
£4.85
Joe & Seph’s toffee gourmet popcorn sharing bag 60g 267kcal £5.00
Arsenal Pick & Mix 200g 688kcal(plant based option available on request VE) £5.95
Cadbury bar duo 54.4g:
Dairy Milk 290kcal £2.40
Pipers crisps 40g: salt & vinegar 231kcal, salted 234kcal, cheese & onion 231kcal
£2.40
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