
Report: Bristol City Women 3-2 Reading Women
Posted: Monday, March 8th 2021
Friday, July 26th 2019
All you need to know ahead of City's pre-season fixture against Crystal Palace at Ashton Gate (Saturday, July 27th, 3pm KO).
Here’s your easy guide for what to expect, if you’re heading to BS3.
ORDER OF EVENTS
10am - Bristol Sport Store open
10am - Matchday Ticket Office open (phone lines open from 10am)
11am - Sports Bar open
12pm - Fan Village open
1pm - Turnstiles open
2pm - Team announcements
2.15pm - Warm-up
3pm - Kick-off
3.45pm - Half-time
4pm - Second half begins
4.45pm - Full-time
STADIUM
Just the South Stand, and the Lower tier of the Lansdown Stand are open for home supporters for this fixture.
Away supporters will be located in the Atyeo Stand
The stadium has recently had secure phone chargers installed in the Sports Bar, Lansdown Stand, South Stand which are £1 for 30mins.
Stadium-wide free WIFI is also available.
TICKETS
The match is pay on the day for home supporters only. To purchase a ticket, call Supporter Services on 0117 963 0600 (option one).
Alternatively, the Matchday Ticket Office - adjacent to the Atyeo statue - will be open from 10am until just after kick-off.
We advise booking in advance to avoid queues on the day.
PROGRAMMES
As well as the usual selling points, a special Nine-page foldout with a preview from Lee Johnson, a look at our Premier League opponents and some of the best photos from the pre-season tour to Florida will be available for purchase in S2 and S3 concessions. Price: £2
BABY CHANGING FACILITIES
Changing units are now installed in the following areas:
FAN VILLAGE
The Fan Village will be in operation from 12pm, with a raft of food and drink on offer, with live music at The Stage
Supporters are urged to take their seats in advance of kick off, with the fan village bars closing 15 minutes ahead of kick off.
FOOD & DRINK
Take a look at our new food and drink products throughout our concession stands in the concourse:
South Stand
We have added a new concession called Feed the Goat, which is a Jamaican food outlet offering curried goat, nan’s stew and ital stew. Next door our Thatchers bar will have Cheddar Valley, a dry cider.
Across the Stadium, the usual food outlets will be open and offering a sausage roll and any hot drink for just £5, we have burgers available from the Bear & Robins as well a Pie and Mash offering, including a vegetarian pie of the month.
STORE
The Bristol Sport Store at Ashton Gate Stadium will be open from 10am with the new 2019/20 replica kit and a range of leisurewear!
SUPPORTERS CLUB & TRUST BAR
Access to the Supporters Club and Trust Bar is via the Sports Bar & Pizzeria. Go through the main bar and up the stairs at the far end. The bar is on your left at the top of the stairs.
TRAVEL
Service A will operate one bus departing Eagle Road, Brislington at 2pm and call at all normal stops (including Temple Meads Stop TJ) en-route to Ashton Gate.
None of the Ashton Gate services operated by First Buses will run for this fixture. Fans are encouraged to use the public bus network
Parking is available on at City Mazes/Bedminster Cricket Club, Clanage Road, Bower Ashton, BS3 2JX. £10 per car, 10 minute walk and DJ Matchday Parking, Cala Trading Estate, Ashton Vale Road, BS3 2HA. £7 per car, (7 minute walk).
RUCKSACKS
Ashton Gate Stadium asks supporters not to bring large rucksacks on matchdays, following advice from the National Counter Terrorism Office and Avon and Somerset Police.
Fans will still be able to bring smaller handbags into the stadium, although these will be subject to the usual search process.
An Ashton Gate spokesman said: “The searching process will always be subject to change and whilst there is no specific threat to any Sports Ground, we must ensure that we remain vigilant and the message to spectators is to ‘Be Alert not Alarmed’.”
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