Bramall Lane has an all seated capacity of 32,702, and pictures of the stands follow. I was in The South Stand, which is opposite the John Street Stand, see below.
The away fans were behind one of the goals in the Bramall Lane stand:
And opposite that, unused yesterday but on league matchdays usually the cheapest stand is the Kop Stand:
Despite it's large size, Bramall Lane is situated next to streets of terraced housing, giving it a bit of a community feel. Within these is various small shops, including a sandwich bar selling excellent butties. There's also a large burger van, and programme sellers surround the ground. The programme's £2, a little thin but good content.
Tickets have a barcode on one end and the turnstiles are ones where you put the ticket in the card slot and the turnstiles unlock. Seats are easy enough to find, find the gangway letter on your ticket and at the bottom of each gangway is info of what area your seat will be in, dead simple.
For getting there by car it's that usual dilemma of being stuck in the car park for hours afterwards or parking far away and a long walk after.
The ground's well placed for going by train, Sheffield train station is around 0.7 miles from the ground and it's an easy walk along a couple of main roads. The station's quite impressive, with the path leading to it surrounded by falling water and mini fountains. In truth the rest of the walk between the station and the ground is quite dull and/or ugly, but Bramall Lane itself is very impressive and well worth a visit.
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