Away Fans' Guide | Sheffield Wednesday (A)
The Sky Bet Championship is back this weekend and Argyle head to Sheffield Wednesday for Wayne Rooney's first competitive game in charge.
The Green Army will once again travel in numbers with 1300 fans making the trip to Hillsborough on Sunday afternoon.
Those making the trip to Sheffield can find all the information they need with our Away Fans' Guide.
Away Fans' Guide | Sheffield Wednesday (A)
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield
S6 1SW
The ground is situated in the North West of Sheffield just six miles from the M1 and three miles from the city centre.
Collections
Tickets can be collected from the Home Park Ticket Office until 4pm on Friday, 9 August and any uncollected tickets will be available to pick up on the day of the game from the Ticket Collection booth outside of the away turnstiles from 2.30pm.
Miles Away Travel
Departing from Home Park at 6.45am - there are still a few spaces left, but no wheelchair spaces.
Pricing:
Miles Away Adult - £55
Miles Away Junior - £53
Non-Member - £60
Our official parking event supplier, Big Parking, also has parking available here.
The Turnstiles open 90 minutes before kick-off for all games for supporters to enter the stadium.
Visiting Supporters are situated in the Leppings Lane Stand within the Upper Tier.
A range of food and drink is available in the ground within the concourses on all stands. Lindley Catering are Wednesday's official Catering Partners and there are numerous dining and drinking options for supporters to enjoy during the build up to the game.
The Sheffield Wednesday Retail store is based in the Megastore which is situated in the North Stand car park. The Megastore stocks a large range of official merchandise selected and manufactured exclusively for the Club.
Opening hours are:
Monday – Saturday 9am until 5pm. Please note that on match days the Megastore closes at kick-off.
Programmes are produced for all first team games and are sold at different locations throughout the stadium on match days, including the Megastore. The price of the programme is £3.
There are no cash machines within the stadium. The nearest cash point is at the BP Petrol Station which is about a five minute walk from Hillsborough. Please be aware that this machine does charge a fee for withdrawals.
Radio Commentary for Visually Impaired Supporters
There are 30 radio headsets available allowing visually impaired supporters to receive hospital radio commentary from any point in the stadium. Headsets must be collected from the club’s Main Reception in the South Stand for home fans and stewards at Gate 6 for away fans and must be returned to the same place after the match. These are available on a first come, first served basis with a minimum of three headsets reserved for away fans.
Matchday Accessible Car Parking
Wednesday have a limited amount of match day parking available for disabled supporters priced at £10 per space (Blue Badge required at car park). These can be booked through the Ticket Office on 03700 201867, payment is required upon booking and spaces are available on a first come, first served basis.
Disability Liaison Contact
For any queries or to put forward suggestions, our Disabled Liaison Officer can be contacted by email on: dlo@swfc.co.uk
All flags and banners must be approved and certified by Sheffield Wednesday. Approval for a flag or banner that has not been previously certified by the club must be sought at least 24 hours prior to the fixture.
No sticks or poles will be allowed in the stadium. Flags or banners must not be torn, damaged or frayed. Flags must be displayed in accordance with the requirements of Sheffield Wednesday. Flags must not carry any extreme or inflammatory wording or motifs. Visiting fans intending to bring flags or banners into the ground must contact the Safety Officer in advance and a flame retardance certificate will be required.
All persons seeking entrance to the Ground acknowledge the Club's right to search any person entering the Ground and to refuse entry to or eject from the Ground any person refusing to submit to such a search.
The following articles must not be brought into the Ground - knives, fireworks, smoke canisters, air-horns, flares, weapons, dangerous or hazardous items, laser devices, bottles, glass vessels, cans, poles and any article that might be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety. Any person in possession of such items will be refused entry to the Ground.
EFL stadia are smoke-free and smoking is not permitted inside the Ground. E-cigarettes are not permitted. There are outside smoking areas situated in the Kop and North Stand.
The Fans phone has been made available for supporters to report incidents or anything they feel the Club needs to be made aware about during the games. Supporters can report any incident of racist or anti-social behaviour, or areas of the ground which they feel needs attention from the cleaning team by calling 07963 138580 on a match day, which will go through to Stadium Control.
Supporters unable to attend Sunday’s Sky Bet Championship trip to Sheffield Wednesday can now purchase their audio match pass for the game.
With the match being screened live on Sky Sports and various other international broadcasters, video streaming for this fixture is prohibited in several territories. As such, other than for the countries listed below, audio match passes are the only way to follow every kick of the action without being at the game - and the passes cost just £2.50.
Audio match passes can also be purchased for this fixture by overseas Pilgrims, enabling supporters to follow the action wherever you are in the world, and whatever you are doing.
International video match passes are available in the following 'dark market' countries and other selected international realms, where the game is not being broadcast live on TV.
The overseas territories where Argyle TV Video Match Passes will be available for the Sheffield Wednesday fixture are as follows:
Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, China, Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, DR Congo, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Islands, North Korea, North Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Republic of South Sudan, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Socotra, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, South Tyrol, Spain, St Helena & Ascension, Swaziland, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tanzania & Zanzibar, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Following a new broadcast deal agreed between the EFL and Sky Sports, we will not be permitted to provide video streaming of any Sky Bet Championship and Carabao Cup matches in the UK and Ireland.
The pre-match show on Argyle TV will begin at 3.30pm, with Charlie Price and Marc Edworthy bringing you all the news in the build-up to kick-off.
Match commentary will be from Nathan Albon and Lee Makel.
Click here to purchase your Argyle TV match pass.
The audio stream will become available ten minutes before kick-off, and supporters can simply click the audio button under the media player to get started.