Harry Gregg testimonial ticket and travel guide

Tickets
They cost £20 for adults and £10 for under 16s and you can buy them here.

Ticketmaster won’t add on a postage cost but they will add on a handling fee.

Travel

Champion Sport Tours – £235 per person

This trip leaves Manchester the day before the game and guests land in Belfast before checking into a hotel, where they will enjoy a full English buffet breakfast.

They will stay at the hotel on the night before the match and on the night of the match before flying back to Manchester the day after the match.

The price is based on two people sharing a twin room.

To book, call 0161 282 1966 or email debbie@mufctravel.com

Independent travel

By plane – £62 return

Getting there (all flights 40 minutes)

To Belfast City

Day before the match
06:55 – £42
08:55 – £52
12:25 – £72
15:20 – £52
16:50 – £52
18:40 – £47
20:05 – £47

Day of the match
06:55 – £47
08:55 – £72
12:25 – £52
15:20 – £42
16:50 – £42

Other flights available from Birmingham, Stansted, East Midlands, Heathrow, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Bristol, Leeds Bradford, Dundee, Southampton and Inverness

To Belfast International

From Manchester (all on easyJet)

Day before the match

08:30 – £36
19:25 – £43

Day of the match
08:30 – £39

From Liverpool (all on easyJet)

Day before the match
07:00 – £32
08:00 – £32
10:35 – £36
13:05 – £41
16:45 – £34
18:00 – £35
18:50 – £35

Day of the match
07:00 – £39
08:00 – £31
10:35 – £34
13:05 – £31
16:45 – £31

Other flights available from Leeds Bradford, Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow International, Stansted, Edinburgh, Luton, Southend, Gatwick and Heathrow.

Getting home

From Belfast City

To Manchester (all on flybe)
Day after the game
07:10 – £37
08:20 – £37
11:00 – £47
15:05 – £57
16:40 – £57
18:10 – £57
20:00 – £47

Other flights available to Birmingha, Stansted, Leeds Bradford, East Midlands, Gatwick, Heathrow, Bristol, Glasgow International, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Cardiff.

To Liverpool
Day after the game
08:15 – £32
09:15 – £32
11:50 – £33
14:20 – £34
18:00 – £30
20:05 – £31

Other flights available to Leeds Bradford, Southend, Heathrow, Edinburgh, Luton, Newcastle, Bristol, Gatwick and Glasgow International.

By ferry

It really isn’t worth it.

First, you’ve got to get to Birkenhead.

Second, it takes eight hours each way.

Third, it often involves an overnight journey, and a bed costs £70 extra, so you could be paying £250 return.

Much better to fly.

Getting to and from Manchester Airport
Flybe flies out of and into Terminal 3

By car
Leave the M60 at junction 3 and then take the M56 to junction 5.

Click on the banner below to buy your airport parking.

By bus
Here is a list of local services to and from the airport.

By taxi
It costs about £20 from the city centre

By train
From Manchester Piccadilly, direct trains run every 20 minutes or to and from the airport throughout the day and take either 16 or 25 minutes. Tickets cost £4.50 one way or £9 return.

Click on the banner below to buy your tickts in advance and save money.

Getting to and from Liverpool Airport
There is only one terminal

By car
Take the M62 to junction 6 and then follow the signs to the airport via the A52300, the A562, Western Avenue, Hale Road, Dunlop Road and Speke Hall Avenue.

Click on the banner below to buy your airport parking.

By bus
Terravision runs services between the airport and Manchester Shudehill. It costs £8 one way or £12 return. Here is the timetable.

By taxi
It costs about £35 from Manchester city centre

By train and link bus
From Manchester Piccadilly, trains run to Liverpool South Parkway from 07:37 every 30 minutes to 22:07 and take 40 minutes. Returns cost £13.70.

From outside South Parkway, you can board the 501 service which goes five times an hour and takes about 15 minutes to the termina

From and to Belfast International
There is only one terminal

By road
Avid, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and National Car Rental all have stands in the arrivals hall.

Take the A56 and the A55 right to the north of the town centre and then go onto Crumlin Road and follow signs for Belfast centre.

It takes about 30 minutes depending on traffic.

By bus
The Airport Express 300 leaves from the shelter just by the roundabout near the arrivals hall.

It runs 24 hours a day and leaves every 15 minutes at peak times. It costs £7 one way and £10 return and you can buy your tickets onboard your flight.

It takes about 40 minutes depending on traffc.

Here is the timetable towards Belfast

Here is the timetable towards the airport.

The bus drops you at the Europa Bus Centre which is right in the middle of the city centre.

By taxi
It costs about £25 to the city centre

From and to Belfast City Airport
There is only one terminal

By road
Avis, Budget, Hertz and National Car Rental all have stands in the arrivals hall.

Take the A2 and the A12 directly into the city centre. It will take about 10 minutes depending on traffic.

By bus
The Airport Express 600 runs from outside the arrivals hall.

It runs from 05:30 to 22:05 and leaves every 20minutes at peak times. It costs £2 one way and £3 return.

It takes about 15 minutes depending on traffc.

Here is the timetable

The bus drops you at the Europa Bus Centre which is right in the middle of the city centre.

By taxi
It costs about £8 to the city centre

To the stadium
Windsor Park is in the south west of the city centre.

On foot
If you’re stood facing City Hall, turn right and walk right down Wellington Place.

At the end of the road, turn left onto College Square and walk right down until you can turn right onto Donegall Road.

After you’ve crossed the train bridge, turn left onto Donegall Avenue and you’ll see the stadium in front of you.
It’s a 1.8-mile walk and will take about 30 minutes.

By taxi
A taxi will cost about £7 and will take 10 minutes depending on traffic.

By bus
Take Metro Bus 9 from Donegall Square East next to City Hall. Get off at Lower Windsor Avenue and it’s a brief walk from there.

Things to do in Belfast

Murals
There are dozens of political and cultural murals dotted around the town (even a few featuring George Best).

You can see some on foot or via a black-cab mural tour.

This map shows where they all are.

Find out about the taxi tours here

George Best grave
Barbara McNarry, George Bests sister is organising a three-hour tour on the morning after the game, with places costing £10 per person, with proceeds going to the George Best Foundation.

Starting at Belfast City Centre at 09:30, it calls at Sydenham East Belfast (wall Mural), Nettlefield Primary School, where George studied, his family home on the Cregagh Estate, Stormont and Roselawn Cemetery.

Email stretfordendflags@hotmail.com to reserve places.

A few years ago, Reds Away put together an in-depth guide to visiting George’s grave.

This tells you how to get there.

This tells you how to find the grave when you are there.