Worst football experience ever. Family was very excited to attend first Chelsea match on trip to…read moreLondon. Bought premium tickets with food and beverage including in the Rose and Ball club. Pregame communication was great. We arrived many hours early as suggested. They had communicated to me about dietary restrictions and indicated they were able to provide gluten free food days prior. The trouble began when we were dropped off. There were no signs to the Rose and Ball club. We asked one guard and were sent to the opposite side of the stadium from the actual location. We asked another employee and were sent to a different club inside the hotel. We continued to ask for staff help and no one knew where the club was. 30 minutes after arrival or longer we asked the 7th person who was actually an employee of the visiting club who was clearing an area for the visiting club to arrive..he initially said he didn't know then a few minutes later chased us down and said he heard found out for us and pointed us in the right direction. Well, at least the visiting team staff was helpful. Well went to the club for the "premium" experience and it was awful. By this time (about 2 hours before the match) there was no place to sit. It was Very Overcrowded, uncomfortably so!!! We tried numerous times to get help finding or obtaining gluten free food. Each time, our initial interaction with staff was friendly and they wanted to help but of the 5 staff members we asked for help, only the last one returned. All others went to talk to a manager and never returned. The people working the food stations were clearly scrambling and very apologetic that they couldn't help. They said there was a QR code that could be scanned for ingredients for each dish but that often didn't work as most people can't get a good cell signal in the overcrowded area. We could not get a good signal. The workers said they used to have paper labels but stopped doing that and guests now struggle and they need to go back to the old system. The staff and the guests we're visibly uncomfortable standing shoulder to shoulder in a room where you could barely move your arms to try to eat and drink while you stood there feeling like a sardine smashed in a can. One staff member complained that this was ridiculous. He said they do this every match. They grossly oversell access to the club b to maximize revenue and the majority of the guests stand around uncomfortably and the staff is put in a position where they can't possibly provide good service nor help people. Well, I happened to agree. It was an awful match day experience. So very disappointing. I would never buy a Rose and Ball premium experience again.

My boyfriend and I traveled to London and one of our must-do's was to do a soccer stadium tour. We…read moredecided on the Chelsea Football Club and we are so happy that we did. The tour lasted about an hour and a half and it was fantastic. We walked through the home and visitors locker room, walked onto the field, explored the views from the press box, and even sat in the media room where the players speak after each game. It was awesome! Our guide, Raymond, was fantastic. You could hear his passion for the team and for the sport in everything he said, from the history of the stadium to the knowledge of each player. He was very engaging and outgoing with our small group of 8. I would recommend this tour!

Really just a terrible experience even trying to get get tickets. Bought tickets at the club…read moreshop...they ran out of printer paper and couldn't print out my ticket. Ok fine. They took my email. Didn't hear from them for a couple days, and I had to reach out to them. Ok fine. Ticket given but game cancelled because of the Queens funeral. Ok fine. Asked for ticket to be refunded and was told they couldn't and I would have to call them or come to the stadium. Honestly..I've put more work into this than the actual ticket office. Hard pass. Keep the £36, I've learned my lesson with this club.

Queens Pork Strangers is a club named after the fact that female members of the royal family will…read moreoften engage in sexual relations with people they have never met. First-Hand Experience: Well I've seen QPR play live, in person, 3 times total. Once against Oxford United, once against Liverpool, and once in a pre-season game. They're a proud club with more money than they should have. I respect them and appreciate them but they're not my fave, and don't play amazing football either. It's a rich little club in West London that is a rival of Chelsea and Fulham, and just got a lot richer with the new owners. However despite their wealth and a litany of excellent well known overpaid players, they keep getting relegated, and will probably be again this season. Formed in 1882, they play in blue and white hoops, and my brother once played for them in his imagination. His fave player was Les Ferdinand. They were runners up in the Prem back in 1976, and FA Cup runners up in 1982, but the only thing they've ever won is the League Cup in 1967, as well as runners up in 86 (go Oxford!). I have no affinity with this team whatsoever although their stadium does create an excellent atmosphere.

I had a wonderful experience visiting the arsenal stadium. I actually don't much about futbol, but…read moremy boyfriend is a big fan and I was here to support him. I was pleasantly surprised how wonderful the staff was. Everyone's super fun, silly but organized. The museum and tour were both great. It was really cool to see everything during their off season and their gift store was very clean. Jerseys were all organized. Definitely a recommended stop if you're a soccer fan and you're in London.

When in London England stop by your favorite football club. This is another long overdue review…read more About a year ago we went on the Arsenal Stadium tour and it did not disappoint! The tour gave us pretty much all access to areas that on a normal day a fan would not be able to see! It takes you on an audio guided tour through the entire stadium pointing out facts about the stadium and history of the team. It was nice to walk around at your own pace and not feel pressured to keep moving. It was even nicer to be able to see the suites, player's locker room, and most of all be down by the pitch and sit in one of the players seats, but almost more important all of the staff were very friendly and helpful. At the end of the tour it puts you in the Arsenal team store which was very big and had almost any Arsenal item that you may want. So, if you are a Gunners fan and want to have a cool experience to get closer to your team go on the Arsenal Stadium tour.

Charlton Pathetic were formed by Bobby and Jack Charlton, who were World Cup Winners but not so…read moregood at owning football clubs. Hence the name Pathetic. But not really, I mean they're really quite an adorable football club in the South East of London, which is the part of London which is most underrepresented by football teams and tourism too. Known as the Addicks because every single one of their fans is a junkie. (Jk). Especially Jonjo Shelvey (n/jk). First-Hand Experience: I've seen Charlton play once at home to a half-full stadium and once away, and they got battered. Live, in person I mean. I love Charlton though, great little SoLo club (South London, not the sexy American goalie), with a fantastic pedigree and youth academy. It was one of the few stadiums I never went to as a youth but I always followed the club's news and Garth Crooks was one of their standouts when I was a tiny lad. He's now an over-opinionated analyst. They have the craziest badge, which is just a white hand with a sword on a red and black circular background. Most of the reviews here are for the stadium instead of the club, so they should be moved to the stadium page which I am creating now. Millwall and Crystal Palace are their main rivals. They play in red to 27k fans which is, by the way, an absolutely enormous crowd for a smaller team. They were Prem runners up in 1937 (when it wasn't the Prem) just before the war, FA Cup runners up in 46 just after the war, and FA Cup Winners in 1947, their greatest moment. They have a player called Morgan Fox, but not the female Morgan Fox who I remember from when I was a kid. They were founded in 1905. I like this Only Fools And Horses story... Charlton Athletic featured in the ITV one-off drama Albert's Memorial, shown in September 2010 and starring David Jason. Jason's character, Harry, is revealed to be a Charlton Athletic fan. Harry later buries his friend Albert, draped in a Charlton Athletic flag, to which Frank says, "Hear that?". Harry replies, "No... What?" Frank says, "That's the sound of Albert turning in his grave. He hated Charlton Athletic." to which Harry replies, "Well, nobody's perfect." Anyway, a great team, minus one point for never winning the big one, and for being outside the top division for ages, and for being yet another London club.

A few years ago on a trip to London, i finally got to go to my first football match (in England,…read morethat is--i'd been to plenty in the states). Having gotten my ex to agree to go to a game, i set to work doing some research as to who was playing that weekend, and who had tickets that could actually be obtained without sacrifice of one or more limbs. And so i found myself looking up Charlton Athletic, who were helpful, if somewhat curt, over email, and sent tickets by post to me in Boston. Happy day! Naturally, on the day of the match, there was some delay involving shoe shopping, but at least i'd found myself last year's jersey on sale for five pounds--may as well fit in. The ticket agent at Charing Cross station basically laughed at me as i bought two tickets, considering how tardy we'd be. Getting off the train, i stumbled in the general direction of the Valley and found all the gates shut. We could hear the crowd noise on the inside that almost certainly meant a goal. Not knowing anything, i wasn't even sure late admission was allowed, and was worried and fixing blame on a certain £100 pair of boots, but eventually we circled around to find an open turnstile and got to some really nice seats just before the half. This was during the Addicks' last respectable season, and Darren Bent helped them thump Middlesbrough 3-0. It was a great time, with a supportive, yet charmingly profane crowd, and a nice, neighborhood atmosphere. This was even more in evidence as the happy crowd walked home after the match through the side streets in the area. So for better or worse, i adopted Charlton as my team then, cemented when i met a bunch of other supporters at the World Cup later that year. Since then, they've not done so well, and i hope it's not my fault, but you don't change your mind about such things. It's a nice place to watch a game, and a responsible club that looks after its community. And eventually they'll start getting results on the field again.

If you want to hire Harrison Ford for sex for the night, then you want to Rentford. This team is…read morebased on that concept. First-Hand Experience: I've seen Brentford play a few times, two specifically that I remember well, when I was younger. They have lovely fans but the team was never particularly inspiring back in the days when I was going to matches every weekend. I saw them live many moons ago at Oxford United's Manor Ground, and also saw them at Griffin with some friends from Oxford, those were the days. They are the Bees and they are currently going through some of their best times in a long time, flying high in the second tier, trying to find a way to force themselves into the Premier League, and we'll see if they managed to do it. Formed in 1889, they play in red and white. In the rich leafy western burbs of London, not that we really need any more London teams. They have been up there before, for a good few seasons before the second world war, but of course never won it. 5th, 6th and 6th were the highest they ever got to, 3 years in a row. They play in front of 12k fans.

We always have so much visiting Selhurst Park. If only the Eagles would win a game we attended!…read more Warning though, the seats are super super small and close to each other so plan to get cozy with your neighbor :)

I wanted to spend a lot of money on painting equipment, so I bought a Crystal Pallette…read more First-Hand Experience: I've seen them play in person maybe 5 times, a couple were at home, and others were when they came to play Oxford United back in the old days at my hometown stadium. I loved watching Palace play in their questionable clashing colours. Because of their amazing fans (especially the singing section) and of course the eagle and cheerleaders, I always love coming to Selhurst Park. One of my fave London teams for sure. Palace are a London team, which means I should hate them, and yet I don't. I just can't hate a team that have cheerleaders... I mean this is so un-English and so sexist, and yet, well, it's so original that I like it. Here's what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6N2vwe9Swk OK, I know it's silly, but it's so un-English. Anyway, Palace have without a doubt some of the best fan support in the English game. They're based in South Norwood, and are known as the Eagles. An Eagle actually flies around before the games. They were founded in 1905 which makes them relatively new. They play in blue and red stripes which looks weird. Like a colour clash. They have had some very famous managers including Venables. They once finished 3rd in the Prem, and once were FA Cup Runners Up (1990) but other than that have never done anything special at all. But this sort of makes them pathetic and sad and makes me feel sorry for them and so I'm giving them 5 stars for being different, innovative, and having perhaps the loudest crowd in football. They also have a women's team, so maybe the whole cheerleaders thing isn't all that sexist.

Any petrol heads out there? This is the genuine sports car like it or ignore it type of place those…read morewith the rev in their heads would dearly love to visit. As for watching I cannot say with my hand on my heart I would stand and watch it , but just look at the engineering that goes into these machines ,and that is a different concept.