RE Parking: I have attached an image highlighting the place to turn off and where the usual parking spaces can be found for about a fiver about 1-2 hours before K.O..I have also been informed that they are incredibly strict at clamping in spaces which note this.

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I was near the Britannia today on work purposes so took a drive around the area of the stadium. It's a bleak old place, but if the companies on the industrial estate on Stanley Matthews way offer match day parking then arriving in good time should mean no parking problems.
As an aside, can those who have done the Stoke away before comment on whether we are asking for trouble outside the ground if we wear our LFC shirts? Or should we be prudent and keep them covered until we are inside the ground? Thanks