In this guide
Key north London away matches in 2026/27Two grounds four miles apart, connected by London's transport networkThe Emirates visitors' section in the Clock End lower tierThe Tottenham Hotspur Stadium away end in the north-east cornerGetting an away ticket: allocations, points and the £30 capTube, train and the stations that closeBag rules at both grounds, side by sideWhere away fans drink before kick-offGetting home: hold-backs, station queues and the last trainDriving, coaches and taxisAccessibility for disabled away supportersWhere to stay and what the day costsFlying in from the Gulf for a north London matchTrip timeline: what to do and whenFrequently asked questions about away days in north LondonTottenham Hotspur put visiting supporters in Blocks 114 to 118 and send them in through Entrances 11 and 12 on Worcester Avenue, while Arsenal put them in the south-east corner of the Clock End lower tier through turnstiles K, L or M depending on the match and, from this season, on rail seats. Both grounds are reached by Victoria line connections, both are cashless and both allow a bag no bigger than A4. Both also shut or restrict a station that looks like the obvious one on the map. That last point catches out more visiting fans than anything else, because the Tottenham away end is a 30-minute walk from Seven Sisters and Holloway Road closes for up to two hours after the final whistle at the Emirates.
This is the two-stadium version for supporters following their club to either ground in 2026/27, built around the questions fans actually post before they travel: where you will be sat, how you get a ticket, which station to use and how you get back to King's Cross or Euston when the queues are at their longest.
Article Summary: Away supporters at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium sit in the north-east corner, Blocks 114 to 118, entering through Entrances 11 and 12 via Worcester Avenue, while at the Emirates the visitors' section is the south-east corner of the Clock End lower tier through turnstiles K, L or M depending on the match. Tottenham open two hours before kick-off, Arsenal's turnstile time varies by match, and both grounds are cashless and cap personal bags at A4.
- Premier League away tickets are capped at £30 at both grounds, a cap the 20 clubs voted unanimously on 19 March 2026 to extend to the end of 2027/28.
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium holds 62,850 and gives Premier League visitors up to 3,000 seats, rising to as many as 9,000 for domestic cup ties.
- Arsenal installed rail seating across the Clock End lower tier, including the away section, for the 2026/27 season, with around 13,500 licensed standing places due across both ends by 2027/28.
- Adult pay as you go Tube fares from central London are £3.60 peak or £3.10 off-peak to the Emirates (Zone 2) and £3.90 or £3.30 to Tottenham (Zone 3), as of 1 March 2026.
- Holloway Road is exit-only before Arsenal matches and closed for up to two hours afterwards, and Victoria line trains may skip Seven Sisters before some Spurs midweek games.
Key north London away matches in 2026/27
The north London derby is the match that moves the most, and it has moved already. Tottenham vs Arsenal was published for Saturday 5 December and then switched by Sky Sports to Sunday 6 December at 16:30, which matters because Sunday engineering works and an evening finish change every return trip out of London. The reverse derby at the Emirates is pencilled in for 1 May 2027 and will almost certainly move again when the April television picks are announced.
| Match | Date and kick-off (UK) | Ground | Why it matters to away fans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal vs Borussia Dortmund | Tue 24 Nov 2026, 20:00 | Emirates Stadium | European night; visiting allocation is set by UEFA rules, not the Premier League 3,000 |
| Arsenal vs Manchester City | Sun 29 Nov 2026, 16:30 | Emirates Stadium | Late Sunday finish; check the last train north before buying rail tickets |
| Tottenham Hotspur vs Fulham | Thu 3 Dec 2026, 20:00 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | Midweek; Victoria line trains may not stop at Seven Sisters beforehand |
| Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal | Sun 6 Dec 2026, 16:30 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | North London derby; expect a police-managed exit and a long hold at White Hart Lane |
| Arsenal vs Real Madrid | Wed 9 Dec 2026, 20:00 | Emirates Stadium | The headline European night of the league phase; arrive before 18:30 |
| Arsenal vs Bournemouth | Sun 13 Dec 2026, 14:00 | Emirates Stadium | Early Sunday kick-off; Paddington and Waterloo return trains are busiest after 17:00 |
| Arsenal vs Manchester United | Sun 20 Dec 2026, 16:30 | Emirates Stadium | Moved from the Saturday for television; Euston last trains run earlier on Sundays |
| Tottenham Hotspur vs Bournemouth | Sat 26 Dec 2026, 15:00 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | Boxing Day; almost no National Rail or Greater Anglia services beyond a limited Stansted Express, so plan around the Victoria line |
| Arsenal vs Liverpool | Sat 6 Feb 2027, 15:00 (subject to TV selection) | Emirates Stadium | High-demand away ticket; Liverpool's allocation usually sells out on credits alone |
| Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool | Sat 27 Feb 2027, 15:00 (subject to TV selection) | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | Likely to move; watch the February television announcement |
| Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur | Sat 1 May 2027, 15:00 (subject to TV selection) | Emirates Stadium | Return derby; Spurs fans get just under 3,000 in the Clock End |
Dates come from the Premier League's December television selections of 19 October 2026 and the UEFA league phase calendar; anything from February onwards carries the original date until the next round of broadcast picks. Away allocations for every one of these matches are sold by the visiting club, not by Arsenal or Spurs, and resale Premier League tickets for the home areas of both grounds are sold through 1BoxOffice.
Two grounds four miles apart, connected by London's transport network
The Emirates sits in Holloway, N7, a short walk from Arsenal station on the Piccadilly line and 10 to 15 minutes from Highbury & Islington and Finsbury Park on the Victoria line. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium sits on the High Road in N17, four miles north-east, with the Victoria line reaching it from Tottenham Hale and Seven Sisters and the Overground delivering fans to White Hart Lane from Liverpool Street. Arsenal station itself is on the Piccadilly line, but both grounds lean on the Victoria line for most away traffic, which is why a 16:30 Sunday kick-off at either ground produces the same crush at King's Cross two hours later. Neutral and home-area Tottenham tickets for the derby and every other home game state the block and the supporter area each seat is sold for.
| At a glance | Emirates Stadium (Arsenal) | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Spurs) |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 60,704 | 62,850 |
| Away section | South-east corner, Clock End lower tier (green quadrant); block printed on your ticket | North-east corner, Blocks 114 to 118; wheelchair users in Block 234 |
| Away entrances | Turnstiles K, L and M depending on the match and your ticket; accessible turnstiles to the right of K | Entrances 11 and 12 via Worcester Avenue; accessible Entrance 11a with lift |
| Premier League allocation | Just under 3,000 (Chelsea received 3,003 in March 2025, including accessible seats) | Up to 3,000 |
| Cup allocation | Up to 15% in the FA Cup (Manchester United had 7,956 in January 2025); 5,975 for Chelsea at the February 2026 League Cup semi-final under that competition's rules | Up to 9,000 for domestic cups, spread across all three tiers |
| Standing | Rail seating across the Clock End lower tier from 2026/27, away section included | Licensed safe standing in the visitors' section; seated option in Block 118 |
| Turnstiles open | Match-dependent: two hours is usual, 90 minutes on some games; follow your club's notice | Two hours before kick-off |
| Bags | Smaller than A4 (21cm x 29.7cm); no rucksacks, cabin bags or laptop bags | A4 or smaller (21cm x 30cm); clear carrier bags up to 30cm x 30cm; laptop sleeves up to 37cm x 31cm |
| Cash | Cashless, no cash machines inside | Cashless across the stadium and campus |
| Nearest step-free station | Finsbury Park (about 10 to 15 minutes); Highbury & Islington is step-free for the Overground only | White Hart Lane (about 5 minutes) |
| Station to avoid afterwards | Holloway Road (closed up to two hours post-match); Drayton Park (closed on matchdays) | Seven Sisters if you need step-free access (none) or a midweek Victoria line train (may not stop) |
The Emirates visitors' section in the Clock End lower tier
Arsenal place visiting supporters in what the club calls the green quadrant, the south-east corner of the stadium where the Clock End meets the East Stand, with entry through turnstiles K, L and M on the podium level; which of the three are in use depends on the match and the entrance printed on your ticket, and Everton's October 2026 guide listed all three for a league game. Unlike Spurs, Arsenal do not publish a fixed list of away block numbers on their visiting supporters' material, and the guide sites that do publish them contradict one another, so take the block from your own ticket rather than from a seating chart. The Arsenal away end is shallow and close to the pitch, the view from the front two thirds is one of the better ones given to away fans in the Premier League, and the back rows sit under the overhang of the upper tier, which blocks the top of the stadium and the big screen.
The big change for 2026/27 is standing. Arsenal confirmed in their men's ticketing guide for this season that rails would go into the lower tiers of the Clock End and North Bank, in the areas where fans already stand, with the Clock End licensed first and the North Bank following at the start of 2027/28. The club puts the eventual total at around 13,500 supporters in licensed standing areas, visiting fans included. Photographs of the installation in July 2026 showed the work starting in the away end, and fan reporting put the first phase at roughly 6,850 places across the whole Clock End lower tier. Expect rails at every row in the visitors' section, and expect stewards to let you stand without the persistent standing warnings that applied before.
Cup ties are different. For the League Cup semi-final against Chelsea in February 2026 Arsenal sold about 6,000 away tickets under that competition's rules, Chelsea confirming 5,975, split between the lower tier and the upper tier behind temporary rails. Separately, the Football Association found in October 2025 that Arsenal had breached FA Cup Rule 192 by giving Manchester United 7,956 tickets, about 13% of capacity rather than the 15% entitlement, for the third-round tie in January 2025, and suspended a £500,000 fine on condition of compliance. A domestic cup draw at the Emirates can therefore put your club's supporters across two tiers of the Clock End. Champions League allocations follow UEFA's rule of at least 5% of capacity for visiting supporters; resale Champions League tickets for those nights are sold for the home areas only.
If you are not in the away end and want to judge a home-area seat before buying, the Emirates Stadium seating plan shows every block, and our guide to the best and worst seats at the Emirates covers the overhang rows and the corner restricted views in detail. Away colours are not permitted in Club Level or Box Level hospitality, and a neutral seat is for neutrals, not for visiting supporters in disguise. Resale Emirates Stadium tickets cover every home-area block for league, cup and European matches.
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The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium away end in the north-east corner
Spurs publish more for visiting fans than any other London club, and the detail is precise. The visitors' section is Blocks 114 to 118 in the north-east corner of the lower tier, with wheelchair users and their personal assistants in Block 234 on the level above. You enter through Entrances 11 and 12, which the club tells you to approach along Worcester Avenue rather than from the High Road, and accessible Entrance 11a with a lift sits beside the matchday ticket office. Security at Entrance 11 runs a ticket check, a metal detector and a pat-down before the barcode turnstiles, so the queue builds in the final 20 minutes.
The whole visitors' section is licensed for safe standing, with the rail set at 900mm along every row, and Spurs let visiting clubs allocate anyone who prefers to sit to Block 118 at the far end of the section. Views from the lower tier are close and unobstructed, there is more legroom than at most older grounds and the roof covers every seat, though the sun reaches the corner at the start and end of the season. The Tap Inn and Touchline Grills units inside the away concourse open with the stadium two hours before kick-off, and the beer is poured from the bottom of the glass through a magnetic disc, which is a novelty the first time and a queue-saver every time after.
Domestic cup allocations rise to as many as 9,000 and spread across all three tiers of the same corner, which is when the upper blocks come into play. For home-area seats, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium seating plan shows the block layout, and our guide to the best and worst seats at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium explains why the single-tier South Stand and the corner blocks behave so differently. Resale Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tickets cover the home-area blocks for every match played there.
Getting an away ticket: allocations, points and the £30 cap
Away tickets for either ground are sold by your own club, never by Arsenal or Spurs. Premier League rules oblige the home club to offer visitors 10% of capacity up to 3,000 seats, which at both north London grounds means the full 3,000 or a few more once accessible seats are added, and the visiting club then sells them through its own loyalty ladder. The big travelling clubs typically sell out an Emirates or Spurs allocation inside the first priority windows, so a supporter without credits or points rarely reaches a general sale for these two grounds. Arsenal's own away credits system and Spurs' Ticketing Points work the same way in reverse when the north London clubs travel, and both guides explain the cut-offs in full.
Premier League away ticket prices are capped. The maximum a visiting fan can be charged has been £30 since 2016/17, and on 19 March 2026 all 20 clubs voted unanimously at the league's shareholders' meeting to extend the cap for two further seasons, taking it to the end of 2027/28 and a twelfth consecutive season. The Football Supporters' Association's report of the league statement credits the cap with lifting away attendance from 82% to 91% of allocations. The cap covers league matches only: League Cup and FA Cup ties are priced by the home club under the competition rules, and European nights are priced by Arsenal under UEFA's visiting-fan ceilings. Our Premier League ticket price index tracks the home prices at both grounds for comparison. Resale FA Cup tickets and EFL Cup tickets for ties at the two grounds go on sale as each draw is made.
Away tickets may be issued digitally or on paper, depending on the visiting club and the match: Spurs' 2026/27 ticketing charter allows both for their own travelling fans, and most clubs now default to a pass in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet sent in the week of the match. Arsenal's passes use a rotating code, so a screenshot will not scan; save the live pass in the wallet or your club's app, download it before you leave home and keep the phone charged, because neither ground will reissue a visiting club's ticket at its own box office.
One legal point needs stating plainly. Reselling a ticket for a designated football match in England and Wales without the home club's authorisation is an offence under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, and that applies to the away allocation at both grounds. Visiting clubs also police it themselves: Spurs issue an indefinite ban and strip all points from anyone caught selling above face value. This is general guidance, not legal advice. If you cannot get into the away allocation, the compliant options are your own club's later sales windows and returns, or a hospitality package that explicitly admits opposition supporters: Spurs welcome opposition fans in their premium areas provided they follow the restrictions on away colours and behaviour. General-admission home sections are not an option for a visiting supporter, because both clubs prohibit visiting fans there and eject anyone identified as one, whatever they are wearing, and Tottenham state this outright in their ground regulations. Our guides to buying Arsenal tickets without a membership and buying Tottenham tickets without a membership are written for home and neutral fans, not for supporters of the visiting club. Listings on 1BoxOffice state the permitted supporter area. You can register with 1BoxOffice in a minute and track your order until the ticket arrives.
Tube, train and the stations that close
Every intercity terminal in London connects to both grounds, with door-to-turnstile times of roughly 20 to 45 minutes depending on the terminal, the change and the walk at the far end. King's Cross and St Pancras connect directly to Arsenal on the Piccadilly line and to Highbury & Islington, Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line; Euston is one stop on the Victoria line from King's Cross; Paddington and Waterloo reach the Victoria line at Oxford Circus and Vauxhall; and Liverpool Street runs Overground trains straight to White Hart Lane. Adult pay as you go fares from 1 March 2026, per Transport for London, are £3.60 peak or £3.10 off-peak from central London to Zone 2 for the Emirates and £3.90 or £3.30 to Zone 3 for Tottenham, with weekend travel always charged at the off-peak rate.
| Station | Lines | Walk to away end | Step-free | Matchday notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal (Emirates) | Piccadilly | About 3 minutes | No | Nearest station; post-match queue forms on Gillespie Road |
| Finsbury Park (Emirates) | Victoria, Piccadilly, Great Northern | About 10 to 15 minutes | Yes | Least congested route for wheelchair users; queues on Seven Sisters Road and St Thomas's Road after matches |
| Highbury & Islington (Emirates) | Victoria, Mildmay line, Great Northern | About 10 to 15 minutes | Overground only; no lift to the Victoria line | Post-match queue on the south side of Holloway Road only; no access from Highbury Fields |
| Holloway Road (Emirates) | Piccadilly | About 5 minutes | No | Exit-only before matches, eastbound trains do not stop, closed for up to two hours afterwards |
| Drayton Park (Emirates) | Great Northern | About 5 minutes | No | Closed on matchdays |
| White Hart Lane (Spurs) | Overground from Liverpool Street | About 5 minutes | Yes | Closest station; managed queue after the match; no Night Overground on Fridays or Saturdays |
| Northumberland Park (Spurs) | Greater Anglia from Stratford and Liverpool Street | About 10 minutes | Yes | Closest to the Worcester Avenue entrances; turn onto Park Lane then Worcester Avenue |
| Tottenham Hale (Spurs) | Victoria line, Greater Anglia | About 25 minutes | Yes | Best Victoria line option; the 2025/26 escalator fault restricted access at times |
| Seven Sisters (Spurs) | Victoria line, Overground | About 30 minutes | No | Victoria line trains may not stop here before midweek games; routes 149, 259, 279 and 349 serve the High Road, with matchday diversions |
For the Emirates, the clean answer to "which Tube station" is Arsenal on the way in and Finsbury Park or Highbury & Islington on the way out. Arsenal station has no step-free access and exits onto Gillespie Road, so the post-match queue is the longest of the three, while the 10 to 15-minute walk to either Victoria line station lands you in a managed queue that moves. Wheelchair users should use Finsbury Park, the step-free Underground route Arsenal recommend on their travel page, because the lift at Highbury & Islington serves the Overground platforms only. Hornsey Road between Benwell Road and Holloway Road is closed to pedestrians on matchdays, which cuts off the shortcut some away fans try from the Holloway Road side.
For Tottenham, the club's own visiting supporters page points to Northumberland Park or White Hart Lane, both step-free and both a short walk from Worcester Avenue. The Victoria line is the busiest line in London on a matchday and Spurs warn that trains may skip Seven Sisters before some midweek games, so Tottenham Hale is the safer choice if you are coming off the Victoria line, with a 25-minute walk; routes 149, 259, 279 and 349 serve the High Road from Seven Sisters and the surrounding area, subject to matchday diversions. Spurs publish a match-specific travel notice in the week of every home game, and in 2025/26 those notices covered a faulty escalator at Tottenham Hale and a White Hart Lane closure for engineering works with replacement buses, so read the notice before you commit to a route.
Bag rules at both grounds, side by side
Neither stadium has a bag drop, a cloakroom or a left-luggage counter, which is the single most-asked question from fans arriving straight off a train. Arsenal's prohibited items list, dated December 2025, limits bags to smaller than A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) and names large bags, suitcases, cabin bags, laptop bags and rucksacks as banned outright; every bag that does get through is searched and tagged, and Arsenal point travellers to the paid luggage storage around King's Cross. Spurs allow a personal bag of A4 or smaller (21cm x 30cm), a clear carrier bag up to 30cm by 30cm and a laptop sleeve up to 37cm by 31cm, strongly advise arriving with nothing, and offer a medical exemption if you request it at least 72 hours before the match.
| Item | Emirates Stadium | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium |
|---|---|---|
| Personal bag | Smaller than A4 only; searched and tagged | A4 or smaller; club advises no bag at all |
| Rucksack or cabin bag | Banned | Banned unless within A4 |
| Clear carrier bag | Within the A4 rule | Up to 30cm x 30cm |
| Laptop | Laptop bags banned | Sleeve up to 37cm x 31cm after search |
| Flags and banners | Up to 2m x 1m, no poles or sticks, must meet fire regulations | Up to 250cm at the widest point, poles up to 1m, pre-approval form a week ahead with fire certificate |
| Drinks | Empty clear plastic bottles of 500ml or less; no cans, glass or alcohol | No cans, glass or alcohol brought in |
| Umbrellas | Small fold-up only | Small fold-up only |
| Cameras | Pocket-sized compact only; no large lenses or video equipment | No professional camera or video equipment |
| Pyrotechnics, smoke, laser pens, air horns | Banned; possession risks ejection and a banning order | Banned; anonymous text line 07537404821 for reporting |
| Bag storage | None; use King's Cross luggage lockers | None; use lockers at Liverpool Street or Stratford |
The Emirates is a no-smoking stadium, vapes included, and both grounds ban flags carrying political or discriminatory content under Premier League, FA and EFL guidance. Both are cashless at every kiosk, with cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay accepted, and the Emirates has no cash machines inside at all. Alcohol is served in both away concourses, Arsenal reserve the right to suspend sales at any match and police advice on higher-risk games sometimes does exactly that.
Where away fans drink before kick-off
Islington and Tottenham behave differently before a match, and the advice changes by the season, so treat every pub name here as correct on 4 November 2026 and check your own club's travel notice before you set off.
Around the Emirates there is no longer a designated away pub. Everton's away guide for March 2026 stated that plainly and told its supporters to drink away from the Islington area before the match, and that is the current position of most visiting clubs. The Drayton Park on the Arsenal station side was the away pub for years and reopened under that name, but recent visiting fans report it is now mixed; the Twelve Pins at Finsbury Park takes small groups of away supporters on quieter games; and The Coronet on Holloway Road, closed as a Wetherspoon in 2024 and reopened under new owners in 2026, has not yet settled into a known matchday door policy. The Tollington Arms, The Plimsoll and The Gunners are home pubs. The practical answer for most travelling fans is to drink at King's Cross, Euston or Finsbury Park and head to the ground 60 to 90 minutes before kick-off, which is also what Arsenal recommend for the security queue.
Around Tottenham the picture is better for visitors, provided you stay off the High Road. The Antwerp Arms on Church Road, a community-owned pub listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide, takes a mix of home and away fans. The Compass industrial estate between the stadium and the coach parks has brewery taprooms that open on matchdays five to ten minutes from the away turnstiles, Bohem among them, though the line-up changes: One Mile End closed in 2023 and Redemption's parent company entered administration in June 2026, so check which units are trading before you rely on one. Most other pubs along the High Road are home-only with door staff on matchdays. Fans arriving at Liverpool Street often drink at the Hamilton Hall Wetherspoon in the station before the Overground to White Hart Lane.
Police escorts and "bubble" arrangements, where visiting fans are moved as a group from a meeting point, are rare at both grounds and reserved for specific derby or high-risk matches; when they apply, your club's notice will say so and name the meeting point. Wearing colours in a home pub on the Holloway Road or the High Road is the quickest way to be refused at the door, and both clubs can refuse entry to or eject identified visiting fans from home sections regardless of what they are wearing.
Getting home: hold-backs, station queues and the last train
Both grounds use managed queuing at every nearby station after the match, and both police the away exit on higher-risk games. At the Emirates the away turnstiles open directly onto the podium above Queensland Road, the Arsenal station queue runs along Gillespie Road, the Finsbury Park queues form on Seven Sisters Road and St Thomas's Road, and the Highbury & Islington queue sits on the south side of Holloway Road with no entry from Highbury Fields. The fastest exit for a visiting fan heading to King's Cross is usually the walk to Highbury & Islington, then one Victoria line stop. Holloway Road is closed, so do not plan around it.
At Tottenham the High Road is closed to general traffic from two hours before kick-off until up to an hour afterwards, so taxis and ride-share pick-ups are set at least a 15-minute walk from the ground and the walk north to Northumberland Park is the quickest route out for most away fans. White Hart Lane runs a queuing system that can hold the away end back for a while after a sold-out game, and the Overground does not run through the night on Fridays and Saturdays, which matters after a late kick-off. The Victoria line does run all night on Fridays and Saturdays, so Tottenham Hale is the safe late option.
Evening kick-offs are where the day falls apart. A 20:00 start finishes at roughly 21:50, and from either ground the station queue, the Tube and any change at King's Cross add well over half an hour before you reach Euston, King's Cross or Paddington, more on a derby or a sell-out. Check the last departure for your line with the train operator before you buy an away ticket, and on Sunday television slots check twice, because engineering works are published on Sunday timetables that look nothing like the Saturday ones. The December television moves this season put Spurs vs Arsenal and Arsenal vs Manchester United into 16:30 Sunday slots, which land most fans at the terminals around 19:30, so check live TfL and National Rail updates on the day.
Driving, coaches and taxis
Do not drive to either ground. Arsenal describe an extensive Event Day Parking Scheme around the Emirates in which only residents with permits may park on-street and illegally parked cars are towed, and Islington and Hackney councils both run matchday controlled parking zones. Spurs operate an Event Day Controlled Parking Zone across N17 with no general admission parking at all, private car parks nearby charge up to £20 and the High Road closure cuts the stadium off from through traffic. The workable compromise for fans coming from the north is to leave the car at Cockfosters at the end of the Piccadilly line for the Emirates, or at a Greater Anglia station such as Cheshunt or Broxbourne for Tottenham, and finish the trip by train.
Supporters' coaches park at Queensland Road beside the away entrance at the Emirates, with a second site on Hornsey Road, and the Metropolitan Police close every access route to Queensland Road two hours before kick-off, so coaches must arrive between four and two hours ahead and display the permit issued after the visiting club registers at least seven days before. At Tottenham, coaches drop off and collect at Zone A on West Road or Zone B on Brantwood Road, again with a permit arranged through the club, and both zones are a short walk from the Worcester Avenue entrances. Minibuses are not allowed into the Emirates coach site at all.
Blue Badge holders travelling with an away allocation get six spaces at Tottenham, requested through their own club, and Arsenal publish separate Blue Badge guidance for the matchday scheme that your club's disability liaison officer can request. For taxis, give the driver Finsbury Park or Highbury Corner for the Emirates and Tottenham Hale or Northumberland Park for Spurs, rather than either stadium address.
Accessibility for disabled away supporters
Spurs give visiting wheelchair users 26 spaces in Block 234 on the level above the away end, with personal assistants seated alongside, easy-access seats in Blocks 114, 115 and 118 for fans who can manage a short flight of steps, three accessible toilets in the visitors' section opened with a RADAR key, and a Changing Places facility available on request in advance. Entrance 11a has a lift and sits beside the matchday ticket office, and audio description and hearing loop requests go through your own club's disability liaison officer before the match. Baby changing is on the Level 2 concourse outside Block 234, and there is no pushchair storage.
At the Emirates the accessible turnstiles for visiting fans are immediately to the right of turnstile K, and Arsenal operate a medical exemption form for anyone who needs a bag larger than A4 for equipment. Finsbury Park is the step-free station the club recommends for wheelchair users, since Arsenal station has no lift. Both clubs require accessible tickets to be requested through the visiting club rather than through their own box offices, so the earlier your club's disability liaison officer knows you are travelling, the better the seat.
Where to stay and what the day costs
King's Cross is the only sensible base if you are doing both grounds in one trip or arriving by intercity train, because the Piccadilly line reaches Arsenal in ten minutes and the Victoria line reaches Highbury & Islington, Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale in six to fifteen. Finsbury Park works for the Emirates alone and is cheaper. For Tottenham only, Stratford has the widest choice of hotels on the Greater Anglia line to Northumberland Park and the Elizabeth line into town, and Tottenham Hale puts you on the Victoria line 25 minutes' walk from the ground. Hotels in central Islington and around Highbury are the dearest and fill first on derby weekends.
Travel can be the biggest expense of a north London away day. A Premier League away seat costs no more than £30 at either ground, a return on the Tube from a central hotel is under £8 at 2026 fares, and food and drink inside both grounds runs at London stadium prices. The expensive line is the rail fare from outside London, which is why most travelling supporters book advance singles the day the match date is confirmed and again the day it is moved for television. For fans who want to do the weekend in comfort, our Arsenal hospitality guide and Tottenham hospitality guide explain which packages are open to neutrals and what they include.
Neutral and home-area Arsenal tickets for the derby and every other home game state the block and the supporter area each seat is sold for.
Flying in from the Gulf for a north London match
Entry rules depend on your passport, not where you live: nationals of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman need a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation before boarding, applied for through the UK ETA app, while residents of those countries holding other passports may need a visa; British and Irish citizens, holders of a valid UK visa and other exempt travellers do not need an ETA at all. Our UK visa guide for Gulf football fans walks through the application, the fee and how long it lasts. Heathrow connects to King's Cross in just over an hour on the Piccadilly line, which continues straight to Arsenal station, and Gatwick reaches St Pancras in roughly 45 to 65 minutes by train; from King's Cross the Victoria line reaches the Tottenham stations without a change.
Whether a Gulf-based supporter can buy into an away allocation depends on the visiting club's own sales criteria and loyalty scheme, and most sell out to members with credits or points before any wider window opens. For a Gulf-based fan who supports the visiting club, the compliant routes are that club's own away sale or a hospitality package that admits opposition supporters, such as Spurs' premium areas under their colours and conduct rules; general-admission home sections are closed to visiting supporters at both grounds. A Gulf-based neutral, or a supporter of Arsenal or Spurs, can buy a home-area seat in advance with the listing's permitted area checked before purchase. Our Gulf fan guide to a London football weekend covers the rest of the trip, and the sister guides for Manchester and Madrid follow the same format if you are combining cities.
Trip timeline: what to do and when
| When | Emirates Stadium | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium |
|---|---|---|
| When the match date is confirmed | Book advance rail; check your club's away sale dates and credit cut-offs | Same; note that Spurs publish the visiting allocation size in the sale notice |
| When the match moves for television | Rebook rail; a Sunday 16:30 slot changes the last train home | Same; check Sunday engineering works on the Overground and Greater Anglia |
| Match week | Check your ticket delivery format and download your pass if applicable; read Arsenal's visiting supporters' notice sent via your club | Check your ticket delivery format and download your pass if applicable; read Spurs' matchday travel notice for station closures |
| Three hours before | Drink at King's Cross, Euston or Finsbury Park, not in Islington | Antwerp Arms or the Compass estate taprooms; avoid the High Road pubs |
| Two hours before (Spurs) or when your club's notice says (Arsenal) | Turnstiles K, L or M open, usually two hours before but 90 minutes on some games; podium bars open with them | Entrances 11 and 12 open; Tap Inn and Touchline Grills open |
| 60 to 90 minutes before | Arsenal's recommended arrival time for the security search | Clear the Entrance 11 security line before the last-20-minute rush |
| Final whistle | Walk to Highbury & Islington or Finsbury Park; ignore Holloway Road | Walk to Northumberland Park or White Hart Lane; Tottenham Hale late at night |
| Terminal | King's Cross is one Victoria line stop from Highbury & Islington | Liverpool Street from White Hart Lane; King's Cross via the Victoria line |
Frequently asked questions about away days in north London
1. Can children sit in the away end at the Emirates and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium?
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Tottenham require every person entering to hold a ticket and seat, babes in arms included, and under-14s to be accompanied by an adult, while the age rule for an Emirates away ticket is set by the visiting club that sells it.
2. Do away fans have to stand at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium?
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No, visiting clubs can allocate anyone who prefers to sit to Block 118, while the rest of the visitors' section is rail-seated safe standing with the bar set at 900mm.
3. Which is the better away day, the Emirates or Tottenham?
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Tottenham wins on the away end itself, with safe standing, a fully covered lower-tier corner and taprooms a short walk away, while the Emirates wins on transport, with several stations within roughly 15 minutes and King's Cross one stop away.
4. What happens to away fans if there is a Tube strike on matchday?
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Use the Great Northern and Overground services to Finsbury Park or Highbury & Islington for the Emirates and the Greater Anglia or Overground services to Northumberland Park or White Hart Lane for Tottenham, and allow an extra hour each way for bus and walking connections.
5. Where can away fans leave luggage before a north London match?
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Neither stadium stores bags, so use the paid left-luggage counters and lockers at King's Cross, Euston, Liverpool Street or Stratford, or ask your hotel to hold cases before check-in.
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Sources: Arsenal Football Club, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Everton Football Club, Chelsea Football Club, Premier League, UEFA, Sky Sports, The Football Association, Football Supporters' Association, Transport for London, Greater Anglia, Greater London Authority, Islington Tribune, Football Ground Guide, Daily Cannon, Arseblog, GOV.UK.
