Griffin Head -> Nelson Arms -> picked up by ones driver -> Old Trafford -> Griffin Head

Park up at the Railway club as always. Food & Drinks in there for a while then have a walk to Sam Platts.
Although if it's bloody rammed and full of idiots throwing beer at each other again I won't bother.

Not a Rhino fan but will be in premier in Oldtrafford Friday 4.00pm ish few deinks on the night then saturday up all you can eat breakfast wonder round shoppoing centre with wife in the bar by 12 and start to soak up the day hopefully some good rugby banter and general rugby chat with other fans and then watch the game from the east stand as a neutral

Stopping at home with the Missus this year, she's treating me to a Gaucho's steak takeaway while we watch it on TV.

Lovely stuff.

Leave home around 5:00pm, and walk to a local pub

Go out and get absolutely smashed at about 12.

Leave around 3 for more drinking on the coach.

Drink around the stadium.

In the stadium for about 5.30, take my seat next to Jerry Chicken, be loud and abusive and probably be sick on him.

NO ALCOHOL TO BE CONSUMED IN THE STADIUM BOWL
Alcohol Consumption Guidelines 2012

The agreed policy for the Super League Grand Final on Saturday 6 October 2012 to be held at Old Trafford is as follows:

1. Alcohol may be served in the concourse areas from entry up to and including ten minutes after half time.

2. Individuals will be permitted to purchase two drinks at a time.

3. All cans will be decanted. Bottles may be served with tops removed.

4. Drinking in the bowl, in view of the game will not be permitted. Clear signage and stewarding will be used to reinforce this regulation.

5. Alcohol may be served in executive areas throughout the event provided they are not consumed in the view of general spectators (in the bowl).

6. The police have agreed to the sale of bottles and will monitor the situation with a view to imposing the requirement for decanting if necessary.

7. It is accepted by both the Police and Stadium Safety that this is not a designated sporting event and that the imposition of these ground regulations require sensitive application.

swarcliffe coach , drink in servicemens club , not taking any cans to near the ground to be confiscated at the top of the road

I know, a very annoying rule. I don't really understand why us good natured and well behaved RL fans are trusted to behave (and usually do) at Wembley, but not at OT.
Being able to drink in the stands at Wembley enabled avoidance of the packed bars, and getting into the stadium early, to sit in the stands with a beer. Worth the extra 50p a pint or whatever it was.

Only two bottles per person aswel?!

Oh well, I guess that's enough for one for the person that's buying, and one for the birthday drink they'll be buying me!

What a smashing pub that is, but then again Joe always did know how to run a good pub, The New inn in Churwell was also great whilst he had it

I am inplacable in adversity, you will not generate a reaction from me.

You may however find that in your drunken state you trip at the top of a flight of stairs on your way out of the ground, and my seat is an awful long way up...

Probably the usual slow crawl on the trans-Pennine train, with stops at Dewsbury,
Huddersfield and Stalybridge. As long as you can get on the thing, seats are not really necessary as it's just a bunch of short trips.

As usual a breakfast in Headingley, maybe the taps this year?? followed by a coach over the hill where hopefully the driver will know his way to the car park this year then to a drinking hole yet to be confirmed, last two years its been Bishops blaize. Plenty more room to move compared to the corridor which is the Trafford pub

The normal plan if traffic allows. A nice trip over to Manchester/Salford, go for a couple of drinks in The Crescent (my old uni haunt) then head down to the ground.