I have been down many times in recent years for the game and the outlying tube stations (such as Stanmore) always try to sell a return ticket to Wembley and back, but this can sometimes work out more than an off-peak travel card - especially for kids where an off peak travel card is a little over £3 for unlimited use.

In the spirit of saving cash for beer (or anything else), check which is cheaper and don't take the simple return ticket option - I saved a group of Leeds fans £20 the year before last by suggesting this option at the ticket booth - Mr London Underground who was trying to get people to buy return tickets from the machine wasn't best pleased.

Happy travelling!

Just get an Oyster, guaranteed to be cheapest

Tube return, Kings Cross to Wembley is £11, whereas a zone 4 travelcard for Saturday is £8.

Need to register and that costs a 10er!

Cash fares are ridiculous now since Boris did his bit. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask.

It's a fully refundable deposit.

I have an priv oyster, 50p a trip

Tourists, the lot of ya!

Londoners laugh at people arriving at Kings Cross queuing to get tube tickets at much higher prices than they are playing. Get an Oyster, pay less, full refund at end if you don't want to keep it. Youll pay far less and its capped so you cant get a cheaper ticket in any other way. Simples.

Kings Cross to Wembley Park is £5.50 cash or £2.70 with an Oyster Card.

www.tfl.gov.uk/ for all travel info and costs

www.tfl.gov.uk/ for all travel info and costs

By the way many people think you need to queue at a ticket office or go to a local shop to get an Oyster or have to preorder them online. You can actually just walk up to a ticket machine and it will dispense one.

Kids ride public transport for free in London. Or at least where we need to be!

With Oyster from Stanmore to Wembley Park (Zone 5-4) it is £1.50 single (Adult) 75p (11-1icon_cool.gif 4x under 10s are free with each adult fare. If there's a car full of adults (4 or 5 x £3 tube) then consider if actually paying some parking closer to the stadium might be worth it for you though the tube is only 4 stops from Stanmore at least www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.aspx

With Oyster from Stanmore to Wembley Park (Zone 5-4) it is £1.50 single (Adult) 75p (11-1icon_cool.gif 4x under 10s are free with each adult fare. If there's a car full of adults (4 or 5 x £3 tube) then consider if actually paying some parking closer to the stadium might be worth it for you though the tube is only 4 stops from Stanmore at least www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.aspx

Taking my Oyster card, top up on Friday when I arrive, jobs a good 'un

Oyster cards are the way... Order online and its a one off payment of £5 for card & registration etc... you just log in and top it up with a credit/debit card. I have put £25 on mine this time, as we are there for 3 days, so will deffo cover us from hotel to Wembley, back to hotel and to Camden Town on the night etc and into central London... Oyster can also be used on buses that are 24 hours in London.. so it`s a no brainer for me... especially with the costs of taxis down there.

Can you use one oyster card for multiple people/journeys? or does each person require their own?

Once I have swiped it, I just pass mine back to whoever i am with... it doesnt matter, as long as there is credit on it... This is from TFL Website :

"You can give your Oyster card to someone else"

If your Oyster only has pay as you go credit at adult rate on it you can let someone else use it, even if the card is registered in your name.

I bought a zone 1-4 travel card, lets me use the bus and train as many times as I want for £8. It depends where you plan to go etc but if you plan to go back to the hotel then out again to another part of London as we do, then the travel card works out cheaper.

agreed, oyster is the way forward, why on earth all bus and train companies dont use this system is beyond me...would be a uk travel card then, accepted on any form of transport,werever you are......
black cabs should also accept them, that would be even easier

each person needs an oyster card..... you cannot get more than one person through a gate with one card... unless your with your kids, inwhich i think 4 travel free with a paying adult (age limit)......
oyster card is a pre paid, top up card which is used on all transport for london journeys inclding DLR......
swipe your card over the yellow oyster logo at the gate, and then when you alight your destination tube station make sure to do the same on the exit gate, this will automatically deduct the cheapest fair possible from your credit balance...simple as........
i top mine up with £20, and that does me for a full weekend in the capital.... and that includes trips to twickkers for the broncos game!!!

Another tip for those new to Oyster:

When you swipe in at the start of your journey make sure you swipe out even if the exit gates at the destination station are open. If you don't then it will appear as an unresolved journey and you'll be charged the maximum fare that you could have incurred on the network - £8.30 (when you swipe in it deducts £8.30 from your balance, when you swipe out it credits the difference in fares back to your card - don't swipe out = no credit)

Yeah Oyster is the best option.. and don't bother waiting in line to get your deposit back in the end.. just keep it for next time.

Just bought 3 Oyster cards from the TFL website.

Delivery in 2-4 days.

Saves queueing to buy tickets and will come in useful for future trips.

I've got one. I was in London earlier in the week and topped up the card online. In zone 1 the daily charge is capped at £7 and I have some credit which I can use at any time in the future (going on coach next week so won't need my card).

As others have said simply touch the card against the yellow reader as you enter the first underground station and then again at the end of the journey. If you have to change to a connecting line it only counts as one trip.

Nope, sorry, you've misunderstood that rule. It doesn't mean at the same time.

If you got stopped by a ticket inspector you would only have one valid ticket for two people and could cop a fine.