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English translation: special parking zone for football matches


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English term or phrase:Football Parking
English translation:special parking zone for football matches
Entered by: Amra Đapo (damra)
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13:10 Dec 17, 2006
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English term or phrase: Football Parking
one of the services provided by a city council
Amra Đapo (damra)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 21:45
special parking zone for football matches
Explanation:
Football Parking
The home grounds of Liverpool FC and Everton FC are both based in residential areas, which results in football fans parking their cars on the roadside, causing problems for residents on match days.
The Football match Parking Zone has been set up to help reduce these problems.
What is the Football Match Parking Zone (FMPZ)
The FMPZ is designed to provide parking spaces for residents living close to the City's two main football grounds, Anfield and Goodison.
How does it work?
Residents within the Zone are issued with permits, which they are to display in their cars on match days.

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Sports/Footb...
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:45
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9special parking zone for football matches
Kim Metzger
4 +4parking close to a pitch/field etx
Mihailolja
5 +2parking scheme for football fans in the UK: designated parking or park-and-ridejuvera
4 +1allocation of certain parking lots or parts of thereof for fans' parking during gamesAlexander Demyanov


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
football parking
parking close to a pitch/field etx


Explanation:
It's most probably parking provided by the local council close to a football pitch or pitches. For the use of the players, supporters etc...

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etc!

Mihailolja
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in UkrainianUkrainian

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agree  Mark Nathan
4 mins
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agree  Will Matter
6 hrs
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agree  Marc Glinert: yes eg Hackney marshes (if anyone else played there!)
1 day3 hrs
  -> Thanks Marc, do you play there do you? I manage to play 5-a-side, veterans league!
agree  Robert Fox
1 day7 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
football parking
special parking zone for football matches


Explanation:
Football Parking
The home grounds of Liverpool FC and Everton FC are both based in residential areas, which results in football fans parking their cars on the roadside, causing problems for residents on match days.
The Football match Parking Zone has been set up to help reduce these problems.
What is the Football Match Parking Zone (FMPZ)
The FMPZ is designed to provide parking spaces for residents living close to the City's two main football grounds, Anfield and Goodison.
How does it work?
Residents within the Zone are issued with permits, which they are to display in their cars on match days.

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Sports/Footb...


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
thank you all for your help

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Nathan
2 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
3 mins
agree  Sandra SAYN
59 mins
agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr
agree  kmtext
1 hr
agree  Jeanette Phillips: but it would probably be called Football Parking locally
2 hrs
agree  Vanessa Fuller
2 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans
2 hrs
agree  Michael Barnett
3 hrs
disagree  juvera: Sorry, Kim. The question is: football parking - services provided by the council. You are referring to restrictions to prevent football parking./...indeed, to help residents. The question refers to football parking, not residents parking during matches.
3 hrs
  -> I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you referring to the question or to the answer? / My reference discusses services for residents. What the council is doing to help people who live near stadiums. The reference is entitled: football parking.
agree  Will Matter
6 hrs
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
football parking
allocation of certain parking lots or parts of thereof for fans' parking during games


Explanation:
Such allocation is usually only for the time periods during and around game time.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 15:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 7

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agree  Will Matter
5 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
football parking
parking scheme for football fans in the UK: designated parking or park-and-ride


Explanation:
Your question clearly indicates: "service provided by the council", so I don't think that the answer is restrictions.

The parking zone mentioned by Kim is to KEEP THE FOOTBALL FANS AWAY from the nearby residential areas, but it is not the solution for the fans, rather the opposite.

The solution is DESIGNATED PARKING (special parking lots) and PARK-and-RIDE, which is set up by the council especially for that purpose, to be used on the days when matches are held.

KC Stadium, Hull
...straight off the motorway and onto park and ride which takes you to the ground. www.sportnetwork.net/main/s37/st94566.htm

Ground: Molineux
Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves)
As you approach the 2nd set of lights look for the signs for football parking. new.pinkun.com/content/NCFC/AwayGuide/Wolves.aspx

Brentford:
....you will see a sign further down on your right for football parking. www.bias.org.uk/away_game.php?id=17

Britannia Stadium, Stoke on Trent, (Stoke City FC)
...turn into Heron Cross and find the football parking there.
travel.cpfc.org/docs/1141945090,10625,.php3

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In the UK the term "football parking" means vehicles parked by people attending matches, or parking facilities provided for that purpose.
The quotes above all refer to where to find "football parking", how to get there, etc. If there isn't enough parking facility by the grounds, most councils provide alternative parking, especially if there are existing parking restrictions in the surrounding area, which is usually the case.

In the case of Liverpool, there are no everyday parking restrictions around the grounds, therefore the council brought in the special measure you quoted; for match days to help residents.
This was the first UK website to come up when googleing the subject, but that doesn't mean, that this is the usual solution, for the above mentioned reasons: the expression "football parking" here (UK) means fans parking, and big football stadiums are more often than not in an area, where there is a parking restriction in force anyway, so the council doesn't have to bother to introduce them for that purpose, but because of that, they have to provide alternative parking, if they want their local football team to flourish.



juvera
Local time: 20:45
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kim Metzger: There's no indication in the asker's question that the services provided by the city council are intended to help football fans. They could just as easily be intended to help residents.
20 hrs
  -> Then they would say: the council provides services for residents to prevent football parking. Cont. above.
agree  Elizabeth Rudin: My understanding, too.
1 day52 mins
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agree  Erich Ekoputra: The refs are helpful; and the explanation is convincing. Great job!
1 day1 hr
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