BRENTFORD V COVENTRY CITY
TUE OCTOBER 23RD AT 7.45PM
AT GRIFFIN PARK, BRAEMAR ROAD, BRENTFORD, MIDDLESEX, TW8 0NT
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.45pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Coaches leave at 4pm from Ricoh Arena Car Park C and cost £15.50 per person.
From All Routes
Outside M25: Exit M25 at junction 15 (s/p M4, Heathrow Terminals 1,2 & 3, London (W)) onto the M4 eastbound. After 8.3 miles exit M4 at junction 2 (s/p A4, N and S Circular A406 (A205), Chiswick A315), onto slip road down onto the A4, which runs underneath, and parallel to, the M4. At Chiswick Roundabout after 0.7 miles, there's a choice of directions:
a) To the main parking area: go right round the roundabout and head back up the A4 (s/p The West, Heathrow A4, M4). Keep in the right-hand lane (s/p Staines, Hounslow A4) and go straight on for 1.5 miles, to junction/lights. Here, turn left (s/p Brentford A3002) into Boston Manor Road. Somerset Road, which leads to one of the best parking areas, is on the RHS after 1.0 miles.
b) To the ground:
Take 4th exit (s/p S. Circular A205, A316, M3 Richmond) onto Chiswick High Road/Kew Bridge Road. Straight on for 0.3 miles to junction/lights (Kew Bridge Junction). Here, keep in lane for the A315 and go straight on (s/p Hounslow, Brentford A315), towards `The Plough'. At lights after 0.5 miles turn right (by McDonalds) into Ealing Road, which runs past Griffin Park. The ground is on Braemar Road, the second turning on your left.
From South London (for directions to Kew Bridge see the London Guide):
Over Kew Bridge to the Kew Bridge Junction. Here turn left (s/p Hounslow, Brentford A315) into Kew Bridge Road. At lights after 0.5 miles turn right (by McDonalds) into Ealing Road.
FROM RAILWAY STATIONS:
a) Brentford: South West Trains run from Waterloo and Vauxhall to Reading via Brentford. By foot: Head up to the main road and turn left. Take first main left turn into Windmill Road, and first right (s/p Methodist Church) into Clifden Road. The Stadium is then directly ahead of you.
b) Kew Bridge: This station is on the same line as Brentford station, but is closer to `The Plough', `The Waggon and Horses', and the Strand-on-the-Green. It's 0.4 miles to the ground: take steps up from platforms to main exit and turn right. Keep going for 0.3 miles, then turn right by McDonalds into Ealing Road.
Last Midweek Trains: Call 08457 48 49 50 for the latest information.
Link: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk
FROM UNDERGROUND STATIONS:
Gunnersbury (District Line, Zone 3):
1.3 miles to ground. By foot: Exit station into Chiswick High Road and turn left. After 0.3 miles, at Chiswick Roundabout, take 2nd exit (s/p S. Circular A205) into Chiswick High Road, which becomes Kew Bridge Road. Then as by car From All Routes (*).
South Ealing (Piccadilly Line, Zone 3):
By foot: Exit right from station and walk down Ealing Road to ground (twenty-five minutes walk - or catch 65 bus).
BY BUS:
The E8 is a frequent service from Hanwell along Boston Manor Road, while the E2 runs from West Ealing along Windmill Road. The no. 65 runs from south of the river, over Kew Bridge. Nos. 237, 267 and H29 run along Kew Bridge Road. The main night bus is the N97, Brentford High Street to either Central London or Heathrow Airport.
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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced at
Seating: £20.00 Adults, £14.00 Senior Citizens (Over 60), £12.00 Student (full time only-N/A on matchday, student card must be shown on entry, can not be booked on-line), £5.00 Juniors (Under 18)
Terracing: £19.00 Adults, £13.00 Senior Citizens (Over 60), £11.00 Student (full time only-N/A on matchday, student card must be shown on entry, can not be booked on-line), £5.00 Juniors (Under 18)
To book Wheelchair spaces please contact Brentford directly on 0845 3456 442.
More information http://www.ccfc.co.uk//news/article/brentford-tickets-a-400272.aspx?pageView=full
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THE LAST TIME
Tuesday will see the 41st meeting of Brentford and Coventry City.
The Sky Blues have won 17 , drawn 10 and lost 13 of those matches, scoring 65 goals to Brentford's 39.
The last time the sides met was on July 28th 2001 when City, with John Hartson making his last ever Coventry appearance before he joined Celtic, drew 0-0 in a pre-season game.
However, for a meeting in the league, you have to go back to 1963 when the sides drew 2-2 at Highfield Road on Feb 15th 1964 for a Third Division game. That season, on October 5th, City won 3-2, which was one of six wins at Griffin Park.
City's record win at Brentford was a 4-1 win in 1947 but their record defeat was a 7-3 loss in October 1926.
More on this; http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/coventry_city/vs/brentford/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's game at Brentford on Tuesday is Keith Stroud.
Mr Stroud got into refereeing after running the line for his parks team. The referee on one of these games approached him after the game complimenting him on his performance as an assistant referee and gave him details of the up and coming referee course to consider which he duly attended.
Mr Stroud, an official who believes that a smile on occasions helps to diffuse situations and helps to encourage positive interaction from referee to player/coaching staff, was appointed to the FIFA International Assistant Referees list in 2004 and joined the Select Group Referees list in 2007.
His last City game was the defeat to West Ham United at home last season and previous City games are the 1-0 defeat to Swansea in January 2011, the 3-2 home defeat to Leeds in November 2010, the 1-0 win at Plymouth Argyle in December 2009 and previous City matches in which he has refereed are: the 0-0 home draw with West Brom in October 2009, the 1-1 draw at QPR in January 2009, the 2-0 home win against Leicester in February 2008, the 0-2 home defeat to Palace on Boxing Day 2007, the 0-1 defeat at Wolves in October 2007, the 0-0 at Colchester in March 2007 and the 2-0 home win against Sheffield United in March 2006.
This will be his ninth match this season and so far he has shown 27 yellows and one red in Burton's 1-0 win at Southend.
His assistants are David Woolford and Graham Horwood. The Fourth Official is Wes Linden
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are 3-1 to win at Brentford tomorrow night in a League One game.
Bet365 and Bet Victor are both offering odds of 3-1 on Mark Robins side to win at Griffin Park.
Brentford are 11/10 to win with 9/4 the draw.
Make sure you shop around for the best odds available before placing any bet and you can check the odds being offered by some of the leading bookmakers in the country by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/brentford-v-coventry/winner