BRENTFORD V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY MARCH 22ND AT 3PM
AT GRIFFIN PARK, BRAEMAR ROAD, BRENTFORD, MIDDLESEX, TW8 0NT
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Coaches leave at 10.30am from White Street Car Park 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.
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
This match is all ticket with none available on the day.
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City travel to Brentford for the 22nd time in League matches on Saturday.
Coventry City have won six times at Griffin Park, with four draws and eleven losses.
City's last win at Griffin Park came on October 5th 1963 with a 3-2 win and their biggest win is a 4-0 victory on October 5th 1950. The biggest loss was a 7-3 defeat on October 23rd 1926.
Last season, Coventry City lost 2-1 at Brentford. David McGoldrick put City ahead in the sixth minute but Harry Forrester levelled in the 41st minute and converted a 92nd minute penalty.
The teams that night were
City; Murphy; Clarke, Cameron, Wood, Reckord (Kilbane 59); Jennings, Fleck, Moussa, Hussey (Baker 46); McGoldrick, Ball (McDonald 78). Subs:- Dunn, McSheffrey, Christie, Edjenguele
Brentford:Moore; Logan, Dean, Craig, Bidwell; Forshaw, Diagouraga (Adeyemi 87), Douglas, Forrester; Hayes (Spencer 75), Donaldson. Subs:- Lee, Legge, O'Connor, Barron, Dallas
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at Brentford on Saturday is Gavin Ward from Surrey.
Twenty eight year old Mr Ward started refereeing at the age of thirteen in Kent and worked his way through the Kent and Isthmian Leagues. He has officiated at the FA Trophy Final and Championship Play Off Final, and for the 2007 Carling Cup Final, he was the first match official to be appointed as ‘ reserve assistant ‘ in a major domestic Cup Final.
This season, he has had 27 games and shown 82 yellow cards and six reds.
His last City game was 2-1 defeat at Swindon Town on December 21st 2013 and other City matches he has refereed are the 1-0 win at Walsall on October 26th 2013, the 1-0 win over Tranmere on January 16th 2013, the 2-1 defeat at Brighton in November 2011, the 2-1 defeat at Middlesbrough in April 2011, the 1-4 home defeat to Bristol City in March 2011 and the 1-1 home draw against Preston in April 2010.
His assistants are Mark Russell and Wayne Porter and the Fourth Official is Adrian Gillett.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are 4/1 outsiders to win at Brentford on Saturday.
The Bookies are all quoting City as the underdogs with odds for 4/6 for Brentford, 4/1 City and 11/4 on the draw.
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