LEYTON ORIENT V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 27TH AT 3PM
AT THE MATCHROOM STADIUM, BRISBANE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 5NF
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Coaches Leaves at 11am from Ricoh Arena Car Park C and cost £15.50 per person.
BY TRAIN:
The nearest tube station is Leyton on the Central Line or Leyton Midland Road overground.
From Leyton Station, turn right down the hill and follow the High Road to Coronation Gardens on your left. Turn down Buckingham Road after the park and the ground is in front of you.
From Leyton Midland Road, turn left towards Leyton and continue down the High Road past Leyton County Cricket Ground until you reach Windsor Road. Turn down Windsor Road and the ground is in front of you.
BY CAR:
From North: Exit M25 at junction 27 and follow signs to `London (NE), M11' onto the M11 southbound.
After 7.1 miles where the road divides, bear right (s/p A406 N. Circ. Rd West, London N and W) onto the North Circular Road.
Keep in left hand lanes and take first exit after 0.6 miles (s/p Walthamstow and City A104, then Whipps Cross A104, West End (A503)).
At roundabout turn left (s/p Whipps Cross, Bakers Arms, Walthamstow A503) into Woodford New Road A104. At next roundabout (Whipps Cross) after 1.2 miles, take 2nd exit (s/p A104 Bakers Arms, Leyton) and follow road round to left, towards BP station, into Lea Bridge Road.
After 0.5 miles, just after Esso station, turn left at lights (s/p Leyton, Stratford, then Leyton Leisure Lagoon) into Leyton Green Road.
Filter left after 0.3 miles and turn left at T-junction into Leyton High Road. After 1.2 miles ground is down sidestreets on RHS.
From South/South-East via Blackwall Tunnel: Out of tunnel, continue on A102 following signs to `Stratford, Dalston'. Remain on the A102/A106 for 4.2 miles, following signs for Leyton, passing New Spitalfields Market and over a bridge.
At lights just after Car Superstore, turn left into Oliver Road.
BY BUS:
Nos. 58, 69, 97 and 158 run along Leyton High Road.
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ADMISSION
Away supporters are housed in blocks C & D of the East Stand, entry is via turnstiles 7-12.
Some 250+ tickets are on sale at the Ricoh Arena priced at £23.00 Adults, £15.00 Senior Citizens (Over 65)
£15.00 Student (full time only-N/A on matchday, student card must be shown on entry, can not be booked on-line)
£15.00 Armed Forces (with valid warrant card, can not be booked on-line),£15.00 Unemployed (benefit proof required, can not be booked on-line), £5.00 Juniors (Under 18).
There has been no announcement as to whether you can pay on the gate but with Orient getting less than 5,000 for most games, you cannot see them turning down extra income.
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday's game will be the 42nd game between Leyton Orient and Coventry City. City have won 19 and drawn 13 scoring 76 goals to Leyton Orient's 51.
City's last trip to Brisbane Road, saw a 4-1 victory in an FA Cup Third Round in January 1973. The last time, the sides met at Brisbane Road for a league game was on April 23rd 1996 for a 1-1 draw in a Second Division fixture.
Coventry have had seven wins in visits to Brisbane Road and their biggest win was that 4-1 FA Cup win. Their second biggest win at Orient was a 3-0 League Cup in 1965 and a 3-1 league win also in 1965.
City's last defeat at Orient was in January 1956 and their heaviest defeat at Orient was two 4-0 defeats in the 1920s.
More head to head http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/next/vs/match/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's game at Leyton Orient on Saturday is Tim Robinson from Horsham in Sussex.
This is Mr Robinson's first season on the Football League Referees List and he has not a City or Leyton Orient game before.
This will be his eighth match this season and so far he has shown 16 yellows and one red in Chesterfield's 3-1 win against Wycombe.
His last match was AFC Wimbledon's 2-1 home defeat to Cheltenham on October 13th.
His assistants are Neil Davies and Adrian Gillett. The Fourth Official is John Scott
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are the under-dogs according to the Bookmakers for Saturday's game at Leyton Orient.
The Sky Blues are priced at 9/5 with Orient 6/4. You can get 9/4 on 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/leyton-orient-v-coventry/winner