Sky Blues On The Road - Leyton Orient

LEYTON ORIENT V COVENTRY CITY  

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1^ST 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

​Coaches will leave White Street Coach Park at 10:30am 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

You can pay on the day but tickets are priced at Adult £25, Concessions £16, Under 18's £16.

Concessions apply to over 65's, students with a valid ID card, current members of the Armed Forces with proof of affiliation and unemployed with proof of benefit receipt.

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MATCH OFFICIALS

The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Leyton Orient on Saturday is Jeremy Simpson.

In his third season on the Football League list, Mr Simpson has only been in charge of three Coventry City games before.

They were the 0-0 draw at Oldham Athletic on Monday April 21^st, 2014, the 3-1 win at MK Dons on November 30th 2013 and the game at the Ricoh Arena against Scunthorpe which City lost 2-1 in November 2012.

His assistants are Paul Kelly and Ian Rathbone. The Fourth Official is David Avent.
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THE LAST TIME

Saturday will be the 24^th time Coventry City have played at Leyton Orient.  City have had six wins and seven draws if you count the JPT game went to penalties after being 0-0 at ninety minutes.

Away to Orient, City have scored 23 goals and let in 37.

City’s last visit to Brisbane Road was on Tuesday January 28^th 2014 and saw a 2-0 defeat for the Sky Blues.

The teams that night were:

City: Murphy, Christie, Adams, Webster, Seaborne, Baker, C.Thomas, Fleck, Daniels, (Slager 62), G.Thomas (J.Clarke 46), Moussa. (Barton 86) Subs Wiilis,  Phillips,Burge, Haynes. 

Orient: Jakupovic, Omozusi, Vincelot, Cuthbert (Sawyer 88), Baudry, Cox (Ness 75), James, Lisbie, Odubajo, N.Clarke (Mooney 77), Dagnall. Subs: Laskins, Bartley, Loza, Simpson. 

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MATCH BETTING

The bookmakers are predicting Coventry City’s run of league games without an away victory will continue at Leyton Orient on Saturday. .

The bookies have City at 3/1 to win with Orient at 10/11 and 5/2 on the draw.