OLDHAM ATHLETIC V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY OCTOBER 21ST AT 7.45PM
AT BOUNDARY PARK, FUTHERWOOD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL1 2PA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.45pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Leaves White Street at 4pm and costs £13.50
Directions - By Car:
FROM M62: Leave motorway at junction 20 (signposted Rochdale, Oldham).; Follow A627(M) towards Oldham, and leave motorway at second junction with PC World on your left(signposted A627). The ground is clearly visible from the roundabout.
For official parking, take the first exit at the roundabout (NOT for the retail park), and you will see the Club's extensive parking facilities clearly signed on your right.
Leave the M62 at Junction 20 and take the A627(M) towards Oldham. Take the second slip road off the A627(M) following the signs for Royton (A663). At the top of the slip road you will find a large roundabout that around it has a McDonalds and a KFC. Turn left at the roundabout onto the A663 towards Royton (beware though of 30mph speed cameras on this stretch). You will be able to see Boundary Park over on your right. Take the next right hand turn into Hilbre Avenue which will take you up to the large Club car park, situated behind the demolished stand. The cost of the car park is; cars £5, minibus £10, coaches £15.
From M60: Leave motorway at junction 21, then follow signs for Oldham and pass McDonald's on your left. Continue through several sets of traffic lights and down Broadway (40mph limit enforced by static speed cameras) before branching left up the slip road just before the start of the A627(M). Then take the third exit at the roundabout for the official car park (see above).
Directions - By Train:
Oldham Werneth is the closest railway station to the ground - around a 15-minute walk.; Two other stations - Oldham Mumps and Mills Hill - are located approximately 45 minutes' walk away.
The closest Metrolink station to the ground is Freehold which is around a 30 minute walk away from Boundary Park.
On exiting Freehold Metro Station turn right along Agnes Street. At the bottom of this street turn left into Robinson Street, then the third right into Gordon Street and then right onto Denton Lane. Crossover the road and at the roundabout turn left into Walsh Street. Where the road forks, bear right into Peel Street. Cross over Middleton Road (A669) into Garforth Road. At the end of Garforth Road turn right onto Burnley Lane and the left along the A627 Chadderton Way (you should be able to see the floodlights over on the right). Take the next right at the traffic lights into Westhulme Way and then Westhulme Way for the ground.
The nearest railway station is Oldham Mills Hill, which again is around a 30 minute walk away from Boundary Park.
Train to Manchester Piccadilly then get to Manchester Victoria by metro and then train to Oldham.
Directions - By Bus:Bus services from Manchester (numbers 25, 181 and 182) run regularly past the ground.
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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced at: Adults £22, Senior Citizens (65+) £12, Under 16s £10, Under 12s £5, (must be accompanied by an adult).
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Oldham Athletic is Nigel Miller from County Durham.
Mr Miller has been a referee since 1989 and was promoted to the Football League referees list in 2003.
His last City game was the 5-1 home win over Walsall in December 2012 and other City matches he has been in charge of are: the 3-2 home defeat to Ipswich in February 2012, the 1-0 defeat at Scunthorpe in December 2009, the 3-0 defeat at Blackpool in August 2009, the 1-0 home defeat to Plymouth in November 2008, the 2-1 FA Cup win over Millwall in January 2008, the 2-1 win over Southampton in February 2007, the 2-0 home defeat to Bristol City in January 2007, the 0-0 home draw with Stoke City in December 2006, the 3-1 home win over Plymouth in December 2005, the 4-0 defeat at Burnley in August 2005 and the 2-1 home defeat to Leeds in January 2005.
This season, Mr Miller has had eight games and shown twenty yellow cards.
His assistants are Thomas Bramall and Matthew Dicicco. The Fourth Official is Peter Wright.
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City travel to Oldham Athletic six months to the day of their last visit on Tuesday.
That game finished in a drab 0-0 and was City’s tenth visit to Boundary Park.
The Sky Blues, over the years have had two wins and three draws in their ten visits and City’s last win was on September 29th 2012 when City won 1-0 with an own goal.
Their other win was on September 5th 1992 and was also a 1-0 victory.
The most goals City have scored at Boundary Park in a single game is three goals in a 3-3 draw in 1993 and the most they have conceded in a match is five which happened in a 5-0 defeat on February 14th 1925.
The teams for City’s last visit to Oldham were:
City: Murphy, Christie, Webster, Willis, Clarke, Fleck, Baker (Marshall 65), Prutton, Robinson (Thomas 71), Eccleston (Seaborne 90) Wilson. Subs: Burge, Adams, Delfounseo, McGeough.
Oldham: Rachubka, Brown, Lockwood, Wilson, Grounds, Worrall, Smith, Wesolowski, Harkins (Dayton 46), Phillskirk (McDonald 66), Clarke-Harris. Subs: Coleman, Millar, Mellor, Gafati. Byrom.
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MATCH BETTING
The bookmakers are predicting Coventry City’s run of league games without an away victory will continue at Oldham Athletic on Tuesday night.
The bookies have City at 5/2 to win with Oldham at evens and 5/2 on the draw.
If you are planning on having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds as some bookmakers can be rather tight with their odds. You can check the prices by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/oldham-v-coventry/winner