PETERBOROUGH UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY APRIL 12TH AT 3.07PM
AT LONDON ROAD STADIUM, LONDON ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 8AL
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3.07pm. There will be a minute's silence to remember those who died in the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster.
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TRAVEL
By Coach
Official Club Coach Departs White Street at 11.30am and costs £12 per person.
By car from South (A1): Look for signs for 'Football Car Parks'. Two miles after the Norman Cross junction, exit A1 and follow signs to Peterborough (A1139) onto the A1139 Fletton Parkway. Exit the Fletton Parkway at junction 3. At roundabout turn left onto the A1260 Nene Parkway. Take first exit and at roundabout turn right into Shrewsbury Avenue. At T-junction after half a mile by Longueville Autos, turn right into the A605 Oundle Road. Fair Meadow car park,is on the left hand side after one mile and the stadium is opposite.
From North (A1): Exit the A1 at signpost 'Leicester, Peterborough North A47'. Turn left at T-junction onto the A47. Exit the A47 after 5 miles, at junction 15. At the roundabout turn right onto the A1260 Nene Parkway. Exit the Nene Parkway after 1 mile. At the mini-roundabout by the 'Gordon Arms' turn left onto the A605 Oundle Road. Fair Meadow car park is on the left-hand side after one and a half miles.
From East (A47): Pass through the village of Eye following signs to Peterborough A47. At the roundabout turn left and at the next roundabout turn right. At the following roundabout take the 2nd exit. Then as from North.
From Railway Station: About three-quarters of mile from stadium. By bus: No buses run from the station itself, but the bus station is just across Bourges Boulevard. On foot, turn right out of station and then left - take footbridge over the main road to bus station.
By foot: Turn right out of station and head towards the main road (Bourges Boulevard). Turn right and head towards the big roundabout. Go under the Railway Bridge and walk up the path or steps to main road. Use the pedestrian underpass and pass the Evening Telegraph on the left-hand side. At the traffic lights, turn right and the ground is situated on the left hand side, over the town bridge.There are of course plenty of taxi cabs available from the Railway Station if you don't fancy the 10 minute walk.
Car Parking There is parking at the stadium for cars in the Horse Fair Meadow and Pleasure Fair council car parks which are pay and display £5 up to 10 hours. There is also parking at the stadium for coaches at £16 and £12 for minibuses.
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ADMISSION
This match is all ticket. Tickets are priced at £25 for adults.
More information - http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/tickets-coventry-city-peterborough-general-sale-league-one-070414-1471550.aspx
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will be the sixteenth time that Coventry City have met Peterborough United.
Of those fifteen previous games, City have won eight and lost three. Coventry have scored 29 goals against Peterborough and conceded 21 goals.
The last time City played at London Road, a ground they have won three times on, the Sky Blues went down to a 1-0 defeat on December 17th 2011. Emile Sinclair scored the only goal of the game in the 65th minute.
City: Murphy, Keogh, Wood, Christie, Hussey, Thomas, McSheffrey, Gardner, Bell (Bigirimana 81), Jutkiewicz, Platt.SNU Burge, Jeffers, Cameron, McPake
Peterborough: Lewis, Alcock, Bennett, Rowe, Zakuani, Kearns, Tunnicliffe, Boyd, Sinclair (Newall 84), Tomlin (Kennedy 89), Frecklington (Taylor 48). SNU Thompson, Jones.
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 League One game at Peterborough United is Darren Sheldrake.
The Surrey based official has only refereed two Coventry City matches before. The last came last month in the 4-2 defeat at Gillingham in which he sent off Danny Seaborne, booked eight players and awarded four penalties.
His other game was the 2-1 defeat to Crewe Alexandra at the Ricoh Arena on February 23rd 2013 in which he booked four players.
He has been the Fourth Official for a couple of games including the defeat at Leyton Orient back in January and the FA Cup Third Round tie at Tottenham in January 2013.
This season, he has had 28 matches, shown 110 yellow cards and seven reds.
His assistants are Ian Dudley and Mark Griffiths and the Fourth Official is Michael George.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are not fancied by the Bookmakers to win at Peterborough United on Saturday.
You can get odds of around 3/1 for Steven Pressley's side to win whilst Peterborough are quoted at evens and the draw is 5/2.
If you are planning on having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing any bet. You can check on some of the odds being offered by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/peterborough-v-coventry/winner
Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/peterborough-v-coventry/correct-score
Halftime/Fulltime - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/peterborough-v-coventry/half-time-full-time
All markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/peterborough-v-coventry/betting-markets