PRESTON NORTH END V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY JANUARY 26TH AT 3PM
AT PNEFC, SIR TOM FINNEY WAY, DEEPDALE, PRESTON, PR1 6RU
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Departs at 11am and costs £14.50
By Car
From North, South and East: Exit M6 at junction 31. At the roundabout take the first exit (s/p Preston A59) onto the A59. At mini-roundabout after 1.0 miles, by the Hesketh Arms, take the second exit (s/p Ring road, Blackpool A583, Football Ground) onto the Blackpool Road A5085. Carry straight on for 1.2 miles, then filter left before the lights (s/p Town Centre, Football Ground) into Sir Tom Finney Way. The ground is on the left-hand-side.
From the Railway Station
It is about 1.6 miles from the station to Deepdale. If you catch a taxi from outside the station it will cost approximately £5. You should come out of the station and turn left in front of the Fishergate Centre, passing The Railway pub. Turn right at the T-junction. The road forks left and becomes Corporation Street, which you should ignore. Instead walk straight down Fishergate - the main shopping thoroughfare - After 0.75 miles the road becomes Church Street - with the Parish church on your right-hand-side. Carry on until you reach the junction with the A6. Cross over the road, the prison will be on your right-hand-side and a pub on the left, called the County Arms. Turn left so The 'Arms' is now on your right - this is Deepdale Road. The Ground is on the right-hand-side after 0.75 miles.
By Bus: All buses from the train station go to the bus station. From there, numbers 5, 6 and 19 run a long Deepdale Road. The number 19 is the most frequent, running every five minutes or so. It will cost approximately 80 pence to get to the ground from the bus station but have plenty of change because the bus drivers ask for the exact money.
There is currently no official club parking for away supporters, however, local schools such as Moor Park High School and Deepdale Primary School offer parking for around £5.
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ADMISSION
City supporters are in the Bill Shankly End and tickets are priced at adults £20, Over 60's £14, 16-18 £14, Full Time Students £14, 8-15 year olds £8, Disabled and Helper £20.
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will see the 36th league and cup game between Preston North End and Coventry City.
City have won ten of those games, and drawn eleven. The last time, City played at Deepdale was for a Championship match in March 2011, City were beaten 2-1 in second half stoppage time. Iain Hume had the Lillywhites ahead in the 23rd minute but in the 70th minute, City were level through David Bell. However, in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Nathan Ellington scored to give Preston a 2-1 win in front of a crowd of 12,269.
The teams that day were;
City; Westwood, Clarke, Keogh, Hussey, Wood (Cameron 78), Baker (Bell 58), Clingan, Gunnarsson, McSheffrey (McIndoe 76), Jutkiewicz, Eastwood. SNU Quirke, O'Donovan, O'Halloran, Ruffles
Preston Turner, Morgan, St Ledger, Ashbee, Carter (Barton 73), Johnson (Nicholson 73), Tracy (Ellington 82), Brown, Hume, Jones, Gardner. SNU Lonergan, Parry, Clarke, Wright.
City have only ever won once at Deepdale and that was a 3-1 victory in a League Cup tie in September 2000 which City won 7-2 on aggregate.
City's heaviest defeat at Deepdale is a 4-0 loss in April 2002.
For details of Preston and City games, please click on 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 Preston North End on Saturday is David Coote from Nottingham.
This is his fourth season refereeing in the Football League and his only City first team games are the 1-0 win at Oldham earlier this season and the 2-0 defeat at Reading last season.
This season, he has had 23 games and shown 72 yellow cards (three in City's win at Oldham and 4 red.
His assistants are; Mark Jones and Richard Wigglesworth. The Fourth Official is Ian Hussin
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers are playing their cards close to their chest for Coventry City's trip to Preston North End.
You can get 6/4 on both City and Preston to win with 12/5 on the draw.
Make sure you shop around first before placing any bet on the game. You can check out what the leading bookmakers are offering by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/preston-v-coventry/winner