OLDHAM ATHLETIC V COVENTRY CITY
MONDAY APRIL 21ST AT 3PM
AT BOUNDARY PARK, FUTHERWOOD ROAD,OLDHAM, OL1 2PA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Leaves White Street at 11am and costs £13.
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 Picadilly 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
You can now pay on the gate
More information - http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/feat/ed15/oldham_athletic_away_all_ticket_830496/index.shtm
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City face Oldham Athletic for the tenth time at Boundary Park on Easter Monday afternoon (3pm kick off)
City have won twice and drawn twice in the previous nine visits to Oldham and won last season thanks to a Grounds own goal and 1-0 in September 1992.
The teams for the game at Boundary Park on September 29th 2012 were:
City: Murphy, Clarke (Edjenguele 85), Wood, Reckord, Bailey, Moussa, Henderson (McDonald 52), Baker (c), McSheffrey (Fleck 65), McGoldrick. Subs: Dunn (GK), Hussey, Elliott, Barton.
Oldham Ath: Bouzanis, Grounds, Wesolowski (Simpson 91), M'Voto, Croft, Furman (c), Derbyshire, Montano, Byrne (Smith 91, Baxter, Wabara. Subs: Cisak (GK), Brown, Tarkowski, M'Changama, Hughes.
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 Oldham Athletic on Easter Monday is Jeremy Simpson from Lancashire.
In his second season on the Football League list, Mr Simpson has only been in charge of two Coventry City game before.
They were the 3-1 win at MK Dons on November 30th 2013 and the game last season at the Ricoh Arena against Scunthorpe which City lost 2-1. Four players were cautioned in both of those games.
This season, Mr Simpson has had 29 games and shown 85 yellow cards and five reds.
His assistants are Duncan Street and Ricky Wootton. The Fourth Official is Jake Collin.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are not fancied by the bookmakers to win at Oldham Athletic on Easter Monday.
The Sky Blues are priced at around 5/2 to win at Boundary Park against an Oldham side who are being quoted at odds of 11/10 to win, with 9/4 on the draw.
If you are planning on having a bet on the game, then make sure you shop around for the best odds as some of the bookmakers are stingy when it comes to offering odds, before placing any bet. You can check what odds some of the leading bookmakers are offering by clicking on: http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/oldham-v-coventry/winner
Callum Wilson is priced at 7/2 to be first goalscorer - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/oldham-v-coventry/first-goalscorer
Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/oldham-v-coventry/correct-score
Halftime/Fulltime - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/oldham-v-coventry/half-time-full-time
All Markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/oldham-v-coventry/betting-markets