Sky Blues On The Road - Peterborough United

PETERBOROUGH UNITED V COVENTRY CITY 

SATURDAY MARCH 28^TH AT 3PM

​AT LONDON ROAD STADIUM, LONDON ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 8AL

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MATCH DETAILS

Kick off at 3pm. 

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TRAVEL

​Club Coach: Leaves White Street Car Park at 11.30am and costs £12 per person.

TRAVEL

​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

Tickets are priced at Adult £23, Senior (60+) £14, Young Adult (18-21) £14, Junior (0-17) £10.

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MATCH OFFICIALS

The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Peterborough United is Iain Williamson.

A Sales Director at Computershare Voucher Services in Reading, the former Walton & Hersham player was appointed to the National List of Assistant Referees in 1999 and the Referees' List in 2002.

His last City game was the 1-0 League Cup win at Dagenham & Redbridge in August 2012 and previous City matches, he has been in charge of are; the 2-1 win at Bristol City on September 18th 2010, the 1-1 home draw with Derby County on October 25th 2008, the 2-1 home victory against Ipswich on December 29th 2007, a 1-0 home win against Leeds on September 16th 2006, the 3-0 defeat at West Ham on April 9th 2005, the 3-0 home win against Crewe on January 8th 2005, the 2-1 defeat at Cardiff on August 10th 2004 and the 2-0 home win against Derby on February 28th 2004.

This season, he has had 12 games (five of which have been League One matches) and shown 40 yellows and one red card.

His assistants are Christopher Husband and Nicholas Kinseley. The Fourth Official is Robert Whitton.

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THE LAST TIME

Saturday will see Coventry City travelling to London Road, Peterborough for the seventh time in a league match.

City have had three wins and three defeats in the previous six matches, scoring seven goals to Peterborough’s six.

The Sky Blues last win was a 1-0 win thanks to a Jon Stead goal in March 2010 with the other two wins coming in a 3-2 win on Feb 10^th 1962 and a 3-0 win on December 26^th 1962.

The last time, City played at London Road, they were beaten 1-0 on April 12^th 2014 with Kgosi Ntlhe scoring the only goal in the sixth minute.

Match Highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv5ifiu9JUg

The teams that day were:

City: Murphy, Christie, Willis, Webster, Clarke, Fleck, Prutton,(McGeough 86) Marshall, ‎Robinson (Baker 46), Wilson, Eccleston (Delfounseo 62). Subs: Burge, Adams, Thomas, Haynes 

Peterborough: Olejnik, Nithe, ‎Baldwin. Swanson (McQuiod 37), Payne, Assombolanga, Rowe, Ajose, Nugent (Alcock 81), Washington (McCann 68) Little. Subs. Day, Brisley, Newell. Isgove. 

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MATCH BETTING

The bookmakers are making Coventry City the under-dogs at Peterborough United on Saturday. .

The bookies have City at 3/1 to win with Peterborough at evens and 12/5 the draw.