Sky Blues On The Road - Preston North End

PRESTON NORTH END V COVENTRY CITY

SATURDAY JANUARY 18TH 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

​Coach from White Street 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

ADULT £21, SENIOR (65 and over) £15, YOUNG ADULT (16-18) £15, Juniors (0-15) £8.00.

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MATCH OFFICIALS

The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Yeovil Town is Mark Brown.

Mr Brown, a taxi driver by trade, found fame four years ago when he was banned by Mike Riley for three weeks for posting a joke about Stephen Gerrard on a social networking site.

His last City game was the JPT game between City and Sheffield United on December 4^th 2012. Other City matches that he has been in charge of are: the 1-1 home draw against Crystal Palace on March 6^th 2012 and the 1-0 defeat at Peterborough in December 2011.

This season, he has had 21 games and shown 41 yellows and five reds.

His assistants are Nicholas Gibbons and Jason Tyas. The Fourth Official is David Benton.
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THE LAST TIME

Saturday will see Coventry City travelling to Deepdale looking for their first ever league win away to Preston North End in eighteen attempts.

City have never won a League fixture at Deepdale and have lost ten and drawn seven including last season’s game which finished in a 1-1 draw thanks to Franck Moussa deep in stoppage time scoring with a terrific strike to cancel out Kevin Davies goal in the 53^rd minute.

City did win at Deepdale in a League Cup tie on September 19^th 2000.

The teams for the 1-1 draw on January 18^th 2014 were:

City: Murphy (GK), Christie, Webster, Seaborne, Adams, Baker (Slager 82), Thomas, Fleck, J. Clarke (Daniels 54), Moussa, L. Clarke. Subs: Burge, Barton, Phillips, Willis, Haynes.

Preston North End: Rudd (GK), Clarke, Wright, Davies, Holmes (Humphrey 74), Gallagher (King 92), Garner, Buchanan, Welsh (C) (Keane 74), Wiseman, Kilkenny.
Subs: Stuckmann, Beavon, Hume, Brownhill.
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MATCH BETTING

The bookmakers are making Coventry City the under-dogs at Preston North End on Saturday.

The bookies have City at 4/1 to win with Preston at 8/13 and 11/4 the draw.