TRANMERE ROVERS V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22ND AT 3PM
AT PRENTON PARK, PRENTON ROAD WEST, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH42 9PY
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm
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TRAVEL
Club coaches leave White Street at 11am and costs £14.50.
There is a very large car park at the ground which costs £5 per car per game. Car park tickets can be purchased in advance from the Ticket Office on 0871 221 2001. Beware of a residents parking scheme which is in operation around on many roads around the ground.
Prenton Park postcode CH42 9PY):
By road:
North: From Liverpool city centre, travel through the Queensway Mersey Tunnel (signposted Birkenhead) and after the toll booths (there is a £1.50 charge for cars), bear right onto the flyover. The ground is signposted from here. Continue along Borough Road for approximately 2 miles and the ground appears in front of you.
South / East: M6, M56 and M53 to J4. Take the fourth exit from the roundabout onto the B5151 (Mount Road). Continue for 2.5 miles when Mount Road becomes Storeton Road and turn right onto Prenton Road West at traffic lights. The ground is on the righthand side in 200 yards.
By rail:
Nearest Stations: Conway Park / Birkenhead Central / Rock Ferry
From Liverpool Lime Street: Head for the Wirral Line lower level station and board a New Brighton or West Kirby train to Conway Park, or an Ellesmere Port or Chester train to Birkenhead Central or Rock Ferry.
From Chester: Board a Liverpool train and get off at Rock Ferry or Birkenhead Central.
From Conway Park: Turn right outside the station and walk 100 yards to Birkenhead Bus Station.
From Birkenhead Central: Cross Argyle Street and walk along Borough Road which runs parallel to the flyover. The ground is approximately a 30 minute walk.
From Rock Ferry: The ground is a 15 minute walk. Turn right outside the station onto Bedford Road. Continue along Bedford Avenue and Bedford Drive until you reach a road junction shortly after Prenton High School. Continue onto Mount Road and turn right at the first set of traffic lights onto Borough Road - the ground is five minutes on the left.
By bus:
Merseytravel (0151 236 7676) From Liverpool Sir Thomas Street: catch cross-river services 464 (Prenton Park), 472 (Singleton Avenue) or 488 (Mount Road).
From Birkenhead Bus Station: catch services 41, 42, 71 or 72 (Singleton Avenue), or 83, 83A, 177, 464 (Prenton Park).
All National Express Birkenhead services call at Birkenhead Bus Station.
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ADMISSION
You can pay on the gate at no extra cost.
Adults - £19, Senior Citizen (65+) - £14, Young Adult (17-22) - £11. Under-17 (12-16) - £7, Under-12 (7-11) - £6 must be accompaniedUnder-7 - £5 must be accompanied
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will be the fourteenth meeting between Tranmere Rovers and Coventry City.
City go into the game having won six of the games and lost seven including the 5-1 mauling at Sixfields earlier this season. The Sky Blues have scored 18 goals to Tranmere's 26.
Coventry have won only once at Prenton Park. That was back on December 17th 1938 when City won 2-1.
Last season, Coventry went down to a 2-0 defeat. Jake Cassidy and Andy Robinson scored the goals in the final twelve minutes of a match which saw Tranmere top of the league.
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy, Clarke, Hussey, Wood, Edjenguele, Kilbane, Baker (McSheffrey 73), Barton, Jennings (Fleck 81), Elliott (Donovan 80), McGoldrick. SNU Dunn, McDonald, Brown, Daniels
Tranmere: Fon Williams, Holmes, Taylor, Gibson. Bakayogo, Bell-Baggie (Thompson), Wallace, Palmer, Robinson (Harrison 85). Cassidy, Akpa Akpro (Kirby 90). SNU Mooney, Kay, Golbert, Thompson, Stockton.
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 Tranmere Rovers is Andy Madley from West Yorkshire.
This is his third season on the national referees list and will be his second City game this season, after he was in charge of the 1-1 draw at Hartlepool United in which he cautioned two players.
His only other City game was the 2-2 draw against Bury on August 25th 2012.
In 2013-14 he has refereed 27 games, showing 77 yellow cards and four reds along the way. His last match in charge was Bolton's 2-2 draw against Bournemouth in the Championship.
The assistants are David Benton and Iain Siddall with Michael Denton the Fourth Official.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are favourites for Saturday's League One game at Tranmere Rovers on Saturday.
The bookmakers have City at 13/10 to win with Tranmere at 2/1. You can get 12/5 on the draw.
If you are planning to have a bet on the game, make sure you shop around to get the best odds before placing any bet.
You can check the odds being offered by some of the bookmakers by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/tranmere-v-coventry/winner
First goalscorer - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/tranmere-v-coventry/first-goalscorer
Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/tranmere-v-coventry/correct-score
HalfTime/FullTime - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/tranmere-v-coventry/half-time-full-time
All markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/tranmere-v-coventry/betting-markets