Match Preview

Match date Saturday 16 September 2000, 3.00pm kick-off
Opposition Peterborough United (Away, League Division Two)
Ticket information

Tickets are available on the day.
There are 3,000 terrace places - prices are as follows:

Adults: £10
Concessions: £5

There are also 700 seats available on the day - prices are as follows:

Adults: £12
Concessions: £5

Travel, pubs, food 

London Road Ground, London Road, Peterborough, PE2 8AL
Email: football@theposh.com
General Office - telephone: 01733 563947

BY ROAD (From the A1 South): On approaching Peterborough take the exit after the Normans Cross roundabout and turn right onto The Fletton Parkway. Take the Third exit off The Fletton Parkway onto The Nene Parkway and take the first exit turning right into Shrewsbury Avenue. At the next roundabout take the left exit continuing down Shrewsbury Avenue until the Traffic Lights junction with Oundle Road, where you turn right. Continue down Oundle Road, carefully keeping your speed down to 30mph after the first bridge where there is a speed camera. On reaching near the end of Oundle Road you will see the London Road Ground in the distance to your right and a car park on your left just after Marshall's (Shell) garage, under the Railway bridge.

BY ROAD (From the A47 West): Follow the signs to Peterborough on the A47. On the outskirts of the city you will see the Thomas Cook Headquarters on your right and it is here that you exit the A47 turning right onto the Nene Parkway. Take the second exit off The Nene Parkway onto Oundle Road turning left. Continue down Oundle Road, going straight over the Traffic Lights, carefully keeping your speed down to 30mph after the first bridge where there is a speed camera. On reaching near the end of Oundle Road you will see the London Road Ground in the distance to your right and a car park on your left just after Marshall's (Shell) garage, under the Railway bridge.

BY RAIL: Peterborough's train station is situated on the fringe of the city centre adjacent to the Queensgate Shopping Centre. On exiting the station on the approach road, you will see an underpass on your right, follow the signs to Bourges Boulevard. Eventually you will come to a normal sidewalk and continue walking down Bourges Boulevard toward the city centre, passing the Rivergate (ASDA) shopping centre on your right. In the city centre turn right at the traffic lights and continue down Bridge Street over the River Nene Bridge towards the London Road Ground which is located on your left over the bridge.

PUBS

The Bridge, on London Road, is right near the ground and prides itself on being very away fans friendly. It's probably the best idea for a pre-match pint and also does food and is open from 11am until 3pm on match days. The Cherry Tree is the other side of the roundabout down Oundle Road and is a decent alternative. For non-pub food there's loads of take aways nearby.

PARKING

There's parking at the ground, but unless you arrive early it'll be full. The best bet is a large car park down Oundle Road, close to the ground.

Team news

More of the same from Reading! Why change a winning team?

Reading - from: Whitehead, Robinson, Viveash, Hunter, Mackie, Gurney, Parkinson, Smith, Caskey, McIntyre, Hodges, Butler, Cureton, Igoe, Mackie, Jones, Gamble, Newman.

Peterborough - from: Tyler, Drury, Scott, Hooper, Edwards, Farrell, Clarke, Cullen, Green, Oldfield, Jelleyman, Shields, Hanlon, Forsyth, Connor, Whittingham.

Predictions

After getting promoted last season Peterborough are currently lying 10 places behind Reading in 14th place in the second division table. Although Peterborough have managed to win two games away from home they remain without a home win all season - a record Reading will want to help them continue. Last week Peterborough managed two straight away defeats at Wigan and Stoke, meanwhile Reading where scoring nine goals at home over two games to no reply. Reading are in red hot form as they look to climb into the top couple of posititions in the table. At the moment we're scoring an extra goal with each game - so we're due six for this game. Six somehow seems unlikely, but a Reading win would appear to be a decent bet.

If you fancy a bet then Bet247 are offering Reading as favourites to win with the following odds on-line:
Reading win: 6/5
Draw: 12/5
Peterborough win: 7/4

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