Match Preview: City vs Fleetwood Town

25 August 2022

City return to action at the LNER Stadium - when hosting Fleetwood Town in Sky Bet League One on Saturday 27 August.

All the key information that you need to know ahead of the fixture can be found in this match preview.

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the game from the ticket office, with no price increase in place.

Alternatively, supporters can secure your seat online by clicking HERE!

MATCH COVERAGE

City supporters unable to make it to the LNER Stadium can follow the action with regular updates on the club’s official Twitter page.

You will also be able to catch updates on other social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

iFollow Imps subscribers can also watch all the reaction, including post-match interviews and match highlights.

Supporters can also listen to live match commentary via the website using an iFollow Imps audio pass - which can be bought HERE.

FLEETWOOD TOWN

Nickname: The Cod Army

Founded: 1908

Stadium: Highbury Stadium

Head coach: Scott Brown

Top Scorer: Daniel Batty (two goals)

League Position: 14th

LAST TIME OUT

Barrow 2-2 Imps (Imps win 3-1 on penalties)

Carabao Cup round two

Imps: Wright, Poole ©, Vernam (Garrick 61’), Oakley-Boothe, Bishop (Sanders 61’), Scully, O’Connor, Sorensen, Eyoma, Roughan, Kendall (Hopper 81’). Subs (not used): Robson, Green, Gallagher.

Fleetwood Town 0-1 Everton

Carabao Cup round two

Fleetwood: Stolarczyk, Andrew, Wiredu (Vela 46’), J.Garner, G.Garner (Omochere 65’), Hayes (Glenfield 87’), Rooney (Batty 65’), Macadam (White 85’), Johnston, Earl, Baker. Subs (not used): Lynch, Nsiala, Edwards, McMillan.

LEAGUE FORM

Imps: DDDWL

Fleetwood: LWDDD

KENNEDY’S THOUGHTS

Hear from the head coach below…

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ollie Yates

Assistant referee: Jonathan Bickerdike

Assistant referee: Joe Simpson

Fourth official: Matt Corlett

City supporters can watch this season’s action at the LNER Stadium in a way which suits you, with a silver or bronze membership - purchase yours HERE!

Match Reports

Gallery | Imps 2 Fleetwood Town 2

28 August 2022

A Ted Bishop double was not enough as City were held by Fleetwood Town at the LNER Stadium.

Check out our best images from the match

City: Carl Rushworth, Regan Poole, Tashan Oakley-Boothe, Tom Hopper ©, Ted Bishop (Charley Kendall 78’), Anthony Scully (Charles Vernam 78’), Paudie O’Connor, Ben House, Lasse Sorensen, TJ Eyoma, Sean Roughan (Jamie Robson 68’). Subs (not used): Jordan Wright, Jay Benn, Oisin Gallagher.

Goals: Bishop (6’, 14’).

Fleetwood: Jay Lynch, Danny Andrew, Josh Vela ©, Paddy Lane, Joe Garner (Promise Omochere 66’), Cian Hayes (Carlos Mendes Gomes 55’), Toto Nsiala, Dan Batty, Shaun Rooney, Harvey Macadam (Ged Garner 66’), Josh Earl. Subs (not used): Jakub Stolarczyk, Brendan Wiredu, Carl Johnston, Drew Baker.

Goals: Lane (32’) G. Garner (90+3’).

Attendance: 7,522 (128 away).

Referee: Ollie Yates.

Ticket News

Stacey West Stand Open for Fleetwood Fixture

24 August 2022

The club can announce that Blocks 1, 2 and 3 of the Stacey West Stand are now available for home supporters versus Fleetwood Town on Saturday 27 August.

Supporters can still purchase their tickets in the GBM Stand, SRP Stand and Rilmac Stand, along with the Stacey West Stand.

As a reminder to Gold and Gold+ season members, they can ‘imptroduce’ one or two friends for £5 each at this fixture. All newly introduced supporters will be housed in the Stacey West Stand.

In order to redeem this offer, you can log into your ticketing account and follow the instructions below.

Log in to your online account
Select the Fleetwood fixture
Select the number of tickets (top left)
Select the Stacey West block that you’d like seats in
Scroll down to find the ‘IMPtroduce A Friend’ price category and select +1
Scroll down and repeat for each ticket
Go to your basket (top right) and complete the checkout process

Alternatively, tickets can be purchased in person, over the phone from the ticket office or by emailing tickets@theredimps.com with your gold season membership details and your friends' details.

The promotion is available up until 5pm on Friday 26^th August for in-person sales and will not be available on the day of the game.

Tickets can be bought using the link HERE.