Date: Saturday 14 August, 2010
Competition: npower League Two
Venue: Abbey Business Stadium
Kick-off: 3pm
Ticket information
Tickets are available to buy on the day from the Abbey Business Stadium from 1.30pm onwards tomorrow. Tickets are available from £15 for adults, £11 concessions and £5 for juniors.
Don't forget that members of the Cheltenham Town fan membership scheme will receive a £2 discount on 15 games of their choice during the season. Tickets must be purchased in advance of the matchday.
Ticket information: home supporters
Ticket information: away supporters
Information: Fan Membership Scheme
Team news
Theo Lewis (glandular fever) is once again the only absentee from Mark Yates' squad ahead of the Crewe game this weekend. The young forward is going back to hospital for more tests but has made a rapid recovery and is taking part in light training away from the rest of the team.
Wesley Thomas (thigh) will be available after missing the 2-1 Carling Cup defeat to Brentford following a knock he picked up last weekend.
Player profiles: Cheltenham Town 2010-11
Match officials: Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra
Iain Williamson - Referee
Colin Lymer - Assistant Referee
David Rock - Assistant Referee
Tony Horton - Fourth Official
Park and Ride
The FREE matchday shuttle bus will run between Cheltenham Racecourse Park & Ride & the Off Licence located near the junction of Whaddon Road and Prestbury Road (250 metres from ground). Buses will run every 20 minutes from 1.00pm until 2.40pm - after the game departures are 5.00pm, 5.20pm and 5.40pm. Cheltenham Town Football Club welcomes well behaved visiting supporters onto our Park & Ride shuttle bus facility.
Matchday parking
A very limited number of parking spaces are now available at the Abbey Business Stadium on a first come, first served basis (early arrival essential). Parking costs £5 payable at the car park entrance.
Robins boss Mark Yates speaks to the media ahead of tomorrow's nopwer League Two curtain-raiser
"I'm looking forward to going into battle on our home patch after two tough away trips and two decent performances."
Yates: Performances must become results
Previous meetings at the Abbey Business Stadium
If Cheltenham are to record their first victory of the season then they will have to overcome a disappointing record of results against Crewe Alexandra at the Abbey Business Stadium, stretching back to the Boxing Day 4-0 thumping in 2003 - a result they repeated last term. The Robins have registered only one win in five attempts, courtesy of a single Drissa Diallo goal in 2008, while they have come from behind to secure two draws.
Crewe pulled off one of the bigger shocks in the first round of the Carling Cup during the week, dumping Derby County out of the competition at the first hurdle at Gresty Road. However it was Hereford United who grabbed the win by a single-goal margin in the League Two curtain raiser, again at the same ground, thanks to a debut goal by Javos Kovacs.
October 31, 2009 (FL2)
Cheltenham 0, Crewe 4 (Zola 29, Schumacher 37, Shelley 69, Zola 73)
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December 6, 2008 (FL1)
Cheltenham 1 (Diallo 48), Crewe 0
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October 27, 2007 (FL1)
Cheltenham 2 (Wright 85, Bird 89), Crewe 2 (Church 74, Lowe 78)
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January 2, 2007 (FL1)
Cheltenham 1 (Finnigan 31), Crewe 1 (Varney 15)
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December 26, 2002 (FL1)
Cheltenham 0, Crewe 4 (Ashton 6, Vaughan 38, Jack 40, Brammer 67 pen)
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Match betting
This season The Football League's official betting partner has changed. Coral is now the online betting site that provides a return for Cheltenham Town on all stakes placed. Open an account today and every bet placed will benefit the club. As before, use the link from the official website to access the site. Odds are offered on all the football and other major sporting events.
Link: betting at Coral
Matchday Programme
The second issue of The Robin will go on sale tomorrow afternoon from all corners of the Abbey Business Stadium. The 72 page programme, priced at £3, has a new look for the new season and is now a much more convenient size for supporters.
In tomorrow's issue of The Robin:
- An interview with Robins winger Josh Low;
- All the information you need on our opponents Crewe Alexandra;
- Daniel Lloyd-Weston dishing the dirt on on his team mates in Who Is...?;
- Columnist James Leyfield on the positives and negatives of footballers on Twitter...
- ...and much, much more!
The Programme Raffle
Once again, we are giving supporters the opportunity to win big with the Programme Raffle this season. When you purchase a copy of The Robin you will be automatically in with a chance of winning some great prizes.
Make a note of the individual number on the back of your copy and the winning number will be announced at half time. For those that miss that announcement, it will be published on www.ctfc.com on Monday.
The prize for this issue of The Robin is the official Cheltenham Town 2010-11 home shirt and a meal platter for four courtesy of our friends at Nandos!
Can't make the game?
Remember you can keep up to date with all the latest news when you are not by your PC by visiting our Cheltenham Town mobile site. The address for your mobile phone browser is http://cheltenham.wap.com. Remember to place the http:// in front when typing in the address. As normal there will be full match commentary on Robins World and a match report plus reaction on www.ctfc.com just after the final whistle at the Abbey Business Stadium.
