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Tigers matchday guide for this Saturday

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Leicester Tigers will welcome a bumper Christmas crowd for the Aviva Premiership match against Gloucester Rugby at Welford Road on Saturday. Kick-off is at 5pm.

Turnstiles for the match, and all bars and food kiosks, including Domino’s Ready 2 Go pizza, Flaming Good Burger, Frank’s New York Street Hot-Dogs and Henry’s Chicken, will all be open from 3pm. There is also a hog roast for hot pork rolls in the Final Whistle and in the ABC Bar in the Holland & Barrett Stand.

The Matt Hampson Foundation calendar, produced in association with the Louis Deacon Benefit Year and featuring phots of many of the Tigers squad, will be available in the Final Whistle.

The Junior Tigers Club VIP Area will be open from 3pm up to kick-off and members will be able to take part in games and acitivities as well as having the chance to run out on the Welford Road turf as a matchday mascot or a Tiger Cub.

The Tigers Club Store is open from 9am and there are extra shop points open around the stadium after the turnstiles have opened.

All five matchday bus services run by Arriva will be in operation on Saturday, running from Market Harborough, Oakham, Nuneaton, Market Bosworth and Coalville. For more details and this week’s timetable, click here.

Saturday’s match programme includes a special feature on The Tigers Family, speaking to some of the men who have followed dads and brothers into a Leicester shirt.

You can also read the views of Richard Cockerill and George Chuter’s Inside Line and have a go at the Tigers Quiz of the Year to see how much you recall from 2012. The 100-page programme is available throughout the stadium, price £3.

A ticket exchange is in operation for season ticket holders who are unable to attend Saturday’s game. Contact the ticket office for details by phoning 0844 856 1880 or call in at Welford Road (open 8.30am-5pm Thursday & Friday this week and from 9am Saturday).

The collection point on matchdays for pre-ordered tickets is outside the ticket office in the corner of the Caterpillar Stand plaza.

After the game supporters can enjoy live music from resident band Rock Bottom in Final Whistle.

Supporters can book away match travel for the Heineken Cup trip to Ospreys on January 13 with John Griffiths in the Captains Bar after the match. Click here for details.

The ticket office will remain open for home and away ticket sales – including the Heineken Cup home match against Toulouse on January 20 – and also Season Ticket Tasters and 2013/14 season ticket sales.

Look out for all the team news ahead of the big game on the club website at lunchtime on Friday.