Coming To Cov- Scunthorpe United
Feature by Covsupport News Service
Updated Friday, 26th February 2010
City Take On Scunthorpe
COVENTRY CITY V SCUNTHORPE UNITED
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27TH AT 3PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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MEDIA COVERAGECommentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM as well as the radio stations covering Scunthorpe.
The goals will be on the Football League Show on BBC-1
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TRAVEL
By car: Leave the M6 at junction 3. Take the A444 towards the City centre and at the first island go left and you will see the Ricoh Arena on your right.
By rail: For all train information call National Rail Enquiries on: 08457 48 49 50, but be warned Coventry station is a £10+ taxi ride away. Take the 27 bus from the train station get off at Pool Meadow bus station and catch the 4 or 5 service. Or go out of doors and over the road by Sainsburys and get the 20, getting off the by Tescos.
The normal Park And Ride services will be operational.
Parking: Car parking is extremely restricted around the ground.
City supporters can now pay on the day to park at the Ricoh Arena before Coventry City home games. £10 will be charged to park in Car Park A and C with £7 for Car Park B.
Parking places are subject to availability and motorists will not be allowed to leave the car parks A & B for twenty minutes after the final whistle.
Park And Ride
The park and ride site is at The Oak Pub in Baginton near to Coventry Airport. I
Parking at the two park and walk sites at Christ the King Football Club in Wheelwright Lane and St Finbarrs and Wayside Business Park in Wilsons Lane. Vehicles can park there for £5.50 per game.
For further information or to buy tickets at any the three sites log on to
http://www.ricoharena.com/ or telephone 08444 121 747.
Coaches From Rugby.
The Avon mill are running the coach travel to all home games this season again anyone interested please contact Mac on 01788 542815 or email
avon.mill@yahoo.co.uk £4 per person per game.
Coaches From Kenilworth For details please contact
harry.bragginton@btinternet.comTravel From London for Members of CCLSC
http://www.cclsc.co.uk/ Street parking outside the exclusion zone is also available if you are prepared to walk.
AWAY SUPPORTERS PUB
The Lord Raglan,Coventry Rd,Exhall,Coventry,CV7 9EZ Telephone 02476734008 or 07747115478.Opens 11am every day,very large car park for coaches etc.Free car park for people who go into the pub.Less than 10 mins walk to the ground.Exit J3 M6 Follow signs for Bayton Rd Ind Est just 2 mins off the motorway.
SAT NAV
Some car satellite navigation systems have not been updated to show Coventry City FC as playing at the Ricoh Arena. Those visiting the ground for the first time are advised to enter "Phoenix Way" and the post code "CV6 6GE" instead.
BUS
The 101 service should be running for this game. The 804/805 De Courcey services are.
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ADMISSION
Tickets can be obtained via the ticket office at the Ricoh Arena, the outlets at Coventry Cathedral or in City Central or by calling 0844 873 1883 (option 1).
Prices rise for tickets bought on the day so get once in advance if possible. Ticket start at £19 per adult if you purchase before close of business on Friday.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 8th game between the two sides. City have won twice and drawn twice. They have scored sixteen goals compared to Scunthorpe's nine.
Earlier in the season, City lost 1-0 at Scunthorpe in an awful game,noted for the chances wasted by Gary Madine. The last time, Scunthorpe visited the Ricoh Arena was on November 27th 2007, The match finished in a 1-1 draw with Michael Doyle's penalty being cancelled out by a Jack Cork goal in the 67th minute in front of a crowd of 14,036.
The teams on that day were:
Team
Konstantopolous,McNamee,Ward,Turner,Hall,Tabb (Cairo 71),S.Hughes (M.Hughes 78),Doyle,McKenzie (Andrews 75),Gray,Adebola SNU Osbourne,Borrowdale
Scunthorpe
Murphy (sent off 48), Youga (sent off 83),Crosby,Logan (Taylor 46),Williams,Butler,Goodwin (Petersen 92), Cork, Hurst (Lillis 49),Forte,Hayes SNU Baraclough,Ameobi
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for this fixture is Paul Taylor.
A member of the Hertfordshire RA, Paul is the most senior official on the National Referees List which he joined in 1990 after starting his refereeing in 1977 as a way of supplimenting his student grant.
He has been in charge of matches such as the Champions League qualifier between Dynamo Kiev and Red Star Belgrade and the international between Nigeria and Venezuela.
Mr Taylor has had 21 matches so far this season and has shown 83 yellow cards and eight red. His last City game was the 2-1 win at Norwich last season.
Previous City matches in the last ten years include the 2-1 defeat at
Bristol City on Jan 1st 2008, 1-0 home win v Norwich on March 8th 2008, the 2-1 defeat at Ipswich on September 12th 2006, 1-0 defeat at Palace on September 20th 2005, the 1-0 home defeat to Crewe on Nov 27th 2004, a 1-1 draw at Norwich on November 25th 2003. the 0-0 at Brighton in August 2002, the 2-0 home win against
Reading on December 26th 2002, the 2-2 home draw against Preston on October 31st 2001 and the 2-1 win at
Southampton in August 2000.
