Coming To Coventry - Leicester City
Feature by Covsupport News Service
Updated Friday, 10th September 2010
City face Leicester
COVENTRY CITY V LEICESTER CITY
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 12.30PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 12.30pm. The kick off has been moved forward on police advice.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Commentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM as well as the radio stations covering Derby.
The goals will be on the Football League Show.
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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.
PARKING
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.
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 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).
Tickets bought on the day of a game will rise in advance so get your tickets before wherever possible.
The ticket office at the ground will stay open on Friday night until 7pm and re-open at 8.30am the next morning for the game which kicks off at 12.30pm.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 83rd league and cup match between the two sides. City have won 25 and drawn 22. They have scored 96 goals compared to Leicester's 116.
The last game between the two sides at the Ricoh Arena, produced a 1-1 draw with Sammy Clingan (37 min) and Martin Waghorn (69 min) on the scoresheet in front of a crowd of 22,207. The away game saw a 2-2 draw.
The teams on that day were:
City
Westwood, Cranie, Wright, Ward, van Aanholt, Cork, Clingan (Osbourne 70), Gunnarsson, Eastwood, Best, C.Morrison SNU Cain, Grandison, Clarke, Walker, Konstantopolous, Jeffers
Leicester
Weale, M.Morrison, Hobbs, Brown, Dyer, Berner, Oakley, King, Kermogrant (Howard 59), Fryatt (Waghorn 59), Gallacher (Campbell 59)
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for this fixture is Anthony Taylor from Wythenshaw, Greater Manchester.
He was appointed to the Football League list in 2006 and his first Premier League game was back in February when he took charge of
Fulham's win over
Portsmouth. Mr Taylor was promoted to the Select Group Of Referees at the start of this season.
Mr Taylor has had two matches so far this season -
Sunderland's 2-2 draw with Birmingham and the 0-0 draw between Wycombe and
Oxford United.
His last City game was the 3-2 victory over
Sheffield United last season on September 15th. Previous matches include the 4-0 defeat at
Blackpool in December 2007 when he sent Kevin Kyle off, the 2-1 home win over
Preston North End on September 1st 2007 and the 3-1 defeat at
Luton Town on December 23rd 2006.
His assistants are Dave Bryan from Lincolnshire and Ceri Richards from Carmarthenshire The fourth Official is Craig Pawson from South Yorkshire. ____________________________________________________________________
BETTING ODDS
If you are thinking of having a bet on Coventry City's Championship game against
Leicester City on Saturday, shop around for the best odds.
You can check some of the odds being offered by various bookmakers by clicking on:
