COVENTRY CITY V DONCASTER ROVERS
SATURDAY MARCH 21ST AT 3PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE
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MATCH DETAILS
This League One fixture kicks off at 3pm. The game has been designated as “Retro Day” by the club and is the Coventry City Former Players Association’s Legends Days with over thirty five former players expected to attend.
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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.
Parking: Parking restrictions will be imposed as this game is expected to attract more than 10,000 spectators and the Residential Parking Scheme will be enforced. So take care where you park.
The Ricoh Arena are dealing with car parking at the ground.
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.
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ADMISSION
Tickets are at the usual prices.
MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game against Doncaster Rovers is Carl Boyeson
Carl is a central heating technician who started refereeing on the Hull Sunday League in 1992 and four years later, he was promoted to the National List of assistant referees in 1996. He was appointed to the Natonal List of referees in 2002.
His last City game was the 2-0 win at Walsall on January 3rd 2015 and other City games that he has been in charge of are the FA Cup Third Round win at Barnsley on January 04th 2014, the FA Cup Second Round 2-1 win over Morecambe on December 1st 2012, the 2-1 defeat at Portsmouth on December 3rd 2011, the home win against Watford on April 2nd 2011, the defeats at home to Preston and away to Barnsley in 2010, the 0-0 draw at Doncaster Rovers in August 2009, the 0-0 home draw against Charlton in April 2009, the 1-0 defeat at Stoke in November 2006 and the 1-0 defeat at Bradford City in December 2003.
This season, Mr Boyeson has had twenty seven games (seven of which have been League One matches) and has shown seventy yellow cards and five reds.
His assistants are: Dumitru-Ravel Cheosiaua and Karl Evans. The Fourth Official is Paul Graham.
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will see Doncaster Rovers’ sixth visit to the Ricoh Arena for a league fixture.
Those visits have seen four City victories and one Rovers win with three City wins, a draw and a defeat at Highfield Road.
Doncaster’s trips to Coventry have seen them score seven goals compared to City’s fifteen.
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The last time City played Doncaster Rovers at the Ricoh Arena was on Friday March 29th 2013. Cyrus Christie scored the only goal of the game in the 12th minute. The number of tickets sold for that game was 10,981.
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy, Baker (Bell 83), Fleck (Thomas 90), Barton, Ball (Wilson 71), Christie, Edjenguele, Stewart, Moussa, Martin, Bailey Subs Dunne, Clarke, McDonald, McSheffrey.
Doncaster Woods, Griffin, Jones, McCombe, Spurr, Cotterill, Lundstram, Hume (Bennett 66), Brown, Coppinger, Husband (Furman 46) Subs Sullivan, Wakefield, Paynter, Sinclair, Harper.
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BETTING
The bookies don’t think there will be much between Coventry City and Doncaster Rovers at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The bookies have City at 8/5, Doncaster Rovers at 8/5 and 12/5 the draw.
If you are planning on having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds as some bookmakers can be rather tight with their odds. You can check the prices by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-doncaster/winner
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WORTH CHECKING OUT BEFORE KICK OFF
THE COVENTRY MUSIC MUSEUM
Unit 7,
The Courtyard Rear of 74-80 Walsgrave Road
Coventry,
CV2 4ED
UK
We are open Thursday to Sunday-10.00am to 4.00pm, we are also open on Bank Holiday Mondays.
Admission is £2.00 Adults and £1.00 Children between the ages of 5-15
On a direct bus route to the Ricoh Arena
Coventry famously gave 2-Tone music to the world. Spawning bands like The Specials, The Selecter, Madness and The Beat. 2-Tone music, as influential as it was, is only a small reflection of the vast musical talents that Coventry can lay claim to.
At the Coventry Music Museum, we tell the real story of our musical heritage, going right back to the Roman occupation. We stop along the way at Music Hall, 50’s Rock’ N’ Roll, the 60’s Beat scene and we even have the Lennon Bench, commemorating the famous ‘Acorns for Peace’ event.
There’s the 70’s, when Coventry ruled the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Our 80’s area celebrates Hazel O’Connor, The Primitives and of course, King.
In the 90’s we go all Bhangra, then we celebrate Dave Willetts in Phantom of the Opera (we even have his original Phantom mask).
Now it’s The Enemy‘s time, with many unique items from Coventry’s current hitmakers here on display. Not forgeting new talent, with our Artist of The Month!
Bar and cafe available.