Coming To Coventry - Norwich City
Last updated : 15 December 2010 By Covsupport News Service
COVENTRY CITY V NORWICH CITY
SATURDAY DECEMBER 18TH 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 COVERAGE
Commentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM as well as the radio stations covering Middlesbrough. The goals will be on the Football League Show on BBC1 at 11.40pm.
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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.
Bus From Christ The King
This will be a return service and will cost £3.50 Adults // £2 under 16's and £5 Family Ticket (one adult//one under 16). Tickets will be available from behind the bar. Also the link to the facebook page is
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sky-Blue-Express-Coventry/159999280702510.
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 last league game between the two sides produced a 2-1 win for Coventry at Carrow Road on Feb 28th 2009. The corresponding fixture at the Ricoh Arena was on August 9th 2009 saw a 2-0 win for the Sky Blues. Elliott Ward and Leon McKenzie scored for City, watched by a crowd of 22,607.
The teams that day were:
City
Westwood, Wright, Fox, Dann, Ward, Gray (McKenzie 69), Beuzelin, Gunnarsson, Tabb (Simpson 46), Eastwood (Thornton 83), Morrison SNU Ireland,Turner
Norwich
Marshall, Shackell, Omozusi, Kennedy, Stefanovic, Croft, Clingan (Russell 79),Fotheringham, Hoolahan, Cureton, Lupoli (Koroma 62) SNU Nelson, Drury, Pattison.
Norwich have only won three times at Coventry. The last was on February 14th 2004 and that game saw a 2-0 win for the Canaries. The other times were in 1980 and February 2nd 1933.
Head To Head
http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp _______________________________________________________________
MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship fixture against Norwich City at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday is Chris Sarginson from Staffordshire.
Chris took up refereeing fifteen years ago after he had played and been a secretary of a Sunday League club. He was appointed to the Select Group of Assistant Referees in 2005 and was appointed to the National List of Referees in 2008. He cites the Sunderland v Newcastle game in 2005 as the best game he has officiated at due to the atmosphere.
This will be his fourth Championship game this season (and seventh of his career) and he was in charge of Norwich's 1-0 win at Scunthorpe. In total, Mr Sarginson has had 14 matches so far this season, where he has shown 45 yellow cards and one red.
Mr Sarginson has not refereed a City first team match before.
His assistants are Steve Cook from Derbyshire & John Farries from Oxfordshire The Fourth Official is James Adcock from Nottinghamshire.
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BETTING ODDS
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