AFC BOURNEMOUTH V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26TH AT 7.45PM
AT GOLDSANDS STADIUM, DEAN COURT, KINGS PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7AF
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.45pm.
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TRAVEL
By Road
From the north
A34 to the M3 to the M27 to the A31
From the south east coast
A27 to the M27 to the A31
From the A31, take the A338 to Bournemouth at the Ashley Heath roundabout.
Carry on straight over the flyover.
Take the next slip road of to the left (signposted Football Ground) to Kings Park.
At the mini roundabout go straight across into Kings Park itself.
From the South West Coast
A35 to the A338
On the A338 take to slip road to the Springbourne Roundabout signposted Kings Park. Take the 3rd exit of the roundabout, at the Fire Station, stay in the left hand lane and turn left onto Holdenhurst Road.
Stay to the left and go straight through at the traffic lights (the Queens Park Pub should be on your right). Go around the small roundabout and into Kings Park itself.
An alternative route for exiting the ground after the game is to turn left out of main car park, right at mini roundabout which will bring out onto Christchurch Road in Boscombe. This route avoids congestion leaving Kings Park post-match although it does have a height restriction.
Parking
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ADMISSION
Tickets are on sale for Coventry City's away League One fixture at AFC Bournemouth.
Tickets for the game at the Goldsands Stadiums are priced at £20 for adults, £11 for Over 65's, £11 for full time students who must produce identification at the turnstile, £11 for Ambulant Disabled claiming lower or middle rate DLA or £11 for U16's.
There are a limited number of places for wheelchair and ambulant disabled who have the higher rate of DLA available. These are free for the disabled and carer.
Tickets are available in person from the ticket office/club shop at the Ricoh Arena, on-line at the club website or over the phone.
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City face AFC Bournemouth for the 46th time on Tuesday night.
City make their debut at the Goldsands Stadium, which is on some of the old Dean Court site where City last played at on September 27th 1988 and won 4-0 in a League Cup tie. Dean Court was also the setting for the last time City played a League game in Bournemouth. That was back on March 21st 1964 when City lost 2-1 to Bournemouth & Boscombe.
Of the previous 45 meetings, the Sky Blues have won 21 and drawn nine scoring 85 goals to Bournemouth's 61.
For a look at matches between City and Bournemouth, please click on http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/next/vs/match/index.shtml.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at AFC Bournemouth on Tuesday night is Simon Hooper from Wiltshire.
Simon started refereeing aged 15 and was appointed to the National Referees List in 2008.
He has only had two City games in his career. The last was the 1-0 defeat at West Ham United on Jan 2nd 2012 and the home defeat to Cardiff City on March 16th 2010.
This season, Mr Hooper has had 29 matches and shown 69 yellow cards and four red.
His assistants are; John Scott & Lee Swabey. The Fourth Official is William Bull
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City will defy the bookmakers odds if they can win at AFC Bournemouth on Tuesday night. The Sky Blues are priced at 3/1 to win with Bournemouth at evens and 12/5 on the draw.
If you are having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing any bet. You can get the odds being offered by some of the leading bookmakers by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/bournemouth-v-coventry/winner