Sky Blues On The Road - Bradford City

Last updated : 13 November 2013 By Covsupport News Service

BRADFORD CITY V COVENTRY CITY
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17TH AT 3.30PM
AT CORAL WINDOWS STADIUM, VALLEY PARADE, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD8 7DY
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3.30pm.  The game is live on Sky Sports.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Coaches depart White Street Coach Park at 11:30am and are priced at £15.50 per person. To book please call 02476 992326.

Arriving by Road
From the North East take A1 southbound to join A1/M1 link then join M62 westbound.
From the South take M1 or A1 northbound to join M62 westbound.
From the North West / West take M6 then M60 Manchester Ring Road to join M62 eastbound then:  From M62 exit at j26.  Take M606 towards Bradford

At end of motorway take the middle or right hand lane and follow signs for Ring Road East (under tunnel)  onto Rooley Lane (signs Leeds/Bradford Airport). McDonalds is now on your left. Over traffic lights at Asda Superstore and turn left at roundabout into Wakefield Road. Stay in middle lane.Over two roundabouts staying in middle lane (signs to Shipley & Skipton) on to Shipley Airedale Road (A6037) which then becomes Canal Road.After Tesco, Staples & P C World (on left) go over traffic lights and turn left into Station Road (A6177) and left again into Queens Road.

Up hill to third set of traffic lights and turn left into Manningham Lane.After Gulf Petrol Station (on left), take first left into Valley Parade for Stadium.

Supporters are advised that there is NO public car parking at the stadium on matchdays and there is very limited street parking.

Buses to the Stadium
First Bradford and Keighley & District Travel Company operate frequent bus services from Bradford city centre, Bradford Interchange and outlying areas to the Coral Windows Stadium (buses stop on Manningham Lane or Queens Road).

Arriving by Rail
The nearest Rail Station for the Stadium is Bradford Forster Square. Services are operated by Northern Rail.Bradford Interchange also connects with Leeds City station for National Express East Coast and Cross Country services.

Taxi
If going to the ground by taxi, make sure you ask for Bradford City or Valley Parade as in Bradford, the term "Bradford" refers to Bradford Park Avenue
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ADMISSION
Tickets for the game at Valley Parade on Sunday November 17th are priced at £20 for adults, £14 for 60+, Students with NUS card £14, and £12 for U16's.
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THE LAST TIME
Sunday will see the 23rd game between Bradford City and Coventry City.

Of the 22 previous games, Coventry have won on six occasions and drawn eight times with both sides scoring 26 goals.

Valley Parade has not been a lucky ground for the Sky Blues with only one win in eleven visits. That victory, a 3-1 win came on Tuesday September 15th 1959.

City's last visit to Valley Parade was also on a Sunday. It was on Sunday December 28th 2003 and saw a 1-0 defeat.

The Coventry team that day was:
13 Ward, 2 Whing, 4 Konjic, 20 Davenport, 18 Staunton, 6 Safri, 35 Mansouri (8 Suffo 68), 37 Pitt (9 Adebola 75), 26 Warnock, 12 Morrell, 21 Joachim SNU 1 Shearer, 5 Shaw, 15 Jorgensen
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at Bradford City on Sunday is Kevin Friend from Leicester.

The Leicester City supporter started refereeing at the age of 14 and worked his way through the Leicestershire Senior League and Midland Football Alliance before being promoted to the National List of Referees, and later to the Select Group of Referees ahead of the 2009–10 season.  His First Premier League was in September 2009 when he was in charge of Wolves 2-1 win over Fulham.

He has refereed the 2009 FA Vase Final, the 2012 Community Shield and the 2013 Capital One Cup Final. but back in October, was dropped back to Football League matches following criticism.

Mr Friend, who has spoken at a Coventry City Diamond Club lunch, was due to have been in charge of City's League One game against Sheffield United but pulled out of the match due to injury

He was last in charge of a City match in March 2009 when City lost 2-1 at Preston in a game where three players were cautioned.  Other games, he has been in charge of are the FA Cup win at Torquay in January 2009, the 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday in November 2008 and the 0-0 pre-season draw against Norwich City in July 2004.

This season, he has had nine games and shown 27 yellow cards but no reds.

His Assistants are Michael McDonough and Matthew Wilkes. The Fourth Official is Craig Pawson.
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers have Coventry City as slight favourites for Sunday's League One game at Bradford City.   

City are priced at 6/4 to win with The Bantams at 7/4, If you fancy the draw, you can get odds of around 12/5.

Leon Clarke and Bradford City's Nahki Wells lead the list of first goalscorers., both are priced at 5/1.   

If you are planning on having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing your bet.
You can check the odds by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/bradford-v-coventry/winner

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