CARDIFF CITY V COVENTRY CITY
WEDNESDAY MARCH 20TH AT 3PM
AT CARDIFF CITY STADIUM, LECKWITH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8AZ
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.45pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach costs £17 and leaves the Ricoh Arena at 3.30pm.
BY Car
M42, M5,M50, A449 to M4. Exit at junction 33 and follow Penarth (A4232) signs. After six miles,take the B4267 turn off which is sign-posted Cardiff City Stadium. Follow the slip road, turning first left at the roundabout. The stadium is then on your right hand side, taking the right hand turn at the second set of traffic lights. Please follow the appropriate signage for your designated parking space.
Train station - Cardiff Central one mile. Although there are no trains back to Coventry after the game.
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ADMISSION
There is no pay on the gate
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THE LAST TIME
This will be the 48th meeting between the two sides. Coventry City have won 18 and drawn 10. They have scored seventy compared to Cardiff's 71 goals.
On December 26th 2010, Coventry's last league visit to Cardiff was a Craig Bellamy and Keiren Westwood show. Both players had a stormer as Cardiff won 2-0 with goals from Seyi Olofinjana (20), Craig Bellamy (83).
The teams that day were:
Team Westwood, Keogh, McPake, Wood, Cameron, Doyle, Carsley, Clarke (Eastwood 58), McSheffrey (Platt 58), King, Jutkiewicz. SNU Ireland, Thomas, Cranie, Baker
Cardiff Marshall, McNaughton, Hudson, Naylor, Olofinjana, Whittingham, McPhail, Riggott (Gyepes 68), Bellamy, Chopra, A.Keogh. SNU Heaton, Rae, Koumas, Blake, Matthews,Wildig.
City's last win at Cardiff City was on Aug 25th 2008 when Jay Tabb scored in a 1-0 win. City's biggest win at Cardiff was a 4-2 victory in 1935 and their heaviest defeat was a 6-1 loss in 1931.
Details of matches between Cardiff City and Coventry City can be found by clicking on http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The referee currently appointed to take charge of Coventry City's next game, the trip to Cardiff City is Robert Madley from West Yorkshire.
He began refereeing in 2002 and having progressed through the West Yorkshire League and Contributory League System, was promoted to Panel Referee in 2008. He spent a season as a Premier League Assistant Referee before being promoted to the Football League Referee List in 2010
So far this season, he has 31 matches and shown 61 yellow cards and 3 red.
He has not had a Coventry game before.
His assistants will be John Farries from Oxfordshire and Andy Hendley from Birmingham . The fourth official will be David Woolford.