CARLISLE UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY JANUARY 12TH AT 3PM
AT BRUNTON PARK, WARWICK ROAD, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA, CA1 1LL
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Coaches depart from Ricoh Arena Car Park C at 9am and are priced at £19.50 per person.
BY ROAD:
Take the M6 to Jun 43,then the A69 to Warwick Road into Carlisle, Brunton Park will be approx. 1.25 Miles on your right.
From the east: Take the A69 into Carlisle, after crossing the M6 Brunton Park will be 1.25 Miles on the right.
By Train
Brunton Park is situated about a mile from Carlisle Citadel station, but is relatively easy to get to. Upon exiting the station's main entrance, walk the short distance around the Crescent until reaching Warwick Road. You will be able to see the old Main Stand and the strangely-shaped roofs of the Warwick Road end after walking for about twenty minutes. There are directions to the away supporters' turnstiles above the Carlisle United club shop'.
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ADMISSION
Any Coventry City supporter who has or wants to buy a concessionary ticket for the Sky Blues League One game at Carlisle United on Sunday is advised to take age identification/ proof of DLA entitlement etc with them.
Carlisle state on their club website: "Concessionary tickets as well as Junior and Child tickets may be asked for proof of ID.
Stewards reserve the right to check ID. If any ID cannot be provided then the person with the incorrect ticket will be refused admittance.
The ticket will then need to be upgraded to the correct price bracket at the main ticket office and the price difference paid. If proof of age can be provided within 5 working days of the game then the club will be happy to reimburse the difference in cost. For this to be carried out effectively the person upgrading their ticket should leave their name and details with the ticket office staff who sold them the ticket."
Tickets are on sale at the ticket office/club shop at the Ricoh Arena and are priced at £19.00 Adults, £16.00 Senior Citizens (Over 65), £13.00 Young Person (18-22), £10.00 Junior (11-17), £7.00 Junior (7-10) (Not available online and must be purchased with an over 18 ticket) Free for those six and under (Not available online and must be purchased with an over 18 ticket).
There are a limited number of wheelchair spaces priced at £4 with a carer going free of charge (These are located adjacent to the away supporters level with the pitch are uncovered).
There are a limited number of Ambulant spaces priced at the relevant age band with the carer going free of charge if in receipt of the higher rate DLA band, this must be shown at when entering the ground. These can be booked in person from the ticket office/club shop at the Ricoh Arena.
City supporters can purchase match day tickets from the away ticket office behind the east stand to be seated in east stand sections 2 and 3.
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THE LAST TIME
Sunday will see the 13th league and cup game between Carlisle United and Coventry City.
City have won seven of those games, and drawn three. The last time, City played at Brunton Park was for a League Cup second round tie in 2007, City won 2-0 with both goals from Michael Mifsud.
The teams that night were;
City: Marshall ,Osbourne, Page (Hall 19), Ward (Turner 80), Borrowdale, Cairo, S.Hughes, Doyle, Tabb, Adebola (Simpson 70), Mifsud Subs McKenzie, Konstantopoulos
Carlisle Westwood, Arnison, Raven, Liversy, Arnalde, Brittain, Lumsden, Thirlwell (McDermott 67), Hackney (Smith 60), Graham (Gall 60), Carlton SNU Kirkup, Howarth.
That was one of three City wins at Brunton Park with City winning 1-0 on April 27th 1963 and a 6-1 win on Feb 14th 1959.
More head to head details: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/coventry_city/vs/carlisle_united/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at Carlisle United on Sunday is David Webb from County Durham.
Mr Webb took a refereeing course after seeing an advertisement in a programme at a match and through talking to referees whilst playing local football. He promoted to the National List of Referees in 2008.
He cites one of his favourite games as the FA Vase 1/4 Quarter-Final game between Kirkham and Wesham v Coventry Sphinx FC, saying 'the match had everything both teams just going for the win it was end to end for 120 minutes played on a mud bath of a pitch and ended 3-3!!!'
His last City match was the 1-1 draw at Doncaster Rovers on March 8th 2011 and his only other game was a 1-0 win against Burnley on November 20th 2010.
This season, he has had twenty matches and shown 57 yellow cards and two red.
His assistants are; Geoffrey Liddle and Danny Markham. The Fourth Official is Paul Kettlewell.
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers are predicting a Coventry City win at Carlisle United on Sunday.
You can get odds of 5/4 on the Sky Blues to win with the Cumbrians at 2/1 and 5/2 on the draw.
Leon Clarke is favourite to score the first goal at 5/1 and you can get odds of 11/1 on a 2-0 win for City which was the result the last time City played at Brunton Park in 2007 in a League Cup tie.
If you are planning a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds. You can check some of the odds being offered by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/carlisle-v-coventry/winner