CREWE ALEXANDRA V COVENTRY CITY
JOHNSTONES PAINT TROPHY NORTHERN AREA FINAL SECOND LEG
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20TH AT 7.30PM
AT GRESTY ROAD, CREWE, CW2 6EB
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.30pm.
Crewe lead 3-0 from the first leg. If Coventry City are leading 3-0 after ninety minutes, the match will go straight to penalties.
This match is not being shown live.
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TRAVEL
Club Coaches leaves Ricoh Arena at 4.45pm and costs £12 per person.
By Road
Crewe Alexandra Football Club can be accessed by two junctions off the M6, but please note that it is easier to get here by leaving at junction 16.
Exit the M6 and follow signs for Crewe on the A500 and then the A5020, at the roundabout take the 3rd exit and continue to the next roundabout, take the first exit continuing to follow signs for Crewe Town Centre and Crewe Railway Station.
Pass Crewe Hall on your right, and at the next roundabout continue forward down Weston Road. Away supporters parking can be found on the industrial estate on Weston Road, this is approximately a ten minute walk to the ground. If you continue down to the roundabout this will take you towards the ground, take the first left at the roundabout and continue past the train station. Take the second left down Gresty Road and continue down to the junction and the ground is on your left.
By Train.
The train station a five a minute walk from the ground
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ADMISSION
City have sold their allocation of tickets for this game.
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THE LAST TIME
Wednesday night 18th league and cup game between Crewe Alexandra and Coventry City.
This will be the third time the sides have met in a cup match. City beat Crewe 3-0 in an FA Cup tie on January 8th 2005 but Crewe won 3-0 at the Ricoh Arena in the first leg of the JPT Northern Area Final on February 5th.
City have only had one win in eight visits to Gresty Road. That win was a 6-1 victory on February 9th 2002.
More on this: 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 JPT Northern Area Final Second Leg at Crewe on Wednesday night is Graham Scott from Oxfordshire.
Mr Scott got in to refereeing when his playing career petered out and he wanted to stay involved in the game and keep fit, and refereeing for him fitted the bill. He was appointed to the referees list in 2008.
His last City game was the 2-1 home defeat to Burnley on October 22nd 2011 where he showed eight yellow cards and one red and his other previous City game was the 1-1 draw at Leicester in February 2011 where he showed four yellow cards and one red.
This season, he has had 28 matches and shown 77 yellow cards and 5 red. His last game was Northampton's 2-1 win at Southend on Saturday.
His assistants are; Nick Hobbis and Geoff Law. The Fourth Official is Oliver Langford who has refereed a number of Coventry Sphinx Midland Combination games on his way up the pyramid.
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BETTING ODDS
Bookmakers Sky Bet have Coventry City down as a 12/1 shot to get to the Johnstones Paint Trophy Final at Wembley on Sunday April 7th.
Crewe lead 3-0 from the first leg and are 1/40 to get to the final.
You can get odds of 28/1 on Lee Carsley's side winning 3-0 and taking the game to penalties, or up to 100/1 with Paddy Power on the 4-0 win for City.
A straight win sees Coventry priced at 7/4 with Crewe at 6/4.
if you are having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds, you can check what the leading bookmakers in the UK are offering by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/football-league-trophy/crewe-v-coventry/winner