CREWE ALEXANDRA V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY MARCH 29TH AT 3PM
AT GRESTY ROAD, CREWE, CW2 6EB
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm
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TRAVEL
Coaches Depart White Street Car Park at 11am and cost £11,50.
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
Tickets are priced at £21 for adults, £16.50 for Senior Citizens, £10 for
12-16years, £6 for Under 11’s and £16.50 for Disabled.
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City will meet Crewe Alexandra for the 21st time in League and Cup meetings on Saturday.
City have won twice at Gresty Road in nine visits with two draws and five defeats and the Sky Blues and Bantams have scored fifteen goals to Crewe’s sixteen.
City’s last visit to Gresty Road was for a 2-0 victory in a JPT Northern Area Final Second Leg but the last time they were there for a league game was on September 1st 2012.
Coventry went down to a 1-0 defeat in a game which saw David McGoldrick make his debut. Max Clayton scored the only goal of the game in the 23rd minute.
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy, Clarke, Brown, Edjenguele, Hussey, Jennings (McSheffrey 66), Barton, Kilbane, Baker, McDonald (McGoldrick 58), Elliott (Ball 79). SNU Wood, Dunn, Christie, O'Donovan.
Crewe: Martin, Davis, Ellis, Clayton, Murphy, Leitch-Smith, Moore, Mellow, Robertson ,Osman, Bunn (Tootle 72). Subs Garratt, Dugdale, Turton, Guthrie, Daniels, West.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at Crewe Alexandra on Saturday is Andy Davies from Hampshire.
Mr Davies is in his second season as a Football League referee and this will be the first time that he has refereed a Coventry City match.
He has been in charge of Crewe game before and that was the 5-0 defeat at Swindon Town earlier this season and a 4-1 defeat at Swindon last season.
This season, Mr Davies has had 24 matches (five of which have been League One games) and shown 88 yellow cards and four reds.
His assistants are Robert Jones and Bob Roberts and the Fourth Official is Steven Copeland
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BETTING ODDS
The chances of Coventry City winning at Crewe are not fancied by the bookmakers.
The Sky Blues are being quoted at odds of around 2/1 with Crewe at 5/4 and 9/4 the draw.
If you are plannng on having a bet on the game, then make sure you shop around for the best odds, before placing any bet.
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