Sky Blues On The Road - Leeds United
Last updated : 03 February 2011 By Covsupport News Service
LEEDS UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5TH AT 3PM
AT ELLAND ROAD, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS11 0ES
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm
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TRAVEL
Leeds United is adjacent to the intersections of the M1, M62 and M621. Alternatively enter the postcode LS11 0ES in to your SaNav or phone.
FROM THE NORTH, A1, M1, A639 to Leeds. Join m621 to Junction 1. Take A6110 from Roundabout into Elland Road.
FROM THE SOUTH, M1, M621 to Junction 1. Take A6110 from Roundabout into Elland Road.
FROM THE EAST A64, A1, then as from North or M62, M621 to Junction 1. Take A6110 from roundabout into Elland Road.
FROM THE WEST M62, M621, to Junction 1. Take A6110 from roundabout into Elland Road.
BY RAIL
Leeds Railway Station is 2 miles away.
BY AIR Leeds Bradford Airport is 12 miles away.
CAR PARKING There is free on-site parking, plus a number of pay car parks in the vicinity.
Worth reading:
http://www.footballgroundguide.com/leeds_united/______________________________________________________________
ADMISSION
Adults £25. Over 60's and Adult Disabled/carer £18, U16's £13.
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THE LAST TIME
This will be the 81st time that the teams have met in league and cup matches. The Sky Blues have won on 17 occasions with 21 draws and have scored 83 goals compared to Leeds' 132.
City's last game at Leeds was on January 1st 2007 and saw Adam Virgo score for City in a 2-1 defeat. David Healy and Jonathan Douglas scored for Leeds. Boxing Day 1996 was City's win at Elland Road when they won 3-1.. Their only other win there was a 2-1 win in 1976/77.
The teams that day were:
Team Marshall,Whing (Currie 68),Hall,Ward,Page,Doyle,Tabb (Adebola 55), Birchall (McKenzie 55),Virgo,Kyle,Osbourne SNU John,Cameron
Leeds Sullivan,Douglas,Healy,Lewis,Richardson (Westlake 61),Nicholls,Foxe,Moore (Kandol 73),Blake (Howson 74),Rui Marques, Elliott SNU Warner,Carole
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game at Leeds United on Saturday is Mick Russell from Hertfordshire.
Mick is a Gas Service Engineer who started refereeing in the 1990's after being encouraged to give it a go due to his moaning about referees whilst playing. The married man with three kids reached the National List of assistant referees in 2000 and was the referees' list in 2004.
Mr Russell has had 26 games (eleven of which have been in the Championship) this season including Leeds 1-1 draw at Norwich and has shown fifty yellow cards and four red. His last match was Shrewsbury's 3-0 win over Burton Albion on Tuesday night.
His last City match was the 2-0 defeat at Cardiff in October 2009. Previous City matches he has taken charge of are; the 4-0 home win over Barnsley in February 2008 and the 3-2 defeat at Ipswich in January 2005.
The Assistants are Paul Davison from Cleveland & Scott Oldham from Lancashire The Fourth Official is Andrew Scregg from Liverpool.
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