SHEFFIELD UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY APPRIL 10TH AT 3PM
AT BRAMALL LANE,SHEFFIELD,S2 4SU
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3PM.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Commentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM but not on-line unless you pay for Sky Blue Player as well as the radio stations covering Sheffield United.
The goals will be on the Football League Show
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TRAVEL
Only book the club coach if you intend to travel on the coach as refunds now take the form of vouchers.
Official Club Coach Departs Ricoh Arena at 11am
Adult season ticket holders and members £22 Concessions £15
Non members Adults £25 Concessions £19
By car from North/South/East
Exit M1 at Junction 33 following signs to Sheffield (A57). Continue along the Sheffield Parkway until the Park Square roundabout. Take the 3rd exit and follow the A61 (Chesterfield road) with the train station on your left. Follow the 'Brown Information' signs for Bramall Lane.
By car from West
Take A57 into Sheffield and take 2nd exit at roundabout. At 2nd roundabout, take 3rd exit into Bramall Lane.
By rail, The Stadium is a few minutes in a taxi from Sheffield train station (1 mile). For details to and from Sheffield, call National Rail Enquiries on 0845 7712 5678.
More information: http://www.footballgroundguide.com/sheffield_united/
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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced at £19 for adults, £11 for Over 60's, students with NUS card,16-18, Disabled and carer. Junior tickets are priced at £1.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 50th league and cup meeting of the two sides. City have won 16 matches and drawn 16, scoring 60 goals compared to The Blades' 61.
Back in September, the game at the Ricoh Arena finished in a 3-2 victory for the Sky Blues.
You have to go back to 2001 when City recorded their last win at Bramall Lane.
Head To Head http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp
Last season, City were pegged back to a 1-1 draw after Elliott Ward had missed a penalty and Jay Tabb had given City the lead by a second half Billy Sharp goal.
The teams that night were:
City
Westwood,Osbourne,Fox,Dann,Ward,Morrison (Best 73) ,Doyle,Gunnarsson,Tabb,McKenzie (Mifsud 46),Eastwood SNU Marshall,Hall,Simpson.
Sheffield United
Kenny,Jihai (sent off 50),Morgan,Kilgallon, Naysmith, Cotterill (Halford 62), Speed, Montgomery,Quinn,Beattie (Gillespie 89),Sharp (Webber 69) SNU Ehiogu,Hendrie
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game at Sheffield United is Graham Salisbury from Lancashire.
A married engineer, he was promoted to the Referees List in 2001. He has had 33 matches so far this season, issuing 70 yellow cards and six red. His last match was Sheffield Wednesday's 0-1 defeat against Bristol City on Monday.
Despite having plenty of Championship experience, Mr Salisbury's last City game was the 6-1 victory over Derby County in January 2006.
Previous City matches include the 1-1 home draw with Ipswich in November 2005., the 2-1 win at Reading in February 2005, the 3-2 home win against Reading in October 2004, the 1-0 win at Forest in Feb 2004, the 1-1 draw with West Ham in November 2003, the 8-0 League Cup win against Rushden in October 2002 and the 6-1 win at Crewe in February 2002.
Assistants are Alan Parker from Derbyshire & Steve Smith from County Durham . The Fourth Official is Ken Haycock from West Yorkshire.
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BETTING ODDS
See http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/sheffield-utd-v-coventry/win-market