COVENTRY CITY VERSUS SHEFFIELD UNITED FC
SUNDAY OCTOBER 13TH AT 4PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM,UPTON WAY,NORTHAMPTON,NN5 5QA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 4pm due to the game being live on Sky Sports. There will be a minute's applause before kick off for Ross Emslie who sadly passed away due to leukaemia.
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TRAVEL
Coach from Whte Street at 2pm.
By Car; From The South:Leave the M1 at Junction 15A and take the A43 towards Northampton and you will come to the ground on your right.
From The North:Leave the M1 at Junction 16 and take the A45 towards Northampton and you will come to the ground on your right.
There is a fair sized car park located at the ground, which costs £4. Make sure though that you arrive early as it has been known for it to get full for the more popular games. Parking in the nearby cinema and restaurant car parks is not allowed, and parking there will probably result in your car being given a £60 ticket, or worse still clamped! So make sure that you only use the official football parking provided at the ground.
By Train, Northampton train station is over two miles from the ground, so it is probably best getting a taxi. There is an hourly train service from Coventry.
If you want to walk it: 'Come out of the main station entrance, go across the car park, up the steps and then turn right onto Black Lion Hill. Go over the railway bridge, and straight on along St James' Road. At the HSS Hire outlet (and the handily placed Thomas A. Beckett pub on the opposite corner) turn left onto St James' Mill Road. After about 400 yards turn right at the Fabric Warehouse (opposite Jewson) onto Harvey Reeves Road, which further on becomes Edgar Mobbs Way. After about a mile this road brings you out at Sixfields Stadium,
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ADMISSION
Tickets are available on the day via the booths outside the main stand.
Ticket offer: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/feat/ed15/season_ticket_holder_offer_for_sundays_game_809900/index.shtml
Hospitality: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/coventry_city_v_sheffield_united_match_day_hospitality_809681/index.shtml
Family Zone: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/family_zone_back_again_on_sunday_809765/index.shtml
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PRE MATCH PUBS
http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/pubs_for_sunday_809929/index.shtml
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THE LAST TIME
Sunday's League One game will be the 56th meeting between Coventry City and Sheffield United FC.
In those 55 league and cup matches between the two sides, Coventry have won eighteen with nineteen draws, scoring the same 65 goals as The Blades.
Of the twenty eight matches played in Coventry, City have won ten and drawn ten and their biggest home win was the 3-0 First Division victory at Highfield Road in November 1972.
Sixfields will be a new ground for Sheffield United who have not played Northampton since the 1990's.
City played Sheffield United three times last season drawing the league game at the Ricoh Arena 1-1 and then winning 4-1 on penalties in a JPT tie before winning 2-1 in Sheffield.
The teams for the draw, which saw Stephen Elliott and Nick Blackman score, at the Ricoh Arena were:
Murphy, Hussey, Malaga, Wood, Brown, Baker (McSheffrey 88), Barton, Jennings, McDonald, Elliott (Ball 84). SNU Dunn, Edjenguele, Daniels, Willis, O’Donovan.
Sheffield United
Howard, McGuire, Hill, Doyle, Blackman, McDonald, Collins, Cofie (Miller 60), Quinn, McMahon, McAllister. SNU Long, Flynn, Harriott, Philliskirk, Ironside, Williams
More head to head - 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 League One game against Sheffield United on Sunday is Kevin Friend from Leicester.
The Leicester City supporter started refereeing at the age of 14 and worked his way through the Leicestershire Senior League and Midland Football Alliance before being promoted to the National List of Referees, and later to the Select Group of Referees ahead of the 2009–10 season. His First Premier League was in September 2009 when he was in charge of Wolves 2-1 win over Fulham.
He has refereed the 2009 FA Vase Final, the 2012 Community Shield and the 2013 Capital One Cup Final. This week, he has been dropped back to Football League matches following criticism.
Mr Friend, who has spoken at a Coventry City Diamond Club lunch, was last in charge of a City match in March 2009 when City lost 2-1 at Preston in a game where three players were cautioned. Other games, he has been in charge of are the FA Cup win at Torquay in January 2009, the 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday in November 2008 and the 0-0 pre-season draw against Norwich City in July 2004.
This season, according to Soccerbase, he had had six matches and shown 15 yellow cards but no reds.
His Assistants are: Scott Ledger and John Flynn. Fourth Official is Oliver Langford, a former Midland Combination referee, who has taken charge of a number of Coventry Sphinx matches in his time., including an FA Vase Quarter-Final replay against Kirkham & Wesham.
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers are making Coventry City the favourites for their League One game against Sheffield United FC at Sixfields Stadium on Sunday.
City are priced at 10/11 with most of the bookmakers whilst the odds for The Blades to win are around the 3/1 mark. If you fancy City to draw, you can get odds of around 5/2
Leon Clarke is joint favourite with Callum Wilson for the first goal at 4/1. Ladbrokes are offering odds of Marlon King, who has been selected for international duty by Jamaica being the first goal scorer at 6/1.
Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-sheffield-utd/correct-score
Half-Time/Full Time - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-sheffield-utd/half-time-full-time
All markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-sheffield-utd/betting-markets