SHEFFIELD UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21ST AT 3PM
AT BRAMALL LANE, SHEFFIELD, S2 4SU
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club coaches depart White Street at 11.30am and costs £15
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.
There is very limited street parking around the ground - There are a number of private/council run car parks in & around the town centre, all well signed as you arrive off Sheffield Parkway.
By rail, The ground 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.
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ADMISSION
City have an allocation of 1044 and an announcement will be made nearer the time about whether City supporters can pay on the day for the game which will be played on February 21st.
Tickets are priced at ADULT - £19.50, SENIOR (60 and over) £13.00, YOUNG ADULT (17-21) - £11.00, Juniors (0-16) £7.50.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Sheffield United is Darren Drysdale.
Lincolnshire born Mr Drysdale is an Sergeant in the RAF. He has been refereeing since 1988, officiating in the Northern Alliance and Northern Premier League. He became an assistant referee for the Football League in 1996, and in 1997 progressed to Conference North referee before being appointed as an assistant referee for the Premier League a year later. He went on to be a UEFA and FIFA assistant referee before he joined the Football League list in 2004.
His first Football League game was a 0-0 draw between Rushden & Diamonds and Kidderminster Harriers on 7 August 2004.
Mr Drysdale’s last City game was the 3-1 FA Cup victory at AFC Wimbledon in November 2013. Other City games he has refereed are the 2-0 win at Bury in February 2013 and the 1-1 draw with Cardiff City on November 22nd 2011.
This season, Mr Drysdale has had eighteen matches and shown 61 yellow cards and five reds.
His assistants are Joe Clark and Stuart Eagland. The Fourth Official is Paul Hobday.
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will see Coventry City travelling to Sheffield United for the 29th time.
City have won eight, drawn nine and lost eleven times on their visits to Bramall Lane, scoring 26 goal to United’s 31.
Coventry City’s record victory at Sheffield United is a 3-0 win on Boxing Day 1991 and last season, the Sky Blues lost 2-1 in the final game of the season on May 3rd 2014.
The teams for that game were:
City: Murphy, Christie, Webster, Clarke, Willis, Thomas (Baker 76), Prutton (Eccleston 83), Fleck, Marshall, Delfounseo, Wilson. Subs Adams, Burge, McGeough, Seaborne, Finch.
Sheff Utd: Howard, Bradford, Maguire, Doyle, Baxter (Davies 65) Collins, Coady, Scougall (Porter 46) Jam Murphy, Freeman (Hill 87) Flynn. Subs: McGinn, Paynter, Long, Dimairo.
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MATCH BETTING
The bookmakers are making Coventry City the under-dogs at Sheffield United on Saturday.
The bookies have City at 5/1 to win with Sheffield United at 4/6 and 14/5 the draw.
If you are planning on having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds as some bookmakers can be rather tight with their odds. You can check the prices by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/sheffield-utd-v-coventry/winner