SWINDON TOWN V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY AUGUST 30TH AT 3PM
AT THE COUNTY GROUND, COUNTY ROAD, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, SN1 2ED
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Leaves White Street at 11.30 and costs £13.
Travelling from the East and West:
Leave the M4 at Junction 15. Take the Commonhead Roundabout. Turn left onto the A4259 Marlborough Road.
Take the 2nd exit at the roundabout onto Queens Drive. At the next set of roundabouts take the 3rd exit onto County Road the entrance to the ground is on the first right.
Travelling from the Midlands: Take the Fosse Way A429 to Cirencester, A 417, then A419 towards Swindon. Off at A4312 for a miles and a half. At Drakes Roundabout, take the A4259. At The Magic Roundabout follow signs Cirencester A419 onto A4259 for County Road.
Take the M40 to Junction 9. Then take the A43, A34 and then the A420 into Swindon.
At Drakes' Roundabout turn onto Queen's Drive. At the next set of roundabouts take 3rd exit onto County Road, the entrance to the stadium is the first right.
Travelling by train:
From the front of the station turn left onto Station Road. Facing the White House pub, head right onto Corporation Street.
At the traffic lights turn left onto Manchester Road. At the end of Manchester Road turn right onto County Road. The entrance to the stadium is the second left. This walk should take approx 10 minutes.
Parking:
There are limited spaces available at the County Ground, but there are several Town centre car park situated 1 / 2 miles from the stadium. There is nearby street parking and several match day car parks.
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ADMISSION
Adult - £25 Senior Citizen (65+) - £19, Young Adult (16-18) - £17 Junior (U16) - £12
MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s referee for the League One game at Swindon Town is Darren Deadman.
A Civil Servant, Mr Deadman progressed to the National List via the National List of assistant referees in 2000 and the referees' list in 2005. He got into refereeing after playing semi pro football and getting injured.
His City last game was the 0-0 draw with Shrewsbury Town at Sixfields in March 2014 and previous City games are the 5-1 defeat to Tranmere Rovers back in November 2013, the 1-0 defeat at the Ricoh Arena against Shrewsbury Town on January 1st 2013, the 1-0 home defeat to Leicester City in August 2011 when he booked six and sent off two. the 2-2 draw at Norwich City in May 2011, the 1-0 win at Crystal Palace in February 2010, the 3-2 defeat at Preston in September 2009, the 1-1 draw at Sheffield United in September 2008 and the 2-1 defeat at Watford in April 2008.
His Assistants are Matt Jones and Elliott Kaye and the Fourth official is John Busby.
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will be the 50th time that Coventry City have played Swindon Town in a league or cup match.
Of those previous 49 occasions, City have won 22 and drawn twelve, scoring 88 goals to Swindon's 74. In matches played in Swindon, City have won seven and drawn nine.
Coventry City's record win at Swindon is a 2-0 win in the FA Cup in 2001, all the other six wins have been by a single goal margin.
City's heaviest defeat was a 6-0 loss on Monday August 29th 1927.
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BETTING
Coventry City are not fancied to win at Swindon Town on Saturday.
City are being quoted at 2/1 by the bookies with Swindon at evens and the draw at 9/4.
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 being offered by the leading bookmakers by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/mk-dons-v-coventry/winner