COVENTRY CITY V WALSALL
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1ST AT 3PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM, UPTON WAY, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 5QA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm. If the match goes ahead, the game has been designated as City's Kick It Out day. The players will warm up in KIO t-shirts and there will be an anti-racism theme in the Family Zone.
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TRAVEL
Coach from Whte Street at 1pm.
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.
Hospitality: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/match_day_hospitality_for_this_saturday_821544/index.shtml
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City face Walsall FC on Saturday at Sixfields for the 38th time in league fixtures (weather permitting).
Of those previous 37 fixtures, City have won on sixteen occasions with eleven draws. The last win for City game at the Bescot Stadium earlier this season.
Last season, City beat Walsall 5-1 at the Ricoh Arena. Walsall took the lead through a Blair Adams own goal, but a brace from Carl Baker and David McGoldrick and one for Cyrus Christie saw the Sky Blues romp to victory.
That was Walsall's heaviest defeat and the Saddlers biggest win in Coventry was a 3-0 League Cup victory.
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy (GK), Wood, Edjenguele, Christie, Adams, Jennings, Bailey (Barton 86), Baker (c), Moussa (Fleck 75), McShefffrey (McDonald 75), McGoldrick. Subs: Dunn (GK), Clarke, Willis, O'Donovan.
Walsall: McCarey (GK), Taundry, Butler (c) (sent off 80), Holden, Featherstone (Hemmings 85), Grigg, Paterson (Chambers 67), Brandy (Downing 83), Taylor, Mantom, Westcarr. Subs: Grof (GK), Bowerman, Downing, Baxendale, Chambers.
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 Walsall at Sixfields on Saturday (weather permitting) is Richard Clark from Northumberland.
Having progressed through the Northern Leagues, this is Mr Clark's second season on the Football League list and will be his first time refereeing a Coventry City league match.
Mr Clark has had 22 matches so far this season and shown 68 yellows and eight red cards.
His assistants are: Ian Cooper and Robert Hyde and the Fourth Official is Paul Hobday.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are 13/8 to beat Walsall if the League One game at Sixfields goes ahead.
The Bookies have City at odds of around 13/8 to win with Walsall at odds of around 2/1. You can get 7/4 on the draw.
If you have planning on having a bet on the game, then make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing any bet. You can check some of the odds being offered for the City V Walsall game by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-walsall/winner
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