SHEFFIELD UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SUNDAY DECEMBER 13TH AT NOON
AT BRAMALL LANE, SHEFFIELD, S2 4SU
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 12noon. Live on Sky Sports 2
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TRAVEL
Club coaches depart White Street at 8am and costs £14.50
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
There is pay on the gate for City supporters.
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THE LAST TIME
Sunday lunch time will see Coventry City’s 30thth visit to Sheffield United FC.
The Sky Blues have won on eight occasions in league and cup matches, with ten draws and eleven defeats and have scored 28 goals to Sheffield United’s 33.
City’s last win in a league game was on Friday February 1st 2013 and saw a 2-1 win.
Last season, in what proved to be Steven Pressley’s last game in charge, City led 2-0 thanks to goals from Dominic Samuel but allowed Michael Doyle and Jamie Murphy to score twice in two minutes and snatch a draw.
The teams that day were:
City: Jones, Stokes (Haynes 72) Pennington, Martin, Phillips, Fleck, Samuel, Barton (Finch 53), Tudgay, O\'Brien, Williams (G.Thomas 58). Subs Burge, Webster, Jackson, Turgott,
Sheffield United: Turner, Harris, Brayford, Bisham, Coutts (Freeman), McEveley, Done (McNulty 86) Campbell-Ryce (Kennedy 46), Doyle, Baxter, Murphy. Subs: Willis, Davis, Reed, Freeman, Adams.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Sheffield United is Iain Williamson.
A Sales Director at Computershare Voucher Services in Reading, the former Walton & Hersham player was appointed to the National List of Assistant Referees in 1999 and the Referees' List in 2002.
His last City game was City’s 1-0 win at Peterborough United back in March 2015 and other previous City games he has refereed are: the 1-0 League Cup win at Dagenham & Redbridge in August 2012; the 2-1 win at Bristol City on September 18th 2010, the 1-1 home draw with Derby County on October 25th 2008, the 2-1 home victory against Ipswich on December 29th 2007, a 1-0 home win against Leeds on September 16th 2006, the 3-0 defeat at West Ham on April 9th 2005, the 3-0 home win against Crewe on January 8th 2005, the 2-1 defeat at Cardiff on August 10th 2004 and the 2-0 home win against Derby on February 28th 2004.
His assistants are: Joe Clark and Mark Howes. The Fourth Official is Kevin Wright.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are the under-dogs to win at Sheffield United on Sunday.
City are at 11/5 with Sheffield United at 6/5 and 5/2 the draw.
To check on some of the odds being offered by the leading bookmakers before you place a bet, please click on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/sheffield-utd-v-coventry/winner