Directions For City's Games In August

Last updated : 28 July 2013 By Covsupport News Service

CRAWLEY TOWN V COVENTRY CITY FC
SATURDAY AUGUST 3RD AT 3PM
AT BROADFIELD STADIUM, WINFIELD WAY, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, RH11 9RX 
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TRAVEL
Coaches  Club Coaches to Crawley leave White Street Car Park  at 10.30 and cost £15.50. Book by emalling ticket.office@ccfc.co.uk

The Sky Blue Trust are running a coach which leaves Cov Baths at 10am. For seats please phone Gary on 07545 346978.

BY Road Exit the M23 at the Pease Pottage junction 11. Take the third exit (signposted Broadfield Stadium) and the ground is on your left at the bottom of Brighton Road, approx 2 mins from the M23 junction.

Car Parking
A £3 car parking charge applies at the Stadium. There are other free parking options available close to the Stadium. There are 350 spaces in Broadfield Business Park at the offices of William Reed and and Novo Nordisk next to the Stadium, which will be stewarded. In addition, there are  90 spaces at KPMG and Bard Ltd. at Tilgate Forest Business Centre on the southbound side of the Brighton Road.

New parking restrictions are now in place around the Stadium. These affect the grass verges along the A23 near to the stadium and prohibit parking from the Pease Pottage M23 roundabout northwards to the junction with Horsham Road (A2220) roundabout are now in force. The order also prohibits waiting, at any time, in the lay-by on the western side of the A23, around 350 yards south of the stadium.

Train
For Broadfield Stadium, you need Crawley Train Station, which is just over a mile away from the stadium. You can either take a taxi (about £6), or from the bus station across the road, you can take a Fastway number 10 bus to the ground (this runs every ten minutes). Otherwise it is about a twenty minute walk.

As you come out of the station turn left and walk down to the T-junction. At the junction turn left into Brighton Road. Keep walking straight down Brighton Road for just under a mile and at its end turn right. You should now be able to see the stadium in the distance behind the traffic island. Use the underpass to cross the A23 to the ground.

Trains from London Victoria to Crawley leave at 02 and 32 past the hour on a Saturday and journey times are around 45 minutes.

After the game, there are trains back to London Victoria at 17,29 and 17,59.

There are also half hourly trains to Brighton for those staying there.

Taxis
There is a taxi rank outside Crawley station, which will be charged by the mile (max 2 miles).

Bus
Metrobus services from Gatwick Airport, Crawley Station and Three Bridges Station are available. Fastway 10 serves Broadfield Stadium every 7 minutes and drops you right outside the stadium. There are 12 buses an hour which go past the Stadium so you will never have to wait long for a service.

Fastway 20 (Gatwick South Terminal only) serves Broadfield Stadium every 20 minutes. If you are unsure of which stop to get off, simply ask the driver and they will help you.

From Gatwick Airport - both terminals Follow the signs saying 'local buses' Catch either Fastway 10 or Fastway 20 in the direction of Broadfield/Bewbush Ask for Broadfield Stadium.
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Worth a read; http://www.footballgroundguide.com/crawley_town/
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LEYTON ORIENT V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY AUGUST 6TH AT 7.45PM
AT THE MATCHROOM STADIUM, BRISBANE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 5NF
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Coaches Leaves at 3.30pm from White Streer Car Park and cost £15.50 per person.

BY TRAIN:
The nearest tube station is Leyton on the Central Line or Leyton Midland Road overground.

From Leyton Station, turn right down the hill and follow the High Road to Coronation Gardens on your left. Turn down Buckingham Road after the park and the ground is in front of you.

From Leyton Midland Road, turn left towards Leyton and continue down the High Road past Leyton County Cricket Ground until you reach Windsor Road. Turn down Windsor Road and the ground is in front of you.

BY CAR:
From North: Exit M25 at junction 27 and follow signs to `London (NE), M11' onto the M11 southbound.

After 7.1 miles where the road divides, bear right (s/p A406 N. Circ. Rd West, London N and W) onto the North Circular Road.

Keep in left hand lanes and take first exit after 0.6 miles (s/p Walthamstow and City A104, then Whipps Cross A104, West End (A503)).

At roundabout turn left (s/p Whipps Cross, Bakers Arms, Walthamstow A503) into Woodford New Road A104. At next roundabout (Whipps Cross) after 1.2 miles, take 2nd exit (s/p A104 Bakers Arms, Leyton) and follow road round to left, towards BP station, into Lea Bridge Road.

After 0.5 miles, just after Esso station, turn left at lights (s/p Leyton, Stratford, then Leyton Leisure Lagoon) into Leyton Green Road.

Filter left after 0.3 miles and turn left at T-junction into Leyton High Road. After 1.2 miles ground is down sidestreets on RHS.

From South/South-East via Blackwall Tunnel: Out of tunnel, continue on A102 following signs to `Stratford, Dalston'. Remain on the A102/A106 for 4.2 miles, following signs for Leyton, passing New Spitalfields Market and over a bridge.

At lights just after Car Superstore, turn left into Oliver Road.

BY BUS:

Nos. 58, 69, 97 and 158 run along Leyton High Road.
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COVENTRY CITY VERSUS BRISTOL CITY
SUNDAY AUGUST 11TH AT 3PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM,UPTON WAY,NORTHAMPTON,NN5 5QA
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TRAVEL
City have yet to announce what travel arrangements they will be laying on for supporters.

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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CARLISLE UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY AUGUST 17TH AT 3PM
AT BRUNTON PARK, WARWICK ROAD, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA, CA1 1LL

TRAVEL
Club Coach: TBA.

BY ROAD:
Take the M6 to Jun 43,then the A69 to Warwick Road into Carlisle, Brunton Park will be approx. 1.25 Miles on your right.

From the east: Take the A69 into Carlisle, after crossing the M6 Brunton Park will be 1.25 Miles on the right.

By Train
Brunton Park is situated about a mile from Carlisle Citadel station, but is relatively easy to get to. Upon exiting the station's main entrance, walk the short distance around the Crescent until reaching Warwick Road. You will be able to see the old Main Stand and the strangely-shaped roofs of the Warwick Road end after walking for about twenty minutes. There are directions to the away supporters' turnstiles above the Carlisle United club shop'.
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COVENTRY CITY VERSUS PRESTON NORTH END
SUNDAY AUGUST 25TH AT 3PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM,UPTON WAY,NORTHAMPTON,NN5 5QA

TRAVEL
City have yet to announce what travel arrangements they will be laying on for supporters.

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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CAPITAL ONE CUP 2ND ROUND TBA
TUE 27/ WED 28 AUGUST AT 7.45PM
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SHREWSBURY TOWN V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY AUGUST  31ST AT 3PM
NEW MEADOW,OTELEY ROAD,SHREWSBURY,SY2 6QQ

TRAVEL
Coaches TBA

BY ROAD
At the end of the M54 continue onto the A5. After about seven miles, there is a traffic island which is at the junction with the A49. Bear left at this island still following the A5.

On reaching Shrewsbury ignore the signs for Shrewsbury Town Centre (signposted A5064 town centre/crematorium), at the first roundabout you come to, but instead continue along the A5. Then go straight across at the next roundabout, still on the A5 and then at the next roundabout turn right towards Shrewsbury on the A5112 (sign posted town centre/park & ride). You will pass a Retail Park on your right and then at the next roundabout you take the 4th exit onto the B4380 towards Oteley (also sign posted golf course). The stadium is a short way down this road on the right, just as you go over the railway bridge.

There is a large car park at the stadium.

Shrewsbury train station is around two miles away from the stadium. So it should take around 25 minutes to walk. Otherwise you can grab a taxi up to the ground, or take a bus from the town centre bus station (service numbers 16, 23, 25 & 544/546 all stop near to the stadium).

Shrewsbury train station is served by trains from Birmingham New Street & Crewe.

Buses will run from Harlescott Park and Ride Site and The Shirehall starting at 18.15 and then every 15 minutes until 19.15. Adult fare is £2.50 return. CHILDREN (UNDER 16 - I.D. MAY BE REQUESTED) ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT WILL BE CHARGED £1 RETURN.