Sky Blues On The Road - Norwich City

WHO ARE THEY?
Formed in 1902 as a amateur club, they were declared a professional club by an FA Commission in 1904 and thrown out of the FA Amateur Cup.

A year later, they turned officially professional with the establisment of a new club. They joined the Football League for the 1920/21 season and their record victory is a 10-2 win against the Sky Blues on March 15th 1930. Since 1972, The Canaries have yo-yoed between the top two divisions.

Their current manager is Peter Grant who replaced Nigel Worthington in October 2006.
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THEIR OFFICAL WEBSITE
http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Welcome
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LAST MATCH
Coventry beat Southampton 2-1 whilst Norwich City lost at Preston 2-1

This is the 101st league and cup game between the two sides. The Sky Blues have won on forty four ccasions with thirty draws.

Back in September, City beat Norwich City 3-0 at the Arena with goals from Chris Birchall,Kevin Kyle and Stern John. In the corresponding fixture last season,the game finished in a 1-1 draw.

Coventry are 15th in the table with Norwich 18th
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TEAM NEWS
Colin Cameron,Don Hutchison and Kevin Thornton are all out. Robert Page is suspended for this game and the one against Hull City. Leon McKenzie is ineligible as part of his move to Coventry and David McNamee has a hamstring injury and is highly doubtful.

For Norwich, Darren Huckerby and Youseff Safri should play but Dion Dublin is doubtful after picking up a calf strain as is Peter Thorne. Keeper David Marshall is out for the rest of the season with an ankle injury as is dangerman Robbie Earnshaw.

Dickson Etuhu is struggling with a hamstring strain whilst Jason Shackell, Lee Croft and Chris Brown all have minor knocks.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee is Andy D'Urso. His assistants are D.H.Coote & T.Mason with J.Pearce the fourth official.

Mr D'Urso's last game in charge of City was the 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace in November 2005.
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off is at 3pm. Tickets are priced at Adults £21, U16/60+/Student £15 U12 £10
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WEATHER FORECAST
Light showers and eleven degrees are forecast.
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HOW TO GET THERE
Coaches Adults £22, Senior citizen/junior £19, Adult season ticket holder £17, Concession season ticket holder/JSB/Disabled £11 Coaches will depart the Ricoh Arena at 9am.

A14 then take the A11 or A140 towards Norwich. Onto the A47 ring road towards Great Yarmouth then take the A146 (Norwich/Lowestoft) slip-road. The ground is well signposted from here, via the 'Trowse' turn off.

By Rail:The ground is approximately a five-minute walk from the station.

From the station turn left and head for the Morrissons supermarket and the ground is visible behind that. Alternately, on exiting the train station, walk along 'Riverside Road'. The ground is at the end of this road.