City At Kettering Live Updates

Last updated : 24 July 2011 By Covsupport News Service

Live updates from Coventry City's match at Kettering Town will be available on this site.

Kick off is at 3pm. 

It is a cloudy afternoon at Rockingham Road as Coventry City prepeare to take on Kettering Town in today's pre-season friendly.

The City fans are in the right hand side of the stand and the two blocks of seat allocated to the City supporters are filling up fast.

With about seven minutes until the scheduled kick off at 3:00pm, neither team has released their teamsheets yet.

Joe Elliott has arrived and as soon as he was seen he received a standing ovation from the City supporters which has filled the 400 allocated seats and which is now causing problems for the stewards.

Teams

Coventry City: Murphy, Keogh, Hussey, Clingan, Cranie, Bell, Baker, Jukiewicz, McSheffrey, O'Donovan, Christie.                      Subs: Dunn, McPake, Eastwood, Wood, Cameron, Bigirimana, Thomas, Wilson, Phillips, Jeffers, Ruffels.

Coventry are on the attack from the off and both Jutkiewicz and Hussey have had shots blocked within the first minute of play.

City are trying a different formation for this game and have a back four in defence with Clingan playing just in front.

Kettering have their first attack, but their long ball over the top is easily cleared by Murphy.

Kettering attack again through Dobson who passes to their number 8 who has a shot from 5 yords into the side netting.

Jutkiewicz goes on a bit of a run and crosses into the Kettering box, but no City player is there.

Bell passe to Jukiewicz who cuts inside and picks out Christie on the right who fires his shot high, wide and horrible.

12 minutes gone and City win a corner which Clingan takes short. He gets the ball back and swing over a cross which is cleared.

18. City win another corner. Baker receives the ball but fires his shot wide.

19. Kettering have not released a team sheet so it is difficult to name their players, but their number 7 fired his shot wide.

22. Another Kettering shot goes wide.

The City fans are singing some very old songs. We've just had "Tip toe through the west end".

32. Kettering player has a low drive which Murphy does well to get down to and clears the ball up to the other end and Jutkiewicz collects the ball, but fires his shot over the bar.

36. Clingan takes a free kick 20 yards out and the keeper pushes the ball onto the bar and out for a corner.

Bell fires his shot from the corner over the bar.

39. Bell has a shot on target this time, but it goes straight to the keeper.

40. Whatever Coventry can do, so can Kettering and their number 8 fires his shot straight at Murphy.

42. Kettering win a corner.

43, Kettering win another corner.

Murphy makes a grab for the ball, but the Kettering players claim the ball had crossed the line, but the referee had already blown for a foul and awards City a free kick.

44. City win a corner.

45. The referee blows for half time.

Half time score: Kettering Town 0 Coventry City 0#

There are about 700 City fans in the 1100 crowd at Rockingham Road.

Half time changes for City include Dunn on for Murphy and Wood is on for Cranie.

Right at the start of the second half and City win a corner and McSheffrey gets in a shot which the Ketting substitute keeper can only flap at, but the ball is somehow cleared for a City throw in.

49. Goal: Jutkiewicz sees his shot deflected out for a corner. The corner is taken and the ball is headed back to McSheffrey who heads in a goal from 3 yards.

Kettering Town 0 Coventry City 1

51. City win another corner, but Keogh hooks the ball over the bar.

55, City substitute; Thomas is on for Carl Baker and Eastwood is on for O'Donovan.

57. Kettering player shoots over the bar.

60. Thomas pushes a through ball for Hussey to chase onto, but the kettering keeper wins the race to the ball.

61. Thorn makes another seven changes.

67. Phillips crosses from the right to Eastwood, but he heads over the bar.

69. Wilson's cross goes straight tothe keeper.

70. City are certainly having plenty of chances, but they cannot find the target. Phillips gets in a good cross to Jeffers, but once again the ball goes over the bar.

77. Cameron sends over a long ball to Wison who finds Eastwood, but the covering defender took the ball away and cleared.

Cameron goes down after a hard tackle and looks to be injured, but after treatment and some water he is OK to resume.

80. Kettering win a corner.

84. Kettering win a free kick, but it comes to nothing and is easily cleared.

88. Low drive from a Kettering player goes wide.

90. Refree blows for full time and the game ends.

Kettering Town 0 Coventry City 1 (McSheffrey 49)