City Drawn Away To Pompey In FA Cup

Coventry City have been drawn away to Portsmouth in the FA Cup 3rd Round.

The Sky Blues have played Portsmouth, who are currently bottom of the Premiership, four times in the FA Cup before and have won two and drawn two matches.

The match will take place on the weekend of Jaunary 2nd 2010 and full match/ticket details will appear on this site as soon as they are announced.

City were ball number 12 in the draw made by 2018 World Cup Bid Ambassadors Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave and England Women's International Kelly Smith at Wembley.

If Coventry City are one of the televised matches, they will get £144,000 for a live broadcast, £72,000 for a live replay broadcast and £6,750 for highlights.

If City win their third round tie, they will receive £67,500.

This afternoon, Conference side Kettering Town who fielded former Sky Blue Richie Partridge drew 1-1 with League One Leeds United who included Michael Doyle in their side. Nuneaton born Ian Roper put The Poppies ahead before Jermaine Beckford equalised.

Fratton Park has a capacity of 20,200 and City should get at least 3,000 tickets for the game.

Drections to Fratton Park

PORTSMOUTH V COVENTRY CITY FA CUP 3
SATURDAY JANUARY 2ND AT 3PM (TBC)
AT FRATTON PARK, FROGMORE ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO4 8RA

By Car
From the west/midlands:
Continue along the M27 eastbound (ignoring the M275 turn off for Portsmouth city centre) on to the A27. At the junction with the A2030 turn right towards Southsea/Fratton. Continue along the A2030 and eventually you will see the ground in front of you.

From the M25:
Continue along the A3 southbound, which becomes the A3(M) and then joins the A27 westbound. At the junction with the A2030 turn left towards Southsea/Fratton. Continue along the A2030 and eventually you will see the ground in front of you.

From the east (Sussex):
Continue along the A27 westbound. At the junction with the A2030 turn left towards Southsea/Fratton. Continue along the A2030 and eventually you will see the ground in front of you.

There is limited parking around Fratton Park.

By Rail:
Once at Fratton Station, exit via the footbridge and turn left onto Goldsmith Avenue. Continue along for approximately half a mile and Frogmore Road is on your left. Fratton Park is situated at the bottom.