City V Carlisle Likely To Be Moved

Last updated : 05 January 2014 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry City's League One game against Carlisle United is likely to be moved.

The game is due to be played on Thursday January 23rd at Sixfields but with City have qualified for the Fourth Round of the FA Cup which is scheduled to take placed on the weekend of January 25th/26th, the Carlisle game is likely to be moved, probably to the Tuesday 21st or Wednesday 22nd.

There is no worry if City are drawn to play at Sixfields in the FA Cup Fourth Round on January 25th. Northampton Town were due to be at home in a League Two fixture but their opponents Southend United are through to the Fourth Round after beating Millwall 4-1 and this league game will now be postponed and re-arranged for a new date.

Rule on clubs groundsharing in the FA Cup:

"Clubs with ground sharing agreements must arrange for ties to be played on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. If a clash of fixtures occurs with the sharing club or other sport, if for any reason a tie is unable to be played on the ground of the first drawn club on a Saturday, the tie must be played on either the day before, i.e. on Friday, or the day after, i.e. on Sunday on the ground of the first drawn club. If clubs are unable to agree on the date, then it will be played on the Sunday, unless the Council decides otherwise. The decision of the
Council shall be final and binding."