City's First League Visit To Proact Stadium

Last updated : 09 March 2015 By Covsupport News Service

Saturday will see Coventry City travelling to the Proact Stadium at Chesterfield for the first time in a league match.

City have played at Saltergate before, winning three times, drawing twice and losing on six occasions, scoring sixteen goals to Chesterfield’s 24.

The last time City played at Saltergate in a league tie they were beaten 4-1 in October 1959.

The Sky Blues have played once at what is now the Proact Stadium. It was the B2net Stadium on July 26th 2011.when City grabbed a 2-2 draw thanks to a late Lukas Jutkiewicz goal after a brace from Dean Morgan had cancelled out Chris Hussey’s goal.

The teams that night were:

TEAM: Murphy, Christie, Keogh, Wood, Hussey, Clingan, Bell, Thomas 54, Jutkiewicz (Jeffers 60), McSheffrey, Eastwood (O’Donovan 72) SNU Dunn, Jeffers, Wilson, Cameron.  

Chesterfield: Lee, Talbot (Dariwka 84), Ford (Lowry 57), Mattis (Downes 57), Smith, Ricketts (Niven 57), Randall (Holden 57), Abbott (Clay 65), Whitaker, Bowery, Morgan (Boden 76)