The Ricoh Arena are to stage two games in direct competition to Coventry City's opening two 'home' matches of the season.
The Ricoh Arena is staging a game between a Coventry Former Players team and a Midland Former Players Team on Sunday August 11th at 2pm in direct competion to the Sky Blues League One game against Bristol City at Northampton Town FC.
Admission for the game at the Ricoh Arena is £5 a ticket and all proceeds to charity.
Tickets will be available via the Ricoh ticket office open from Thursday and also on-line.
On Sunday August 25th, whilst Coventry City are playing Gillingham at Sixfields, Coventry City Ladies will be playing at the Ricoh Arena in the WPL Southern League, a division they have been relegated into, through an inital lack of support from SISU and CCFC over the years, amongst other a host of other reasons, in their opening game of the season against Lewes.