Sky Blues On The Road- Cardiff City

WHO ARE THEY?
Formed out of the Riverside Cricket club in 1899, Cardiff was awarded City status in 1905 and Riverside were granted permission to call themselves Cardiff City in 1908. They turned professional in 1910. They are the only club outside England to have won the FA Cup (in 1927) and have won the Welsh Cup some 22 times.

A number of former Cardiff managers will be well known to City supporters. Terry Yorath,Phil Neal,Bobby Gould,Alan Cork and current boss David Jones have all played for or been involved with the Sky Blues.
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THEIR WEBSITE
http://www.cardiffcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10335,00.html
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off is at 3pm. Tickets are priced at £23 for adults, £15 concessions for seats. Standing is one pound cheaper for adults and the same price for concessions.

You can get a drink inside the ground if you dont fancy the walk up to Cardiff City centre. Pre-game, Cardiff usually play music from the City or town of their opponents, so expect to hear tracks by The Enemy as well as The Specials. "Coventry" by The Business went down well amongst some of the City support when it was played.

The stewards and police are well organised with a friendly nature.
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THE LAST TIME
This will be the 39th game between the two sides. City have won seventeen times with eight draws. The last game at Ninian Park between the two sides saw a 1-0 victory for Cardiff with Michael Chopra scoring the only goal of the game. Back in February, the sides drew 2-2 at the Arena.
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The referee is R.L Shoebridge with his assistants N.Radford and N.G.West. The fourth official is S.C.Knapp. Mr Sloebridge has not been in charge of a Coventry game before.
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TRAVEL
CCFC Coach Travel - Adults £20, Senior Citizen/Junior £17, Adult Season Ticket Holder £15, Concession Season Ticket Holder/JSB/Disabled £10. Coaches depart the Ricoh Arena at 11am.

M4. Exit at junction 33 and follow Penarth (A4232) signs. After six miles,take the B4267 to Ninian Park. Car Park opposite the ground.

Train station - Cardiff Central one mile. 09.30/10.30 from Coventry, change at Birmingham and Bristol Temple Meads.

Return Dep Cardiff 17.25 arrive Cov 20.45 change at Bristol and Birmingham. Buses will replace trains from Cov to Birmingham due to engineering works.
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TEAM NEWS
Iain Dowie will be without. Michael Hughes,Colin Hawkins,Robert Page,David McNamee and Kevin Thornton. The only decision for David Jones will be whether to play his two fifteen grand a week strikers in Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Robbie Fowler who sat out Cardiff's 2-0 win at QPR last Saturday.
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ON THE GAME
Iain Dowie said to the CT: "We have worked on one or two things we feel we need to develop. "Some of our quick, incisive play created us chances, but there weren't enough. "We are in good spirits, we are undefeated and go to a tough place in Ninian Park where we have to try to keep that going. "I have a team in my mind and Dave McNamee's injury clarifies that a bit.

"But we have got massive pressure up front and people need to perform. "We are going there expecting to get a result.

"We are scoring goals and could have got a few more last week had we been a bit more on the move rather than standing waiting, we might have got the winner. "We are not going there to shut up shop. "I want to defend properly and I want a clean sheet, but we are going there to play."

Elliott Ward told Sky Blue World: "It's going to be a really good test for us. "They have brought two Premiership class strikers over the summer but we'll go there in great spirits and hopefully come away with a result.

"I know a little bit about Robbie Fowler because I've played against him once before when he was still at Liverpool - I managed to keep him pretty quiet that day and he didn't score. "I've not played against Hasselbaink, but the manager knows all about him from his time at Charlton and it's a challenge I'm looking forward to should he play. As a defender you always want to be up against the best forwards.

The centre half added: "They are going to be very important for Cardiff this season but even if neither plays on Saturday they still have a very strong side. "Dave Jones likes them to play attacking football, especially at home but I think that will suit us."Ninian Park is a tough place to go because the crowd seem right on top of you. "Every game I've played there has been a tight affair and I don't expect Saturday to be any different."