Coming To Cov - Nottingham Forest

A minute's applause before kick off will be held to remember City supporter Graham Beal who was killed coming back from Bristol City on Saturday.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Commentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM as well as the radio stations covering Forest.
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TRAVEL
By car: Leave the M6 at junction 3. Take the A444 towards the City centre and at the first island go left and you will see the Ricoh Arena on your right.

By rail: For all train information call National Rail Enquiries on: 08457 48 49 50, but be warned Coventry station is a £10+ taxi ride away. Take the 27 bus from the train station get off at Pool Meadow bus station and catch the 4 or 5 service. Or go out of doors and over the road by Sainsburys and get the 20, getting off the by Tescos.

The normal Park And Ride services will be operational.

Parking: Car parking is extremely restricted around the ground.

City supporters can now pay on the day to park at the Ricoh Arena before Coventry City home games. £10 will be charged to park in Car Park A and C with £7 for Car Park B.

Parking places are subject to availability and motorists will not be allowed to leave the car parks A & B for twenty minutes after the final whistle.

Park And Ride

The park and ride site is at The Oak Pub in Baginton near to Coventry Airport. I

Parking at the two park and walk sites at Christ the King Football Club in Wheelwright Lane and St Finbarrs and Wayside Business Park in Wilsons Lane. Vehicles can park there for £5.50 per game.

For further information or to buy tickets at any the three sites log on to http://www.ricoharena.com/ or telephone 08444 121 747.

Coaches From Rugby.
The Avon mill are running the coach travel to all home games this season again anyone interested please contact Mac on 01788 542815 or email avon.mill@yahoo.co.uk £4 per person per game.

Coaches From Kenilworth For details please contact harry.bragginton@btinternet.com

Travel From London for Members of CCLSC http://www.cclsc.co.uk/

Street parking outside the exclusion zone is also available if you are prepared to walk.

AWAY SUPPORTERS PUB
The Lord Raglan,Coventry Rd,Exhall,Coventry,CV7 9EZ Telephone 02476734008 or 07747115478.Opens 11am every day,very large car park for coaches etc.Free car park for people who go into the pub.Less than 10 mins walk to the ground.Exit J3 M6 Follow signs for Bayton Rd Ind Est just 2 mins off the motorway.

SAT NAV
Some car satellite navigation systems have not been updated to show Coventry City FC as playing at the Ricoh Arena. Those visiting the ground for the first time are advised to enter "Phoenix Way" and the post code "CV6 6GE" instead.

BUS
The 101 service should be running for this game. The 804/805 De Courcey services are.
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ADMISSION
Tickets can be obtained via the ticket office at the Ricoh Arena, the outlets at Coventry Cathedral or in City Central or by calling 0844 873 1883 (option 1).

Prices rise for tickets bought on the day so get once in advance if possible.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 87th game between the two sides. City have won only 17 and drawn 28. They have scored 95 goals compared to Forest's 111.

Earlier in the season, City lost 2-0 at the City Ground. In the corresponding fixture last season, the match finished in a 2-2 draw. In front of a crowd of 17,542, Elliott Ward had City ahead after 75 seconds before Robbie Earnshaw equalised in the 26th minute. Clinton Morrison, fired City back in front two minutes later but a Joe Garner goal in the 61st minute earned Forest a share of the points.

The teams that day were:

City
Westwood, Gunnarsson, Ward, Turner, Hall, Mifsud, Beuzelin, Doyle (Simpson 73),Tabb, Eastwood (Best 75), Morrison SNU Marshall, Clarke, Wynter

Forest
Camp, Maloney (Chambers 86), Wilson, Morgan, Lynch, Anderson, McGugan (Newbold 88), Cohen, Perch, Earnshaw (McCleary 75), Garner. SNU Smith, Thornhill.
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MATCH OFFICIALS

The currently appointed referee for this fixture is Tony Bates from Staffordshire.

Mr Bates has been a qualified referee since 1983 and works in the pottery industry. He was an assistant official for matches during Euro 96 and in the same year, he was promoted to the referees list.

He has had 20 matches so far this season, issuing 52 yellow cards and one red. He had three City games last season. They were the 3-2 League Cup defeat to Newcastle United, the 1-0 win at Brimingham City and the 2-0 home defeat to Cardiff City. The season before, he was in charge for City's 2-1 win at QPR and the 2-0 defeat at Burnley.

Assistants are A.E Fearn & William Smallwood from Cheshire. The Fourth Official is Mark Heywood from Cheshire.
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BETTING ODDS
See http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/coventry-v-nottm-forest/win-market
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