Coming To Cov - Swansea City

Season ticket holders can bring an adult for £10 each or £5 for a concession. Swansea have an allocation of 1,021 and their supporters can pay on the gate. Tickets are priced at £25 for adults.
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RADIO
Sky Blue World will have the game and for those in the BBC Coventry & Warwickshire reception area, you can also listen to the game on the radio.
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PROGRAMME
Programme is £3.
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WEATHER
Kick off time temperature is expected to be around one degree.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 22nd meeting of the two sides with Coventry having won 12 of those games. There have been four draws. City have scored 45 goals compared to Swansea's 43.

Head to Head http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp

Last League game 22/01/83 City 0-0 Swansea.
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THE MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently scheduled referee for this Championship game is M.Haywood.

Mr Haywood has had seventeen matches this season,issuing twenty yellow cards and three red in his third season on the Football League list. His last game was Peterborough's 2-1 victory against Colchester. Three players were booked in that game including former Sky Blue Jonnie Jackson.

This will be his first City and Swansea game.

Assistants are M.McLaughlin and M.A.Naylor. The Fourth Official is G.J.Sutton
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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.

Parking: Car parking is extremely restricted around the ground. Car Park season ticket holders can use Car Parks A,B or C.

Park And Ride
The new park and ride site will be located at Coventry Airport in Siskin Drive and replaces the one at Whitley. It will cost £7.50 to pre-book and £8 on the day to park at Coventry Airport on match days.

Parking at the two park and walk sites at Christ the King Football Club in Wheelwright Lane and Wayside Business Park in Wilsons Lane won't be affected. 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.

804/805
De Courcey will be running both buses.

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/

AWAY SUPPORTERS PARKING
Car parking around the Ricoh Arena is strictly limited.
http://www.ricohparking.co.uk
However, there is a designated away supporters car park, situated around five minutes walk away from the ground. The car park is secure and cost is £5 - but spaces are limited to just 100.

Directions: M6 to junction 3. Take 3rd exit if coming from north or 1st exit if travelling from the south. At the 2nd roundabout, take the 2nd exit, under the railway bridge, through the first set of traffic lights, and pass the pedestrian lights. At the next set of lights, turn right into Blackburn Road and the car park is at the top of the road.

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.
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CASHLESS SYSTEM
Cash is no longer taken in the home concourses for refreshments. Those attending on a match by match basis can get a top up card.

In order to buy any refreshments, season ticket cards will need to be topped up either on-line or from one of the lime green clad staff. The minimum top up is £5
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BETTING ODDS
The Sky Blues are 6/5 to win with Swansea 2/1 . You can get 9/4 on a draw.
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TEAM NEWS
Aron Gunnarsson is back after suspension and Jay Tabb should return after over-coming a bout of flu. Robbie Simpson had stitches in a gashed ankle and is Chris Coleman's major worry.

Ferrie Bodie and Leon Britton are both out for Swansea. Dorus De Vries will replace Dimi Konstantopolous who is not allowed to play against City as part of his loan conditions.
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ON THE GAME
Chris Coleman said to the CT: "I am Swansea born and bred and Swansea is the team I supported as a boy. They have always been the next result I look for and at the moment they are doing very well.

"For me, they have the brightest young manager outside the Premier League in Roberto Martinez. "I like the way he plays his football - they have that foreign edge with the way they pass it and the 4-3-3 formation they play and he is doing things the right way, so thingslook good for Swansea.

"But when we play Swansea, it will be just another team for me and an obstacle in my way."
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