Coming To Coventry - Derby County
Last updated : 20 August 2010 By Covsupport News Service
COVENTRY CITY V DERBY COUNTY
SATURDAY AUGUST 7TH AT 12.15PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 12.15pm.
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MEDIA COVERAGECommentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM as well as the radio stations covering Derby.
This game is live on Sky Sports 2. The goals will be on the Football League Show.
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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
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.
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 Kenilworth For details please contact
harry.bragginton@btinternet.comTravel 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).
Tickets bought on the day of a game will rise in advance so get your tickets before wherever possible. _______________________________________________________________
THE LAST TIME
This is the 76th league and cup match between the two sides. City have won 26 and drawn 31 . They have scored 94 goals compared to Derby's 96.
The last game between the two side was at the Ricoh Arena on April 3rd 2010 and saw a 1-0 win for Derby with Shaun Barker scoring the only goal of the game in the 19th minute.
The teams on that day were:
Team Westwood, Wright, Cranie (Hussey 68), Barnett, Wood, Deegan (Sears 78), Clingan, Gunnarsson (Bell 65), Baker, Stead, Morrison. SNU Jeffers, Konstantoplous, Hall, McPake
Derby Bywater, McEveley, Green, Leacock (Hunt 46), Savage, Hulse (Davies 83), Porter, Barker, Pearson, Tonge (Teale 87), Anderson. SNU Deeney, Martin, Cywka, Sunu
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for this fixture is Eddie Ilderton from Tyne & Wear.
Mr Ilderton has refereed Coventry City Ladies matches on his way to the National League list which he joined in 2002.
He had had two games so far this season. Sheffied Wednesday's 2-0 win against Dagenham and Bradford's League Cup victory victory over Nottingham Forest.
His last City game was the 3-1 home defeat to Reading on October 31st 2009.
Previous games are: City's 2-1 home defeat to Burnley in which he sent off Kevin Kyle in January 2008, a 1-1 draw at Derby on April 9th 2007, the 2-0 home win against Wolves in January 2006 and the 3-1 home defeat by Cardiff in October 2003,
His assistants are Tony Horton from Wolverhampton and Mick McLoughlin from Newcastle Upon Tyne. The fourth Official is Chris Sarginson from Staffordshire. ____________________________________________________________________
BETTING ODDS
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