Coming To Coventry - Ipswich Town
Last updated : 29 December 2010 By Covsupport News Service
COVENTRY CITY V IPSWICH TOWN
SATURDAY JANUARY 1ST AT 3PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm. Goals will be on the Football League Show at 11.50pm.
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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.
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.
Street parking outside the exclusion zone is also available if you are prepared to walk.
Bus From Christ The King
This will be a return service and will cost £3.50 Adults // £2 under 16's and £5 Family Ticket (one adult//one under 16). Tickets will be available from behind the bar
Also the link to the facebook page is
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sky-Blue-Express-Coventry/159999280702510.
Coaches From Kenilworth For details please contact
harry.bragginton@btinternet.comTravel From London for Members of CCLSC
http://www.cclsc.co.uk/ 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.
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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.
Coventry City are offering a deal whereby six tickets for a game can be bought for £60.
Two children's tickets are included in the package which is available for the Ipswich Town game. Seats are in the Main Stand (Lloyds Pharmacy Stand). This package can be bought at both the ticket office at the Ricoh Arena and City Central in Sherbourne Arcade, Lower Precinct in Town or by calling 0844 873 1883. More information:
http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~2241072,00.html
City won 2-1 at Portman Road earlier in the season and in the corresponding fixture last season won by the same score, thanks to a brace from Clinton Morrison, watched by a crowd of 16,279.
The teams that Sunday were:
City Westwood, Osbourne, S.Wright, Turner, van Aanholt, Bell (Clarke 62), McIndoe (Ward 82), Gunnarsson, Clingan, Morrison, Best (Eastwood 61). SNU Konstantopolous, Grandison, Jeffers. Cain
Ipswich R.Wright, Bruce, Blakestein, McAuley, Delaney, Walter, Norris (Gervan 55), Peters (Priskin 65), Stead (Wickman 65), Martin, Trotter. SNU Supple, D.Wright, Smith, Colback.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship fixture against Ipswich Town is Russell Booth of Nottinghamshire.
Mr Booth started refereeing in 1984 in Mansfield and he got into refereeing due to not wanting to play on Saturday and Sundays but still wanted to be part of the game. He joined the Assistant Referees list in 1998. Six years later, he was promoted to the National Referees list.
This will be his fifth Championship game of the season. He has had 11 matches so far and shown 23 yellow cards and one red.
His last City game was the 1-0 win at Peterborough last season and he was the referee the last time Ipswich visited the Ricoh Arena in August 2009 when a brace from Clinton Morrison gave City a 2-1 win.
Previous City matches are: the 3-2 home defeat to Watford in April 2009 and the 3-2 defeat at Preston in February 2005.
His assistants are Andy Hendley from Birmingham & Dave Plowright from Nottinghamshire. The Fourth Official is Steve Martin from Staffordshire.
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BETTING ODDS
If you are thinking of having a bet on Coventry City's Championship game against Ipswich on Saturday, shop around for the best odds.
You can check some of the odds being offered by various bookmakers by clicking on:
