Coming To Coventry - Middesbrough
Last updated : 10 April 2011 By Covsupport News Service
COVENTRY CITY V MIDDLESBROUGH
SATURDAY DECEMBER 4TH AT 3PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Commentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM as well as the radio stations covering Middlesbrough. The goals will be on the Football League Show on BBC1 at 11.40pm.
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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.
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.
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 league game between the two sides produced a 1-1 draw at the Riverside Stadium on April 24th. But the last match between the two sides at the Ricoh Arena saw Coventry come back from goals scored by Sean St Ledger and Rhys Williams with a strong second half performance. Clinton Morrison reduced the arrears and in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Leon Best grabbed an equaliser in front of a crowd of 16,771.
The teams that day were:
Team Westwood, Clarke, Turner (Ward 76), Wright, Hall (van Aanholt 46), Clingan, Osbourne (Gunnarsson 46), Cork, McIndoe, Best, Morrison SNU Konstanopolous, Eastwood, Cranie, Cain
Middlesbrough Jones, Hoyte, O'Neill, Williams, Bennett, Arca, Johnson (Yeates 73), Wheater (Gounds 63), St Ledger, Aliadiere, Emnes (Lita 52)
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship fixture against Middlesbrough at the Ricoh Arena is Dean Whitestone from Northampton.
Dean, the son of a Class One Referee, started his refereeing career in the United Counties and Southern League before he was appointed to the National List of Assistant Referees in 2001 and then the Referees List midway through the 2005-06 season.
This will be his 18th game of the season (Five Championship games so far including Middlesbrough's 1-0 win over Sheffield United and he has shown 48 yellow cards and six red. This will be the 28th Championship game of his career.
His last City game was the 1-1 draw against Blackpool on January 30th 2010. Other City games he has been in charge of are; the 2-1 win at Northampton Town in a Jackson Grundy Cup game in July 2009, the 2-1 win at Charlton on December 9th 2008, the 1-0 home win over QPR on September 20th 2008, the 1-1 home draw with Southend on December 30th 2006,
His assistants are Amy Fearn from Leicestershire & Richard Kendall from Bedfordshire The Fourth Official is Marc Perry from the West Midlands.
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BETTING ODDS
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