Coming To Coventry - Watford

The Coventry City Suporters Club Irish Branch will be making their Player Of The Year presentation after the game. Coventry City Ladies will receive their Midland Combination title on the pitch.

City's annual kit launch takes place at half-time
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Commentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM as well as the radio stations covering Wednesday.
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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.

Engineering Works
If you are travelling by train, please note that replacement buses run between Birmingham New Street - Coventry - Northampton, Birmingham-Coventry - Leamington Spa and Nuneaton-Coventry.

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 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).

Tickets bought on the day of a game are up to £4 dearer than those bought more than 24 hours in advance. _______________________________________________________________
THE LAST TIME
This is the 76th league and cup match between the two sides. City have won 27and drawn 12. They have scored 105 goals compared to Watford's 124.

Back in September, City won 3-2 at Vicarage Road. The corresponding fixture last season produced a 3-2 defeat for City who led 2-0 at the Ricoh Arena.

The teams that day were:

City
Westwood, Osbourne (Grandison 90), Ward (McPake 46), Hall, Fox, Simpson (Cain 76), Gunnarsson, Doyle, Eastwood, Morrison. SNU: Ireland,Thornton

Watford
Loach, Mariappa, Demerit, Williamson, Doyley, McAnuff, Cork, Jenkins (Rose 65), Smith, Priskin (Cauna 89), Rasiak. SNU: Lee,Stepanov,Harley
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for this fixture is Mark Halsey from Bolton.

Mr Halsey is making a welcome return this season to refereeing after beating cancer. He took charge of Everton's 6-1 home defeat to Arsenal on the opening day of the Premier League season, a day before being diagnosed with throat cancer. After chemo and radiotherapy, he came back and his first game back was a reserve game between Leicester and Scunthorpe at Hinckley, before taking charge of Port Vale's 2-1 win at Rotherham United.

He has had three further Football League games this season and has shown seven yellow cards and no reds.

Mr Halsey's last City game was the 5-0 home FA Cup defeat to West Brom in February 2008. Previous games include the 2-0 victory at Manchester United in the League Cup in September 2007, the 1-0 win at Barnsley in October 2006, the 1-0 home defeat to Plymouth in September 2006, the 2-2 home draw with Charlton in February 2001, the 1-0 home win against Everton in March 2000 and the 1-1 away draw at Wimbledon in Aug 1999,

His assistants are Stephen Artis from Norfolk and Rob Pollock from Merseyside. The fourth Official is A. Bates from Staffordshire. ____________________________________________________________________
BETTING ODDS
See http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/coventry-v-watford/win-market