Sky Blues On The Road - Barnsley

Last updated : 14 August 2008 By Covsupport News Service

BARNSLEY FC V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY AUGUST 16TH AT 3PM
AT OAKWELL STADIUM, BARNSLEY,SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S71 1ET
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off is at 3pm
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TICKETS
Tickets are at £20 for adults and Over 60's £12, Under 18's £12, Under 11's £6. Not many tickets are left in the allocation of 1,000.
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WEATHER
Light rain with a temperature of eighteen degrees is forecast
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 47th meeting of the two sides with Coventry having won 21 of those games including 4-1 at Oakwell last season followed by a 4-0 win at the Arena. There have been fourteen draws. City have scored 79 goals compared to Barnsley's 60.
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THE MATCH OFFICIALS
The referee for this Championship game is Mr S.J.Bratt.

Mr Bratt is from Birmingham and was in charge of Aldershot's 1-0 win at Accrington last Saturday. He was in charge of City's 2-1 defeat at Scunthorpe last season.

Assistants are G.Mellor & AC Newall. Fourth Official is P.Simpson
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Departs Arena at 11am

Adults £23,senior citzen.junior £20, adult season ticket holder £17 Concession ticket holder/JSB/Disabled £12

BY Car
Leave M1 at Junction 37 and follow the A628 and signs for Barnsley FC.

By Train
Barnsley railway station is about a ten minute walk away. This station is served by trains running between Sheffield & Leeds.

9.23 from Cov, change at Birmingham New Street, for 10.03. Change at Shefifeld for 11.36 to Barnsley. OR 10.23 from Cov, change at Sheffield for 12.36 arrive at Barnsley at 1pm.

Back Dep Barnsley 18.01 change at Sheffield for 18.53 to Cov, arriving at 20.23.

Check for engineering works before booking any train travel.

From the train station turn left away from the town centre and head towards the bridge that the dual-carriageway runs over. Go under the bridge and turn left up the slip road and then take the first road on the right and head towards the Metro Dome leisure complex at the top of the hill. Oakwell is now clearly visible.
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BETTING ODDS
The Sky Blues are 7/4 to win with Barnsley 6/4 . You can get 2/1 on a draw.
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TEAM NEWS
Chris Coleman has a selection headache with midfielders Jay Tabb, Julian Gray.Michael Doyle and Leon McKenzie all vying to take the places of Michael Mifsud and Robbie Simpson who played against Aldershot. Keeper Keiran Westwood should be back in goal with Elliott Ward back in defence.

Mournir El Haimour is unlikely to feature for Simon Davey's side after being sidelined with a calf problem along with Jamal Cambell Ryce and Marciano Van Homoet. Bobby Hassall will have a late fitness test.
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ON THE GAME
Barnsley boss Simon Davey said to BBC Radio Sheffield: "I am confident that we've got enough in our group to take three points but we have to ensure the likes of Freddy Eastwood and Clinton Morrison don't get too many chances.

"We need to win the game, everybody has a part to play and if you look at our two previous games we need to score more goals and we need to finish our chances."
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