BARNSLEY FC V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST AT 3PM
AT OAKWELL STADIUM, BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S71 1ET
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Coaches depart from the Ricoh Arena, Car Park C at 11am and are priced at £18 per person.
Leave M1 at Junction 37 and follow the signs for Barnsley FC.
Barnsley railway station is about a ten minute walk away. This station is served by trains running between Sheffield & Leeds.
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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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced at £23 for adults. Concessions (65 plus, students aged 18-24 with valid NUS and ID, 12-17 year olds) - £13, Under 12's -£6 (These must be purchased in advance with a full adult or senior)
There are a limited number of Wheelchair and Ambulant Disabled ticket available. These can only be purchased in person at the Ricoh Arena Superstore or by calling 0844 873 1883 option 2.
Any tickets not collected by 10am on the 1st October will be sent on the supporters coaches to be collected from Oakwell.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 53rd game between the two sides. City have won 25 of those matches and drawn 15 scoring goals 91 compared to 65.
Oakwell has always been considered a lucky ground for the Sky Blues whose only defeat in recent time came back in January when they lost 2-1.
The teams that day were:
Team
Westwood, Keogh, McPake (Cranie 11), Cameron, Wood, Doyle, Gunnarsson, McSheffrey, Carsley, Platt, Eastwood. SNU Ireland, Thomas, Baker, O'Donovan, Bell, Jutkiewicz
Barnsley
Steele, Hassell, Foster, Shackell, Hill, Trippier, N.Doyle, Arismendi, Hamill, Lovre (Gray 76), O'Connor (Butterfield 83) SNU Preece, O'Brien, Neumann,Colace, Bennett
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's away Championship game at Barnsley is Geoff Eltringham from Sunderland.
Mr Eltringham got into refereeing thanks to a work colleague. He had packed up playing after leaving secondary school but wanted to remain in football and thought refereeing was the best way to do that.
This is his fourth season on the list. So far this season, he has had eight matches, one of which was a Championship game and shown twenty yellow cards and two red.
His only previous Coventry City match was the 2-1 defeat at Preston North End last season.
His assistants are Richard Bartlett from Cheshire and Chris Kavanagh from Lancashire . Fourth official is Steve Ross from Lincolnshire.
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