BARNSLEY FC V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY JANUARY 4TH AT 3PM
AT OAKWELL STADIUM, BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S71 1ET
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm. This is an FA Cup Third Round tie which will go to a replay if level after ninety minutes.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Leaves at 11.30am from White Street Car Park.
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: Adults - £15, Concessions (Over 65s, Under 18s, Students between 18-20yrs) - £10
Under 12s - £5.
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will be the 55th time that Coventry City have played Barnsley.
Of those previous 54 occasions, all of whom have been in the league, City have won 26 and drawn 12, scoring 92 goals to The Tykes 67. In the 27 matches played in Barnsley, City have won seven and drawn six.
Coventry City's record win at Barnsley s a 4-1 win on August 11th 2007. City's heaviest defeat was a 6-2 loss on March 31st 1923.
City last played at Barnsley on October 1st 2011 and went down to a 2-0 defeat. Andy Gray scored both goals
The City team that day was:
City Murphy, Keogh, Cameron, Hussey (Christie 46), Cranie (Bell 48), Clingan, Thomas, Deegan, McSheffrey, Jutkiewicz, O''Donovan (Platt 46). SNU Dunn, McDonald.
Barnsley Steele, Foster, McEveley, Hassell (Wiseman 32), Doyle, Drinkwater, Vaz Te (Park 81), Gray, Butterfield, McNulty. SNU Preece, Addison, Rose
More head to head - http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/barnsley/vs/coventry_city/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's FA Cup Third Round tie at Barnsley FC on Saturday is Carl Boyeson from East Yorkshire.
Carl is a central heating technician who started refereeing on the Hull Sunday League in 1992 and four years later, he was promoted to the National List of assistant referees in 1996. He was appointed to the Natonal List of referees in 2002.
His last City game was the FA Cup Second Round 2-1 win over Morecambe last season and previous City games that he has been in charge of are: the 2-1 defeat at Portsmouth on December 3rd 2011, the home win against Watford on April 2nd 2011, the defeats at home to Preston and away to Barnsley in 2010, the 0-0 draw at Doncaster Rovers in August 2009, the 0-0 home draw against Charlton in April 2009, the 1-0 defeat at Stoke in November 2006 and the 1-0 defeat at Bradford City in December 2003.
This season, he has had 17 games and shown 57 yellow cards and a single red card.
His Assistants are Matthew Bristow & Paul Graham. The Fourth Official is Richard Wigglesworth
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers have Coventry City as the under-dogs for their FA Cup Third Round game at Barnsley on Saturday.
City are priced at 2/1 to win with Barnsley priced at 5/4. If you fancy the draw, you can get odds of around 11/5.
If you are planning on having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing your bet.
You can check the odds by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/fa-cup/barnsley-v-coventry/winner
Chris O'Grady is favourite to score the first goal at 4/1 ahead of Leon Clarke and Callum Wilson. In light of former players scoring recently against the Sky Blues, you can get 7/1 on Chris Dagnall scoring for Barnsley against City. http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/fa-cup/barnsley-v-coventry/first-goalscorer
Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/fa-cup/barnsley-v-coventry/correct-score
All markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/fa-cup/barnsley-v-coventry/betting-markets