COVENTRY CITY VERSUS BRADFORD CITY FC
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15TH AT 2PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM, UPTON WAY, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 5QA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 2pm. The game has been designated as City's Kick It Out day. The players will warm up in KIO t-shirts and there will be an anti-racism theme in the Family Zone.
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TRAVEL
Coach from Whte Street at 12noon.
By Car; From The South:Leave the M1 at Junction 15A and take the A43 towards Northampton and you will come to the ground on your right.
From The North:Leave the M1 at Junction 16 and take the A45 towards Northampton and you will come to the ground on your right.
There is a fair sized car park located at the ground, which costs £4. Make sure though that you arrive early as it has been known for it to get full for the more popular games. Parking in the nearby cinema and restaurant car parks is not allowed, and parking there will probably result in your car being given a £60 ticket, or worse still clamped! So make sure that you only use the official football parking provided at the ground.
By Train, Northampton train station is over two miles from the ground, so it is probably best getting a taxi. There is an hourly train service from Coventry.
If you want to walk it: 'Come out of the main station entrance, go across the car park, up the steps and then turn right onto Black Lion Hill. Go over the railway bridge, and straight on along St James' Road. At the HSS Hire outlet (and the handily placed Thomas A. Beckett pub on the opposite corner) turn left onto St James' Mill Road. After about 400 yards turn right at the Fabric Warehouse (opposite Jewson) onto Harvey Reeves Road, which further on becomes Edgar Mobbs Way. After about a mile this road brings you out at Sixfields Stadium,
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ADMISSION
Tickets are available on the day via the booths outside the main stand.
Hospitality: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/coventry_city_v_bradford_city_hospitality_824249/index.shtml
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City face Bradford City for the 24th time in League fixtures on Saturday (weather permitting).
It is six meetings ago that the Sky Blues last beat Bradford City with a 4-0 win at Highfield Road on Sunday December 23rd 2001 in a second tier fixture.
Of the 23 previous matches between the two sides, Coventry City have only won on six occasions with nine draws, the last of which was earlier this season.
The last time City played Bradford City in Coventry, the game was on November 5th 2003 and best remembered for the fireworks coming over Highfield Road being far more entertaining than the 0-0 draw.
A crowd of 11,862 saw the game that night and the City team was:
36 Arphexad, 2 Whing, 4 Konjic, 5 Shaw, 26 Warnock, 6 Safri, 10 McAllister, 17 Doyle, 11 Barrett (9 Adebola 58), 12 Morrell, 8 Suffo SNU 1 Shearer, 7 Pead, 18 Staunton, 20 Davenport.
More head to head http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/next/vs/match/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game against Bradford City on Saturday is Craig Pawson from South Yorkshire.
Craig began refereeing at the age of fourteen and was promoted on to the national list of referees in 2008. His career has been heavily influenced by his father who was a national list assistant referee.
The last Coventry City game that Mr Pawson refereed was the 2-1 defeat at the Ricoh Arena to Stevenage in September 2012.
Other City matches he has refereed are the 3-0 defeat at Ipswich in September 2011, the home FA Cup against Crystal Palace in January 2011, the 2-0 win at Scunthorpe in November 2010 and the 2-1 win over Blackpool in January 2009.
He was fourth official for City's game at Valley Parade earlier this season.
His assistants are Robert Merchant and Constantine Hatzidakis. The Fourth Official is former Walsgrave resident Andre Marnner.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are the favourites to win their League One game on Saturday against Bradford City (weather permitting).
City go into the game which has a 2pm kick off as the evens favourites with Bradford City at 3/1 and the draw priced around 5/2.
If you are having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around before placing any bet in order to get the best odds. You can check the odds being offered by some of the leading bookmakers by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-bradford/winner
Nathan Delfounseo is the favourite to be the first goalscorer at 5/1. More on this: http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-bradford/first-goalscorer
Correct Score: http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-bradford/correct-score
Half-time/Fulltime: http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-bradford/half-time-full-time
All Markets: http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-bradford/half-time-full-time