Sky Blues On The Road - Bristol City

MATCH DETAILS
Kick off is at 3pm. Tickets are £23 for adults, Over 60 £18 , U16 £13, Disabled £13. You can pay on the gate. The away end holds 3,000.
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WEATHER
A cloudy day with a high of nine degrees.
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THE LAST TIME
This will be the 52nd meeting of the two sides. Coventry have won eighteen occasions with nineteen draws. The Sky Blues have scored 81 goals compared to Bristol City' 73 .

City drew 3-3 in the FA Cup Third Round at Ashton Gate last season. The last time City played at Ashton Gate in a league game was on October 17th 1979 with the Robins winning 1-0. The season before,Coventry were beaten 5-0.

In 1934,City beat Bristol City 9-0 which remains one of their heaviest ever defeats.

Earlier in the season, City were beaten 3-0 at the Ricoh Arena Michael McIndoe, a Dimi own goal and a stoppage time goal from Darren Byfield were the goalscorers.
__________________________________________________________________ THE MATCH OFFICIALS
The referee is P.Taylor. His assistants are G A Beale and R S Ganfield. The Fourth Official is S P Snartt.

Hertfordshire based Mr Taylor has 21 games this season and has shown sixty yellow cards and three red. He did not caution anyone in his last game between Tranmere and Cheltenham on Saturday.
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TRAVEL

Coach
Adults £22,Sen Cit/Junior £19, Adult ST £17,Concession ST/JSB/Disabled £11. Coaches leave the Arena at 11am

By Road Leave the M5 motorway at junction 18, travel along the Portway (A4) following the signs for Bristol Airport/Taunton (A38). Over the swing bridge (Brunel Way), branching left into Winterstoke Road, and left again at Cruickshanks Mercedes Garage for Ashton Gate.

Street parking is limited so please arrive early and adhere to parking restrictions. Alternatively call Youcanpark Ltd on 0871 200 3261 to pre-book limited secure parking (at BS3 2HA) and near the stadium for £3.50 per car.

By Air Only ten minutes, by car from Bristol International Airport. Call 01275 474444 for flight times.

By Rail Only five minutes by car from Bristol Temple Meads railway station. For information on train times please call the National Railway Enquiry Services on 08457 484950.

By Bus Buses are supplied by Abus 'Service A' which costs a flat rate of 50p. The buses pick-up one hour before kick-off from the following places - Temple Meads, Old Market (Temple Way), Haymarket, Centre, Anchor Road, Hotwells. The buses return to all those destinations after the match, leaving from Ashton Road, by the Greville Smyth Park.

CITY2003'S GUIDE TO ASHTON GATE
Firstly hope as many of as possible can make the trip to Bristol.
Be prepared to be searched by the stewards.
no booze is sold inside the ground
regarding the food outlet in the ground its crap, staffed by agency staff whose purpose is to do as little as possible
KFC can be seen from the away end(two minutes walk, honest) and sainsburys store is five minutes
with restaurant
If you can buy yer tickets in advance you can get the discounts
If you want to buy your tickets in advance please don't ring the Bristol City premium rate phone number.
The club charges for credit card bookings and also charges a pound if you want the tickets sent to your home
best advice is send a cheque for the amount and pick up tickets on the day
If you are one of those fans who like to keep ticket stubs of your away games no ticket stubs are issued at the turnstiles
either book the tickets in advance as suggested or purchase from the Bristol city ticket office on the day
If you are bringing young ones to the game and they still
"look young" speak to the chief steward before handing over money
No "unkind" comments please
If you are coming by road use M5 southbound to junction 18(avonmouth) then follow signs A4 bristol airport
It looks the long way round but traffic in central Bristol
is awfull
If you are coming by train thier is a local service to parson street which will take you two thirds of the way to the ground
departure time from Bristol temple meads XX:50 past the hour
public transport to the ground is not a lot of cop
The ground is designated not smoking, but thier always seems to be a lot of fag ends between the toilet block and the catering block!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bristol City produce a match day DVD of all home games
with full commentry cost twelve quid,not sure of the postal charges
Casualty and Hobly City are filmed in the City don't ask me about either of the programmes cos I think thier both crap
Finally the block of flats on the right hand side as you are in the away end is "the" block of flats in "fools and horses"
The market scene where the footballers manaquins are cut into the wall are at the away end of the ground in the club car park
Bring yer camera and turn up early if you wanna take any photo's
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TEAM NEWS
Kevin Kyle is suspended for the third and final game but Leon Best is back after serving a one game suspension. Jay Tabb is doubtful with an ankle injury as is Julian Gray who has a calf injury. David McNamee is out along with Michael Hughes and Leon McKenzie.

Liam Fontaine is avaialble for Bristol City after suspension and Gary Johnson could recall Enoch Showunmi or Lee Trundle