Sky Blues On The Road - Cardiff City
Last updated : 24 December 2010 By Covsupport News Service
CARDIFF CITY V COVENTRY CITY
SUNDAY DECEMBER 26TH AT 3PM
AT CARDIFF CITY STADIUM, LECKWITH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8AZ
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach costs £17 and leaves the Ricoh Arena at 10.30am
Sky Blue Army Coach: For more details, please call Dave on 07919 662919.
BY Car
M42, M5,M50, A449 to M4. Exit at junction 33 and follow Penarth (A4232) signs. After six miles,take the B4267 turn off which is sign-posted Cardiff City Stadium. Follow the slip road, turning first left at the roundabout. The stadium is then on your right hand side, taking the right hand turn at the second set of traffic lights. Please follow the appropriate signage for your designated parking space.
Train station - Cardiff Central one mile but as it is Boxing Day, no trains are running.
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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced at £26 for adults with £15 for concessions. Ambulant disabled supporters' tickets are priced at the relevant age bands and wheelchair-using supporters' tickets are priced at £18 for adults, £10 for senior citizens (over 60) and £5 for under 16s. All disabled supporters' tickets can only be booked by visiting the ticket office at the Ricoh Arena in person or by calling 0844 873 1883.
THIS MATCH IS ALL TICKET
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THE LAST TIME
Boxing Day will be the 46th time that Coventry City and Cardiff City have met in league and cup matches. The Sky Blues have won on 18 occasions with 9 draws and have scored 69 goals compared to Cardiff's 68.
The last game between the two sides was back in October at the Ricoh which Cardiff won 2-1.
City's first ever visit to the Cardiff City Stadium saw a 2-0 defeat on Tuesday October 20th 2009. A poor Coventry side spent most of the game on the backfoot and went down to a fourth minute goal from Anthony Gerrard and a 58th minute Peter Whittingham penalty in front of a 19,038 crowd.
The teams that night were:
City Westwood, Cranie, Wright, Turner, van Aanholt (Hussey 67), Osbourne, Cork, McIndoe, Eastwood, Best (Bell 64), Morrison SNU Konstantopolous, Madine, Grandison, Clarke
Cardiff Marshall, Kennedy, Matthew, Hudson, Gerrard, Whittingham, Burke, Ledley, McPhail, Chopra, Bothroyd SNU Enckleman, Rae, Gyepes, Quinn, Taiwo, Feeney, McCormack
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game at Cardiff on Sunday is Graham Salisbury from Lancashire.
Mr Salisbury got into refereeing through his ex Brother in Law in 1985, He was appointed to the Referees List in 2001. He has had 15 games so far this season issuing 53 yellow and 2 red cards.
His last City match was the 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United back in April and previous City games he has refereed are: the 6-1 win over Derby in January 2006, the 1-1 home draw with Ipswich in November 2005, the 2-1 win at Reading in February 2005, the 1-0 win at Forest in February 2004, the 8-0 League Cup win over Rushden in October 2002 and the 6-1 win at Crewe in February 2002,
The Assistants are Kevin Johnson from Weston Super Mare & Chris Powell from Dorset. The Fourth Official is Mark Howes from Birmingham.
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