COLCHESTER UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14th AT 3PM
AT THE WESTON HOMES COMMUNITY STADIUM, CO4 5UP
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm
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TRAVEL
Club Coaches - Coaches Departs White Street Car Park at 10.30am and costs £17.
BY Car
Some satellite navigation equipment may not register the new home of Colchester United at the Weston Homes Community Stadium and its postcode of CO4 5UP.
Coventry City supporters travelling to the Sky Blues League One fixture are advised to use the CO4 5JS, which is the nearby Rapid Electronics factory.
City supporters travelling from Coventry, Warwickshire and the West Midlands are advised to Leave the A14 and then join the M11. Come off the M11 at J8 (Stansted Airport/A120) and follow the A120towards Braintree & Colchester. The A120 then joins the A12 and after passing the stadium on your right, leave the A12 at Junction 28. Turn left at the first roundabout, the turn right into United Way from the second roundabout.
From the south (Ipswich bound carriageway)
To access the stadium from the south, turn off at Junction 28, turning right at the first roundabout. Go across the bridge and then go straight over the second roundabout, before turning right into United Way from the third roundabout. You are now at the stadium.
From the north (London bound carriageway)
To access the stadium from the north, turn off at Junction 28, turning left at the first roundabout. Turn right into United Way from the second roundabout. You are now at the stadium.
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
Alternatively, you can come off the A12 at the next junction and take a left onto the A1232. When at the top of this road, bear right back over the A12 towards the traffic lights with the BMW Garage on your left.
Go straight over and up Ipswich Road. At the next set of traffic lights, turn right onto Severalls Lane (signposted just previously for Colchester Cattle Market). Follow this road to its conclusion, where you will pick up signs for the stadium.
Please note that if you are travelling to the stadium for a first team match, then travel restrictions apply around the stadium on a matchday.
1a - Matchday Car Park Permits
Please note that there is only limited car parking at the stadium itself, with just under 700 spaces in the main stadium car park.
1b - Parking Exclusion Zone
Both Colchester United and visiting supporters should be aware that the immediate area around the Weston Homes Community Stadium is subject to a Parking Exclusion Zone on matchdays.
Covering both existing Clearways and also nearby residential areas, these roads will be marshalled by Colchester United and Essex Police to prevent parking on roads not permitted under the Stadium Travel Plan.
1c - Parking in Colchester
Fans coming by car are able to park in town centre car parks, paying the required fee, before joining up with the Matchday Travel Service.
There are numerous town centre car parks, whilst there is also an extensive pay car park at Colchester Train Station.
If parking in a town centre car park, visiting fans can use their match ticket (if purchased in advance) to buy a Matchday Rover on the number 65 bus on Head Street for £1.50 to the train station (a five to ten minute journey), where they can then link up with the shuttle bus service.
There are shuttle buses from Colchester North Train Station which is about two miles away.
Worth a read: http://www.footballgroundguide.com/colchester_united/
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ADMISSION
With Coventry City having sold their allocation of tickets for Saturday's game at Colchester United, Coventry City supporters planning on going can still get a ticket.
They can either pay on the gate or pay for and print their own match ticket by clicking on https://tickets.colchesterunited.net/WebPages/EntaWebShow/SHOWLISTVENUES.ASPX?LR=10&LC=10
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will see Coventry City’s 17th visit to Colchester United.
The Sky Blues have won on six occasions in league and cup matches, with three draws and seven defeats and have scored 23 goals to Colchester’s 22.
City’s last win in a league game was on November 22nd 2014 and saw Gary Madine score the winner in the 73rd minute.
The teams that day were:
City: Allsop, Phillips, Johnson, Martin, Webster, O'Brien (Swanson 69), Fleck, Finch. Haynes, Nouble (Barton 84). Madine. Subs: Charles-Cook, Thomas, Swanson, McQuoid, Noble.
Colchester: Walker, Clohessey, Okounghue, Eastman, Kpakawa, Fox (Szmodiias 68), Moncour, Gilbey, Massey (Roofe 68) Sears, Watt (Healy 63) Subs: Lewisham, Eastmo, O'Donoghue, Roofe, Hewett.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Colchester United is Graham Horwood.
The married man, who thought being paid for refereeing when he was sixteen was better than a paper round, was promoted the list of panel referees in 2005 and the National list two years later.
His last City game was the 2-1 defeat to MK Dons at Sixfields on April 5th 2014. The other two games, he has been in charge of are the 1-1 draw at Bristol City on February 6th 2010 and the 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough at the Ricoh Arena on September 26th 2009.
His assistants are: Carl Brook and Dave Bushell. The Fourth Official is Elliott Kaye.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are the favourites to win at Colchester United on Saturday.
City are the 7/5 favourites with Colchester at 2/1 and 12/5 the draw.
To check on some of the odds being offered by the leading bookmakers before you place a bet, please click on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/colchester-v-coventry/winner