CRAWLEY TOWN V COVENTRY CITY FC
SUNDAY MAY 3RD AT 12.15PM
AT BROADFIELD STADIUM, WINFIELD WAY, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, RH11 9RX
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 12.15pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coaches - Coaches Departs White Street Car Park at 8am and cost £15.50.
BY Road Exit the M23 at the Pease Pottage junction 11. Take the third exit (signposted Broadfield Stadium) and the ground is on your left at the bottom of Brighton Road, approx 2 mins from the M23 junction.
Car Parking
A £3 car parking charge applies at the Stadium. There are other free parking options available close to the Stadium. There are 350 spaces in Broadfield Business Park at the offices of William Reed and and Novo Nordisk next to the Stadium, which will be stewarded. In addition, there are 90 spaces at KPMG and Bard Ltd. at Tilgate Forest Business Centre on the southbound side of the Brighton Road.
New parking restrictions are now in place around the Stadium. These affect the grass verges along the A23 near to the stadium and prohibit parking from the Pease Pottage M23 roundabout northwards to the junction with Horsham Road (A2220) roundabout are now in force. The order also prohibits waiting, at any time, in the lay-by on the western side of the A23, around 350 yards south of the stadium.
Train
For Broadfield Stadium, you need Crawley Train Station, which is just over a mile away from the stadium. You can either take a taxi (about £6), or from the bus station across the road, you can take a Fastway number 10 bus to the ground (this runs every ten minutes). Otherwise it is about a twenty minute walk.
As you come out of the station turn left and walk down to the T-junction. At the junction turn left into Brighton Road. Keep walking straight down Brighton Road for just under a mile and at its end turn right. You should now be able to see the stadium in the distance behind the traffic island. Use the underpass to cross the A23 to the ground.
Trains from London Victoria to Crawley leave at 17 and 27 past the hour on a Sunday, changing at Three Bridges and journey times are around 50 minutes.
After the game, there are trains back to London Victoria at 02 and 32 past the hour. Change at Three Bridges. There are also half hourly trains to Brighton for those staying there.
Taxis
There is a taxi rank outside Crawley station, which will be charged by the mile (max 2 miles).
Bus
Metrobus services from Gatwick Airport, Crawley Station and Three Bridges Station are available. Fastway 10 serves Broadfield Stadium every 7 minutes and drops you right outside the stadium. There are 12 buses an hour which go past the Stadium so you will never have to wait long for a service.
Fastway 20 (Gatwick South Terminal only) serves Broadfield Stadium every 20 minutes. If you are unsure of which stop to get off, simply ask the driver and they will help you.
From Gatwick Airport - both terminals Follow the signs saying 'local buses' Catch either Fastway 10 or Fastway 20 in the direction of Broadfield/Bewbush Ask for Broadfield Stadium.
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ADMISSION
City have sold out of their allocation with no tickets available on the day. Crawley have also sold out all of their tickets.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Crawley Town is Steven Martin from Staffordshire.
He has refereed three City matches before. The 2-0 win against Colchester at Sixfields in September 2013, the 2-2 draw with Colchester at the Ricoh Arena on March 12th 2013 and the pre-season friendly 1-0 win at Kettering Town in 2010.
This season he has had 34 games and shown 90 yellow cards and five reds.
His assistants are David Avent and Geoff Russell with the Fourth Official Michael Bull
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THE LAST TIME
Sunday will see Coventry City travelling to Crawley Town for the third time in a league and cup match.
City have lost on both of their previous visits to the Broadfield Stadium. Steven Pressley was in charge of a City team which saw them lose 2-0 on April 13th 2013 and 3-2 on August 3rd 2013 with Callum Wilson and Franck Moussa on target for City
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy, Christie, Adams, J Clarke, Willis (Phillips 81), Thomas, Wilson, Fleck, Baker (c), Moussa, L Clarke. Subs: Burge, Barton, Daniels, Phillips, Garner, Lobjoit, Maund
Crawley Town: Jones, Hurst, Sadler, McFadzean, Alexander, Simpson, Walsh, Proctor (Drury 77), Bulman, Adams, Jones (Torres 91) Subs: Maddison (GK), Connolly, Essam.
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MATCH BETTING
The bookmakers are making Coventry City the slight favourites to win at Crawley Town on Sunday.
The bookies have City at 6/4 to win with Crawley at 7/4 and 11/5 the draw.
If you are planning on having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds as some bookmakers can be rather tight with their odds. You can check the prices by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/crawley-v-coventry/winner