Sky Blues On The Road - Doncaster Rovers

City have never met Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium and last played at Doncaster on March 29 1952. They lost that day 1-0.
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THE MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently scheduled referee for this Championshp game is R.L.Shoebridge.

Mr Shoebridge was in charge of Cardiff's 2-1 win against MK Dons on Tuesday night. He is yet to have a Championship game. He was in charge of City's 1-0 win at Cardiff and Doncaster's 2-0 defeat at Northampton Town last season.

Assistants are S.M.Hutchinson & K.J. Mattocks. The fourth official is J.R.Tyas.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Departs Arena at 11am
Adults £23,senior citzen.junior £20, adult season ticket holder £17 Concession ticket holder/JSB/Disabled £12.

Alternative Coach - SKY BLUE ARMY  - 024 76 694293

By Car
From the A1(M) join M18 Eastbound at Junction 35 (signposted Hull) or from the M1 and join the M18 Eastbound at Junction 32.

Once on the M18, leave at Junction 3 and take the A6182 towards Doncaster (the stadium is well signposted from Junction 3 and is about one and a half miles away). You will pass a retail park on your left and then at the next island (which has the Lakeside Pub visible behind it) turn left onto White Rose Way. The Lakeside Shopping Centre is now on your right (the stadium is located directly behind the shopping centre). At the next island turn right onto the industrial estate and after passing the Tesco distribution centre on your right, turn right at the bottom of the road and the stadium is further down on your left.

There are just 1,000 car parking spaces at the stadium, which will mean that for the bigger games, parking will be at a premium. There are 60 parking spaces reserved for disabled fans, which must be booked prior to matchday.

The stadium management are also giving preference for parking to those cars carrying more than one passenger, but apparently this won't be enforced. The cost of parking at the stadium is £5. A number of firms on the nearby industrial park, offer matchday parking at around £3-£4 per vehicle. If you happen to arrive a couple of hours before kick off then there is also some free street parking to be had in this area.

There is no coach parking available at the stadium. Visiting supporters' coaches drop fans off at the stadium and park off site.

By Train
Doncaster Station is around two miles away so you are probably best taking a taxi to the ground. If you do have time on your hands and you fancy the long walk (around 25-30 minutes) then the route from the railway station is as follows:

On coming out of the railway station, walk to the dual carriageway across the car parking area and turn to face to your right (i.e. away from the road tunnel under the Frenchgate shopping centre). You are now looking down a more or less straight line to the stadium. Provided you then use the appropriate places to cross roads as necessary you just follow the line of the dual carriageway to the roundabout adjacent to Vardy's Renault dealership. Then turn left into Middle Bank and follow the road round to the stadium.
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BETTING ODDS
The Sky Blues are 2-1 to win with Doncaster 13/10. You can get 12/5 on a draw.
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TEAM NEWS
Chris Coleman is likely to again be without Stephen Wright who has an Achilies injury. Freddie Eastwood and Keiran Westwood could also be fit to play. Jay Tabb will need a pain killing operation for blistered feet but is expected to play.

Matty Mills should play for Doncaster. Jason Price and Darren Byfield could be on the bench. Brian Stock, Gordon Greer and Sean McDaid are all out. Paul Heffernan could play his last game for Rovers.
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ON THE GAME
Leon McKenzie said to the CT: "We have to go into Saturday's game and work really hard because it is going to be a really tough game up there, and I am sure we will put in a great performance."
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