DONCASTER ROVERS V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY DECEMBER 15TH AT 3PM
AT THE KEEPMOAT STADIUM,STADIUM WAY, LAKESIDE,DONCASTER, DN4 5JW
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Coaches leave the Ricoh Arena Car Park C at 11.15am. The price is £12.50.
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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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced at £20 for adults, £15 concessions, Young Person 17-20 £11, Child 12-16 £8, Child 11 and under £5.
Tickets bought on the day rise in price by a pound for Adults, concession and Young Person.
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday's League One game between Doncaster Rovers and Coventry City will be the 19th game between the two sides.
Of those eighteen games, City have won six and drawn six with six losses. The Sky Blues have scored 19 goals to Doncaster's 22.
City have never won at the Keepmoat Stadium, having lost once and drawn three times in four visits.
City's last visit was on October 29th 2011 and saw a 1-1 draw with Sammy Clingan, who is expected to be on the bench for Doncaster on Saturday, scoring for City in the 31st minute and James Hayter equalising in the 59th minute.
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy, Christie, Keogh, Hussey (McPake 26), Cameron, Baker (Bell 90), Thomas, Clingan, McSheffrey (Deegan 74), Jutkiewicz, McDonald. Subs Platt, Dunn
Doncaster: Sullivan, Matis, Naylor, Friend, Chimbonda, Ilunga, Stock (Mason 85), Gillett, Bennett (Dumbaya 70), Hayter, Barnes (Coppinger 46) . SNU O'Connor, Maxtel.
The sides have met once at Doncaster in a League One (Division Three) game and that was on January 23rd 1926 and saw City beaten 8-1.
More: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/next/vs/match/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at Doncaster Rovers is Carl Berry from Surrey.
This is his second season on the Football League list and this will be his first time, he has taken charge of a Coventry City match.
Last season, he had eight League One matches and this season has had five already in his fifteen games so far. He has issued 44 yellow cards and four red.
His assistants are; Steven Meredith and Paul Hodskinson. The Fourth Official is Paul Thompson.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are the under-dogs going into Saturday's League One game at Doncaster Rovers according to the Bookmakers.
You can get odds of 5/4 to evens on Doncaster to win with City prices around the 2/1 mark. The draw is 9/4.
David McGoldrick is joint favourite to be first goalscorer at 5/1 along with Doncaster's Chris Brown.
If you are considering having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best prices available. You can check some of the prices by clicking on: http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/doncaster-v-coventry/first-goalscorer