Sky Blues On The Road - Doncaster Rovers

DONCASTER ROVERS V COVENTRY CITY
FRIDAY DECEMBER 26^TH 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 Coaches - Coaches will leave White Street Coach Park at 11am and cost £14 per person..

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.

There are no trains as it is Boxing Day

 

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ADMISSION

ADULT  £23, SENIOR CITIZEN (62+)   £17, YOUNG ADULT (17-20)   £13,  JUNIOR (12-16) £8, UNDER 12 (0-11)  £5

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MATCH OFFICIALS

The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Doncaster Rovers on Boxing Day is Chris Kavanagh from Manchester.

This is Mr Kavanagh’s first season on the Football League list and City’s game at the Keepmoat Stadium will be only the fourth League One game that he has refereed.

Mr Kavanagh has had fourteen matches this season and shown 39 yellow cards but no red ones.

His assistants are Duncan Street and Stephen Wade. The Fourth Official is David Storrie.
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THE LAST TIME

Boxing Day will see the eleventh time that Coventry City have played away to Doncaster Rovers in a competitive game.

City have had one win and five draws in the previous tenth matches.

Away to Doncaster, Coventry City have scored 9 goals and let in 16.

City’s only win away to Doncaster Rovers was a 4-1 win on December 15^th 2012, which was the Sky Blues last visit to the Keepmoat Stadium.

Frank Moussa fired City ahead in the third minute, loanee David McGoldrick made it 3-0 to City with goals in the 26th & 57th minute before Chris Brown pulled a goal back in the 76^th minute. In the 89^th minute, Adam Barton scored a fourth for City.

The teams that day were:

City:Murphy (GK), Adams, Christie, Wood, Edjenguele, Jennings, Bailey, Barton (Thomas 91), McSheffrey, Moussa (Clarke 49), McGoldrick. Subs: Dunn (GK), Fleck, Cameron, McDonald, O'Donovan.

Doncaster Rovers: Woods (GK), Quinn (Griffin 46), Husband, Spurr, Jones, Harper (Clingan 72), Keegan, Cotterill (Brown 25), Bennett, Paynter, Hume. Subs: Maxted (GK), Blake, Martis, McCoombe

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MATCH BETTING

The bookmakers are predicting a defeat for the Sky Blues at Doncaster Rovers on Boxing Day.

The bookies have City at 2/1 to win with Doncaster at 6/5 and 9/4 the draw.