Sky Blues On The Road - Ipswich Town
Last updated : 14 October 2010 By Covsupport News Service
IPSWICH TOWN V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 16TH AT 3PM
AT PORTMAN ROAD, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK IP1 2DA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3PM.
The goals will be on the Football League Show at 11.50pm on BBC1
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TRAVEL
Club Coach: Departs at 10am and costs £12.
SKY BLUE ARMY For more details, phone Dave on 07919 662919.
By Road:
Take the A12 to big roundabout (by Tesco) on A14 junction. Take 2nd exit (sign posted Ipswich West A1214) into London Road. Follow Ipswich A1214 signs for 2 1/2 miles, straight over roundabout to junction at bottom of hill. Go straight on to the next set of traffic lights. Turn right and follow the signs to the ground.
Parking
Street parking in the immediate vicinity of the stadium is problematic. However there are plenty of Pay and Display car parks within walking distance of Portman Road. In any case the ground is within easy walking distance of the town centre.
By Rail
Ipswich station is about a 5 minute walk from the ground. Go straight out of the station, over the bridge and past two sets of traffic lights, then turn left into Portman Road. Trains leave London Liverpool Street station for Ipswich every 15 minutes.
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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced at £31 for adults, Over 60's, U22 and full time students £22, U16's £11. (Prices increase for on the day admission)
Disabled supporters will need to get their tickets direct from Portman Road. Tickets are priced at £18 for disabled and carer.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 80th time the two sides have met in league and cup matches. City have won on 21 occasions with 22 draws and have scored 95 goals compared to Ipswich's 121.
The last game was on January 16th and saw the Sky Blues go down to a 3-2 defeat in stoppage time. which left then Coventry City manager Chris Coleman with a fine for confronting the referee on the pitch about the amount of added time he played.
Clinton Morrison put City ahead before Stern John equalised. Jack Colbeck made it 2-1 to Ipswich in the 51st minute before Richard Wood equalised in the fourth minute of stoppage time. From that goal, Pablo Counago went up the other end and scored to give Roy Keane the win.
Team Westwood, Wright (Gunnarsson 81), McPake, Wood, Cranie, Bell, Clingan, Deegan (Baker 71), McIndoe, Eastwood (Best 68), Morrison SNU Konstantopolous, Barnett, Madine, Hall.
Ipswich Lee Barrett, Rosenior, McAuley, Delaney, Peters, Norris (Wickham 63), Leadbitter, Garvan (Martin 92), Colbeck, John (Counago 63), Walters SNU McLoughlin, D.Wright, Balkenstein, Edwards
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game at Ipswich Town is Rob. Shoebridge from Derbyshire.
The 31 year old Operations manager, started refereeing in 1989 and came through the Central Midlands and Northern Premier leagues before being appointed to the national list of Assistant Referees in 2003. This is his third season as a National List Referee.
This will be his tenth game of the season. His last was Middlesbrough's 2-2 draw with Portsmouth. He has shown 17 yellow cards and two reds and his games this season have included Ipswich Town's 3-2 League Cup win at Exeter City.
His last City game was the 1-0 home win against Doncaster Rovers on December 26th 2009. Other City matches are the 1-0 defeat at Doncaster on August 30th 2008 and the 1-0 win at Cardiff City on August 25th 2007.
The Assistants are John Busby from Oxfordshire & Wes Linden from Middlesex. The Fourth Official is Glenn Hambling from Norfolk.
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