LEICESTER CITY V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH AT 3PM
AT WALKERS STADIUM, FILBERT WAY, LEICESTER, LE2 7FL
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm
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TRAVEL
Club Coach costs £14.50 and leaves the Ricoh Arena at 12.30pm.
Coach From Christ The King is NOT running.
By Road
From North & South (from the M1/M69 Motorways): The M1 and M69 Motorways interchange at Junction 21 (M1), where you should exit and follow the signs for the City Centre via the A5460. After 3 miles turn right onto Upperton Road, go over the bridge and take the first right down Western Boulevard and you will see the Stadium on your right-hand side.
By Rail
The Stadium is about twenty minutes walk from Leicester's train station in London Road. The train costs £9.20 return from Coventry. It will be cheaper from Bedworth and Nuneaton.
By Air
The Stadium is 35 minutes drive from East Midlands International Airport at Castle Donnington, and 45 minutes from Birmingham International Airport.
By Coach
De Courcey X6 goes from Coventry to Leicester, get the 11.50 or 13.20 service. After the match, the only one back is the 17.50.
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ADMISSION
£30 for adults, Adult Disabled & Carer £30, Seniors £26, U22- £20, U18- £18, U12-£8* , U8-£6* *Ticket must be bought with an adult ticket.
You can pay on the gate but tickets are £2 dearer.
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POLICE AND STEWARDS
If you travel by train, you can expect a heavy police presence at Leicester's railway station and you are highly likely to be given an escort to the ground.
At the ground, expect to be well searched going into the ground and then watch on as the darlings either side of the away support making threatening gestures etc knowing they face no risk of being ejected, whilst away supporters are removed for lesser offences.
Those who have been to matches at the Walkers this season have reported that it might also be worth going to the toilet at half-time as these may be closed with 15-20 minutes of the match remaining, with stewards then blocking the entrances to stop you trying to use them.
On leaving the stadium, expect to prove you have the car keys if trying to get back to your car.
____________________________________________________________________ THE LAST TIME
This will be the 84th time that the teams have met in league and cup matches. The Sky Blues have won on 25 occasions with 23 draws and have scored 97 goals compared to Leicester's 117's.
The sides drew 1-1 at the Ricoh Arena back in September and last season, City came back to snatch a 2-2 draw Andy King put Leicester 2-0 goals up in the opinion of the referee but City levelled through James McPake and Gary Deegan four minutes from time.
The teams that Sunday were:
Coventry Westwood, Wright, Wood, McPake, Cranie, Bell (Gunnarsson 56), Deegan, Clingan, Baker (Sears 75), Morrison, Stead (Eastwood 66) SNU Konstantopolous, Hall, Hussey, Barnett
Leicester Weale, M.Morrison, Solano (Brown 83), Oakley, King, Dyer, McGivern, Waghorn (Howard 88), Wellens, Gallagher (Kermogant 77) SNU Logan, Neilson, Adams, N’Guessan
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game at Leicester City on Saturday is Graham Scott from Oxfordshire.
Mr Scott got in to refereeing when his playing career petered out and he wanted to stay involved in the game and keep fit, and refereeing for him fitted the bill. He was appointed to the referees list in 2008.
He has had 24 games this season including Leicester's 0-2 defeat to QPR, showing 74 yellow cards and eight reds. This will be his eighth Championship game of the season.
He has not had a Coventry City match before.
The Assistants are Nigel Murphy from Nottinghamshire & Alan Parker from Derby. The Fourth Official is John Farries from Oxfordshire.
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