COVENTRY CITY VERSUS PORT VALE FC
SUNDAY MARCH 16TH AR 3PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM, UPTON WAY, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 5QA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Coach from White Street at 1pm
By Car; From The South: Leave the M1 at Junction 15A and take the A43 towards Northampton and you will come to the ground on your right.
From The North: Leave the M1 at Junction 16 and take the A45 towards Northampton and you will come to the ground on your right.
There is a fair sized car park located at the ground, which costs £4. Make sure though that you arrive early as it has been known for it to get full for the more popular games. Parking in the nearby cinema and restaurant car parks is not allowed, and parking there will probably result in your car being given a £60 ticket, or worse still clamped! So make sure that you only use the official football parking provided at the ground.
By Train, Northampton train station is over two miles from the ground, so it is probably best getting a taxi. There is an hourly train service from Coventry.
If you want to walk it: 'Come out of the main station entrance, go across the car park, up the steps and then turn right onto Black Lion Hill. Go over the railway bridge, and straight on along St James' Road. At the HSS Hire outlet (and the handily placed Thomas A. Beckett pub on the opposite corner) turn left onto St James' Mill Road. After about 400 yards turn right at the Fabric Warehouse (opposite Jewson) onto Harvey Reeves Road, which further on becomes Edgar Mobbs Way. After about a mile this road brings you out at Sixfields Stadium,
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ADMISSION
Tickets are available on the day via the booths outside the main stand.
Hospitality - http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/city_v_port_vale_hospitality_827404/index.shtml
Family Zone - http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/family_zone_for_city_v_port_vale_827355/index.shtml
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City face Port Vale on Sunday for the 28th time in league meetings.
The Sky Blues have beaten Port Vale on seven occasions with twelve draws.
You have to go back to Monday March 16th 1959 for the last time Coventry City won a 'home' game against Port Vale, who have won five and drawn five of their away games at City.
City have scored twenty two goals against Port Vale who have scored 38 including the goals scored this season in the 3-2 defeat for City at Vale Park.
City's biggest win against Port Vale is a 4-1 win on December 31st 1921 and their heaviest defeat in Coventry was a 4-0 loss on September 11th 1919.
More head to head - 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 against Port Vale on Sunday is Rob Lewis from Shrewsbury.
Mr Lewis started his refereeing career in the Shrewsbury and Shropshire leagues and came through the ranks as an assistant referee where he made it onto the FIFA List and ran the line for a number of high profile international matches, with one of the highlights running the line at the Bernabeu Stadium for a Champions League match when David Beckham was playing for Real Madrid.
Mr Lewis has only been in charge of one City match before and that was the 2-0 defeat at Crawley Town on April 13th 2013. He also was in charge of a City Reserves game against Fulham in 2005 which finished 1-1.
This season, he has had 17 games and shown 65 yellows and four reds.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are the evens favourites to beat Port Vale in the League One game at Sixfields on Sunday.
You can odd of 5/2 on Port Vale to win and 9/4 on the draw.
if you are having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing any bet. You can check some of the odds being offered by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-port-vale/winner
First Goalscorer - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-port-vale/first-goalscorer
Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-port-vale/correct-score
Halftime/FullTime - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-port-vale/half-time-full-time
All Markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-port-vale/betting-markets