SCUNTHORPE UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY MARCH 9TH AT 3PM
AT GLANFORD PARK, DONCASTER ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 8TD
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Leaves Car Park C at the Arena at 11am and costs £16
By car:
From all Routes, M180: Leave the M180 at Junction 3 and take the M181 for Scunthorpe. At the end of this motorway, you will see the ground on your right. Turn right at the first roundabout onto the A18 and right again into the large car park at the ground.
From railway station: Scunthorpe station is over two miles away from the stadium. Therefore a taxi is probably the easiest way to get to the ground.
Car parking: Car parking at the ground is available for 600 cars, priced at £2. Limited street parking available.
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ADMISSION Tickets are on sale for Coventry City's League One game at Scunthorpe United on Saturday March 9th.
City supporters have the AMS Stand and have sold over 520 so far.
Tickets are priced at £22 Adults, £15.00 Senior Citizens (Over 60), £15.00 18 – 21 and Full Time Student (Valid ID needs to be shown at turnstile, needs photo and valid date), £11.00 Under 18, £6.00 Under 16
More on this http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/scunthorpe-a-tickets-general-672321.aspx
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City face Scunthorpe United for the eighth time on Saturday.
The last time, City played at Glanford Park was on November 27 2010. City won 2-0 with a 30th minute goal from Gary McSheffrey and a 72nd minute Joe Murphy own goal which then manager Aidy Boothroyd tried to give to Marlon King.
The teams that day were:
Team Westwood, Keogh, Wood, Cameron, McPake, Gunnarsson (Clarke 89), McSheffrey (90+1), Carsley,Doyle, King (Jutkiewicz 86), Platt. SNU Ireland, Bell, Cranie, Baker.
Scunthorpe Murphy, Nolans, Byrne, Jones, McNulty, N'Guessan, J. Wright (Thompson 74), McDonald,O'Connor, Sears (Dagnall 65). SNU Slocombe, A.Wright, Togwell, Godden, McClenham
Of the previous seven meetings, the Sky Blues have won two and drawn two. Both sides have scored eight goals.
For a look at matches between City and Bournemouth, please click on 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 Scunthorpe United is Anthony Bates from Staffordshire.
Mr Bates works in the pottery industry and is one of the longest serving referees on the list having been qualified since 1983. He made it to the National List Of Assistant Referee in 1993 and onto the FIFA Assistant Referee list in 1996 where he was on the line for Euro 1996 matches. When the next season started he was promoted to the National List of Referees.
Mr Bates last City game was the defeat at Birmingham City on August 13th 2011. Previous matches that he has been in charge of including the 3-0 win over Barnsley in October 2010 and the home draw against Scunthorpe United on April 22nd 2011.
Before that he was in charge of the following City matches: The 1-0 victory at Birmingham City on November 3rd 2008 and previous matches include the 3-2 home League Cup defeat to Newcastle in August 2008, the 2-0 defeat at Burnley where he failed to spot a deliberate handball by Kyle Lafferty which lead to the opening goal in February 2008, the 2-1 win at QPR in November 2007, the 2-0 defeat at Reading in January 2006, the 5-2 win at Gillingham on May 1st 2004 and the 2-1 defeat at Ipswich in November 2002.
This season, he had had 19 matches, shown 54 yellow cards and two reds.
His assistants are; Mark Astley and Matthew Dicicco. The Fourth Official is Paul Cook.
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers are predicting that Coventry City could be setting a new club record of eleven away wins in a season on Saturday,
Many of the leading bookmakers have the Sky Blues as favourites to win the game with many offering odds of 5/4 on City to win with Scunthorpe at 2/1 and 9/4 the draw.
Makre sure you shop around for the best odds before placing any bet. You can check the odds being offered by the leading bookmakers by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/scunthorpe-v-coventry/winner