Sky Blues On The Road - Scunthorpe United

SCUNTHORPE UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16^TH AT 7.45PM  
AT GLANFORD PARK, DONCASTER ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 8TD
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MATCH DETAILS

Kick off is at 7.45pm

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TRAVEL

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.

ADMISSION

Tickets for the game on Tuesday September 16th at Glanford Park are priced at Adult £22, Senior Citizen (60+) £15,  Young Adult(18-U21) £15, Under 18 £11, Under 16 £6, Under 12 FREE (2 per paying adult)  

Student tickets are priced at £15.00 and can be booked in person from the club shop at the Gallagher Retail Park only. A valid full time NUS card must be produced when buying tickets.

MATCH OFFICIALS

The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Scunthorpe United is Mark Haywood from West Yorkshire.

The father of four daughters, Mark started refereeing in 1993 after moaning at work to a colleague who was a referee about refereeing decisions he had seen over a weekend. He was eventually challenged to have a go and reached the National List of assistant referees in 2002. Four seasons later, he was promoted to the National List of Referees.

His last City game was the 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on December 31^st 2011 and other matches he has been in charge of are: the 2-1 defeat at QPR in January 2011 and previous City games are the 1-0 home defeat to Hartlepool in the League Cup in August 2009, the 2-0 FA Cup home win over Kidderminster Harriers in January 2009. the 1-1 home draw with Swansea City in November 2008.

His assistants are Marc Edwards and Mark Jones and the Fourth Official is Paul Cook.

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THE LAST TIME

Tuesday night’s game at Glanford Park will be the ninth competitive meeting between Scunthorpe United and Coventry City.

Of the four matches played at Scunthorpe, City have won two and lost two, scoring five goals compared to the Irons four.

The last time City played at Glanford Park on was March 9^th 2013 and the Sky Blues won 2-1 under Steven Pressley. Akpo Sodje had given Scunthorpe a seventh minute lead but Carl Baker levelled in the 44^th minute and Leon Clarke headed in a winner in the 76^th minute against his former club.

The teams that day were:

City: Murphy, Christie, Martin, Edjenguele, Dickinson, Jennings, Bailey, Baker (Willis 90), McSheffrey (Fleck 78), Clarke, Moussa. SNU Thomas, Bell, McDonald, Stewart, Dunn. 

Scunthorpe:Johansen, Nolan, Mirfin, Reid, Newey, Duffy, Collins, Ryan, Barcham (C.Jennings 85), Sodje (Alabi 72), Hawley. Substitutes: Severn, Ribeiro, Walker, Canavan, Grella. 

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MATCH BETTING

The bookmakers are predicting Coventry City to get their first away win of the season at Scunthorpe United on Tuesday night.

City lost at Bradford City on the opening day and drew at MK Dons and Swindon Town and the bookies have City at 11/8 to win with Scunthorpe at 13/8 and 5/2 on the draw.