Sky Blues On The Road - Southampton

Last season, City lost 2-0 at St Marys. Gareth Bale and Grzegorz Rasiak scored the goals in front of a 21,088 gate.

City are in 21st place with Southampton 19th.
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THE MATCH OFFICIALS
The referee is Clive.Penton. His assistants are H.W.Lennard and S.P.Rubery. The fourth official is S.C.Knapp.

The Sussex based referee has had 25 games this season, issuing 77 yellow cards and two reds. His last game in charge of the Sky Blues was the 1-0 win at QPR on November 25th 2006.
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TRAVEL
Offical Coaches departs the Ricoh Arena at 11am
Adults £22 Sixty Plus/Junior £19,Adult Season Ticket Holder £17 Concession Season Ticket Holder £11

From M27 Eastbound,
Leave M27 at junction 5 (Airport) and take 4th junction off the roundabout heading to Southampton along the A335 along Stoneham Way then merge left onto Thomas Lewis Way. Head straight along this road for roughly 3 miles until the road merges into Bevois Valley Road and then Onslow Road. At the end of this road go straight on at the traffic lights and then turn left onto the dual carriageway (Dorset Street). Continue along this road until you pass the Royal South Hants Hospital on your left and the British Gas offices on your right.

At the roundabout take the second exit into Six Dials. Go into the right hand lane of the dual carriageway and continue along through the traffic lights continuing along into Kingsway (following A33 on road signs). Drive approximately a mile and take 4th left into St Mary's Street. Follow bend to right into Chapel Road (St Mary's Church will be on left hand side) and continue to the end of the road. Turn left into Marine Parade and Stadium is approximately 600 metres on the left.

From M27 Westbound
Exit the M27 at junction 8 and then turn left at the roundabout. Follow the dual carriageway on the left hand side and approach roundabout. Take 3rd junction off the roundabout (A3024) and follow this road into Southampton (this is quite a long road and will continue for approximately 4.5 miles). Cross the Northam Bridge and when you reach the set of traffic lights after the bridge turn left into Princes Street. Follow this road right to the end to get to the Stadium.

From M3
Drive to the end of the M3 southbound and get onto the M27 eastbound. Leave M27 at Junction 4 (first junction you approach) and follow the signs to get on the A33 into Southampton. Continue along this road (for approximately 3 miles) and continue to the end of this road (The Avenue). The road will merge into Dorset Street - continue along until you get to the roundabout. At the roundabout, take the 2nd junction (Six Dials) and on the dual carriageway stay in the right hand lane and continue along through the traffic lights continuing along into Kingsway (following A33 on road signs). Drive approximately 1/4 mile and take 4th left into St Mary's. Follow bend to right into Chapel Road (St Mary's Church will be on left hand side) and continue to the end of the road. Turn left into Marine Parade and Stadium is approximately 600 metres on the left.

Parking around the St Mary's Stadium is extremely limited.

By bus
Attached to all match tickets, are bus in bus out vouchers. These are redeemable on buses operating in Zone 6 of the city centre. Theses areas are: Totton, Calmore Estate, Lordshill centre, Chilworth Roundabout, Southampton Airport, Hants CC Rose Bowl,Kanes Hill Roundabout, Bursledon Rd/ Botley Rd Junction, Portsmouth Rd/ Botley Rd Junction, Hamble, Netley.

For any journeys outside this zone payment will be required.

By Train
Southampton Central Station is just over a mile away. There are shuttle bus services in operation on match days from the Central Train Station and the Town Quay Ferry Terminal. These services will commence two hours before the match kicks off and will continue to run until kick off. The service will also be in operation after the match to take passengers back to the railway station/ferry terminal. The service is not a numbered bus service and will simply say "Stadium Shuttle" on inbound journeys and "Rail/Ferry Shuttle" on outbound journeys. Passengers are to be advised that the railway shuttle service leaves from the Commercial Road side of the station outside Blechynden Terrace. The ferry shuttle will leave from the main bus stop at the terminal. Simply show your match ticket or season ticket booklet in order to use the shuttle bus service free of charge.

A lot of engineeering work is planned for the Easter Break, so check if your train is running. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

09.25,10.25,11.25 from Coventry there, 17.15,18.15,19.15 back.

By Motorcycle
The stadium has 175 free motorcycle spaces in the north and south car park. Apply for a pass on 02380 711966 for either a day or season pass. Please note that the stadium north car park will close two hours before kick off and remain closed until approximately 45 minutes after the final whistle.

By Foot
The stadium is about 10 minutes walk from the City Centre and is a sign posted walk route.
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BETTING ODDS
Southampton (10/9) Draw (12/5) Coventry (5/2)
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TEAM NEWS
Stephen Hughes took a bang on the knee against Sheffield Wednesday but should be ok. Michael Doyle is expected to play after suffering concussion in the same game. Kasper Schmeichel is expected to retain his place in goal.

Southampton have signed keeper Richard Wright on loan from West Ham and with the Saints have three keepers injued. The former Arsenal and Everton man will start.