SWANSEA CITY V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY JANUARY 26TH AT 7.45PM
AT LIBERTY STADIUM,LANDORE,SWANSEA, SA1 2FA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.45pm.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Commentary available on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire plus Mercia FM but not on-line unless you pay for Sky Blue Player as well as the radio stations covering Swansea.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Departs Ricoh Arena at 3pm
Adult season ticket holders/ members £23 Concessions £18
Non Adult season ticket holders/members £28 Concessions £24.
Only book the club coach if you intend to travel on the coach as refunds now take the form of vouchers.
Take the M4 towards Swansea. Leave M4 at Junction 45 Keep in left hand lane and take A4067 towards the City Centre. Follow the signs for Stadium for approx. 6 miles and then the Stadium will appear on your left hand side. Entrance to the Stadium car park is at the entrance to the Morfa Retail Park Follow road around past Frankie & Benny's Restaurant and take first left. http://www.liberty-stadium.com/index.php
There are parking restrictions at the ground and you will be forced to use the Swansea Vale Park And Ride site which 2000 parking spaces and charges £5 parking charge per vehicle.
From M4 - Swansea Vale Park and Ride. Come off at Junction 45, take the A4067 and follow signs to 'Stadium Park and Ride'.
Disabled Supporters: A drop off/pick up only point is located at the front of the Stadium for disabled supporters.
By Train: Swansea High Street Station is on the main line route from London Paddington. It is about two miles from the stadium. Regular local bus services (every ten minutes: routes 4, 4a, 120, 122, 125, 132) and taxis (around �3.50) are available from the train station to the stadium. Otherwise if you have time on your hands and wish to embark on the 25-30 minute walk, then as you come out of the station turn right and go up the High Street. At the traffic lights turn right into Neath Road. Proceed straight along Neath Road and you will eventually reach the stadium on your right.
More information: http://www.footballgroundguide.com/swansea_city/
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ADMISSION
According to Coventry City's website, City supporters will not be able to pay on the gate at Swansea City on Tuesday night.
Anyone planning on going to the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night, is advised that they need to get a ticket from Coventry City in order to get into the away end for the match which kicks off at 7.45pm.
Tickets are priced at £25 for adults, £25 for Ambulant Disabled plus carer, £15 for full-time students, £13 for senior citizens and £10 for under 16s.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 25th league and cup meeting of the two sides. City have won 12 matches and drawn six , scoring 46 goals compared to Swansea's 45.
Back in August, City lost 1-0 to Swansea at the Ricoh Arena. You have to go back to 1950 since City last won at Swansea in a league game but Swansea have not completed a double over City.
Last season, City drew 0-0 at the Liberty Stadium. The teams that day were:
City
Westwood, Hall, Wright, Ward, Turner, Simpson (McKenzie 59), Gunnarsson, Doyle, Mifsud (Best 77), Morrison (Beuzelin 83), Eastwood. SNU Marshall,Wynter
Swansea
De Vries, Williams, Tate, Monk, Rangel, Britton, Pratley, Gomez, Allen (Pintado 58), Butler (Gower 81), Scotland. SNU Serran,Brandy,Orlandi
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game at Swansea is Danny McDermid.
Residing in London, the Civil Servant started refereeing in Northern Ireland before moving to Yorkshire and then London. The fan of cooking and skiing started on the Assistant Referees National list in 2002 and was upgraded to the Referees list in 2006.
The one and only time before he has refereed a City game was the 0-0 draw with Cardiff City on Feb 12th 2008.
His last game was Northampton's 2-0 win at Macclesfield last week. This season he has had 19 matches and shown 59 yellow cards and one red.
Assistants are Saha Ihringova from Shropshire & Mark Weaver from West Midlands . The Fourth Official is Andrew Turner from Devon.
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BETTING ODDS
See http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/swansea-v-coventry/win-market
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