SWINDON TOWN V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24TH AT 3PM
AT THE COUNTY GROUND, COUNTY ROAD, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, SN1 2ED
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm
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TRAVEL
Travelling from the East and West:
Leave the M4 at Junction 15. Take the Commonhead Roundabout. Turn left onto the A4259 Marlborough Road.
Take the 2nd exit at the roundabout onto Queens Drive. At the next set of roundabouts take the 3rd exit onto County Road the entrance to the ground is on the first right.
Travelling from the Midlands: Take the Fosse Way A429 to Cirencester, A 417, then A419 towards Swindon. Off at A4312 for a miles and a half. At Drakes Roundabout, take the A4259. At The Magic Roundabout follow signs Cirencester A419 onto A4259 for County Road.
Take the M40 to Junction 9. Then take the A43, A34 and then the A420 into Swindon.
At Drakes' Roundabout turn onto Queen's Drive. At the next set of roundabouts take 3rd exit onto County Road, the entrance to the stadium is the first right.
Travelling by train:
From the front of the station turn left onto Station Road. Facing the White House pub, head right onto Corporation Street.
At the traffic lights turn left onto Manchester Road. At the end of Manchester Road turn right onto County Road. The entrance to the stadium is the second left. This walk should take approx 10 minutes.
Parking:
There are limited spaces available at the County Ground, but there are several Town centre car park situated 1 / 2 miles from the stadium. There is nearby street parking and several match day car parks.
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ADMISSION
Adults £25.00
Seniors(over 65) £19.00
Young Adult (17-19) £12.00
Juniors (11-16) £8.00
Under 11s(0-10) £2.00
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday will see Coventry City’s 26th league visit to Swindon Town.
The Sky Blues have won on six occasions in league matches, with ten draws and nine defeats and have scored 34 goals to Swindon’s 51.
City’s last win in a league game was a 2-1 on December 10th 1960 and all of their wins in league matches have been by a single goal including a 3-2 win in December 1952.
Last season the game finished in a 1-1 draw with Josh McQuoid giving City a 40th minute lead only for Raphael Rossi-Branco to equalise in the 72nd minute.
The teams that day were:
City: Allsop, Phillips, Willis, Webster, Johnson, Haynes, Thomas, Fleck, McQuoid (Miller 61, Swanson 86), Tudgay (Jackson 61), O'Brien. Subs: Burge, Pugh, Swanson, Coulibaly, Finch.
Swindon: Fotheringham, Byrne, Luongo, Turnbull, Kasim, Waldon (Barker 63), Williams, B.Smith, Lelan, Thompson, Rossi-Branco. Subs: Belford, Reeves, M.Smith, Bathram, Marshall, Holland.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Swindon Town is Dean Whitestone.
Dean started refereeing in Northampton in 1992 and it was his father who was a class one referee, who got him interested. He progressed through the United Counties League, The Southern League, The Conference and onto the Football League as a referee in 2005/2006.
He was in charge of City’s 2-1 home win over Yeovil Town in September 2014 after the pre-season defeat at Stevenage which left City manager Steven Pressley slightly critical of his performance as he was when Mr Whitestone was in charge of the 1-1 draw against Oldham Athletic on December 29th 2013.
Mr Whitestone was also in charge of City's Capital One Cup defeat at Leyton Orient back in August 2013 when he sent off Carl Baker and in the charge of the Boxing Day win at Stevenage in December 2012 and the League Cup win over Birmingham City in August 2012.
Before that, he has been in charge of the 3-0 win at Portsmouth in April 2011, the 1-1 draw against Blackpool on January 30th 2010, the 2-1 win at Northampton Town in a Jackson Grundy Cup game in July 2009, the 2-1 win at Charlton on December 9th 2008, the 1-0 home win over QPR on September 20th 2008 and a 1-1 home draw with Southend on December 30th 2006.
His assistants are: Ryan Atkin and Oleksandr Saliy. The Fourth Official is Adam Bromley.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are the favourites to win at Swindon Town on Saturday.
City are the 11/10 favourites with Swindon at 2/1 and 5/2 the draw.
To check on some of the odds being offered by the leading bookmakers before you place a bet, please click on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/swindon-v-coventry/winner