TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR V COVENTRY CITY FA CUP 3
SATURDAY JANUARY 5TH AT 3PM
AT BILL NICHOLSON WAY, 748 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17 0AP
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm. This game is not on tv. It is on the BBC World Service radio.
If a replay is required this will take place on Wednesday Jan 16th at 7.45pm at the Ricoh Arena.
Tottenham and/or Coventry have been allocated ball number three in the Fourth Round draw which takes place on Sunday afternoon at 3.30pm live on ITV1.
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TRAVEL
BY ROAD; The stadium is located on the Tottenham High Road and is one mile south of the A406 (North Circular). You can easily join the A406 from the M25 (junction 25) and the A10. The M25 is 15-20 minutes from the stadium. From the City follow the A10 to Bruce Grove then straight on to the High Road.
Parking; On street parking is virtually non-existent around the stadium on matchdays as a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) is in operation which means that only local residents who have a parking permit and blue badge holders can park legally. The perimeter of the zone is up to a mile from the ground and this has led to some private car parks near to the stadium charging up to £15 for the privilege. If you do park around the area, make sure that you take notice of the advisory parking notices attached to lamp posts, as otherwise you may find that you car gets towed away.
BY TRAIN & TUBE: White Hart Lane mainline station is four minutes walk from the stadium, with regular services that connect to the Victoria Line tube service via Seven Sisters.
Northumberland Park mainline station is eight minutes walk from the stadium, with regular services that connect to the Victoria line tube service at Tottenham Hale station.
Trains run from both White Hart Lane and Northumberland Park stations to Liverpool Street Station and direct trains take about 20 minutes.
There are a number of excellent bus services from Seven Sisters running past the stadium entrance. A taxi rank is available at Tottenham Hale Station.
More information: http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/sites/spurs/Matchday%20Travel/stadium-directions.page and definitely worth reading; http://www.footballgroundguide.com/tottenham_hotspur/
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ADMISSION
City have sold their allocation of 5,021 tickets
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THE LAST TIME
Coventry City will play Tottenham Hotspur for the fourth time after the sides were paired together in the FA Cup Third Round draw.
Of the three previous games, City have only won one and that was the 1987 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium which saw George Curtis and John Sillett's side triumph 3-2 after extra time.
The Sky Blues went down to a 3-1 defeat at White Hart Lane on February 14th 1981 and twenty years later, Spurs won 2-0 at Highfield Road on Wednesday January 16th in a re-arranged tie. Poyet (23) and Ferdinand (52) scored the goals in front of a crowd of 20,833.
The teams that night were:
City: Hedman, Shaw, Antonelius, Carsley, Breen, Konjic, Edworthy, Betts, Joachim, Boothroyd, Thompson, Subs Quinn, Martinez, Delorge.
Spurs: Sullivan, Davies, Tarrico, Perry, Richards, King, Anderton, Sherwood, Ferdinand, Rebrov, Poyet. Subs Iversen, Leonhardsen.
Stats supplied by Footy Mad and Jim Brown
http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/coventry_city/vs/tottenham_hotspur/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's FA Cup Third Round tie at Tottenham Hotspur is Michael Naylor. from South Yorkshire.
Mr Naylor took a refereeing course with three of his mates from junior football and was promoted to the League list in 2007.
His last City game was the 4-2 home defeat to Southampton on November 5th 2011 and his only other City game was the 2-2 draw at Burnley on March 15th 2011
He has had 18 matches this season and has shown forty five yellow cards and three red. His last match was Leicester City's 1-0 win at Burnley on December 29th.
His assistants are; Lee Betts & Dan Robathan. The Fourth Official is Darren Sheldrake.
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers have Coventry City down as under-dogs for Saturday's FA Cup Third Round tie at Tottenham Hotspur, you won't be surprised to read.
The Sky Blues are being quoted by a number of bookmakers as a 14/1 shot to win with the North Londoners at 1/5 and 5/1 on the draw and a replay on January 16th.
If you are planning to have a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds available. You can check the odds being offered by some of the leading bookmakers by clicking on
http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/fa-cup/tottenham-v-coventry/winner