SAT JANUARY 5TH 2008 AT 3PM
AT EWOOD PARK,BLACKURN, BB2 4JF
FA CUP THREE
Sky Blues On The Road -Blackburn Rovers
SAT JANUARY 5TH 2008 AT 3PM
AT EWOOD PARK,BLACKURN, BB2 4JF
FA CUP THREE
MATCH DETAILS
Kick off is at 3pm. Tickets are priced at £19 for adults without a season ticket. £15 adult season ticket holders £7 junior/Senior Citzen Juniors £1 when bought at the same time as an adult ticket
Kick off is at 3pm. Tickets are priced at £19 for adults without a season ticket. £15 adult season ticket holders £7 junior/Senior Citzen Juniors £1 when bought at the same time as an adult ticket
If City win, they will receive £40,000.
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WEATHER
A cloudy day with a high of seven degrees.
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THE LAST TIME
This will be the 34th meeting of the two sides. Coventry have won on fifteen occasions with five draws. City won 2-1 in an FA Cup tie on Feb 15th 1997 and won by the same score in the last visit in the league on November 7th 1998. The only other FA Cup tie was at Ewood Park in 1980 and saw a 1-0 win for then Div 3 Blackburn.
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WEATHER
A cloudy day with a high of seven degrees.
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THE LAST TIME
This will be the 34th meeting of the two sides. Coventry have won on fifteen occasions with five draws. City won 2-1 in an FA Cup tie on Feb 15th 1997 and won by the same score in the last visit in the league on November 7th 1998. The only other FA Cup tie was at Ewood Park in 1980 and saw a 1-0 win for then Div 3 Blackburn.
City's biggest win at Ewood Park was 5-2 in January 1993.
__________________________________________________________________ THE MATCH OFFICIALS
The referee is Lee Probert. His assistants are R.Burton & G.Wallace. The fourth official is M.Oliver.
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The referee is Lee Probert. His assistants are R.Burton & G.Wallace. The fourth official is M.Oliver.
Gloucestershire based Mr Probert was in charge of City's 3-0 home defeat by Watford earlier this season. He has had 19 games this season, His last was the 1-1 draw between Norwich and Wolves on December 29th. He has shown 49 yellow card and two red.
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TRAVEL
OFFICIAL COACH
Adults £10, Senior citizen/junior £10, Adult season ticket holder £10, Concession season ticket holder/JSB/Disabled £10. Coaches will depart the Ricoh Arena at 10.30am.
By Car: From the North: Leave the M6 at Junction 29 and join the M61, at the first exit join the M65 and head East to Blackburn. Ewood Park is well signposted on the M65, leave at junction 4, join the A666 and head towards Blackburn Ewood Park is about a mile away on your right.
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TRAVEL
OFFICIAL COACH
Adults £10, Senior citizen/junior £10, Adult season ticket holder £10, Concession season ticket holder/JSB/Disabled £10. Coaches will depart the Ricoh Arena at 10.30am.
By Car: From the North: Leave the M6 at Junction 29 and join the M61, at the first exit join the M65 and head East to Blackburn. Ewood Park is well signposted on the M65, leave at junction 4, join the A666 and head towards Blackburn Ewood Park is about a mile away on your right.
From the South: Leave the M6 at Junction 29 and join the M65 and head East to Blackburn. Ewood Park is well signposted on the M65, leave at junction 4, join the A666 and head towards Blackburn. Ewood Park is about a mile away on your right.
From the West: From the M6/M62 or M60, join the M61, leave the M61 for the M65 and head East to Blackburn. Ewood Park is well signposted on the M65, leave at junction 4, join the A666 and head towards Blackburn. Ewood Park is about a mile away on your right.
From the East: Travelling from Yorkshire, either on the B6234, the A56 Haslingden by-pass or the Skipton Road, join the M65 and head West. Leave the M65 at junction 4 and head towards Blackburn on the A666, Ewood Park is about a mile from the motorway on the right hand side.
From the M62 leave at Junction 18 for the M66 Bury, travel to the end of the Motorway which becomes the A56, join the M65 at Junction 8 and head Westbound towards Blackburn. Leave the M65 at junction 4 and head towards Blackburn on the A666, Ewood Park is about a mile from the motorway on the right hand side.
Street parking close to Ewood Park is restricted, please use the car parks provided.
By Train: Blackburn station is approximately a mile and a half from Ewood Park. Mill Hill station is approximately one mile away from the ground. There are direct trains from Manchester Victoria, Salford Crescent and Preston. See the "http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/" Nationalrail website for train times.
By Bus: The buses serving Ewood Park are: No. 1 (Darwen Cemetery - Darwen - Blackburn - Accrington), No. 5a / 5c (Blackburn Outer Circle Anticlockwise & Clockwise), No. 19 (Sunnybower - Blackburn - Feniscowles), No. 225 (Bolton - Blackburn - Clitheroe), No. 237 (Edgworth - Darwen - Blackburn)
Service 1 departs from stand M at Blackburn Boulevard, Services 19 &a 225 depart from stand N at Blackburn Boulevard, Service 237 departs from stand P at Blackburn Boulevard. The frequency of buses serving Ewood Park is every 10 minutes. For more information use the Traveline website or telephone number: http://www.traveline.org.uk/ or call 0871 200 22 33.
Disabled Facilities: There are 20 spaces for visiting supporters at the front of the Darwen End. Call 01254 693 793 at least five days in advance to book. Cost: Free for disabled, normal ticket price for helper.
FREE TRAVEL FOR FA CUP TIE
COVENTRY CITY FANS TRAVEL FREE WITH E.ON AND NATIONAL EXPRESS
TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTYPRINT OF THE FA CUP
COVENTRY CITY FANS TRAVEL FREE WITH E.ON AND NATIONAL EXPRESS
TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTYPRINT OF THE FA CUP
E.ON, one of the UK's leading energy suppliers and Sponsor of The FA Cup, is offering free coach travel with National Express for football fans heading to FA Cup Third Round matches, as part of its Carbonfootyprint.com campaign.
The offer will provide coach travel for fans at each of the 32 away Third Round fixtures in order to reduce the environmental impact of The FA Cup. By logging onto www.carbonfootyprint.com, fans can pledge leave their car at home and travel by coach for free.
Coventry City fans face a 256 mile round trip to Blackburn and could save nearly 1750 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of powering a TV for over 40,000 hours if they take the free coach. Meanwhile, Hull City fans face the longest journey in Round Three with a 677 mile round trip to Plymouth Argyle. If 50 City fans travel in a coach together they will save over 4 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to powering a house for the entire football season.
With fans expected to clock up over 8,000 miles in total traveling to games over the Third Round weekend, fans are being encouraged to do their bit. Going by coach is the most environmentally friendly form of transport, emitting just 29g of CO2 on a per passenger kilometre basis (gCO2/pass.km) compared to trains and cars. If just one coach is filled with fans at every game rather than traveling by car, over 56 tonnes of CO2 would be saved, the equivalent to boiling over 1million kettles for your half time cuppa1.
The partnership with National Express will run across every round of The FA Cup through to The Final in May. By encouraging fans to travel to matches together in a coach, rather than driving in a car, fans can make a significant difference to competition's carbon emissions.
Mike Thompson, Head of Sponsorship & Events at E.ON said:
"With thousands of fans traveling to FA Cup games every round, it is no surprise that travel has the biggest environmental impact. By providing free coaches to away games this round and for every round until The Final, we hope that fans will travel to the game together rather than by car, and reduce their carbon footprint. The initiative with National Express is a great way of communicating some of the easy steps fans can take to help make this season's FA Cup carbon neutral."
"With thousands of fans traveling to FA Cup games every round, it is no surprise that travel has the biggest environmental impact. By providing free coaches to away games this round and for every round until The Final, we hope that fans will travel to the game together rather than by car, and reduce their carbon footprint. The initiative with National Express is a great way of communicating some of the easy steps fans can take to help make this season's FA Cup carbon neutral."
Paul Bunting, Chief Executive, National Express, added:
"We are delighted to be working with E.ON to make it easier for football fans to reduce their carbon foot print when travelling to support their team during the FA Cup. In 2006 nearly 300,000 tonnes of CO2 were saved from entering the atmosphere by people using the National Express instead of the car, and this brilliant campaign will help people understand that changing travel habits from cars to public transport is the single best way they can help the environment".
"We are delighted to be working with E.ON to make it easier for football fans to reduce their carbon foot print when travelling to support their team during the FA Cup. In 2006 nearly 300,000 tonnes of CO2 were saved from entering the atmosphere by people using the National Express instead of the car, and this brilliant campaign will help people understand that changing travel habits from cars to public transport is the single best way they can help the environment".
The free coach travel offer forms part of E.ON's Carbonfootyprint.com campaign, which aims to offset the 45,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide produced by The FA Cup in order to make the competition carbon neutral2. Carbon emissions are calculated for every match in every round of The FA Cup (including replays) and include the operational emissions from all participating clubs, the television emissions from viewers watching matches at home and the travel emissions produced by home and away fans.
By logging onto www.carbonfootyprint.com, football fans can also find out about car sharing schemes in their area and choose from over 30 different energy saving pledges, such as fitting energy efficient light bulbs, walking to a game or watching the match together at a pub with friends.
The Carbonfootyprint.com campaign follows the success of 'Save Your Energy for the Blues' an initiative run by E.ON in conjunction with Ipswich Town Football Club last season, which saw fans make over 14,000 carbon saving pledges to make the Blues the country's first ever carbon neutral football club.
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TEAM NEWS
Kevin Kyle is available after serving a third game ban. Robbie Simpson may again start after sixty minutes at Bristol City. Julian Gray has a calf injury.
David McNamee is out along with Isaac Osbourne & Leon McKenzie.
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TEAM NEWS
Kevin Kyle is available after serving a third game ban. Robbie Simpson may again start after sixty minutes at Bristol City. Julian Gray has a calf injury.
David McNamee is out along with Isaac Osbourne & Leon McKenzie.
Mark Hughes could change the team which beat Sunderland 1-0 on Wednesday. Roque Santa Cruz will be rested Robbie Savage who has been attracting the interest of other clubs is not expected to play but former Sky Blue Stephen Warnock should.
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ON THE GAME
Jay Tabb said to the CT: "I am sure it will be different to the Man Utd game. "It is the FA Cup and I am sure Blackburn will be more of the mindset of having a good game and getting on a good run in the Cup with their strongest side.
"But it is up to us to go there and enjoy it and try to cause an upset.
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ON THE GAME
Jay Tabb said to the CT: "I am sure it will be different to the Man Utd game. "It is the FA Cup and I am sure Blackburn will be more of the mindset of having a good game and getting on a good run in the Cup with their strongest side.
"But it is up to us to go there and enjoy it and try to cause an upset.
"I am sure we will give them a good game and then we need to get back to the league where we have really got to knuckle down, make sure we don't give away silly goals and ensure we are still in the game after 25 minutes.
"When we match the work ethic of other teams we show we are a good side, which is what we did in the second half against Bristol when we showed some good stuff.
"We have got to show belief in ourselves and be mentally strong to get on a run and have a decent end to the season."
Tim Flowers who played for Blackburn for six years told the club website: "It's the Third Round of the FA Cup, it's brilliant. "We've drawn one of the big boys and if our players have got anything about them, which I'm sure they have, they'll go up there and enjoy it and get stuck in. "It's a tough ask but so were Man United and West Ham in the Carling Cup and we acquitted ourselves very well in those two games and we'll go there with confidence and try to play."