BRADFORD CITY V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24TH AT 7.45PM
AT CORAL WINDOWS STADIUM, VALLEY PARADE, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD8 7DY.
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.45pm
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TRAVEL
Club Coaches - Coaches Departs White Street Car Park at 4pm and costs £15.
Arriving by Road
From the North East take A1 southbound to join A1/M1 link then join M62 westbound.
From the South take M1 or A1 northbound to join M62 westbound.
From the North West / West take M6 then M60 Manchester Ring Road to join M62 eastbound then: From M62 exit at j26. Take M606 towards Bradford
At end of motorway take the middle or right hand lane and follow signs for Ring Road East (under tunnel) onto Rooley Lane (signs Leeds/Bradford Airport). McDonalds is now on your left. Over traffic lights at Asda Superstore and turn left at roundabout into Wakefield Road. Stay in middle lane.Over two roundabouts staying in middle lane (signs to Shipley & Skipton) on to Shipley Airedale Road (A6037) which then becomes Canal Road.After Tesco, Staples & P C World (on left) go over traffic lights and turn left into Station Road (A6177) and left again into Queens Road.
Uphill to third set of traffic lights and turn left into Manningham Lane.After Gulf Petrol Station (on left), take first left into Valley Parade for Stadium.
Supporters are advised that there is NO public car parking at the stadium on matchdays and there is very limited street parking.
Buses to the Stadium
First Bradford and Keighley & District Travel Company operate frequent bus services from Bradford city centre, Bradford Interchange and outlying areas to the Coral Windows Stadium (buses stop on Manningham Lane or Queens Road).
Arriving by Rail
The nearest Rail Station for the Stadium is Bradford Forster Square. Services are operated by Northern Rail.Bradford Interchange also connects with Leeds City station for National Express East Coast and Cross Country services.
Taxi
If going to the ground by taxi, make sure you ask for Bradford City or Valley Parade as in Bradford, the term "Bradford" refers to Bradford Park Avenue.
Worth A Read - http://www.thegroundguide.co.uk/groundguide/bradford.html
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ADMISSION
You can pay on the day.
Adults - £25.00
Seniors (over 60) - £15.00
Student - £15.00 (not available online)
Juniors (11-16) - £10.00
Under-11s (0-10) - £5.00 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
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THE LAST TIME
Tuesday night will see Coventry City’s 14th visit to Bradford City AFC.
The Sky Blues have only once in league and cup matches, with four draws and eight defeats and have scored 13 goals to Bradford City’s 24.
City’s last win in a league game was on September 15th 1959 and saw a 3-1 win.
Last season, City lost 3-2 at Valley Parade with Reda Johnson scoring twice whilst James Hanson scored a brace for The Bantams with an Alan Sheehan penalty.
The teams that day were:
City: Allsop, Willis, Pugh, Webster, Johnson, Clarke (Miller 78) Thomas (Fleck 66) McQuoid, Swanson, O'Brien, Tudgay. Subs: Burge, Daniels, Phillips, Haynes, Maddiison.
Bradford City: Pickford, Darby, Davies, Sheehan, Liddle, Hanson, B.Clarke .(McLean 86), Knott (Dolan 71), Yeates, Kennedy, McArdle. Subs Unwin, Meredith, Sheriff, Morais, Heaton.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Bradford City is Nigel Miller from County Durham.
Mr Miller has been a referee since 1989 and was promoted to the Football League referees list in 2003.
His last City game was the 2-1 defeat at Bury back in September and other previous games he has refereed are: the 4-1 defeat at Oldham Athletic in 2014, the 5-1 home win over Walsall in December 2012, the 3-2 home defeat to Ipswich in February 2012, the 1-0 defeat at Scunthorpe in December 2009, the 3-0 defeat at Blackpool in August 2009, the 1-0 home defeat to Plymouth in November 2008, the 2-1 FA Cup win over Millwall in January 2008, the 2-1 win over Southampton in February 2007, the 2-0 home defeat to Bristol City in January 2007, the 0-0 home draw with Stoke City in December 2006, the 3-1 home win over Plymouth in December 2005, the 4-0 defeat at Burnley in August 2005 and the 2-1 home defeat to Leeds in January 2005..
His assistants are: Thomas Bramall and Thomas Kirk. The Fourth Official is Nicholas Barnard.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City are the under-dogs to win at Bradford City on Tuesday night.
City are at 7/4 with Bradford City at 6/4 and 12/5 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/bradford-v-coventry/winner