CARDIFF CITY V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY OCTOBER 20TH AT 7.45PM
AT CARDIFF CITY STADIUM, LECKWITH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8AZ
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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 Cardiff City.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach Departs The Ricoh Arena at 4pm.
Adults £26 (£23 Concessions), Adult members £23 (£16 Concessions)
BY Car
M42, M5,M50, A449 to M4. Exit at junction 33 and follow Penarth (A4232) signs. After six miles,take the B4267 turn off which is sign-posted Cardiff City Stadium. Follow the slip road, turning first left at the roundabout. The stadium is then on your right hand side, taking the right hand turn at the second set of traffic lights.
Please follow the appropriate signage for your designated parking space.
Train station - Cardiff Central one mile
Exit for City Centre/Millennium Stadium. Turn left out of the station and walk towards Wood Street. Cross bridge on left over River Taff into Tudor Street. Continue straight ahead into Ninian Park Road. Turn left under railway bridge on Leckwith Road. Turn left at traffic lights into Sloper Road and the new Cardiff City Stadium is on your right, opposite Ninian Park.
From Cardiff Airport
Take the X91 Airbus to Jubilee Park by the ground or a taxi to the ground is around £20.
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ADMISSION
Tickets are priced at £26 for adults, £15 concessions and £15 for juniors, Adult Disabled and Carer £26 in advance. Adult tickets rising by £2 if bought on the day of the game.
Spaces for wheelchair-users at £18 for adults, £10 for concessions and £5 for juniors with personal assistants admitted free.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 43rd meeting of the two sides. City have won 18 matches and drawn 9, scoring 67 goals compared to Cardiff's 62 .
The last meeting saw a 2-0 win for Cardiff City at the Ricoh Arena back in January and in the corresponding fixture last season, Cardiff won 2-1.
The teams for the 2-1 defeat in Cardiff were:
Team
Westwood, Osbourne, Dann, Fox, Ward (Hall 46), Doyle, Gunnarsson, McKenzie, Morrison (Best 72), Tabb (Mifsud 69), Eastwood SNU Marshall, Beuzelin
Cardiff
Heaton, McNaughton, Johnson, Purse, Kennedy, Whittingham, Rae, Ledley, McPhail, Bothroyd, McCormack Snu Enkleman, Gyepes, Johnson, Parry, Comminges _____________________________________________________________________
MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship fixture at Cardiff City is Mick Russell.
Mr Russell lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The Gas Service Engineer has had 13 matches so far this season. This will be his fourth Championship game. He has shown 27 yellow cards and two red. He is a licensed FA Coach.
His last City game was the 4-0 win against Barnsley on February 2nd 2008.
Assistants are Andrew Laver from Hampshire & Lee.Swabey from Devon. The Fourth Official is Simon Knapp from Gloucestershire .
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BETTING ODDS
See http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/coca-cola-championship/cardiff-v-coventry/win-market.