CRAWLEY TOWN V COVENTRY CITY FC
SATURDAY APRIL 13 AT 3PM
AT BROADFIELD STADIUM, WINFIELD WAY, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, RH11 9RX
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Coaches Club Coaches to Crawley leave Ricoh Arena Car Park C at 10.30 and cost £15.50. Book by emalling ticket.office@ccfc.co.uk
The Sky Blue Trust are running a coach which costs £15 return and leaves Cov Baths at 9am. For seats please phone Gary on 07545 346978.
BY Road Exit the M23 at the Pease Pottage junction 11. Take the third exit (signposted Broadfield Stadium) and the ground is on your left at the bottom of Brighton Road, approx 2 mins from the M23 junction.
Car Parking
A £3 car parking charge applies at the Stadium. There are other free parking options available close to the Stadium. There are 350 spaces in Broadfield Business Park at the offices of William Reed and and Novo Nordisk next to the Stadium, which will be stewarded. In addition, there are 90 spaces at KPMG and Bard Ltd. at Tilgate Forest Business Centre on the southbound side of the Brighton Road.
New parking restrictions are now in place around the Stadium. These affect the grass verges along the A23 near to the stadium and prohibit parking from the Pease Pottage M23 roundabout northwards to the junction with Horsham Road (A2220) roundabout are now in force. The order also prohibits waiting, at any time, in the lay-by on the western side of the A23, around 350 yards south of the stadium.
Train
For Broadfield Stadium, you need Crawley Train Station, which is just over a mile away from the stadium. You can either take a taxi (about £6), or from the bus station across the road, you can take a Fastway number 10 bus to the ground (this runs every ten minutes). Otherwise it is about a twenty minute walk.
As you come out of the station turn left and walk down to the T-junction. At the junction turn left into Brighton Road. Keep walking straight down Brighton Road for just under a mile and at its end turn right. You should now be able to see the stadium in the distance behind the traffic island. Use the underpass to cross the A23 to the ground.
Trains from London Victoria to Crawley leave at 02 and 32 past the hour on a Saturday and journey times are around 45 minutes.
After the game, there are trains back to London Victoria at 17,29 and 17,59.
There are also half hourly trains to Brighton for those staying there.
Taxis
There is a taxi rank outside Crawley station, which will be charged by the mile (max 2 miles).
Bus
Metrobus services from Gatwick Airport, Crawley Station and Three Bridges Station are available. Fastway 10 serves Broadfield Stadium every 7 minutes and drops you right outside the stadium. There are 12 buses an hour which go past the Stadium so you will never have to wait long for a service.
Fastway 20 (Gatwick South Terminal only) serves Broadfield Stadium every 20 minutes. If you are unsure of which stop to get off, simply ask the driver and they will help you.
From Gatwick Airport - both terminals Follow the signs saying 'local buses' Catch either Fastway 10 or Fastway 20 in the direction of Broadfield/Bewbush Ask for Broadfield Stadium.
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Worth a read; http://www.footballgroundguide.com/crawley_town/
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ADMISSION
If you want to see Coventry City's first ever game at Crawley Town then you need to contact the Crawley Town Ticket Office. Tickets for the game at Crawley Town on Saturday April 13th are only available from Crawley’s ticket office.
You can purchase tickets by calling the Crawley ticket office direct on 01293 410000. City have been allocated 291 tickets in the West Stand (seated) and 1,379 tickets in the North Stand (terraced).
Tickets are priced at:
West Stand (seated) - £19 Adults, £15 Over 65, £10 (18 and Under)
North Stand (terraced), £17 Adults, £13 Over 65, £7 (18 and Under)
Tickets can be collected on the day.
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THE LAST TIME
City have only played Crawley Town once in a competitive match before and that was earlier this season at the Ricoh Arena.
For a look at matches between City and Crawley, please click on http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/next/vs/match/index.shtml.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at Crawley is Rob Lewis from Shrewsbury.
Mr Lewis started his refereeing career in the Shrewsbury and Shropshire leagues and came through the ranks as an assistant referee where he made it onto the FIFA List and ran the line for a number of high profile international matches, with one of the highlights running the line at the Bernabeu Stadium for a Champions League match when David Beckham was playing for Real Madrid.
Mr Lewis has not had a City first team game before although he did have a reserve team game against Fulham in 2005 which finished 1-1.
This season, he had had 21 matches (seven of which have been League One matches) , shown 66 yellow cards and no reds.
His assistants are; Rob Hyde and Wes Linden. The Fourth Official is Daniel Cook
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers have made Coventry City the under-dogs for Saturday's League One game at Crawley Town FC.
Crawley are 6/4 with the bookies to win whilst City are priced at 2/1. You can get 9/4 on the draw.
If you are planning on having a bet on Saturday's game, make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing any bet. You can check some of the odds on offer by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/crawley-v-coventry/winner