Sky Blues On The Road- Swansea City
Last updated : 24 December 2008 By Covsupport News Service
SWANSEA CITY V COVENTRY CITY
FRIDAY DECEMBER 26TH AT 3PM
AT LIBERTY STADIUM,LANDORE,SWANSEA, SA1 2FA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off is at 3pm. Live commentary on Sky Blue World and BBC Coventry & Warwickshire or BBC Radio Wales SW FM if you are in radio reception range.
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TICKETSThe price for away supporters at the Liberty Stadium is £23 for adults, Senior Citizens £13, U`16's £10.
This match is all ticket for City supporters with none available on the day
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WEATHER
A cloudy day is forecast with temperatures around six degrees.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 23rd meeting of the two sides with Coventry having won 12 of those games. There has been five draws. City have scored 46 goals compared to Swansea's 44.
Coventry have not played at the Liberty Stadium before. Their last trip to Swansea was for a friendly on August 9th 1988 which they won 3-1. Their last league game at Vetch Field brought a 2-1 defeat on August 31st 1982.
Last League game 25/11/08 City 1-1 Swansea
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THE MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently scheduled referee for this Championshp game is Steve Tanner.
Another Premier League ref, Mr Tanner is from Somerset. He has had 15 games this season issuing 43 yellow cards and three red. His last game was Bournemouth's 2-0 win over Bury last Saturday.
His last City game was the 3-2 defeat at Plymouth on January 22nd 2007.
Assistants are M.Scholes & S.Rubery. The fourth official is S.Hooper
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TRAVEL
Club Coach
Departure Time: 10am
Adult: £25 Adult Member/ST Holder: £19 Concessions: £22 Concessions Member/ST Holder: £13
ALTERNATIVE COACH TRAVEL SKY BLUE ARMY - 024 76 694293
Take the M4 towards Swansea. Leave M4 at Junction 45 Keep in left hand lane and take A4067 towards the City Centre. Follow the signs for Stadium for approx. 6 miles and then the Stadium will appear on your left hand side. Entrance to the Stadium car park is at the entrance to the Morfa Retail Park Follow road around past Frankie & Benny's Restaurant and take first left.
There are parking restrictions at the ground and you may be forced to use the Swansea Vale Park And Ride site which 2000 parking spaces and charges £5 parking charge per vehicle.
From M4 - Swansea Vale Park and Ride. Come off at Junction 45, take the A4067 and follow signs to 'Stadium Park and Ride'.
Disabled Supporters: A drop off/pick up only point is located at the front of the Stadium for disabled supporters.
Being Boxing Day,expect little in the way of public transport.
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BETTING ODDS
The Sky Blues are 3-1 to win with Swansea 10/11 . You can get 12/5 on a draw.
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TEAM NEWS
Chris Coleman should have the same sixteen which featured against Ipswich.
Swansea City will not be allowed to play Dimi Konstantopolous against his parent club and are expected to be unchanged with Mark Gower over-coming the flu. Ferrie Bodde, Marcus Painter and Stephen O'Halloran are all out.
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BOXING DAY FIXTURES
Championship
Burnley v Barnsley, Charlton v QPR (1pm), Palace v Norwich (1pm), Ipswich v Birmingham, Forest v Doncaster, Preston v Derby, Reading v Cardiff City, Sheff Wed v Blackpool, Watford v Bristol City (12noon), Wolves v Sheffield United.
Midland Alliance
Coventry Sphinx V Racing Club Warwick (12noon), Stratford V Highgate
