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FOOTBALL - Coventry City urge supporters to arrive early for Stoke match with bumper crowd expected

Aaron Sutcliffe 7th Mar, 2025 Updated: 7th Mar, 2025   0

COVENTRY City are urging supporters to arrive early for this weekend’s game against Stoke City with a bumper crowd expected.

The Sky Blues host Stoke on Saturday, March 8 with kick-off at 12.30pm at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

The club have sold more than 29,000 tickets for the fixture and anticipate a crowd of more than 30,000 for the highly-anticipated Championship clash.

Former Coventry boss Mark Robins makes his first return to the CBS Arena since he was sacked as Sky Blues boss in November.

Robins guided City to two promotions, a Championship play-off final and FA Cup semi-final during a near eight-year tenure in charge of the Sky Blues.

He returned to management with the Potters on New Year’s Day and has won two of his 10 games in charge.




Coventry have confirmed turnstiles will open at 11am.

The club would like all supporters to make their way into the Arena by midday at the latest to avoid unnecessary queues.


Coventry head into the game off the back of four straight victories and sit in the Championship play-off places.

Opponents Stoke sit 20th in the table, just five points above the relegation zone.

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