Exeter City will be looking for their 10th home win of the League Two season when they take on Coventry City at St James Park on Saturday.
The Grecians go into the match eighth in the table, but are only two points behind third-placed Coventry having played a game less. Manager Paul Tisdale is well aware of the importance of the game as he expects Mark Robins side to be a strong challenger for promotion with them this season.
“We have had a good chance to look at them now over the first half of the season and they are a contender for promotion,” he said.
“They are defensively very, very good. They are very well organised, they have got a good structure and they have got some good players.
“It is a nice template for a good team and I think that they will be, no doubt, a contender, if not for the play-offs then the automatics as well. It will be a tough test for us.”
Meanwhile Robins is looking forward to meeting up with City boss Paul Tisdale having admired the work he and Steve Perryman have done.
“I know Paul Tisdale well,” he said. “We played together in Greece and he has done remarkably well at Exeter.
“Exeter turn over plenty of players, but they bring good ones in and give a lot of the younger players opportunities before turning out to do really well in their careers.
“Along with Steve Perryman, they do really well.”
TICKETS
The IP Office Stand is sold out for the match against Coventry, meaning there is only standing tickets available in the Thatchers Big Bank.
Tickets should still be available to purchase for the Thatchers Big Bank on the day, but the club is advising supporters to buy tickets in advance, at a discounted rate, to avoid disappointment. You can do this by clicking on the following link and then collect your ticket from the ticket booth in Red Square on matchday.
Exeter City will also like to remind any visiting supporters that it is an offence to knowingly purchase tickets in the home section of the crowd. The club have the necessary checks in place to ensure that this does not happen. Any individual who has entered any part of the ground designated for the use of any group of supporters to which he or she does not belong may be ejected from the ground either for the purposes of his or her own safety or for any other reason.
TRAIN SERVICES TO ST JAMES PARK DISRUPTED
The normal service of First Great Western trains to St James Park is disrupted. Please click on the following link to find out all the information.
GROUND INFO
The away terrace and the Stagecoach Family Stand will not be open to supporters for Saturday’s game due to redevelopment work at the club. All entry for home fans will be via the Stadium Way turnstiles into the IP Office Stand and the Thatchers Big Bank. There will be no entry possible from the Jungle Path/Well Street side of the ground.
For more information read the following article.
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
Troy Archibald-Henville is the feature interview in Saturday’s matchday programme as he discusses his aims for the season, dealing with injury and his ambitions to go into coaching once he retires.
Keith Harvey takes on the Legends first, best and worst quiz, while there is the latest news from the academy and ladies team and all the usual features.
FAMILY ZONE
The new Junior Grecians family zone will be open to its members from 12.30pm on Saturday and then to the general public from 1.30pm. The zone has video consoles, large TV screens, a refreshments stall and table football.
The zone is located in Red Square. For more information on it read the following article.
FACEPAINTERS AND MAGIC
Magician Lez the Fez and facepainters will be at the ground on Saturday in the lead up to the match. You can find out more information about their visit by clicking here.
MASCOTS
City have 10 mascots for today’s game against Coventry City. They are as follows: William Manning, Ethan Duff, Ashton Cook, Rosie Tisdale, Archie Morgan, Sofie In Der Reiden, Noah Pemberton, George Pemberton, Lewis Alexander and Quinn George Elliott.
You can read all their profiles in the matchday programme.
If you would like to be a matchday mascot at one of our games contact our operations manager Andy Gillard via email at andy.gillard@ecfc.co.uk.
CLUB SHOP
The club shop will be open from 11am to 5pm on matchdays and will be selling our new Flybe-inspired third kit. The club shop is located in Red Square, at the back of the IP Office Stand.