‘Coventry City’ Archives
Life outside the Prem: 30th – 31st January
Coventry 1 - 1 Blackpool Coventry 1 - Blackpool 1- Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 Plymouth Sheffield Wednesday 2 - Plymouth 1- Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Leeds 2 - 0 Colchester Leeds 2 - Colchester 0- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Football was better in the past: 1970-71
Leeds United were the predominant team of the era, although Everton had finished the previous season ahead of them as League champions and Chelsea had beaten them in the Cup final. England had, of course, handed over the World Cup to Brazil despite being the best team in Mexico. Man Utd were already in rapid decline, but give George Best the ball [...]
Gallery of the grotesque Vol. 1
I enjoyed my recent look at the worst ‘Old Firm’ kits ever so much that I’ve now decided to unveil this ‘gallery of the grotesque’, a selection of ten true shockers from football history. 1. Birmingham City - Home kit 1992-93 Matching shorts! I had wallpaper like this when I was 12... that was 1985, mind. It's the matching [...]
‘The’ Coventry free kick, 1970
It is October, 1970, and Coventry are taking on defending league champions Everton. Now, let’s put this whole free kick thingy into some kind of perspective, shall we? The Everton match was not the first or last time that this maneuver was attempted, but the end result had never been this spectacular. To have a free kick named after your team [...]
The best cup final I’ve ever seen
Houchen wonder goal - 1987 FA Cup Final The 1987 FA Cup Final took place on 16th May 1987 in glorious mid-May sunshine at the wonderfully dilapidated old Wembley Stadium and is universally, well by me at least, considered to be one of the best cup finals to played at Wembley. It was contested between massive underdogs and never before trophy [...]
Footy legends: Jimmy Hill
In this classic clip, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner interview a clearly worse for wear Jimmy Hill after he has spent the afternoon boozing at the Fulham end of season dinner. Always opinionated, rarely boring, Hill has a well-deserved reputation as an all-round innovator in football. Not only did he help to get rid of the maximum wage [...]
Panini legends #3: Massive beardy weirdy
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This hairy gentleman is no longer quite so hairy, if that's any kind of help. Seen here in his Paninitastic mid-80s heyday, this manager is currently doing quite well in Germany after experiencing somewhat mixed fortunes in England. Exhibit A: 1984 style Exhibit B: 1985 style (radically different from the previous year) As you can [...]
The tragic of the cup
Offically, and in direct contrast to Championship Manager, the Cup is crap: The makers of the Championship Manager game conducted a survey and learned that 63% of the 5,000 fans polled were in favour of weakened teams being selected for the FA Cup if their club decided that priorities lay elsewhere. These findings were no shock. I'm a CM [...]
