On this day....32 years ago... (1 Viewer)

And according to those pics, it was at Highfield Road.....

olderskyblue said:

And according to those pics, it was at Highfield Road.....

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Good old Telegraph quality reporting.
What a day at Hillsborough all be it missing the first goal hearing the roar outside at realising Leeds had scored when we got in.

http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/12-04-1987 Coventry City v LUFC.htm
Quite a good recollection of the day. States 6000 outside at kick off so delayed 15 mins.

Preferred the quarter final, my favorite game of all time

shy_tall_knight said:

Preferred the quarter final, my favorite game of all time

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Both amazing games. We were brilliant against Wednesday, but it could have gone either way against Leeds. The noise was immense.

Fergusons_Beard said:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/gallery/look-coventry-3-leeds-2-16113499

The best match I have ever been to as a city fan.

That tackle and pass by Benno and the finish from Gynn.

Hugging complete strangers and disbelief at the final whistle.


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I was convinced the ball was out and the goal would be disallowed. Glynn is a post man now I believe !!

Fantastic!
My dad got us there 4 hours early...and I’m pretty sure kick-off was delayed for a bit too...it did mean we got the choice of the best place to stand.
I also remember the inevitability of our win. AfterRennie scored I remember thinking ‘we’re still going to win this’. Not a feeling I’ve had many times since!
Great day! The drive back to cov was great too!

olderskyblue said:

And according to those pics, it was at Highfield Road.....

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According to photo 14, Leeds brought on Ray Clemence

CCFC72 said:

I was convinced the ball was out and the goal would be disallowed. Glynn is a post man now I believe !!

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Gynn was a postie, not sure if he is now?

vow said:

Gynn was a postie, not sure if he is now?

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I’ve seen him at quite a few games - home and away - over recent years. He seems to working in some capacity...scout? Journalist?

Terry_dactyl said:

I’ve seen him at quite a few games - home and away - over recent years. He seems to working in some capacity...scout? Journalist?

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I think he compiles the Opta and press Association stats ? Also is associated with who gets credited with goals? .?

Personally I felt we played poorly that day and for me the final whistle was a relief. The walk back to the car and the drive back home was unbelievable. My dad was in tears; ‘we are going to Wembley son, we are going to Wembley’


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CCFC72 said:

I was convinced the ball was out and the goal would be disallowed. Glynn is a post man now I believe !!

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Glynn who?

lifeskyblue said:

Personally I felt we played poorly that day and for me the final whistle was a relief. The walk back to the car and the drive back home was unbelievable. My dad was in tears; ‘we are going to Wembley son, we are going to Wembley’


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That’s great. When we were driving back through cov I remember some bloke had come out of his house and was raising a glass to/toasting all the cars as they passed.

On this day- I cried and my old man had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. I wondered why he didn’t jump out of his chair at the final whistle.

A great day that was-any remember Big Cyrille that day? Couldn’t score for toffee!