Lol, I felt particularly sorry for Liam Daish ,who had no idea how to defend against them. He had no one to mark ,because they played with a false no 9 years before Pep tried it
They were like watching a team from a different planet ,the skill and passing was amazing ,the way they broke from midfield. Our defence and midfield just could not cope. It was amazing they only scored 7.
Actually it as 7-2 just saw some of the goals on a terrible quality YouTube footage of the game. We also played Ajax at HR in a pre season friendly and they bought loads of fans along
What a player Rui Costa was , I was at the game in Lisbon when he scored a belter for Portugal v England. Dion missed a pen in that friendly too. You may be right that it was 8-2.
We played a pre season friendly against Benfica I think ( I was there ) when big Ron was manger. They beat us something like 7-2 ,they played with no recognized forward and our defence didn't know what to do as their midfield broke with pace and artistry. Think it was also the day we announced...
I think the record gate might have been for one of our players coming back after a broken leg ? I went to some football combination games in London including Southampton fielding Keegan and Mick Channon and a few other first teamers at Chelsea .
I meet so many so called Liverpool fans ,.plus Man It'd from the Uk here who have no connection or history with either City..When I tell them Coventry City is my team they say what's your PL team. I say I have one love only CCFC.
I remember when I sued to go.to.resrve games at HR we'd get some decent gates of 2-4k for some of those games. Think we.once had a hate of 12 k plus. The soft southerners had the Football Combination league I think.
My point is more we won that's all why dwell on the ref . It's over and let's look forward to the next game. Win lose or draw I always think game over next please.
It's like hearing ex players saying he didn't mean to hurt so and so , which is irrelevant. Or he's not type of player. I mean does a someone on a drinking driving charge in court use a " I'm not that type of driver " excuse .
Well Robins and Pearson both mentioned the follow through and high tackle. Football is a very subjective sport , I often have to explain that to some of the Americans out here who don't quite understand " soccer".