Oddly enough I always look really fondly on that period under Eric Black when for a while I thought we were invincible. Two games at HR against Burnley and Preston stand out.
Going back a bit, but two games within a week of each other in 1963. I was 14 years old at the time.
Coventry 2 Sunderland 1 FA Cup 5th round 25/3/63
Attendance 40,487
Scorers: George Curtis and Dietmar Bruck.
An amazing game, Sunderland were two divisions above us.
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Coventry City v Sunderland, 25 March 1963
The FA Cup quarter final between Coventry and Manchester United 30/3/63
Attendance 44,000 (2nd highest ever I think)
Terry Bly scored for us, Bobby Charlton (2) and Albert Quixall for them.
A fantastic game even though we lost 1-3.
Manchester United went on to win the cup.
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Coventry City v Manchester United, 30 March 1963
1976 2-2 Bristol City (My first game at HR)
1981 4-0 League Cup Qtr Final v Watford
1981 3-2 League Cup Semi Final v West Ham
1983 4-0 v Liverpool (Gibson hat trick)
1985. Last 3 Games. (Had to win all to stay up)
1-0 v Stoke
1-0 v Luton
4-1 v Everton
1987 3-2 FA Cup Final v Spurs
1997 2-1 v Man Utd
1997 2-1 v Spurs (Great Escape)
2005 6-2 v Derby (Farewell HR)
We beat Watford 5-0 - Peter Bodak had the game of his life if I remember right. Also pretty sure the Man U game was 3-2. Memorable games all though.
87 Cup Final
Checkatrade Trophy Final
League 2 play-off semi-final 2nd leg
League 2 final
City 5 Liverpool 1
Last day escape against Spurs
A 4-3 victory at HR Against Man City in September 2001. Pegged back 3 times before David Thompson scored an 89th minute winner. Great game. Thought we'd piss the league after that game.
Did the double over Leicester that season as well0-0 v Bradford bonfire night 2003
0-0 v Bradford last game in the prem
Surprised the club haven’t released a double dvd of these 2 games!
Sutton 2-1 Coventry
Coventry 1-2 Worcester City
A couple of personal favourites of mine.
Ah game of the season that, when we still had hope of bouncing straight back.A 4-3 victory at HR Against Man City in September 2001. Pegged back 3 times before David Thompson scored an 89th minute winner. Great game. Thought we'd piss the league after that game.
Most of mine already listed but I'd add my first game at home in 1980 beating Liverpool 1-0.
Yep it was. Can't find the goal anywhere online but had a feeling it was from a Bobby McDonald corner and yet any other footage I've seen BM didn't take corners so perhaps my memory clouded simply by him being the nearest player to us. We sat on the couple of rows in front of those wooden exec boxes at boot level by the touchline. First and only time ever so no idea why dad got tickets there.
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