Phillipe Clement
My mum helped him to buy his house when at Coventry. I remember sitting in our front room and not believing my eyes that this professional footballer was in our house. He also arranged for me to have the autographs of the entire city squad of the time...I was so proud of it, took it in to school for show and tell
My mum helped him to buy his house when at Coventry. I remember sitting in our front room and not believing my eyes that this professional footballer was in our house. He also arranged for me to have the autographs of the entire city squad of the time...I was so proud of it, took it in to school for show and tell
Oakey was a great full back no doubt, but it is a position we have been well served by over the years. Not sure he was better than Danny Thomas, Brian Borrows or Roland Nilsson.
Bobby McDonald was a fantastic left back - bad move by Gordon Milne to freeze him out in favour of Harry Roberts in his final season with us though. Jimmy Holmes was also a good left back, and of course we had Stuart Pearce, who we criminally allowed to run out of contract, thinking he would gratefully sign a new contract having joined us from non league. Imagine how much stronger our cup winning team would have been with Pearce, rather than Greg Downs!
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steve sedgley, cedrick rousel, greg downs, peter atherton,andy morell,
Stephen hughes, elliot ward, leon best, jordan clark, martin cranie, sammy clingan, michael mifsud, john salako,
Stephen hughes, elliot ward, leon best, jordan clark, martin cranie, sammy clingan, michael mifsud, john salako,
I can’t remember if his contract was running down, but Pearce definitely left for a fee. The surprising part of the deal was that his price was lower than that of Ian Butterworth who was no where near as good a player. They both left for Forest at the same time.
Oakey was such a whole hearted player. He played like a winger constantly taking on and beating opposition players. I remember one game against Birmingham at Highfield Road where he was simply superb. I liked Thomas too, but for the way he constantly took on and beat players, Oakey every time for me.
From that team Oakey, McDonald, Gillespie, Hutchison and Wallace would be in my all time City team. Fergie would be one of the subs. Yorath the best captain I have seen. Also loved Blyth in goal. There were so many great games that season.
Arguably the most successful Coventry city player of all time - Reg Matthews - won caps for England whilst still a 3rd division player remarkable achievement in any era
At the risk of sounding un-PC... Didn't he end up in a nut house*?
* Not the home of Gordon Nutt.
We had players such as Les Cartwright, Alan Green and Jimmy Holmes who were often on the fringes of the first 11 but were all very able.
Remember Hateley going well. I think the tribunal fee set was £50k and, as you say, he left Portsmouth a year later for a million.
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He was dog shit. One of the worst players I have seen in a city shirt. He made Ryan Haynes look like Maldini. 3 years at the club and made 36 appearances. 1 particular game sticks in the mind away to Man City where he was to blame for all 3 Man City goals.
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