Yes I enjoyed both of those games. The Preston game especially- we were on fire and Black would have got us back to the prem I'm sure of it.
Yes I enjoyed both of those games. The Preston game especially- we were on fire and Black would have got us back to the prem I'm sure of it.Was that a midweek game during Black's time? If so I remember the west terrace being a great atmosphere and their keeper got really wound up he was challenging people about how much they earned.
In a similar vein I found the 1-0 win at HR against WBA that season really satisfying. We were struggling, as usual, and they were top of the league around christmas time and we won in the last minute with Johnnie Jackson's exquisite chip over the keeper.
the 2-0 Man U is tainted due to their team that night
It was special for our following but thats it
Loved the one against Forest great game Another favourite was league cup away at tottenham when they were top of league 2 and we won 3-2 I think Tommy Hutch !! fantasticCcfc 4 Spurs 3 1986-87 is a great shout-Cyrillie in the last minute.
Ccfc 5 Notts Forest 4 league cup from 1989? Steve Livingstone et al.
One from the more recent Ccfc 2 PNE 1 from the Johnstons paint trophy. Leon Clarke with the last kick off the game.
haha.. due to budget, i had to do some serious travelling\changes though.Wow! You flew all the way from the States and I couldn't even get a train from Coventry.
Other thing to note was that Stuart Beavon scoredIt was 3-2 not 2-1 but definitely one of the best games at the Ricoh
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What about that game against Preston, first half anyway, when we won 4-1. We were 4 nil up at half time and absolutely tore them apart.
Pretty sure that was the game where we played a long ball and their defender had about a 10 yard start on Julian Joachim and Joachim completely burned him. Think that was Bjarni Gudjonsson's best ever game for us too.
The Gillingham game a couple of years back was very similar too, but I just remember us being absolutely sensational in that Preston first half. Really had everyone out of their seat.
Yeah, never forget that. A great Boxing Day!Cov 5 v Norwich 4 and Jim Blyth saving a last minute penalty , now that's entertainment !!!
Was it Burnley I always thought it was Millwall then Preston we demolished?Yea I remember that, we did the same to Burnley a few days before that as well. I think we were 3.0 up within 10 mins. A young woman also flashed the west terrace.
Yeah. One minute we were dancing and had champagne and oysters at the Ritz and the next we were scratting round the back of McDonald's bins searching for half-eaten chicken nuggets scraps and one last dribble of strawberry thick shake from crushed drinks cartons.Was it Burnley I always thought it was Millwall then Preston we demolished?
Seem to remember it felt like Gudjonsson hung in the air for about 30 seconds before firing in a bullet header in front of the West Terrace.
I know there is a lot of misty eyedness about Blacks time in charge but those couple of games were some of the best football I had ever seen us play.
And then we got Peter Reid.
It was 3-2 not 2-1 but definitely one of the best games at the Ricoh
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Wow! You flew all the way from the States and I couldn't even get a train from Coventry.
Sorry to be a bore, my top 10 games ( been thinking of posting these for a while), with some explanations.
1. Cov v Wolves 1967. 3-1 to City in the 'Midlands match of the century'. Who wouldn't feel privileged to have been there?
2. Wembley 1987. At the final whistle, I said to my wife 'I could die tonight a happy man'. Fortunately, I didn't!
3. Sunderland v Cov 1963. My first game, taken by my Sunderland supporting Grandad. A 2-1 win in the FA Cup 5th round. Massive crowd, great atmosphere.
4. Cov v Hartlepool April 1963. 5-4 to City. My first league game, with my dad, Main stand. My friend BBR's tells me that George Hudson made his debut in this game, and scored a hat trick. I can't remember much, apart from the score.
5. Cov v Everton 1985. Won 4-1 against the Champions, to stay in Division 1. Couldn't get into the home end, so sat with the scousers ( a few of us!) Oh, and my wife's first game!
6. Cov v Leeds 1987. 3-2 to City, FA Cup semi final. I didn't have a ticket, was living near Nottingham at the time, and drove up on spec. Went into the ticket office and a Cov fan sold me a spare ticket at face value. I repaid the favour by finding him a ticket for the final. This was almost as good a feeling as winning the final. At the final whistle, I felt really emotional - we were going to Wembley!
7. Cov v Ipswich 1969. Won 3-1, Boxing Day. My last game as a kid living in Coventry, as we moved two days later to rural South Norfolk, with my Dad's job. A week later, I started school in Suffolk, at Bungay Grammar, and walked into a load of Ipswich fans! Got some grief from a couple of Skinheads, told them that Hatchet was a mate, and they backed off!! I didn't know Hatchett, but I'd seen him in action!
8. Tottenham v Cov 1997. Won 2-1. Drove down from Northumberland on the day, and witnessed another great escape. Oggy brilliant, great goal from Dion. Spurs fans very gracious after the game. Drove back up the A1 and suffered horrendous abuse from Sunderland fans driving home from Wimbledon. Wonder why??
9. Sheffield Wednesday v Cov 1987. Won 3-1 quarter final FA Cup. A great performance, tremendous atmosphere, 15,000 Cov fans, standing in the Leppings Lane End, I guess we all thought back to the crush that day, a couple of years later.
10. Cov v Ipswich 1966. Won 5-0, a freezing cold Friday evening standing on the West End, and a first half hat trick for Bobby Gould. We had a new electronic score board, and the next morning the Daily Mirror showed a photograph of the 999 on the scoreboard, with the headline ' 999 but no help for Ipswich'.
Oh, and finally, I didn't go to Wembley this year, watched the final on an iPad in deepest darkest Wales! Felt so proud to see 43,000 Sky Blues fans enjoying themselves at Wembley. Could just a third of them turn up tomorrow, please?!
Thank you everyone, for allowing me to indulge myself!!
I was in the West End for that game too. I had got in nice and early to get a good place to stand as being 5' -9" and standing on the shallow West End steps I knew that in a big crowd I would struggle to see. I chose to stand behind a barrier on the part of the terrace that was above the passage between the West End and the Main Stand. I was looking straight across at the goal and as the terrace started to fill up I was feeling pleased with myself as I had a great vantage point. About an hour before kick off several police officers arrived and told us that we would have to move across under the West Stand as they were bringing in some West Ham fans to stand there. I couldn't believe it but had no choice but to be shunted sideways with every other City fan who had chosen to stand there, into the rapidly filling centre part of the West End. The West Ham fans were herded in with a line of police separating them from the City fans on their left. I don't know why this happened, you couldn't see it happening today. Anyway, it was a great game with a great atmosphere but I must admit I saw more action on the telly when I got home that night than I did in the ground.Watford at home in the league cup run in 80-81 season saw me go to my first night game aged 10. Dad would never take me due to the amount of trouble back then. Peter Bodak had a great game ripped their left back to pieces time and again. 5:0 win and dad promised to take me too Wembley. Semi final at home to West Ham. Les Sealey let the simplest of saves squirm under his body. Being squashed at the front against the fencing of the the west terrance I remember thinking "lucky no one noticed that" as Sealey pulled it back from 6" over the line. Unfortunately the lino had noticed Gary Thompson scores an own goal and for the first time I got the feeling of dread watching the City. We were 2 nil down after 15 min. My Wembley dream gone and tears streaming down my face, I was inconsolable. My dad was about 10 rows back with his mates but I couldn't get to him. A young lady ( Good looking) of about 17-18 was next to me and tried to cheer me up with a hug and she gave me a Cherry Drop followed by the words " Don't worry we will win" Well she was right, we did win with Gerry Daly scoring and then a brace from Gary Thompson. I pleaded with my dad for him to take me to 2nd leg but wasn't allowed to go, listening to it on my dad's big stereo with his big ear phones on. We got knocked out with a goal 9 seconds from the end by Jimmy Neighbour. I ran upstairs to bed sobbing uncontrollably with my Wembley dream gone. What a team we had then. 6 or 7 of them played international football for the home nations before foreign players became the norm. Every time I see Cherry Drops now I think of that girl.
I'm not a very prolific poster but I enjoy reading all the letters on here. I have been watching City for 40 years and thought I would spend a bit of time with pen & paper jotting down my best games. Here they are gents
1. CCFC 4 Tottenham 3 1986/1987
2. CCFC 6 Derby 2 2004/2005
3. Tottenham 2 CCFC 3 1996/1997
4. CCFC 3 Tottenham 2 1986/1987
5. CCFC 5 Norwich 4 1977/1978
6. CCFC 3 West Ham 2 1980/1981
Beating Spurs 4-3 in 1986 was a great game. I'll add beating Villa 4-2 away, Winning 2-1 away at Everton in 1988 and Blackburn away in the fa cup when Dele scored a great goal.
Haven't seen a lot of good in the decade or so that I have been following city tbh.
But one of my favourite memories weirdly is the 3-1 away victory against Stevenage in our first season in league one. It was really a nothing game.
But the atmosphere that day and the turnaround just one game of the few games I have actually really enjoyed.
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