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skybluelee said:

Yes it is, the game was played at HR.

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So I weren't far off, I'm amazed as my memory is totally horseshit.
i live in a family of Liverpool fans, even my only son is a Reds fan, (I know I should be shot at dawn for allowing that to happen), so I'm going to replay that now and again to rile them a bit. Also not forgetting Ndlovu being the last player to score a hatrick at Anfield, yet again I may be wrong with that but I'm pretty sure he is.

can i mention the one and only Ernie Hunt, who I used to love in the early seventies. A fantastic first touch and great vision, though he was a bit porky but I loved him.

god it shows what great players we've had up front, that one season of Ferguson and Wallace sticks out for me, they were fantastic that season.

Ernie Hunt, Willie Carr & Tommy Hutchinson on the wing.

skybluelee said:

And all scored during a period where the side really struggled.

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Plus us all in the top league

Dublin
keane
gibson
Quinn

but players like Speedie,Ndlovu, Gallacher were all close and I also enjoyed watching Roy Wegerle and thought John Aloisi was never given a fair chance.

I think the most complete City striker since I started watching in 1953 was definitely George Hudson, followed by Dion Dublin. The goal-scoring stats don't necessarily agree. By goals per games played for Coventry, this is roughly the table:

Adam Armstrong 100%
Terry Bly 78%
David McGoldrick 72.7%
Ray Straw 55.9%
George Hudson 54.9%
Tommy Capel 52.8%
Bobby Gould 48.4%
Ian Wallace 44.6%
Terry Gibson 43.9%
Ken McPherson 43.2%
Dion Dublin 42.1%
Callum Wilson 41.8%
Mick Ferguson 40.2%
Micky Quinn 39.1%
Robbie Keane 38.7%
Ernie Hunt 30.8%
Gary McSheffrey (1st spell) 30.8%
Kevin Gallacher 28.0%
David Speedie 25.4%
Noel Whelan 23.3%
Peter Ndlovu 22.2%
Cyrille Regis 19.7%
Willlie Humphries 19.0%
Michael Mifsud 18.6%
Ronnie Rees 18.3%
Tommy Hutchison 7.6%

capel & collindridge said:

I think the most complete City striker since I started watching in 1953 was definitely George Hudson, followed by Dion Dublin. The goal-scoring stats don't necessarily agree. By goals per games played for Coventry, this is roughly the table:

Adam Armstrong 100%
Terry Bly 78%
David McGoldrick 72.7%
Ray Straw 55.9%
George Hudson 54.9%
Tommy Capel 52.8%
Bobby Gould 48.4%
Ian Wallace 44.6%
Terry Gibson 43.9%
Ken McPherson 43.2%
Dion Dublin 42.1%
Callum Wilson 41.8%
Mick Ferguson 40.2%
Micky Quinn 39.1%
Robbie Keane 38.7%
Ernie Hunt 30.8%
Gary McSheffrey (1st spell) 30.8%
Kevin Gallacher 28.0%
David Speedie 25.4%
Noel Whelan 23.3%
Peter Ndlovu 22.2%
Cyrille Regis 19.7%
Willlie Humphries 19.0%
Michael Mifsud 18.6%
Ronnie Rees 18.3%
Tommy Hutchison 7.6%

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I`m of similar vintage to you Cape and saw all of those earlier ones you mention.

Thing is as I`m sure you know, many on your list were not strikers and their worth to the team can`t be measured in goals (Tommy Hutchison and Ronnie Rees for example).

I can`t agree about George Hudson. For one thing all his exploits for us were in the lower divisions, and many seem to forget his lapses in form, the last of which probably led to him being sold.

Trouble is my nomination has to be prior to late 1986 when I migrated, as I only saw players from after then on the odd occasion on visits to Blighty.

The one I would pick as my favourite striker isn`t on your list. That`s Colin Stein. For me he had everything, great feet, good in the air, hard working and unusually for a striker unselfish. He would have been a nightmare for centre halves, pulling them out of position when he went on a run, sometimes even down the wing.

The thought of him and Hutch in the same forward line can still make me drool. Mind I`m getting close to the age where drooling starts to go with the territory :thinking about:

skybluetony176 said:

Talking about the best striker you've seen in a city shirt. Robbie Keane seems to be the general consensus.

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1. Hudson
2. Gould
3. Wallace
4. Pointer
5. Aloisi

capel & collindridge said:

I think the most complete City striker since I started watching in 1953 was definitely George Hudson, followed by Dion Dublin. The goal-scoring stats don't necessarily agree. By goals per games played for Coventry, this is roughly the table:

Adam Armstrong 100%
Terry Bly 78%
David McGoldrick 72.7%
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A few others
Neil Martin 40 goals in 106 games,
David Cross 32 in 103,
Dele Adebola 31 in 163,
Ken Hale 27 in 99,
Mark Hateley 25 in 93,
Clinton Morrison 21 in 91,
Lukas Jutkiewicz 18 in 67,
Hugh Barr 15 in 47,
Ray Pointer 13 in 26,
Marlon King 12 in 28,
George Kirby 10 in 18,
John Aloisi 10 in 41,
Roy Wegerle 9 in 53,
Ken Keyworth 3 in 7,
Viorel Moldovan 2 in 10.

Gazolba said:

A few others
Neil Martin 40 goals in 106 games,
David Cross 32 in 103,
Dele Adebola 31 in 163,
Ken Hale 27 in 99,
Mark Hateley 25 in 93,
Clinton Morrison 21 in 91,
Lukas Jutkiewicz 18 in 67,
Hugh Barr 15 in 47,
Ray Pointer 13 in 26,
Marlon King 12 in 28,
George Kirby 10 in 18,
John Aloisi 10 in 41,
Roy Wegerle 9 in 53,
Ken Keyworth 3 in 7,
Viorel Moldovan 2 in 10.

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Moldovan at the Villa on my 40 th birthday. Will go down in the memory for ever

Colin Stein 29 in 98

Gazolba said:

A few others
Neil Martin 40 goals in 106 games,
David Cross 32 in 103,
Dele Adebola 31 in 163,
Ken Hale 27 in 99,
Mark Hateley 25 in 93,
Clinton Morrison 21 in 91,
Lukas Jutkiewicz 18 in 67,
Hugh Barr 15 in 47,
Ray Pointer 13 in 26,
Marlon King 12 in 28,
George Kirby 10 in 18,
John Aloisi 10 in 41,
Roy Wegerle 9 in 53,
Ken Keyworth 3 in 7,
Viorel Moldovan 2 in 10.

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without looking I would have thought a lot of the 41 Aloisi played were from the bench as Strachan never gave him a proper go and the same with Moldovan

Mick Harford for the few minutes he played for us.

capel & collindridge said:

I think the most complete City striker since I started watching in 1953 was definitely George Hudson, followed by Dion Dublin. The goal-scoring stats don't necessarily agree. By goals per games played for Coventry, this is roughly the table:

Adam Armstrong 100%
Terry Bly 78%
David McGoldrick 72.7%
Ray Straw 55.9%
George Hudson 54.9%
Tommy Capel 52.8%
Bobby Gould 48.4%
Ian Wallace 44.6%
Terry Gibson 43.9%
Ken McPherson 43.2%
Dion Dublin 42.1%
Callum Wilson 41.8%
Mick Ferguson 40.2%
Micky Quinn 39.1%
Robbie Keane 38.7%
Ernie Hunt 30.8%
Gary McSheffrey (1st spell) 30.8%
Kevin Gallacher 28.0%
David Speedie 25.4%
Noel Whelan 23.3%
Peter Ndlovu 22.2%
Cyrille Regis 19.7%
Willlie Humphries 19.0%
Michael Mifsud 18.6%
Ronnie Rees 18.3%
Tommy Hutchison 7.6%

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what about leon Clarke .. 28 goals in 45 appearances

skybluejelly said:

what about leon Clarke .. 28 goals in 45 appearances

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Good call - 62.2% would put him right up there

Gazolba said:

A few others
Neil Martin 40 goals in 106 games,
David Cross 32 in 103,
Dele Adebola 31 in 163,
Ken Hale 27 in 99,
Mark Hateley 25 in 93,
Clinton Morrison 21 in 91,
Lukas Jutkiewicz 18 in 67,
Hugh Barr 15 in 47,
Ray Pointer 13 in 26,
Marlon King 12 in 28,
George Kirby 10 in 18,
John Aloisi 10 in 41,
Roy Wegerle 9 in 53,
Ken Keyworth 3 in 7,
Viorel Moldovan 2 in 10.

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How could I left out George Kirby - great striker (55.6%) and Ray Pointer was good too (50%)!