This game proves how money has ruined the beautiful game. It could never happen today, a City side with players mostly from the lower divisions, outclassed what was then the best team in Europe. Sad to think that our only hope of seeing the like of this again is if a crazy billionaire bought the club.
Football had so much honesty, soul and genuine passion. I agree in terms of a much more 'level' playing field in the old days. Also there wasn't such a huge gap between top division and the lower tier(s). I hate to say it but the Premier League, Billionaire foreign investors = foreign managers/mercenary second rate players and Sky's money has gradually year-by-year changed the game (we knew and loved as young kids and grew up on) for the worse unfortunately.
Fantastic! I used to love standing on the Kop at Highfield Road whenever I could afford it as a kid. Some great players at City but not a lot of luck over the years - this video makes a nice change.
Not often you saw Liverpool hammered. Bobby Gould clearly knew how to beat Liverpool, as he was Wimbledon boss in the 1988 cup final upset. Was Terry Gibson in that 1988 Wimbledon team?
Great upload I've not seen this one before. Haha Sam Allardyce and Stuart Pearce in the same defence. This was pretty much the same Liverpool team which went on to win the European Cup only a few months later
Steven Decube ....it was the same Liverpool team that won a Treble of trophies that season (European Cup, Division 1 title & the League Cup) in Joe Fagan’s first season😁
As a footnote, Big Sam said something to Phil Neal after the game after Neal said Coventry were a pub team or summat to that effect. 18 months later Sam is back at his first club , Bolton, and Neal becomes manager. Bombs Sam out and slates him royally in his book. Both lads served Bolton and Coventry very well but Neal could never let it go.
Grobbelaar and his chums had a pretty penny on a 0-3 score line - howlers to let two of them in, then Gibson messed it up by scoring a brilliant 4th. Grob in the doghouse with the betting cartels lol
Great game for Coventry City, but before i got interested in CCFC. I am writing to you with an idea to bring back the Anglo - Scottish Cup between all Scottish Premier and all English League One teams. Bring back the Anglo - Scottish Cup We need to bring back the Anglo - Scottish Cup , only this time between all Scottish Premier and English League One sides. My idea would be a group stage format. With every team in the Scottish Premier and English League One who have qualified for European trophies being given a bye to the knockout stages of the Anglo Scottish Cup. The group stage games would be played at the same time as the qualifying rounds for the Champions League and Europa League. So this would be during the OK weather periods of the year. Imagine games like Glasgow Celtic V Wolves, Bristol V Inverness, Aberdeen V Bradford and Glasgow Rangers V Milton Keynes. If Bala Town, of the Welsh League, can travel to Latvia and Celtic can travel to Kazakhstan, then surely Yeovil can travel to Dingwall to play Ross County. . I have travelled to Spain, Italy and Greece. It is not difficult in this day and age to travel up and down Britain. They have a British and Irish cup in rugby so why can't an Anglo Scottish cup be done with the much richer sport of soccer. The Scottish - English derby is one of the most passionate in World football, so let's exploit this for club soccer. It would be like European football for the smaller teams. The advantage of sticking teams who have qualified for Europe in the knockout stages is that it would ensure some good Scottish teams would qualify for the knockout stages. The old Anglo Scottish cup failed becuase the best Scottish sides did no participate and the Scottish V Scottish games got poorer crowds. This can be solved by two solutions 1) The best Scottish sides who have already qualified for Europe are placed in the knockout stagesof the Anglo Scottish cup. 2) The draw is fixed so Scottish clubs do not play Scottish sides in thr early rounds. My idea is that the final would be played in turn at the Millenium Stadium, Hampden and Wembley. I realise that like the league cup early rounds would see teams using second choice sides and we would see low attendances, but this would be good development practice for the younger players, as Man Utd and Arsenal do in the league cup. And as the cup went on to the later rounds, the teams would bring out their first choice players and attendances would get bigger. To improve attendances I would include the group stage games as part of the season tickets sales. Even the English trophy between league one and league two sides gets good crowds in the final so surely Celtic v Bolton would get a good crowd. Some English people might say well what about crowd trouble and they would point to the famous Rangers apperance in the UEFA cup final in Manchester a few years ago. But crowd trouble could be avoided with common sense travel, police and game time precautions, as is done with Man Utd v Liverpool and Celtic V Rangers games. The Rangers crowd trouble was caused because Rangers fans were given free transport to Manchester and 100,000 Rangers fans mostly without tickets travelled down for a late kick off game. Ofcourse that was recipe for disaster, as it would be for a Man Utd V Liverpool game. But nobody says lets ban Man Utd V Liverpool games. This situation could be avoided by discouaging non ticket holders to travel to games and by not providing free transport. The final and semi final games could be played at 3 in the weekend so their would less time for fans to get drunk. I would love to see Scottish and English sides play eachother in a competitive trophy. It would reinvigorate Scottish soccer and be fun for English clubs who never play outside England..
We should never have sold Highfield Road. Great days, fantastic memories.
When Stuart Pearce signed for Coventry, he took a pay cut from £280 a week as a full time Electrician to £250 a week as a full time footballer!
As I've said many times before: Cov City - the finest team in the land. Fact.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂
Brilliant - I was in the Sky Blue stand - the atmosphere leaving Highfield and walking back in to town was terrific - I floated home..................
This game proves how money has ruined the beautiful game. It could never happen today, a City side with players mostly from the lower divisions, outclassed what was then the best team in Europe. Sad to think that our only hope of seeing the like of this again is if a crazy billionaire bought the club.
Football had so much honesty, soul and genuine passion. I agree in terms of a much more 'level' playing field in the old days. Also there wasn't such a huge gap between top division and the lower tier(s). I hate to say it but the Premier League, Billionaire foreign investors = foreign managers/mercenary second rate players and Sky's money has gradually year-by-year changed the game (we knew and loved as young kids and grew up on) for the worse unfortunately.
I was there, brilliant game
That was the core of the cup winning side, great memories at our true home.
An impressive match in memory
One great day
Fantastic! I used to love standing on the Kop at Highfield Road whenever I could afford it as a kid. Some great players at City but not a lot of luck over the years - this video makes a nice change.
Not often you saw Liverpool hammered. Bobby Gould clearly knew how to beat Liverpool, as he was Wimbledon boss in the 1988 cup final upset. Was Terry Gibson in that 1988 Wimbledon team?
Yes he was
...went on to win the FA Cup in '87, with Bennett and others from this squad
Always nice to see Coventry City destroy probably one of the best Liverpool teams to visit Highfield Road
When linesmen weren’t afraid to flag without looking at the ref
Great upload I've not seen this one before. Haha Sam Allardyce and Stuart Pearce in the same defence. This was pretty much the same Liverpool team which went on to win the European Cup only a few months later
Steven Decube ....it was the same Liverpool team that won a Treble of trophies that season (European Cup, Division 1 title & the League Cup) in Joe Fagan’s first season😁
Good old days!
I couldn't agree more. It's so sad to see my beloved club's demise.PUSB
Coventry had a useful team then,always hard to beat. Hope they get promoted this season.
I was so confused by this game as a young Liverpool fan😂
Don't worry, I think this shocked the entire country at the time. It would have been like any other team being beaten 10-0
As a footnote, Big Sam said something to Phil Neal after the game after Neal said Coventry were a pub team or summat to that effect.
18 months later Sam is back at his first club , Bolton, and Neal becomes manager. Bombs Sam out and slates him royally in his book.
Both lads served Bolton and Coventry very well but Neal could never let it go.
I remember this day well as I was able to have the last laugh at my Liverpool friends.
i didn't know Terry Gibson's full name was actually 'Little Terry Gibson'.
Great days before big money ruined football.PUSB.
Great memories
What a marvelous day!
Virtually every player British. Liverpool's goalkeeper at fault for at least two of the goals.
Except for Coventry's Yugoslav goalkeeper.
@ Quite correct.
Grobbelaar and his chums had a pretty penny on a 0-3 score line - howlers to let two of them in, then Gibson messed it up by scoring a brilliant 4th. Grob in the doghouse with the betting cartels lol
Yep that was my first thought too
I don't think that Rush goal was offside.
I was born on this day.
suspect one of those games the goalkeeper made a few quid
We still cant defend to save our lives..
Great game for Coventry City, but before i got interested in CCFC.
I am writing to you with an idea to bring back the Anglo - Scottish Cup between all Scottish Premier and all English League One teams.
Bring back the Anglo - Scottish Cup
We need to bring back the Anglo - Scottish Cup , only this time between all Scottish Premier and English League One sides.
My idea would be a group stage format. With every team in the Scottish Premier and English League One who have qualified for European trophies being given a bye to the knockout stages of the Anglo Scottish Cup.
The group stage games would be played at the same time as the qualifying rounds for the Champions League and Europa League. So this would be during the OK weather periods of the year.
Imagine games like Glasgow Celtic V Wolves, Bristol V Inverness, Aberdeen V Bradford and Glasgow Rangers V Milton Keynes.
If Bala Town, of the Welsh League, can travel to Latvia and Celtic can travel to Kazakhstan, then surely Yeovil can travel to Dingwall to play Ross County. .
I have travelled to Spain, Italy and Greece. It is not difficult in this day and age to travel up and down Britain. They have a British and Irish cup in rugby so why can't an Anglo Scottish cup be done with the much richer sport of soccer.
The Scottish - English derby is one of the most passionate in World football, so let's exploit this for club soccer.
It would be like European football for the smaller teams.
The advantage of sticking teams who have qualified for Europe in the knockout stages is that it would ensure some good Scottish teams would qualify for the knockout stages.
The old Anglo Scottish cup failed becuase the best Scottish sides did no participate and the Scottish V Scottish games got poorer crowds. This can be solved by two solutions
1) The best Scottish sides who have already qualified for Europe are placed in the knockout stagesof the Anglo Scottish cup.
2) The draw is fixed so Scottish clubs do not play Scottish sides in thr early rounds.
My idea is that the final would be played in turn at the Millenium Stadium, Hampden and Wembley.
I realise that like the league cup early rounds would see teams using second choice sides and we would see low attendances, but this would be good development practice for the younger players, as Man Utd and Arsenal do in the league cup. And as the cup went on to the later rounds, the teams would bring out their first choice players and attendances would get bigger.
To improve attendances I would include the group stage games as part of the season tickets sales.
Even the English trophy between league one and league two sides gets good crowds in the final so surely Celtic v Bolton would get a good crowd.
Some English people might say well what about crowd trouble and they would point to the famous Rangers apperance in the UEFA cup final in Manchester a few years ago. But crowd trouble could be avoided with common sense travel, police and game time precautions, as is done with Man Utd v Liverpool and Celtic V Rangers games.
The Rangers crowd trouble was caused because Rangers fans were given free transport to Manchester and 100,000 Rangers fans mostly without tickets travelled down for a late kick off game. Ofcourse that was recipe for disaster, as it would be for a Man Utd V Liverpool game. But nobody says lets ban Man Utd V Liverpool games. This situation could be avoided by discouaging non ticket holders to travel to games and by not providing free transport. The final and semi final games could be played at 3 in the weekend so their would less time for fans to get drunk.
I would love to see Scottish and English sides play eachother in a competitive trophy. It would reinvigorate Scottish soccer and be fun for English clubs who never play outside England..
Where did we go city PUSB
Joe Fagan did well after this bad result.
we have a black player boss...put him on the wing...