COVENTRY CITY 3 CITY 0
League Division 1
10th January 1970
Attendance 29,386
Scorers Martin(25), O’Rourke(41 & 51)
Ref Mr Homewood
City Corrigan, Connor, Pardoe, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Bowles, Bowyer – sub Owen(unused)
Coventry Glazier, Coop, Cattlin, Machin, Barry, Blockley, Hunt, Carr, Martin, O’Rourke, Clements
My poor performance in the game would lead to me being dropped for the first time that season.
We were 1-0 down and I came out for a cross I had no chance of collecting. I dropped the ball, presenting Coventry with a simple chance to make it 2-0. Malcolm had instilled in me that, with my size, I should make every ball that came within range of our penalty area mine. I admit I might have taken that advice a little too literally on occasion and this was one of them.
…I got a grilling from Mike Summerbee, who wasn’t impressed by my efforts, and other members of the team also lambasted me.
FROM BIG JOE: THE JOE CORRIGAN STORY BY JOE CORRIGAN & DAVID CLAYTON
We were 1-0 down and I came out for a cross I had no chance of collecting. I dropped the ball, presenting Coventry with a simple chance to make it 2-0. Malcolm had instilled in me that, with my size, I should make every ball that came within range of our penalty area mine. I admit I might have taken that advice a little too literally on occasion and this was one of them.
…I got a grilling from Mike Summerbee, who wasn’t impressed by my efforts, and other members of the team also lambasted me.
FROM BIG JOE: THE JOE CORRIGAN STORY BY JOE CORRIGAN & DAVID CLAYTON
