COVENTRY
CITY FC
News Archive - April 2000
[29 APR 00] NEWCASTLE
UNITED 2 COVENTRY CITY 0
One away game to go – one win
to get. A simple equation, but finding a solution may be
harder for Gordon Strachan to find. MORE
[28 APR 00] STRACHAN
FACES AN EMPTY BENCH
Gordon Strachan was only
half-joking when he talked of putting himself and coach Garry
Pendrey on the Coventry subs bench at Newcastle. MORE
[27 APR 00] PAINTBRUSHES
AT DAWN IN FIGHT AGAINST ARENA
Nuneaton and Bedworth town
centres are to get a lick of paint as a spruce up in the
battle with Coventry City's Arena 2000. MORE
[26 APR 00] SKY
BLUES HERO OGGY RETIRES
- Long-serving Steve Ogrizovic,
the oldest goalkeeper in the Premier League, is to hang up
his boots at the end of the season. MORE
[26 APR 00] QUINN
CALLED UP AS McALLISTER PONDERS FUTURE
- Barry Quinn has been called up
to Eire's squad as club captain Gary McAllister started
talks over a new contract. MORE
[25 APR 00] POP
STARS EYE UP NEW ARENA
- Top pop acts such as Robbie
Williams and Blur could be playing in Coventry when the Sky
Blues’ new Arena 2000 opens its doors. MORE
[25 APR 00] BURROWS
ADMITS SKY BLUES WERE POOR
- Coventry City veteran defender
David Burrows has admitted that Saturday's defeat at West
Ham United was a poor reflection on everybody who
played. MORE
[24 APR 00] CITY
WAIT ON HENDRY INJURY NEWS
Coventry City should find out
the full extent of Colin Hendry’s injury in the next 24
hours. MORE
[22 APR 00] COVENTRY
CITY 0 WEST HAM UNITED 5
Coventry City’s search for an
away win goes on after a humiliating 5-0 defeat at the hands
of West Ham United. MORE
[21 APR 00] STRACHAN
ANGER AT MOROCCAN AUTHORITIES
Coventry boss Gordon Strachan
has taken another swipe at the ‘selfish’ Morocco football
authorities. MORE
[20 APR 00] SKY
BLUE STRIKE FORCE PRAISED
Coventry City manager Gordon
Strachan has hailed his super strike force of Robbie Keane and
Noel Whelan ahead of Saturday's trip to Upton Park. MORE
[19 APR 00] BREEN
PREPARES TO BATTLE BACK
Gary Breen, so often Coventry
City's stop-gap centre back, says he is determined to prove
that he is the number one centre half in the club. MORE
[18 APR 00] TELFER
GETS SECOND SCOTLAND CALL
Coventry City’s tough tackling
midfielder Paul Telfer has earned himself a second call-up to
the Scotland squad after producing some fine Premiership
performances. MORE
[17 APR 00] HENDRY
RELIEF AS LOSING STREAK ENDS
Scotland captain Colin Hendry
has expressed his relief after helping Coventry to bounce back
from a miserable month of action. MORE
[15 APR 00] COVENTRY
CITY 2 MIDDLEBROUGH 1
Robbie Keane scored his most
controversial goal of the season to clinch the points which
probably ensure Coventry's Premier league safety. MORE
[14 APR 00] CITY
MUST HALT THE SLIDE
Gordon Strachan is looking for
his side to display the sort of home form which has kept them
clear of the relegation zone, against Middlesbrough
tomorrow. MORE
[13 APR 00] SKY
BLUES COMPETE BUT LOSE AGAIN
Coventry City’s appalling run
of away form continued at Stamford Bridge but despite another
reverse, Gordon Strachan headed north a partially satisfied
manager. MORE
[13 APR 00] McALLISTER
URGES AWAY IMPROVEMENT
Gary McAllister called on his
Coventry City team-mates to end their desperate run of away
form before they travel to Watford on the closing day of the
season. MORE
[13 APR 00] COVENTRY
CITY ESCAPE COURT CHARGES
Coventry City Football Club
will not face prosecution over the death of steward Ron Reeves
following a technical error by the city council. MORE
[12 APR 00] SKY
BLUES PREPARE FOR CHELSEA STARS
Coventry City made the journey to London believing they
could achieve their first away victory of the season despite
the fact that they were playing mighty Chelsea. MORE
[11 APR 00] YOUTH
TEAM FIRE INTO FINAL
Coventry City are in their
second FA Youth Cup Final in successive years after producing
a quality performance to beat Southampton in last night's
semi-final away leg. MORE
[09 APR 00] STRACHAN
BACKS THE YOUNG ONES
Coventry City's manager Gordon Strachan is considering
placing the club's future in the hands of the younger players
in his squad next season. MORE
[09 APR 00] COVENTRY
CITY BUSINESS ON THE UP
This season may have been a
campaign of steady progress for Coventry City on the park but
it has been a revelation for them off it. MORE
[06 APR 00] McALLISTER
LOOKS TO CHELSEA
Sky Blues skipper Gary McAllister has admitted that if
City want to achieve success they must find some consistent
form. MORE
[05 APR 00] SKY
BLUE RESERVES MISS THEIR CHANCES
Coventry City missed a great chance to go top of the
Premiership Reserves League last night when they could manage
only a goalless draw against Spurs. MORE
[04 APR 00] FROGGATT
REFLECTS
- England winger Steve Froggatt has urged his team-mates
to go back to basics after reflecting on their disappointing
weekend performance against Liverpool at Highfield Road.
MORE
[03 APR 00] STRACHAN
DESPAIRS
- A bitterly despairing Gordon Strachan let his players
stew in their own disappointment before calling them to
account for their abysmal display against Liverpool.
MORE
[01 APR 00] COVENTRY
CITY 0 LIVERPOOL 3
- Coventry’s hopes of
stretching their impressive home record were destroyed by a
Liverpool performance which proved how powerful Gerard
Houlier’s side are becoming. MORE
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