Never Mind the Sky Blues E-Book

Michael Keane

• Herausgeber: The History Press
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 70

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

This is the ultimate quiz book on Coventry City Football Club. The perfect gift for Sky Blues fans of all ages, it is sure to brighten up long match-day journeys and provide some entertaining trips down memory lane. From the earliest days of Singers FC, to the glory-filled promotion years under Jimmy Hill, from cup calamities to winning at Wembley, and from the thirty four unbroken years of top-flight football to recent relegations, all Coventry City topics are covered here. This book will test your knowledge of all shades of Sky Blue history. If you know it, or think you know it, check it out here and settle your Sky Blue scores.

Leseprobe

Contents

Title

Round    1

    Around the World

Round    2

    Banana Skins

Round    3

    Odd One Out

Round    4

    Glory Days

Round    5

    Narrow Escapes

Round    6

    Home from Home

Round    7

    Over the Hill

Round    8

    Heading for the Exit

Round    9

    One-hit Wonders

Round  10

    Hat-trick Heroes

Round  11

    Through the Ranks

Round  12

    Between the Sticks

Round  13

    Debuts

Round  14

    Bargain Basement

Round  15

    Big Mouths

Round  16

    The League Cup

Round  17

    The 1987 FA Cup

Round  18

    The Dreaded Drop

Round  19

    Make the Link

Round  20

    The Bosses

Round  21

    Who am I?

Round  22

    Spot Kicks

Round  23

    Big Mouth Strikes Again!

Round  24

    Take Your Pick!

Round  25

    Would You Believe It?

Round  26

    The Numbers Game

Round  27

    Absent Friends

Round  28

    Premier League

Round  29

    Countdown

Round  30

    What Happened Next?

The Answers

Copyright

Round

1

Around the World

Although the club has concentrated on academy players in recent cash-strapped years, City managers have often recruited from far and wide to bring the best overseas talent. See how many of these global stars left a lasting impression …

1  Which City striker from the mid-1990s, once nicknamed the ‘new Pele’, was the Golden Ball winner at the 1991 U17 World Cup in Italy?

2  Name the ex-Bosnian soldier who patrolled the Highfield Road defences from 1999–2004?

3  Which Icelandic ex-handball player did City boss Chris Coleman bring to the Ricoh Arena in the summer of 2008?

4  Two stars of the 1998 World Cup were brought to Highfield Road by Gordon Strachan twelve months later. Name them.

5  Which Romanian striker became the first Coventry City player to score at the World Cup finals in France in 1998? Do you know who he scored against?

6  After hitting 32 goals in his native country’s top flight, which Peruvian striker was snapped up by City at the turn of the millennium?

7  Name the two City players who represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2006 World Cup.

8  Name the Maltese-born City striker who was nicknamed the ‘Mosquito’, and once memorably put Manchester United to the sword?

9  Which Sky Blues Faroes Island international became the first player to score at the newly opened Ricoh Arena in August 2005?

10  Name the Zimbabwean striker spotted by John Sillett on a pre-season tour in the late 1980s, who went on to terrorise premiership defenders for nearly six years?

Answers here

Round

2

Banana Skins

While the Sky Blues have now been away from the top flight of English football for a decade and a half, their scalp is still a sought-after one for lower-league opposition. Sadly, the days of slipping up on cup-tie banana skins seems to be showing no sign of stopping any time soon …

1  In November 1961, Third Division City hosted King’s Lynn of the Southern League Premier Division in an FA Cup second-round match. Which guest watched the nightmarish 2–1 defeat to the part-timers from the back of the stand, and why was he there?

2  City’s next non-league disaster came against Sutton United at Gander Green Lane in January 1989. What was the profession of Sutton’s very well-read manager, Barrie Williams?

3  Unlike most managers, Williams liked to include lines penned by famous writers in his programme notes. Try and complete these famous Kipling lines that Williams presciently included in his programme notes that day:

It ain’t the individual nor the Army as a whole,it’s the everlasting ________ of every bloomin’ soul

4  Matthew Hanlan rocked City to their foundations with his winning goal at Gander Green Lane. He wasn’t a butcher, a baker or a candlestick maker, but what was his job?

5  For what reason did City boss John Sillett declare that Sunday would be an even worse day for his players?

6  What position were City in the old First Division when they played their cup tie at Sutton?

7  Unfortunately, Steven Pressley’s 2014 Sky Blues vintage were at it again, losing a first-round cup tie against Worcester City. Rookie keeper Lee Burge was playing in his first FA Cup tie, but how many senior appearances had he made, up to and including the Worcester debacle?

8  Why was Burge given a straight red card in the 39th minute?

9  How did City’s man-mountain captain Réda Johnson fluff his lines just before the interval?

10  When City boss Steven Pressley next spoke to the press he pulled no punches in his withering assessment of some of his squad. Complete these Pressley lines:

Certain players are in a ________ ____ and they’ll be ________ ________ ________ football club.

Answers here

Round

3

Odd One Out

The following groups of significant figures from Coventry’s history are mostly connected to each other. The trick is to work out which is not keeping the right company, which one sticks out like a sore thumb …

1  Under Jimmy Hill in the 1960s, Coventry became known for the innovative ways they looked after their fans. Which of these Sky Blue ruses from the ’60s is the odd one out?

Sky Blue pools

Sky Blue specials

Sky Blue beer and chips

Sky Blue Rose

2  Which three of these City stars have shared a proud moment?

John Sillett

Bobby Gould

Dave Phillips

Gordon Strachan

3  Which one of these City players is the odd one out and why?

Matthew Pennington

Phil Babb

Kenny Sansom

David Burrows

4  Which of these city stars did not quite accomplish what the others did?

Cyrille Regis

Danny Thomas

Steve Froggatt

Dion Dublin

5  Which one of these City keepers does not share a trait with the other three?

Michael Quirke

Chris Kirkland

Lee Burge

Keiren Westwood

6  Which of these non-league teams that City have faced over the years is the odd one out and why?

Woking

Sutton United

King’s Lynn

Worcester City

7  How is one of these sponsors different to the others?

Subaru cars

Talbot cars

Jaguar cars

Peugeot cars

8  Which one of these distinguished City players did not quite cut the mustard with the other three?

Steve Staunton

Kevin Kilbane

Stern John

Magnus Hedman

9  Which one of these difficulties did Steven Pressley not have to deal with during his tenure?

A 10-point deduction

46 away games

Transfer embargoes

A gypsy curse

10  Which one of these 2014–15 players stands apart and why?

Ryan Allsop

Dominic Samuel

Jim O’Brien

Sanmi Odelusi

Matthew Pennington

Chris Stokes

Gary Madine

Nick Proschwitz

Grant Ward

Mohamed Coulibaly

Answers here

Round

4

Glory Days

Although following Coventry City in their top-flight days seemed like backing the perennial underdog, just like every dog, City did sometimes have their day. If you’re old enough, enjoy some glorious memories that are about to come flooding back – if you’re not old enough, there’s always YouTube!

1  Name the two City strikers who bagged winning hat-tricks against Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s.

2  After twenty-four unsuccessful visits, City secured their first ever win at Anfield in November 1989, who headed home the winner from whose left-wing cross?

3  In 1983, City hammered the soon-to-be European Champions Liverpool 4–0. Nine years later, in 1992, City went one better and thumped the Reds 5–1. Which City boss masterminded both maulings of the Anfield men?

4  On a bright Sunday morning in 1985, which recently crowned league champions and cup winners were thrashed 4–1 by City? What was significant about it?

5  When the then Premier League champions, Blackburn Rovers, came to a snowbound Highfield Road in December 1995, how many times was the orange ball put into Tim Flowers’ net?

6  Ian Wallace and Mick Ferguson were probably City’s best striking partnership in the top-flight years until Dion Dublin and Darren Huckerby emerged twenty years later. In total, Wallace and Ferguson hit 40 goals in 1978; did Dublin and Huckerby score more or less between them in 1998?

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