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1. THE SEASON SO FAR
- Jim O'Brien has played in every league game this season but which player has been involved in all but one of City's league games?
- Who scored City's only goal in the League Cup this season?
- Which club were the visitors for the lowest league crowd in Coventry since 1986, just 7,708?
- Who were City's opponents in the final game at Sixfields?
- Which club did Josh McQuoid play for at Wembley last season?
- The attendance of 27,306 for the Gillingham game was not the highest for a league game. Which club were the visitors in 2010 when the record, 28,184 was set?
- Which former loanee scored against the Sky Blues for Oldham this season?
- Two City players had received red cards in league games before Boxing Day. Reda Johnson is one, who is the other?
- Which City player made his first senior appearance when he came on as a sub at Wycombe in the JPT?
- Which club attracted a crowd of under 3,000 for the visit of City, the lowest away league crowd since 2002?
2. SKY BLUES HISTORY
- Who was the last Coventry City homegrown player to win full international honours for England?
- Which non-league club were, in 1935, the last to knock City out of the FA Cup before Kings Lynn in 1961?
- In 1997 which club were forced to play in City's away kit at Highfield Road after failing to bring their own change kit?
- Which player, last season, achieved a feat only done by three other players, scoring for the Sky Blues without starting a game?
- In 2005 v Stoke City at Highfield Road why did Stephen Hughes go into goal?
- The lowest league crowd for City games at Sixfields was set in February when only 1,603 attended. Who were the visitors?
- Which Coventry City manager led the club into Europe in 1970?
- Name the only Ukrainian to play for Coventry City. He made 3 appearances in 1997.
- Prior to Callum Wilson scoring 21 league goals last season, who was the last City man to score 20 league goals in a season?
- In 1995-96 City's away kit was two-tone purple & yellow. How many games did they win wearing it?
3. FORMER CITY PLAYERS IN THE NEWS
WHICH FORMER COVENTRY CITY PLAYER…..
- ...scored against the Sky Blues last Boxing Day for Peterborough?
- ...was appointed manager of Nuneaton Town earlier this season?
- ...played for Wigan in the FA Cup semi final last season?
- ...was appointed manager of Tamworth earlier this season?
- ...has recently joined Exeter City on a non-contract basis?
- ...played for Aberdeen in the Scottish League Cup final last season?
- ...scored against the Sky Blues for Oldham last season?
- ...was appointed manager of Tranmere Rovers recently?
- ...played in a League Cup final for three different clubs?
- ...is first choice goalkeeper for Middlesbrough this season?
WHICH CLUB?
- ...knocked City out of the FA Cup last season?
- ...were promoted from Division Three with the Sky Blues in 1964?
- ...did the double over City last season but were relegated to League Two?
- ...sacked former City player & manager Terry Butcher last summer?
- ...gave Reda Johnson his chance in English football?
- ...were the last team to win the League Cup after defeating the Sky Blues in the competition?
- ...sold Darren Huckerby to City in 1996?
- ...were promoted to League One via the play-offs last season?
- ...attracted a record crowd of 19,095 to Highfield Road in 1910 for an FA cup tie?
- ...were the first to defeat John Sillett's City side in an FA Cup tie after the 1987 triumph.
5. TRANSFERS THAT ALMOST HAPPENED
- Which club in 1974 pulled out of a deal to buy City's Willie Carr after a medical?
- In 1979 City were outbid by Nottingham Forest for Britain's first £1m player. Name him.
- Which current Cardiff striker was on the verge of joining the Sky Blues in 2011 before Reading outbid City?
- Name the foreign player signed by City in 1998 only to have the player (or his wife) decide days later that he would prefer to play for Real Madrid.
- Which Welsh international defender chose Blackburn over the Sky Blues in December 1995?
- Which current Middlesbrough midfielder was strongly linked to City in 2009 when playing for Rushden & Diamonds?
- Name the USA defender who looked set to join City after the 1994 World Cup but changed his mind & went to Italy instead.
- Which City player failed a medical & torpedoed a £440,000 move to Manchester United in 1978?
- In 2000 City & Glasgow Rangers agreed a fee of £5m for this Scottish international winger but then Rangers got cold feet.
- In 1979 which City striker looked set to join Ipswich only to score four goals against them & cause Gordon Milne to keep him.
6. PICTURES
All of these players
have made first team appearances for the club in the last 35 years.
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Answers
Section 1
- John Fleck
- Shaun Miller
- Crawley Town
- Barnsley
- Peterborough
- Leeds United
- Danny Philliskirk
- Jack Finch (v Crewe)
- Kyle Spence
- Scunthorpe United
Section 2
- Chris Kirkland
- Scunthorpe United
- Chelsea
- Mathieu Manset
- City's keeper Ian Bennett was sent off & City had no substitute goalkeeper
- Carlisle
- Noel Cantwell
- Alex Evtushok
- Ian Wallace
- None
Section 3
- Shaun Jeffers
- Liam Daish
- Gary Caldwell
- Andy Morrell
- Clinton Morrison
- Willo Flood
- Jonson Clarke-Harris
- Micky Adams
- Kevin Richardson
- Dimi Konstantopoulos
Section 4
- Arsenal
- Crystal Palace
- Tranmere Rovers
- Hibernian
- Plymouth Argyle
- Sheffield Wednesday
- Newcastle
- Fleetwood
- Everton
- Watford
Section 5
- Wolves
- Trevor Francis
- Adam La Fondre
- Robert Jarni
- Chris Coleman
- Lee Tomlin
- Alexei Lalas
- Jim Blyth
- Neil McCann
- Mick Ferguson
Section 6 (Pictures)
- Kevin Kyle
- Dave Bamber
- David Bradford
- Wayne Turner
- Denzel Slager
- Trond Soltvedt
- Jen-Guy Walleme
- Michael Cook
- John Hendrie
- Neil Wood
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