Three weeks ago I answered a question posed by Colin Heys regarding Coventry City's outfield players who have gone in goal owing to injuries and red cards to starting 'keepers. There have been nine occasions since World War 2 with the last being in 2005 when when manager Micky Adams failed to name a goalkeeper amongst his substitutes against Stoke City at Highfield Road and Stephen Hughes had to go between the posts after Ian Bennett was sent off three minutes into the second half. Hughes pulled off several good saves to earn City a point in a 0-0 draw.
I promised to write about the substitute goalkeepers who have been used since they were first allowed in 1992. There are twenty instances since Jonathan Gould was the first at Molineux in a League Cup game in 1995 after Steve Ogrizovic was sent off. Two others have been used after a red card with Chris Kirkland receiving a red at Chelsea in 2001 and Lee Burge getting sent off at home to Worcester City in the FA Cup in 2014. Kirkland, whose red card was later rescinded, made way for the unfortunate Alan Miller who let in six goals in his only ever first team appearance for the club. Burge's red card gave Ryan Allsop, who was the regular 'keeper at the time, a chance for the Sky Blues as he came on for Frank Nouble.
The seventeen goalkeepers who have been substituted through injury or bad form since 1992 are as follows:
Season Opponents Goalkeeper Substitute Score
1996-97 Arsenal (a) Steve Ogrizovic John Filan (84 mins) 0-0
2000-01 Preston (h) LC Magnus Hedman Chris Kirkland (31 mins) 4-1
2001-02 Watford (h) Magnus Hedman Andy Goram (45 mins) 0-2
2003-04 Sunderland (a) Pegguy Arphexad Scott Shearer (45 mins) 0-0
2008-09 Bristol City (h) Keiren Westwood Andy Marshall (20 mins) 0-3
2008-09 Plymouth (a) Keiren Westwood Andy Marshall (50 mins) 0-4
2009-10 West Brom (h) Keiren Westwood Dimi Konstantopoulos (10 mins) 0-0
2009-10 Portsmouth (a) FAC Keiren Westwood Dimi Konstantopoulos (45 mins) 1-1
2010-11 Watford (a) Iain Turner Michael Quirke (18 mins) 2-2
2010-11 Bristol City (h) Keiren Westwood Danny Ireland (45 mins) 1-4
2011-12 Derby (h) Joe Murphy Chris Dunn (45 mins) 2-0
2011-12 Nottm Forest (h) Joe Murphy Chris Dunn (69 mins) 1-0
2012-13 Crewe (h) FLT Joe Murphy Chris Dunn (45 mins) 0-3
2016-17 Southend (a) Lee Burge Reice Charles-Cook (43 mins) 1-3
2016-17 Gillingham (h) Lee Burge Reice Charles-Cook (45 mins) 2-1
2017-18 Yeovil (h) Lee Burge Liam O'Brien (45 mins) 2-6
2020-21 Cardiff (h) Marko Marosi Ben Wilson (95 mins) 1-0
Westwood leads the table for the most substituted with five, Lee Burge and Joe Murphy in second place. It is interesting to note that four of the occasions coincide with some of the worst home defeats in the Ricoh era. The Yeovil defeat in the League Two promotion season was a stunner as was the Crewe result that effectively ended City's Wembley hopes in the FLT semi final first leg in 2013. In the early days of the Ricoh years Bristol City had an excellent record at the Arena and two heavy defeats coincided with injuries to goalkeepers.
Michael Quirke's appearance off the bench was his first team debut and he made only three more starts for the club. Australian Danny Ireland's 45 minutes against Bristol City was his only league game for City but he did make a League Cup appearance two seasons earlier. Chris Dunn made his City debut as a substitute against Derby in 2011 and three of his six games for the club were from the bench. Last season Ben Wilson's appearance off the bench was his league debut for the club although he had played six cup games the previous season.
Iain Turner was making his debut, on loan from Everton, when he was sent off at Watford in 2010. For Pegguy Arphexad, signed by Gary McAllister from Liverpool, his inury meant the end of his brief five-game City career in 2003.
If you have a question about the history or statistics of Coventry City please drop me an email at clarriebourton@gmail.com and follow me on Twitter @clarriebourton
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