Coventry City did it again on Saturday, scoring in added time for the ninth time this season with rookie Fabio Tavares scoring a spectacular equaliser in the 98th minute against Preston North End. This was just one week after the Sky Blues beat Barnsley in added time with Dom Hyam breaking Tykes' hearts with his close range finish in the 93rd minute. The winner against Barnsley was the fourth time this season that the Sky Blues have scored winning goals after the clock has passed ninety minutes, all in home games. Kyle McFadzean started the trend in the opening game against Nottingham Forest in the 96th minute. Matty Godden hit the 98th minute winner against Reading and the 92nd minute decider against Bristol City and Hyam made it four. I was checking my records and discovered that between 2003 and 2012 the team only scored one winning goal in added time! That was at QPR in 2007 when Kevin Kyle netted an injury time winner.
The five other goals the Sky Blues have scored in added time this season are:
Waghorn v Middlesbrough (h) 91st minute
Kane v Bournemouth (a) 94th minute
Godden v Huddersfield (a) 93rd minute
Godden v Peterborough (a) 91st minute
Tavares v Preston (h) 98th minute
Sandwiched between the Hyam and Tavares late goals we saw Viktor Gyokeres score an 89th minute winner at Ashton Gate in midweek. The Swede's winner is the seventh goal to come in the last ten minutes of the 90 minutes, which means 15 of City's 45 goals have been scored after the 80th minute and resulted in an extra points gained. An impressive record which seems to have been ignored by opponents.
City's Fankaty Dabo received his second red card of the season last week for denying Preston a goal-scoring opportunity by giving away a penalty. This follows his first dismissal versus Cardiff in September for dangerous play. He has now received his marching orders three times in City colours – the first being in his fourth league game for the club in 2019 at Portsmouth. The last City player to receive two red cards in a season was Kyle McFadzean last season. Dabo is now just one red card behind the club's record holder Paul Williams.
It's Legends Day next Saturday at the CBS Arena – the first since 2019 – and a big turnout of former players is expected with lots of ex-Sky Blues expected to attend. Two former managers, Gordon Milne and Bobby Gould, will be attending, Gordon for the first time. A good number of 1970s players will be appearing including Colin Stein, Ian Wallace, Dennis Mortimer and Garry Thompson as well as more recent players such as Dele Adebola, David Bell and Leon McKenzie and a good number of the 1987 team. New member Roland Nilsson is flying in from Sweden and will be making his Legends Day debut. The day is dedicated to George Curtis and John Sillett and their respective families will be special guests for the event. Make sure you're in the bowl during half-time when the legends will be making their customary entry to the pitch.
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