(GROUND
NUMBER 267)
Date
of First Visit: 26th AUGUST 2008
RICOH
ARENA, COVENTRY
COVENTRY
CITY 2
NEWCASTLE
UNITED 3 (N'Zogbia, Milner, Owen)
COCA
COLA CUP 2nd Round
Attendance:
19,249 (3,008 Toon fans includin’
Mike Ashley in the
away end!)
Michael Owen winner in extra time
(dark blue shirt on left)
Fower
of us 'were sent to Coventry' in ‘The Caped Crusaders’ ‘bat mobile’ and we arrived
at the groond (sorry!-- ARENA!) which woz smack bang in the middle of an industrial estate on the
ootskirts of the city centre, in plenty of time for the forst ‘gargels’!
We
eventually foond a bar in a hoozin' estate half a mile away up the road called ‘The
Hub’ and settled doon for ‘the duration az there were nee othaa bars in sight!
Apart
from ‘me’ and The Caped Crusader, Jonezee and ‘Grumpy Stumpy’ were in
attendance az we hoyed the ‘gargel’ doon wor ‘Gregory Pecks’ (necks!)
While
me and Jonezee drank the local brew, Grumpy Stumpy went on the scrumpy and The
Caped Crusader kept to soft drinks az he woz drivin’!
It woz
then time to heed for the tornstiles of this brand new ground and on enterin’
we could see that it woz half empty with thoosands of sky blue seats vacant in the home sections! (13,000 to be exact!)
The
Toon section woz canny full az the game kicked off and we went on the attack
straight away!
It
took us 21 minutes to oen the scorin’ when N’Zogbia fired home a James Milner
cross!
17minutes
later and anothaa cross from Milner woz missed by everybody, includin’ their
goalie and it sailed into the net after takin a slight deflection off a Coventry
defender! 2-0
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TOON MANAGER KEVIN KEEGAN BELOWS OUT INSTRUCTIONS
FROM THE AWAY DUGOOT!
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The
Sky Blues pulled one back deep into forst half stoppage time after indecision in the Toon
defence!
The
game petered oot and deep into injury time, az we made wor way to the exits for a quick getaway,
disaster struck, when a lang throw in near wor corner flag from a Coventry defender, foond the heed
of Dann, who nodded the baall into the top of the net!
The
very thing aa didn’t want woz extra time az aa had an orly start for work the
next mornin’! "CURSES!"
Anyway!--- in the 97th minute we got a 3rd goal, when a superb baall from Enrique
foond Michael Owen (who had come on az a 2nd half sub)and he lobbed
the Coventry keeper to eventually win the tie! (see top photo)
But not after some finger bitin' in the last few minutes to avoid a dreaded penalty shoot out!
Aa got
yem in the orly hours and then had to drag mee lifeless body oot of bed at ‘6am
bells’ to de a ‘truck run’ to Glasgow!
Such
iz life!
Footnote:
Sadly both 'Jonezee' and 'The Caped Crusader' (who woz better known az 'The
Undertaker') are no longer with us!
RIP
lads!
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