I was at this game, and this is the first time I've seen the highlights since that day. It was a great occasion, even though I went to the game as an Everton supporter, I was at Poly in Coventry. Was really happy for the CCFC supporters, their joy was contagious, even though we had lost 4-1. My first love, football-wise, are Barrow AFC, so I know what they were going through on the day.
I recall Norwich were 8 points ahead of us and their manager, sensibly, said "I'd rather have the 8 points than the 3 games". The greatest of escapes. Of course, Coventry having the 3 games in hand and knowing they had to win all 3, was a bit unfair on Norwich and these days wouldn't be tolerated. But at the time nobody neutral thought Cov had a chance.
Fair play to Cov for their 'great escape' but this game stunk as much as the booze on the Everton players breaths. Must have been a bitter pill to swallow for Norwich - with the double blow of relegation and missing out on European football because of the ban after Heysel.
howard and the troops had been drinking champers for the past week before the ballgame,all credit for slotting four past nev but the other ten outfield players were hungover.
We might have been half-arsed and already Champions, but this performance was a disgrace and unfair on Norwich who were relegated because of our hapless 'efforts' on this day. Years later, Chelsea thankfully, didn't perform like this when we were in relegation trouble in 94 and 98.
BlueTrueScouse , there were no 'we wuz robbed' feelings from NC supporters - We (NCFC) drifted along after winning the league cup, only winning on the last game at Chelsea. EFC had 2 Cup finals & the 1st Division ..I don't blame em for 'having a rest' at the end ..we felt a bit sore at not being allowed to play in Europe the next season due to the events of 3 days later...
Andre Chat Norwich plight was the same as Man City two years earlier, relegated after being mid table. what is more disastrous was Norwich did win the League Cup.
@@mohdazmi10 The Manchester City one in 1982-83 was even more astonishing than that. They actually won their first 3 games to top the table in early September as the only team to claim the maximum 9 points,and Swansea who eventually went down as well were 2nd on goal difference with 7! Manchester City were still as high as 2nd in November and 9th in January but once they were routed 4-1 at Southampton in the FA Cup 4th round it all went horribly wrong for them. Meanwhile,the three teams that were in the relegation zone at Christmas all stayed up (Birmingham,Norwich and Sunderland),as did Luton with their last gasp victory at Maine Road on the last day of the season. Coventry tumbled from 5th place and daring to dream about Europe at the start of March to only staying up by winning at Stoke on the penultimate Saturday and coming fourth from bottom. Oh,and the other relegated side,Brighton,drew 2-2 with Manchester United in the FA Cup final and had a late chance to win it. The sheer extent to which money dictates everything means that such craziness couldn't happen now!
Norwich city complained about this didn't they?and they beat Everton as well.4-2?lost 0-3 at goodison park?what a season for everton.it wasn't football,it was just a fantastic adventure!Europe as well?the other Vienna club?not rapid Vienna?had them nailed on to overcome Man United in the FA cup final,considering that amazing 5-0 victory over them in the league!
The fixture congestion happened because of heavy snow bringing things to nearly an entire halt between the middle of January and the tail end of February. The final round of fixtures was on the second Saturday of May,the date of the Bradford fire disaster. League Cup winners Norwich completed all their fixtures by that afternoon,and were left fourth bottom with 49 points from their 42 games in a 22-club top division. Coventry were on 41 points with three postponed fixtures still to play,against Stoke,Luton and Everton,and won all of them to stay up! Norwich,whose manager Ken Brown opted to spend his afternoon out walking his dog while the Coventry v Everton game decided his team's fate,came straight back up as Second Division champions the next year. Everton had already won the league on May Day Monday,five days before the regular season finished,ahead of reigning champions Liverpool,and though as holders they lost the FA Cup Final to Norman's Whiteside's extra time strike for Manchester United they blitzed Bayern Munich and Rapid Vienna in their last two engagements to lift the old European Cup Winners' Cup,only to denied European football the next season because of the 5-year ban on English clubs resulting from the Heysel disaster on the last Wednesday evening of that May.
This whole situation was a fucking disgrace and storing up 3 games at the end of the season after Norwich had finished their season would never be allowed today. In fact, I think it was this very outrageous end to the season that brought in the rule of everybody finishing on the same day subsequently. Not sure who I hate more: Coventry for their epic shithousery or Everton for turning up pissed and not giving a shit! The whole thing stank at the time as a 12 year old Norwich fan and still does to this day. Which is why I, and many other Canaries, have absolutely no sympathy for Cov's self implosion in recent years. Fuck'em.
You can't blame Coventry for Stoke missing a penalty in their game; and Luton gave their everything to prevent a Cov win. It was only Everton who went missing.
It was the vagaries of the weather that was to blame,as heavy snow from the second week of January onwards played havoc with the schedules,and was still on the ground in places through the first half of March. That caused big fixture pile-ups,more at some clubs than others,and prevented any hope of the season being completed on time. Apparently,'flu laid much of the Coventry squad low over that year's sleety Easter (Saturday 6th/Monday 8th April) to cause an additional postponement. Remarkable escape by Coventry but extremely unfortunate for Norwich.
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I was at this game, and this is the first time I've seen the highlights since that day. It was a great occasion, even though I went to the game as an Everton supporter, I was at Poly in Coventry. Was really happy for the CCFC supporters, their joy was contagious, even though we had lost 4-1. My first love, football-wise, are Barrow AFC, so I know what they were going through on the day.
Splendid ! And a 20 second walk home afterwards.
I was there and I'll never forget that match. Even if I get Alzheimers.
Coventry won their final 3 games of the season to avoid relegation.
Graham Clayton and now its have been 18 years since Coventry last played in the top flight.
@@mohdazmi10 Rest assured they will be back up there once sisu have gone!
I recall Norwich were 8 points ahead of us and their manager, sensibly, said "I'd rather have the 8 points than the 3 games". The greatest of escapes. Of course, Coventry having the 3 games in hand and knowing they had to win all 3, was a bit unfair on Norwich and these days wouldn't be tolerated. But at the time nobody neutral thought Cov had a chance.
Cyrille RIP Terry Gibson legend
That Everton side had been on the piss for days.
Fair play to Cov for their 'great escape' but this game stunk as much as the booze on the Everton players breaths. Must have been a bitter pill to swallow for Norwich - with the double blow of relegation and missing out on European football because of the ban after Heysel.
I was there...
I remember being so nervous about this game.
brilliant kit! gutted that i never got a chance to go to Highfield Road
howard and the troops had been drinking champers for the past week before the ballgame,all credit for slotting four past nev but the other ten outfield players were hungover.
deano they simply threw away the match.
We might have been half-arsed and already Champions, but this performance was a disgrace and unfair on Norwich who were relegated because of our hapless 'efforts' on this day. Years later, Chelsea thankfully, didn't perform like this when we were in relegation trouble in 94 and 98.
BlueTrueScouse , there were no 'we wuz robbed' feelings from NC supporters - We (NCFC) drifted along after winning the league cup, only winning on the last game at Chelsea. EFC had 2 Cup finals & the 1st Division ..I don't blame em for 'having a rest' at the end ..we felt a bit sore at not being allowed to play in Europe the next season due to the events of 3 days later...
Andre Chat Norwich plight was the same as Man City two years earlier, relegated after being mid table.
what is more disastrous was Norwich did win the League Cup.
@@mohdazmi10 One of best days of my life
@@mohdazmi10 The Manchester City one in 1982-83 was even more astonishing than that. They actually won their first 3 games to top the table in early September as the only team to claim the maximum 9 points,and Swansea who eventually went down as well were 2nd on goal difference with 7! Manchester City were still as high as 2nd in November and 9th in January but once they were routed 4-1 at Southampton in the FA Cup 4th round it all went horribly wrong for them. Meanwhile,the three teams that were in the relegation zone at Christmas all stayed up (Birmingham,Norwich and Sunderland),as did Luton with their last gasp victory at Maine Road on the last day of the season. Coventry tumbled from 5th place and daring to dream about Europe at the start of March to only staying up by winning at Stoke on the penultimate Saturday and coming fourth from bottom. Oh,and the other relegated side,Brighton,drew 2-2 with Manchester United in the FA Cup final and had a late chance to win it. The sheer extent to which money dictates everything means that such craziness couldn't happen now!
@@rjjcms1 you are definitely right
My first City match.
Can't believe how thin everyone was then.
Yh, apart from the players
Norwich city complained about this didn't they?and they beat Everton as well.4-2?lost 0-3 at goodison park?what a season for everton.it wasn't football,it was just a fantastic adventure!Europe as well?the other Vienna club?not rapid Vienna?had them nailed on to overcome Man United in the FA cup final,considering that amazing 5-0 victory over them in the league!
A hard winter meant the season was extended
Been waiting since 85 for it to come round for EFC
It's easy when you know how. Come on you Sky Blues!
Bent.
Was this after Everton had played the FA cup final?
Yes it was after the FA cup final & E FCs Cup Winners Cup finals..
Jonathon Gates everton had to put their 1st XI or there would be a scandal if it was otherwise.
there were international matches 2 days after this too... real fixture congestion at the end of 1985 season
The fixture congestion happened because of heavy snow bringing things to nearly an entire halt between the middle of January and the tail end of February. The final round of fixtures was on the second Saturday of May,the date of the Bradford fire disaster. League Cup winners Norwich completed all their fixtures by that afternoon,and were left fourth bottom with 49 points from their 42 games in a 22-club top division. Coventry were on 41 points with three postponed fixtures still to play,against Stoke,Luton and Everton,and won all of them to stay up! Norwich,whose manager Ken Brown opted to spend his afternoon out walking his dog while the Coventry v Everton game decided his team's fate,came straight back up as Second Division champions the next year. Everton had already won the league on May Day Monday,five days before the regular season finished,ahead of reigning champions Liverpool,and though as holders they lost the FA Cup Final to Norman's Whiteside's extra time strike for Manchester United they blitzed Bayern Munich and Rapid Vienna in their last two engagements to lift the old European Cup Winners' Cup,only to denied European football the next season because of the 5-year ban on English clubs resulting from the Heysel disaster on the last Wednesday evening of that May.
Both the Leaguer Cup finalists were relegated that year,with Sunderland also going down.
This whole situation was a fucking disgrace and storing up 3 games at the end of the season after Norwich had finished their season would never be allowed today. In fact, I think it was this very outrageous end to the season that brought in the rule of everybody finishing on the same day subsequently.
Not sure who I hate more: Coventry for their epic shithousery or Everton for turning up pissed and not giving a shit!
The whole thing stank at the time as a 12 year old Norwich fan and still does to this day. Which is why I, and many other Canaries, have absolutely no sympathy for Cov's self implosion in recent years.
Fuck'em.
Shithousery does not extend to controlling the weather to create a fixture pile-up.
You really need to get out more, chicken.
You can't blame Coventry for Stoke missing a penalty in their game; and Luton gave their everything to prevent a Cov win. It was only Everton who went missing.
A similar situation allowed Liverpool to win the Championship in 1976. They played their last game weeks after the season had finished.
It was the vagaries of the weather that was to blame,as heavy snow from the second week of January onwards played havoc with the schedules,and was still on the ground in places through the first half of March. That caused big fixture pile-ups,more at some clubs than others,and prevented any hope of the season being completed on time. Apparently,'flu laid much of the Coventry squad low over that year's sleety Easter (Saturday 6th/Monday 8th April) to cause an additional postponement. Remarkable escape by Coventry but extremely unfortunate for Norwich.
Fuck Norwich. Carrot crunching yokels.
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