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| Monday 12
January 1970 19:30 Liverpool - Coventry City 3 - 0 FA Cup
3rd Round Replay |
| Monday 12 January 1970 19:30
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay |
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| "Liverpool" |
3 - 0 |
"Coventry
City" |
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(1-0) |
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| GOAL |
| Ross 39, Thompson 54, Graham 72 |
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Team: 1.
Tommy Lawrence, 2. Chris Lawler, 3. Peter Wall, 4. Geoff Strong, 5. Ron Yeats (c), 6.
Emlyn Hughes, 7. Ian Callaghan, 8. Ian Ross, 9. Peter Thompson, 10. Ian St John, 11. Bobby
Graham.
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Team: 1. Bill Glazier,
Mick Coop, Cattlin, Machin, Barry, Setters, Hunt, Carr, Martin, O'Rourke, Clements.
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: Vince James
(York) |
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| VENUE |
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MANAGERS |
Anfield (capacity )
Attendance: 51,261 |
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Bill Shankly (Liverpool)
Noel Cantwell (Coventry C) |
 Price: 9 d
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Thompson's genius ruins
City's night
Two flashes of genius from Liverpool's Peter Thompson in last night's Anfield
replay put paid to Coventry City's hopes of a long-awaited FA Cup run.
In retrospect, Coventry lost their chance when they did not clinch the first
meeting. For apart from the first half hour last night, during which they contained
Liverpool admirably, they were very much second best in front of a roaring exultant Kop.
In short City were well beaten. I felt the margin was a little unjust in the view
of the way they battled, but after going seven games without defeat this was a performance
well below what they had served up recently.
Having set up the first goal after 39 minutes, when City looked like containing
Liverpool's attackers by forcing them to play square across the park, Peter Thompson made
Coventry's task impossible by getting a brilliant goal only nine minutes after the break.
The last half hour was torture for the 4,000 City fans as Liverpool turned on the
heat and rubbed it in through a spectacular overhead kick by Bobby Graham.
With Emlyn Hughes powering through and being every bit the danger City chief, Noel
Cantwell, foretold, and Graham adding pep with his dangerous raiding, Coventry were
overplayed once Liverpool had achieved the upper hand early in the second half. From then
on, the issue was never in doubt.
Had Coventry played with anything like the nerve they showed in the first 15
minutes they might have even taken it to another tie. But this early spell was the only
time when they looked like pinning Liverpool down.
Once Ross had headed through after Thompson's spurt past two men and Cross had
split City's defence, it looked ominous. Thompson set the ground alight with his goal - a
fast ground shot to which Bill Glazier appeared slow going down - and when Graham rounded
it off after 72 minutes, following work by Callaghan and Hughes. City were well and truly
spanked.
Copyright - The Coventry Evening Telegraph |
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