| Wednesday 7 January 1970 FA
Cup 3rd Round |
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| "Coventry
City" |
1 - 1 |
"Liverpool" |
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(1-1) |
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| GOAL |
| Martin 27 |
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Graham 30 |
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1 Bill Glazier
2 Mick Coop
3 Dave Clements
4 Ernie Machin
5 Roy Barry
6 Jeff Blockley
7 Ernie Hunt
8 Willie Carr
9 Neil Martin
10 John O'Rourke
11 Dennis Mortimer
Subs:
12 Setters |
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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
Subs:
12 Doug Livermore |
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
| Mortimer (Setters 77) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: Vince James
(York) Linesman: K Seet (Aberdane, Orange Flag), B Marchant (Hereford,
Red Flag) |
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| VENUE |
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MANAGERS |
Highfield Road (capacity )
Attendance: 33,688 |
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Noel Cantwell (Coventry C)
Bill Shankly (Liverpool) |
 Price: 1/- (1 shilling)
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City live to fight
another night
Coventry City live to fight another night. But the suspicion of illegality
surrounding Liverpool's equalising goal at Highfield Road last night will rankle with the
Sky Blues long after Monday's replay at Anfield.
City had set their hearts on knocking Liverpool out of the FA Cup at the first
attempt. They might well have done so with the encouragement of a superb headed goal by
Neil Martin - had not Liverpool grabbed their controversial leveller only four minutes
later with the match only one-third gone.
The City camp were in no doubts that Liverpool no 11 Bobby Graham was offside when
he received Ian Callaghan's flick-through to go on and hit the back of the net.
It was a tragic, momentary faltering by City's defence in a match where they made
suprisingly few mistakes. Graham took his chance well from what I, at an angle, thought
was at least suspiciously offside, and City could perhaps be faulted by not playing to the
whistle, for three or four men stopped for a second or two.
As it happened, neither side deserved to lose an absorbing tie - though City often
had the edge and Liverpool keeper Tommy Lawrence had a busier night than his counterpart
Bill Glazier.
Having hoisted themselves into that smart 27th minute lead when David Clements'
free kick was accurately nodded through by Martin wide of Lawrence's left hand. Coventry
were chastened to give the equaliser away only four minutes later in this unsatisfactory
fashion.
But while I would make no claims to judge Graham's position. I would without
reservation express the view that Emlyn Hughes was blatenly offside near the end when the
linesman stood frozen with no signal, and even referee Vince James - who handled the match
admirably in difficult circumstances - "lost" this situation.
Bill Glazier pushed Hughes' effort past the post, otherwise it would have stood as
a goal and City would have had much to complain about - and justly so!
Copyright - The Coventry Evening Telegraph |
