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Goal
Paul Birch
61'
Game #2868 | League game #2601
Season game #43 | Division One game #33
George Curtis & John Sillett game #
Aston Villa 19th | Coventry City 9th (22)
With Villa in the bottom three and without a win since Boxing Day, here was City’s chance to break the hoodoo. Their finishing against the worst defence in the league is dreadful and Birch’s opportunist goal is enough for Billy McNeill’s team to jump two places. Villa still go down.
Presumed kit for this game although unconfirmed. Do you have a picture from this game?
Referee:
WK Burge
1
Nigel Spink
2
Gary Williams
3
Tony Dorigo
4
Martin Keown
5
Paul Elliott
6
Neale Cooper
7
Paul Birch
61'
8
Simon Stainrod
58'
9
Andy Gray
10
Steve Hunt
11
Mark Walters
Substitutes
12
Garry Thompson
58'
Coach
Billy McNeill
71'
Substitutes
71'
Coach
Aston Villa
Coventry City
Substitute
58'
In:Garry Thompson
Out:Simon Stainrod
Goal
1:0
61'
Paul Birch
71'
Substitute
In:Micky Gynn
Out:Tony Dobson
Aston Villa
Coventry City
Aston Villa
Coventry City
Out
Simon Stainrod
In
Garry Thompson
58'
