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Game #1980 | FA Cup game #147
Season game #30 | Cup game #6
Highfield Road game # | Noel Cantwell game #
Coventry City 21st in Division One | Blackpool 10th in Division Two
With seven minutes left it looked like another home defeat but for once City kept going. Machin equalises with a great shot from Carr’s free-kick. Curtis bangs home the second and Shepherd latches on to a back-pass and gives the scoreline a surreal look. Curtis is at fault for the goal.
Referee:
P Baldwin
83'
88'
60'
Substitutes
60'89'
Coach
1
Kevin Thomas
2
Jimmy Armfield
3
Tommy Thompson
4
John Craven
5
Glyn James
6
John McPhee
7
Ronnie Brown
65'
8
Tony Green
9
Graham Rowe
10
Tommy White
46'
11
Alan Suddick
Substitutes
12
Gordon Milne
46'
Coach
Stan Mortensen
Coventry City
Blackpool
46'
Substitute
In:Gordon Milne
Out:Tommy White
Substitute
60'
In:Trevor Shepherd
Out:Neil Martin
65'
0:1
Goal
Ronnie Brown
Goal
1:1
83'
Ernie Machin
Goal
2:1
88'
George Curtis
Goal
3:1
89'
Trevor Shepherd
Coventry City
Blackpool
Coventry City
Blackpool
46'
Out
Tommy White
In
Gordon Milne
