Game #1686 | League game #1579
Season game #32 | Division Three game #27
Highfield Road game # | Jimmy Hill game #
Coventry City 3rd | Colchester United 18th (24)

City fail to go joint top of the league as the Oysters take advantage of Hale’s Achilles injury. The game had been fogged off in December and the U’s had not played since. The weather is still very cold and the pitch hard and many home players look uncomfortable. 14 games unbeaten.