Game #2537 | League game #2321
Season game #7 | Division One game #5
Highfield Road game # | Gordon Milne game #
Coventry City 11th | Crystal Palace 21st (22)

Match of the Day cameras show that Clive Allen’s 55th-minute shot went into the net and bounced out. The ref disallows it and fuming Palace end up beaten. Bodak sets up the third goal and is the fifteenth player under 21 to play for City this year. Allen is the first £1 million teenager.