Game #1790 | League game #1669
Season game #29 | Division Two game #25
Highfield Road game # | Jimmy Hill game #
Coventry City 13th | Preston North End 10th (22)

A masterful display on a snowbound pitch with a scoreline that flatters PNE. With Kendall injured, the visitors are thrashed and barely have a shot. The irresistible Hudson sets up Machin’s header from a long clearance before cheekily chipping Barton and then makes Humphries’ goal.