Game #2047 | League game #1899
Season game #3 | Division One game #3
Highfield Road game # | Noel Cantwell game #
Coventry City 7th | Southampton 20th (22)

A struggle against an over-physical Southampton. Ernie Machin suffers ankle ligament damage in a late tackle by O’Neill. Hunt pounces on Byrne’s back-header against the post, but City fail to make their superiority count. Bill Glazier saves from O’Neill during a frantic finale.