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Goal
David Gilbert
10'
Goal
Tommy Watson
51'
Goal
Garry Birtles
69'
Game #2978 | League Cup game #88
Season game #7 | Cup game #1
John Sillett game #
Grimsby Town 7th in Division Four | Coventry City 3rd in Division One
Kevin MacDonald and Keith Waugh are unfamiliar faces. MacDonald, a free transfer from Liverpool, makes his first start in an embarrassing defeat which could have been a lot worse. Waugh, a summer buy from Bristol City, is at fault for the first goal. Gary Birtles scores a cracker.
Referee:
WC Burns
1
Steve Sherwood
2
John McDermott
3
Geoff Stephenson
4
Andy Tillson
5
Mark Lever
6
Shaun Cunnington
7
Gary Childs
8
David Gilbert
10'
9
Tony Rees
10
Tommy Watson
51'
11
Garry Birtles
69'
Substitutes
12
Keith Alexander
14
Kevin Jobling
Coach
Alan Buckley
52'
63'
80'
Coach
Grimsby Town
Coventry City
Goal
1:0
10'
David Gilbert
Goal
2:0
51'
Tommy Watson
52'
Substitute
In:Steve Livingstone
Out:Dean Emerson
63'
2:1
Goal (from penalty)
Brian Kilcline
John McDermott foul on David Smith
Goal
3:1
69'
Garry Birtles
80'
Substitute
In:Keith Thompson
Out:Micky Gynn
Grimsby Town
Coventry City
Grimsby Town
Coventry City
Play
