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Game #2534 | League Cup game #54
Season game #4 | Cup game #1
Gordon Milne game #
Manchester United 6th in Division One | Coventry City 10th in Division One
A professional if unspectacular first leg performance against Daly’s old team, who lack penetration up front. The honours are won in defence, with Dyson and Gillespie supreme and Roberts shackling England winger Steve Coppell. Garry Thompson is given a rough time and limps off.
Referee:
P Partridge
1
Gary Bailey
2
Jimmy Nicholl
3
Arthur Albiston
4
Sammy McIlroy
5
Nikola Jovanovic
6
Martin Buchan
7
Steve Coppell
8
Jimmy Greenhoff
65'
9
Andy Ritchie
10
Lou Macari
11
Mickey Thomas
Substitutes
12
Tom Sloan
65'
Coach
Dave Sexton
55'
67'
Substitutes
55'
Coach
Manchester United
Coventry City
55'
Substitute
In:Bobby McDonald
Out:Garry Thompson
Substitute
65'
In:Tom Sloan
Out:Jimmy Greenhoff
67'
0:1
Goal
Tommy English
Manchester United
Coventry City
Manchester United
Coventry City
Out
Jimmy Greenhoff
In
Tom Sloan
65'
