Game #2862 | FA Cup game #197
Season game #37 | Cup game #9
George Curtis & John Sillett game #
Stoke City 6th in Division Two | Coventry City 8th in Division One

Bennett and Gynn replace the suspended McGrath and Emerson. Gynn wins the tie after City had soaked up plenty of pressure by Brian Talbot in particular. Stoke have a case for a penalty, when Dixon falls down. 8,000 fans roar on Coventry in Stoke’s biggest crowd for seven years.