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Coventry 1-3 Chelsea - August 24, 1974 / Division 1 1974/1975

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Division 1 1974/1975 - Round 3

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

August 24, 1974

Coventry

1 - 3

Chelsea

David Cross

Gary Locke

Charlie Cooke

Bill Garner

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal David Cross0

0' - Goal Gary Locke photo Charlie Cooke

0' - Goal Charlie Cooke photo Bill Garner

0' - Goal Bill Garner

logo Coventry COV

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 3

Chelsea

Coventry Chelsea

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ramsbottom

Neil Ramsbottom

England

B.date25/02/1946

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Dugdale

Alan Dugdale

England

B.date11/09/1952

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentral defender

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age28 years

positionDefender

Hindley

Peter Hindley

England

B.date19/05/1944

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

McGuire

Michael McGuire

England

B.date04/09/1952

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age26 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age22 years

positionCentre Midfield

Stein

Colin Stein

Scotland

B.date10/05/1947

Age27 years

positionForward

Alderson

Brian Alderson

Scotland

B.date05/05/1950

Age24 years

positionForward

Cross0

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Neil Ramsbottom	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Dugdale	21	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin	28	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Hindley	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGuire	21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison	26	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	22	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Stein	27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Alderson	24	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross	23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age32 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Locke0

Gary Locke

England

B.date12/07/1954

Age20 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Droy

Michael Droy

England

B.date07/05/1951

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age29 years

positionDefender

Hay

David Hay

Scotland

B.date29/01/1948

Age26 years

positionLeft Defensive Midfielder

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Cooke0

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age31 years

positionRight Winger

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age28 years

positionForward

Garner0

Bill Garner

England

B.date14/12/1947

Age26 years

positionStriker

Sissons

John Sissons

England

B.date30/09/1945

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti	32	562	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Locke	20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Droy	23	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	28	520	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris	29	547	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Hay	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember	25	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke	31	296	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman	28	318	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bill Garner	26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Sissons	28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

231

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael McGuire

John Craven

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs Chelsea

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1974

Milne vs Sexton

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1974

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

365

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs Coventry

11 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 24, 1974

Sexton vs Milne

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1974

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Chelsea running (since 30/08/1924). It's a record streak. The first of history

Peter Houseman played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

Coventry keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Chelsea at home in Premier League running (since 10/02/1968). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

+4	17	Leeds United	2 pts	3 rd
-2	18	Burnley	1 pt	3 rd
-2	19	Coventry	1 pt	3 rd
	20	Luton Town	1 pt	3 rd
-2	21	Birmingham City	0 pt	3 rd

General ranking

-8	9	Manchester City	4 pts	3 rd
	10	Middlesbrough	3 pts	3 rd
+7	11	Chelsea	3 pts	3 rd
-7	12	Queens Park Rangers	3 pts	3 rd
-5	13	Newcastle United	3 pts	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 1-0 Norwich City26/02/1974

LCoventry 0-1 Birmingham City02/03/1974

VCoventry 2-0 Stoke City09/03/1974

LCoventry 0-1 Queens Park Rangers23/03/1974

DCoventry 0-0 Leeds United13/04/1974

DCoventry 3-3 Arsenal27/04/1974

Overall

DCoventry 0-0 Leeds United13/04/1974

LDerby County 1-0 Coventry15/04/1974

DWolverhampton 1-1 Coventry20/04/1974

DCoventry 3-3 Arsenal27/04/1974

LNewcastle United 3-2 Coventry17/08/1974

DDerby County 1-1 Coventry21/08/1974

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 3-0 Chelsea02/03/1974

DNorwich City 2-2 Chelsea09/03/1974

DEverton 1-1 Chelsea23/03/1974

VTottenham 1-2 Chelsea03/04/1974

DSouthampton 0-0 Chelsea06/04/1974

LLeicester 3-0 Chelsea20/04/1974

Overall

LChelsea 1-3 Arsenal13/04/1974

DChelsea 0-0 Tottenham15/04/1974

LLeicester 3-0 Chelsea20/04/1974

LChelsea 0-1 Stoke City27/04/1974

LChelsea 0-2 Carlisle United17/08/1974

DChelsea 3-3 Burnley21/08/1974

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	1	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	7
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Dennis Mortimer	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Charlie Cooke
	Dennis Mortimer	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Charlie Cooke

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

1 v

2 d

6 l

6 gf

16 ga

Away

8 matches

0 v

2 d

6 l

6 gf

13 ga

Total

17 matches

1 v

4 d

12 l

12 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

6 v

2 d

0 l

13 gf

6 ga

Away

9 matches

6 v

2 d

1 l

16 gf

6 ga

Total

17 matches

12 v

4 d

1 l

29 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 10, 1968
Home	2 - 1	February 10, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 28, 1970
Away	3 - 0	February 28, 1970

Latest head to head

January 12, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Coventry

2 - 2

Chelsea

September 15, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Chelsea

1 - 0

Coventry

April 23, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Chelsea

2 - 0

Coventry

September 30, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Coventry

1 - 3

Chelsea

December 17, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Coventry

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Mick Coop	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Neil Martin	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Dave Clements	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Dennis Mortimer	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Ernest Hannigan	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Billy Rafferty	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Peter Osgood	5 goals	1968 - 1973
John Hollins	3 goals	1970 - 1973
Robert Tambling	2 goals	1968 - 1969
Ian Hutchinson	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Tommy Baldwin	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Ron Harris	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	12 matches	1968 - 1974
Mick Coop	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Ernie Machin	9 matches	1967 - 1971
Ernie Hunt	8 matches	1968 - 1971
Jeff Blockley	8 matches	1969 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

John Hollins	15 matches	1967 - 1974
Ron Harris	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Peter Bonetti	13 matches	1967 - 1973
David Webb	12 matches	1968 - 1974
Peter Osgood	12 matches	1967 - 1973
Peter Houseman	10 matches	1968 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

John O'Rourke

56 matches

1 match

1963 - 1971

Tony Hateley

17 matches

33 matches

1966 - 1969

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Tony Hateley

17 matches

33 matches

1966 - 1969

John O'Rourke

56 matches

1 match

1963 - 1971

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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August 24, 1974

Arsenal

4 0

Manchester City

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Carlisle United	6	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5
+12	Ipswich Town	6	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4
+43	Wolverhampton	5	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
+24	Liverpool	5	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
-15	Everton	5	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2
+56	Arsenal	4	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4
+57	Derby County	4	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
+18	Stoke City	4	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
-89	Manchester City	4	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
10	Middlesbrough	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
+711	Chelsea	3	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
-712	Queens Park Rangers	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
-513	Newcastle United	3	3	1	1	1	7	8	-1
14	Leicester	2	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1
-215	Sheffield United	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2
-116	West Ham	2	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3
+417	Leeds United	2	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3
-218	Burnley	1	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3
-219	Coventry	1	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3
20	Luton Town	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3
-221	Birmingham City	0	3	0	0	3	3	8	-5
22	Tottenham	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	-3

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Coventry 1-3 Chelsea - August 24, 1974 / Division 1 1974/1975

Coventry

1 - 3

Chelsea

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Milne vs Chelsea

Milne vs Sexton

Manager

Sexton vs Coventry

Sexton vs Milne

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Coventry

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking