I worked for COVENTRY CLIMAX in the north east for 24 years from 1973 until 1997 as a service engineer, Most towns and cities are suffering from a decline in manufacture etc . Here is no different (STOCKTON ON TEES ) a total shadow of its former self .I and my colleagues did our training in COVENTRY, and i for one loved it so many friendly people. I also had a COVENTRY built car a 1959 Standard ensign ,it was bought in 1969 by my father and i acquired from him in 1978 i sold it in 2019 after it covered 293633 miles yes that is the correct mileage. I regret to this day selling it. I know CLIMAX was acquired by Kalmar in the 80s but i was kept on by them only left because of the next take over .However i still long for my days spent in COVENTRY happy days.

Burnt Post, The Climax/Bug & Black Bat, The Golden Cup, The Hare & Squirrel, Silver Sword. Interesting to see some of these pubs I visited for Rock 'n' Roll dos in the late seventies such as The Old Ball & The Red House. A lifetime ago.

Good few Bristol in the Coventry end

Legend!

Bowles is God... ;)

No Tiger Moth? Binley boozer

Many a game I went to because it was worth it just to see "Hutch" fantastic player

I went to 😂

What about a pub call the gate inn

This and the West Germany Austria game in 1982 World Cup brought about the final set of matches in competitions starting simultaneously. But of course there are always wheezes like getting stuck in the traffic on the way to the ground.

GARY MC WAS INSTRUMENTAL FOR LFC TREBLE IN 2001 A JEWEL FOR COVENTRY TOO😊😊😊

My dad took me I was 12 and remember Stan scoring last minute free kick

And to think we used to moan about how bad Coventry was back then , it’s a dump now soulless, just look how nice broadgate was with grass and trees , all the pubs and clubs have closed down , this place is now a ghost town , PUSB

a quite scandal of relegation battle

I was there actually even though l was born in 1998😂

Coventry then where a great club 1st Div middle order outfit that Jimmy Hill had managed & Chairman of & the first all seater & way ahead of other clubs. Man U came & their 'fans' wrecked it.

shame Liverpool beat us 6-1 in the reverse fixture.

Owen owen and C & A were great for shopping

Brilliant. Brought me back to when I was 16 to 20 living in Lower Ford Street, before joining the Army. The background music is so apt too. Then I used to go to Leeds away matches. Returning, it was a mad dash from the railway station to a pub next to ABC Theatre. Pay 50p to get in and a few pints before the walk home to watch MoTD. Alternatively a Friday/Saturday night, was a quick one at the Silver Sword, then to the Allhambra, few pints there and then across the road to the other pub whose name escapes me. Walk home across Pool Meadow, chips from the chippy and home. The great old days when we would say "Never going to pay a quid for a pint" Oh.....not forgetting my attire of Farah trousers, Fred Perry T Shirt, and Pringle jumper.

Right and important! Fck the UK

Anyone remember the kit fiasco 2 years later as well?

Great duo, great memories 😊

I was with my dad in the sky blue stand that day! Fantastic👍

Same thing happened in the Prem in 1997, Chelsea played Coventry wearing the Cov away kit.

Shame green man not listed alderman’s green bell green road

Fishy Moores was hands down 100% the best chippy !! Miss that place :)

What a goal 👍👏

I was there coach didnt leave AG, got lift there and back, will never forget it!

Glazier for England

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shame Coventry didn't keep this team or team like it they look formidable. they sadly went down the season later.

That assist from Hadji

The fact that a traffic congestion indirectly relegated Sunderland (If the match was started on time, 15 minutes earlier, they would have still try to score until the end and if one of them scores then rip)

Some terrific crosses, seems like a dying art these days with all those right footers playing left wing and vice versa who look to cut in and then run into a full back and centre back

Lady Gurdoyvah. Be anymore Cov?. ❤

Have anyone come here after reading 'The Selfish Gene'?

"What i seen wasn't very pleasant" 😒 Classic British understated response 👌

Captain my captain peter ndlovu

Debbie Harry is now 77 , jeeeze l life has shot by ;

I was a ball boy on this evening

I looked at that Willo shot coming and thought like everyone else, row Z. Amazing and deserved for a popular player and big character.

I was born in Coventry I left 35 years ago and I still missed the place Born in Coventry Coventry in my heart

By the time the Luftwaffe bombed the munitions factories in Coventry the RAF had already bombed cities and towns in Germany for six months.

Magical times

Greg Downs our unsung hero providing the assist for big Cyrille's goal with an excellent free kick.

I was at that game with my Dad as a 7 year old. I’ll never forget seeing Best, Charlton, Law, Moor, Stepney. My first Man Utd game. Some City greats in that line up too.

2:54 - The dictionary definition of the word 'sublime' - (adjective) A Robbie Keane flick from an audacious angle against the arse.

I was at that game we went on the tiger liner from paragon station. I remember looking in a cake shop and being surprised At little cream buns at 6p when the same buns in Hull were 4p 😂 ( I always have a good memory for unimportant stuff)

I was at that match. me and mate only went to see George Best! I was 14.

Mick Ferguson. He doesn't look the same without his beard. Mick was always on the score sheet for Coventry City, as he was an excellent player and a true legend.