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Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 02-12-2021
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Having lost our grip on third place, this weekend now finds us in a battle to hold onto fourth as we travel to the Ricoh Arena for one of the lesser-spotted West Midlands derbies of recent years, renewing hostilities (for the first time since March 2010) with a resurgent Coventry City who stand just a point behind us. November was a struggle from start to finish for Albion, and there's an inescapable sense of everyone simply going through the motions until the other shoe drops, but there remains a hope - however small - that Ismael can find a new leaf to turn in time for Christmas, and there'd be no better time to do it.
Coventry haven't had things entirely their own way in the last month either, having drawn their last three league matches - a fourth would be their longest streak of stalemates since March 2012 - though it's also worth noting that Albion have failed to score in our last three on the road, and if we make it a fourth then we'll be on our longest away goal-drought since the winter of 2010-11. On the plus side, we've yet to concede a single goal at the Ricoh in our grand total of four visits, and haven't lost on their turf since a 1-0 defeat at Highfield Road at Christmas 2003. Another goalless draw then? It'd be far from the worst result for Albion, but as our promotion challenge suffers death from a thousand cuts, you sense that it wouldn't do Ismael any favours at all.
Quiz
1. Nineteen Albion players in history have scored in away wins at Coventry. Can you name them?
2. Of those nineteen, eight scored *two* goals. Can you pick out those who doubled up?
3. Nine Baggies goalkeepers have gone to Coventry and kept a clean sheet. Who were they?
4. Of those nine, only one goalie kept more than one clean sheet, shutting out the Sky Blues on their own turf a whopping *three* times. Which gloveman was it?
5. I was born ten days after West Brom's first-ever league victory at Highfield Road; I played in the Premier League, made 23 appearances for my country and am currently managing the Albion. Who am I?
6. Albion's last-ever victory at Highfield Road saw a Baggies substitute brought on and then sent off twenty minutes later. Who was he?
7. The same match was a landmark game for the WBA manager then in charge. Who was the manager, and what milestone did he pass?
8. I made my Albion debut in their most recent away win in Coventry. I played 20 times for the club and was capped 62 times by my country, but never appeared for any other English side. Who am I?
1. Nineteen Albion players in history have scored in away wins at Coventry. Can you name them?
2. Of those nineteen, eight scored *two* goals. Can you pick out those who doubled up?
3. Nine Baggies goalkeepers have gone to Coventry and kept a clean sheet. Who were they?
4. Of those nine, only one goalie kept more than one clean sheet, shutting out the Sky Blues on their own turf a whopping *three* times. Which gloveman was it?
5. I was born ten days after West Brom's first-ever league victory at Highfield Road; I played in the Premier League, made 23 appearances for my country and am currently managing the Albion. Who am I?
6. Albion's last-ever victory at Highfield Road saw a Baggies substitute brought on and then sent off twenty minutes later. Who was he?
7. The same match was a landmark game for the WBA manager then in charge. Who was the manager, and what milestone did he pass?
8. I made my Albion debut in their most recent away win in Coventry. I played 20 times for the club and was capped 62 times by my country, but never appeared for any other English side. Who am I?
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - Zinman - 03-12-2021
I’ve got no 1.
The answer is no, I can’t.
Is 6. Trevor Benjamin? A 1-0 win (Superbob) on the day that the great choke by our 6 fingered friends started?
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 03-12-2021
(02-12-2021, 17:52)Ska'dForLife-WBA Wrote:Quiz
1. Nineteen Albion players in history have scored in away wins at Coventry. Can you name them?
Bob Taylor, Filipe Teixeira, Paul Robinson, Robert Koren, Chris Brunt, Roman Bednar, Ishmael Miller, Zoltan Gera (eleven remaining)
2. Of those nineteen, eight scored *two* goals. Can you pick out those who doubled up?
A: Roman Bednar (seven remaining)
3. Nine Baggies goalkeepers have gone to Coventry and kept a clean sheet. Who were they?
Tony Godden, Russell Hoult (seven remaining)
4. Of those nine, only one goalie kept more than one clean sheet, shutting out the Sky Blues on their own turf a whopping *three* times. Which gloveman was it?
5. I was born ten days after West Brom's first-ever league victory at Highfield Road; I played in the Premier League, made 23 appearances for my country and am currently managing the Albion. Who am I?
6. Albion's last-ever victory at Highfield Road saw a Baggies substitute brought on and then sent off twenty minutes later. Who was he?
A: Trevor Benjamin.
7. The same match was a landmark game for the WBA manager then in charge. Who was the manager, and what milestone did he pass?
8. I made my Albion debut in their most recent away win in Coventry. I played 20 times for the club and was capped 62 times by my country, but never appeared for any other English side. Who am I?
6 is indeed Trevor Benjamin.
For the sake of clarity, on the first three questions I'm not expecting anyone to get all of the names at once. Feel free to try your luck with a few guesses, and I'll fill in those that are correct as they come. (Though you'll need to specifically say if you think a player scored two goals for question 2, or kept three clean sheets for question 4; I won't just automatically fill those in if the names happen to crop up).
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - Blue Baggie - 03-12-2021
(03-12-2021, 12:12)Ska'dForLife-WBA Wrote:(02-12-2021, 17:52)Ska'dForLife-WBA Wrote:Quiz
1. Nineteen Albion players in history have scored in away wins at Coventry. Can you name them?
2. Of those nineteen, eight scored *two* goals. Can you pick out those who doubled up?
3. Nine Baggies goalkeepers have gone to Coventry and kept a clean sheet. Who were they?
4. Of those nine, only one goalie kept more than one clean sheet, shutting out the Sky Blues on their own turf a whopping *three* times. Which gloveman was it?
5. I was born ten days after West Brom's first-ever league victory at Highfield Road; I played in the Premier League, made 23 appearances for my country and am currently managing the Albion. Who am I?
6. Albion's last-ever victory at Highfield Road saw a Baggies substitute brought on and then sent off twenty minutes later. Who was he?
A: Trevor Benjamin.
7. The same match was a landmark game for the WBA manager then in charge. Who was the manager, and what milestone did he pass?
8. I made my Albion debut in their most recent away win in Coventry. I played 20 times for the club and was capped 62 times by my country, but never appeared for any other English side. Who am I?
6 is indeed Trevor Benjamin.
For the sake of clarity, on the first three questions I'm not expecting anyone to get all of the names at once. Feel free to try your luck with a few guesses, and I'll fill in those that are correct as they come. (Though you'll need to specifically say if you think a player scored two goals for question 2, or kept three clean sheets for question 4; I won't just automatically fill those in if the names happen to crop up).
Brunt - Bednar(2) - Gera - Miller all scored in the feb 08 thrashing 0-5 to us.
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - Zinman - 04-12-2021
1. Bob Taylor, Texiera, Paul Robinson, Korean.
3. Houlty must be in there plus Tony Godden who I suspect is the answer to 4?
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 04-12-2021
Generally good start, fellas: eight correct names on question 1 (presuming that "Korean" from Zin is meant to say Koren!), one on 2, and two on 3. However, Tony Godden *isn't* the answer to question 4; he kept only one clean sheet at Coventry, on 8th March 1980.
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - Baggiebob(BBB) - 04-12-2021
5. Ronnie allen
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - talkSAFT - 04-12-2021
Get in there!!! Grant makes it 0-1 (20 mins)
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 04-12-2021
2-0 at half-time, and a much better match overall than recent fare.
RE: Coventry vs WBA - Match Thread - talkSAFT - 04-12-2021
Great goal by Kipre to make it 0-2