Plymouth Argyle v Coventry City F.A. Cup 3rd Round 06-01-1996

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00:00Still at 3rd Division Plymouth and today an FA Cup participant facing the much more fortunate Noel Whelan

00:06whose £2m transfer from Leeds to Coventry has been followed by three goals in four appearances

00:12that have helped spark a Premiership revival.

00:16Seven points from the last nine for Coventry and ten of this team have remained unchanged throughout those three games.

00:23Only Kevin Richardson missed one through suspension.

00:26There's still no Peter Unglove but this is Coventry at full strength.

00:32Well Plymouth's team includes Ronnie Morgier who hasn't trained all week

00:37but they have left out two players who are due to start suspension next Saturday.

00:41Mark Patterson replaced at right back by Chris Billy and Gary Clayton replaced in midfield by Richard Logan.

00:47And that's Chris Ledbetter arriving with the first Plymouth attack

00:56as that severe weather that we've been warned about comes absolutely sweeping across this little ground.

01:04I think a Grisovic would have had it covered but it struck the outside of the post and he must have got a touch.

01:09Take the short.

01:15It's a long chase for Chris Billy.

01:20Morgier

01:20Picked it in play and Plymouth with another throw.

01:25Here's Adrian Littlejohn.

01:27Logan's header.

01:40Evans makes a run.

01:43Well boost

01:44went right across the front of Nicky Evans

01:49and Gary Willard is calling him over.

01:53Now this could be a real problem for Coventry

02:01if the card which finally comes out is red.

02:05They had four players sent off

02:07in five games during November and December.

02:14Chris Billy isn't helping us see exactly what colour it is and it's red.

02:17And Coventry have another player sent off.

02:24They've had six this season.

02:28Four in Premiership games

02:30and two in reserve matches.

02:34And that challenge by David Boost

02:36sees him off the field.

02:38And now Plymouth with a free kick

02:41which is right on the edge of the penalty area.

02:44And they're going to have to go back the full distance.

02:49Who's going to hit this?

02:56Oh, they've done it!

02:59Ian Baird!

03:00It went in like a shell.

03:05It may have hit somebody on the way

03:07but Plymouth don't mind.

03:09Ian Baird doesn't mind.

03:11Ledbetter ran over it.

03:13Baird struck it.

03:14Yes, there was a deflection

03:15off the defender.

03:17Ian Baird!

03:18Well, it may have been Richard Shaw

03:25but it just helped make it

03:28an impossible save for Ibrzovich.

03:32Oh, great shot!

03:33He's hit the woodwork!

03:37It may be that sort of afternoon

03:39for Coventry.

03:40And there may be troubles here yet.

03:43Here's Adrian Littlejohn.

03:46It's a corner.

03:47Plymouth off will be that

03:50they are kicking with the wind.

03:55Here's Sularco.

03:58Faced by Billy.

04:01Gets in a good cross.

04:03There's Heathcote at the near post.

04:07Made back by Morgier.

04:12Against Telfer.

04:13Gets inside the defender.

04:17They're screaming for it.

04:20Oh, it's gone in!

04:23Pickering.

04:26Commentary of equalised.

04:28And Plymouth are stunned.

04:32I'm sure he couldn't really have intended that.

04:34It was laid back to Keith Pickering.

04:36I think he was just knocking it up

04:37for players to fight for.

04:39And it's just dropped inside the post.

04:42And right over the head of Kevin Blackwell.

04:45And Coventry have the lifeline that they wanted.

04:47Surely that was intended as a pass.

04:49Maybe for the likes of Sularco.

04:51He's in on the Grisovic.

04:55Oh, he's pretty wide.

05:01Well, you can't fault the way he created the chance.

05:05Maybe he could have gone a yard or two further forward

05:07before he hit it.

05:08Oh, it's two.

05:16Suddenly, Coventry have stormed into the lead.

05:26It's two goals for Coventry in the space of three minutes.

05:34Sularco getting behind the defenders.

05:35Has Blackwell got a hand on it?

05:38But watches in agony as it spins in over the line.

05:41Chris Billy trying to pull him back.

05:52To Dublin.

05:53Telfer.

05:55Good chance again.

05:57Telfer.

05:59It's three.

06:02And Coventry have come out in the second half.

06:05And they've taken this cut tie by the scruff of the neck.

06:09They've just cut Plymouth to ribbons.

06:14Dublin helped it on.

06:16And Telfer had all the time that he needed to look up.

06:20It was close enough to Blackwell for the keeper to have got down.

06:24But it was awkward.

06:25And it was hit strong.

06:26And we've had 57 minutes.

06:33And amazingly, 10-man Coventry now lead by three goals to one.

06:37It comes for it one-handed.

06:39The whistle has gone anyway for a foul on the keeper.

06:42Has worked the FA Cup magic again.

06:51Twice a Cup winner with Manchester United.

06:55Shaking hands with his left hand, incidentally, because he's hurt the right.

06:58But he really turned the game on its head with whatever he said to Coventry at half-time.

07:04Because his team of ten men came out and scored three in the space of five minutes.

07:08And in the end, Plymouth's dream of an FA Cup upset was an illusion.

07:16And it was Coventry's premiership qualities which proved decisive.

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