A Coventry win 25 years in the making
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Coventry City's win over Nottingham Forest - thanks to Jay Dasilva's goal - was a victory which was over 25 years in the making following some dark days for the Sky Blues.
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- Coventry City's win over Nottingham Forest - thanks to Jay Dasilva's goal - was a victory which was over 25 years in the making following some dark days for the Sky Blues.
Hear'Say were top of the pops, a mobile phone game called 'Snake' was all the rage and Tony Blair was Prime Minister.
Wind the clock back to April 2001 and things looked rather different.
It was also the last time Coventry City tasted victory in English football's top flight.
That came courtesy of a 1-0 win over Sunderland - John Hartson heading in the winner for Gordon Strachan's side in front of 20,946 fans at Highfield Road.
Much has happened in the life of Coventry since that moment 9,287 days ago. A rollercoaster journey might be understating it.
They were relegated at the end of the 2000-01 campaign and would spend the next 11 seasons in the second tier before dropping down to League One in 2012.
Then followed a particularly dark and turbulent period in the club's history featuring points deductions and a stint in administration.
Having left Highfield Road in 2005 they became embroiled in a bitter dispute over the Ricoh Arena in 2013 and its rent.
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Source: BBC.
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