Sheffield United vs Coventry City
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 12 Sheffield United vs Coventry City | Sky Bet Championship Monday 26th December, 2022 | KO 3pm | Bramall Lane
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 12
Sheffield United vs Coventry City | Sky Bet Championship
Monday 26th December, 2022 | KO 3pm | Bramall Lane
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76 UTB<br />
RY CITY CO<br />
Y COVENTRY CITY C<br />
TRY CITY COVENTR<br />
TY COVENTRY CITY<br />
NTRY CITY COVENT<br />
ITY COVENTRY CIT<br />
ENTRY CITY COVEN<br />
CITY COVENTRY CI<br />
VENTRY CITY COVE<br />
Y CITY COVENTRY C<br />
RY CITY COV<br />
RY<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> <strong>City</strong>'s<br />
NON-LEAGUE NUGGETS<br />
Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles six notable <strong>Coventry</strong> players signed from non-League clubs...<br />
GEORGE CURTIS<br />
One of <strong>Coventry</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>’s finest servants,<br />
tough-tackling central<br />
defender George Curtis<br />
skippered Sky Blues<br />
from the Third Division<br />
to First under Jimmy<br />
Hill. Moving to <strong>Coventry</strong><br />
from Snowdown CW in<br />
October 1955, the ‘Iron<br />
Man’ missed just six<br />
games in 10 seasons and<br />
was twice ‘Player of the<br />
Year’. He netted 11 goals<br />
in a then club record<br />
487 League games for<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> prior to joining<br />
Aston Villa in December<br />
1969. Returning to Sky<br />
Blues as commercial<br />
manager in July 1974,<br />
he became managing<br />
director in September<br />
1983 and his partnership<br />
with John Sillett inspired<br />
the 1987 FA Cup final<br />
triumph. He died in<br />
July 2021.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> COVENTRY CITY<br />
ERNIE MACHIN<br />
Midfielder Ernie Machin<br />
was a key figure in the<br />
‘Sky Blue Revolution’<br />
during ten years at<br />
Highfield Road. Starting<br />
with Nelson, he moved to<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> in March 1962<br />
and starred as they won<br />
the Third Division title<br />
in 1963-64 and Second<br />
Division title in 1966-<br />
67. He also helped the<br />
Sky Blues qualify for<br />
the Fairs Cup in 1969-<br />
70 and netted 33 goals<br />
in 257 League games<br />
before joining Plymouth<br />
Argyle in December<br />
1972, skippering them to<br />
the League Cup semifinals<br />
in 1973-74. Moving<br />
to Brighton in August<br />
1974, he briefly re-joined<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> as youth coach<br />
and was later a storeman<br />
and driver in <strong>Coventry</strong>.<br />
He died in July 2012.<br />
JOHN TUDOR<br />
Striker John Tudor<br />
helped <strong>Coventry</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
win the Second Division<br />
title in 1966-67. Starting<br />
with hometown Ilkeston,<br />
he joined <strong>Coventry</strong> in<br />
January 1965 and netted<br />
13 goals in 69 League<br />
games before being sold<br />
to <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> for<br />
£65,000 in December<br />
1968. He moved to<br />
Newcastle <strong>United</strong> in<br />
exchange for John<br />
Hope and David Ford in<br />
January 1971, forming<br />
a fine partnership with<br />
Malcolm Macdonald.<br />
Top scorer in 1972-73, he<br />
was an FA Cup finalist in<br />
1974 and later played for<br />
Stoke <strong>City</strong> and AC Ghent.<br />
He coached North<br />
Shields, Gateshead and<br />
Bedlington Terriers, then<br />
was a publican before<br />
coaching in Minnesota.
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