Crystal Palace 1 Coventry 1 - 18/09/2007
Crystal Palace 1 Coventry 1 - 18/09/2007
Crystal Palace: Julian Speroni, Tony Craig, Leon Cort, Mark Hudson, Danny Butterfield, Stuart Green, Ben Watson, Tom Soares, Carl Fletcher, James Scowcroft, Dougie Freedman,
Subs not used: Scott Flinders, Dave Martin, Paul Dickov, Matthew Lawrence, Besian Idrizaj
Booked: Tony Craig 75
Goals: Stuart Green 26
Coventry City: Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Marcus Hall, Arjan De Zeeuw, Gary Borrowdale, Elliott Ward, Stephen Hughes, Jay Tabb, Michael Doyle, Ellery Cairo (Kevin Thornton 70), Dele Adebola (Leon Best 62), Leon McKenzie (Robbie Simpson 72),
Subs not used: Andy Marshall, Colin Hawkins
Booked: Marcus Hall 73, Michael Doyle 45, Arjan De Zeeuw 30, Ellery Cairo 60, Elliott Ward 40
Goals: Leon Best 87
Attendance: 14455
Referee: A Woolmer
Teamtalk
Substitute Leon Best grabbed a late equaliser as Coventry drew 1-1 at Crystal Palace to give former Eagles boss Iain Dowie the last laugh.
Sky Blues manager Dowie was making his first return to Selhurst Park and saw his side earn a point to put them in fourth place in the Championship, while Palace are 21st.
Peter Taylor's Eagles had dominated the majority of the clash and looked set to ruin Dowie's night through Stuart Green's classy first-half strike before Best's 87th-minute intervention.
The former Southampton striker darted to the near post to cleverly flick Jay Tabb's low left-wing cross beyond Julian Speroni and into the back of the net to deny Palace a first home win of the season.
All eyes were on Dowie as he ran a gauntlet of abuse from the home crowd before kick-off after his acrimonious departure to Charlton in May 2006 and Palace's players matched their fans' passion to dominate high-flying Coventry for most of the game.
Stalwart striker Dougie Freedman was involved in everything for the home side and after a moment of hesitation led to him missing a great chance to open the scoring he made amends by teeing up Green for his 26th-minute strike.
The Eagles appeared buoyed by the fervent atmosphere inside Selhurst Park and James Scowcroft had the first chance of the game when he collected Freedman's flick-on to fire against the soles of Dimitrios Konstantopoulos' boots from just inside the penalty area.
Green then floated a free-kick over the wall but into the goalkeeper's midriff before Scowcroft headed straight at the giant Greek when he should really have scored.
Freedman then inexplicably found himself clear of the Sky Blues' defence after a regulation punt forward from Danny Butterfield was missed by everyone but he waited too long and screwed his shot wide under pressure from Konstantopoulos.
But two minutes later Freedman again broke clear down the left and after weighing up his options delayed his pass beautifully to roll the ball into the path of Green who was breaking into the penalty area.
The former Hull man took a touch before rolling the ball into far corner from around the penalty spot.
Chances were few and far between in the remainder of the half though Tabb did have the first meaningful strike on goal for the visitors in the 40th minute but fired his shot from the edge of the area wide.
Dowie's current side started the second half on top but struggled to break down a resolute defence superbly marshalled throughout by Mark Hudson.
Dele Adebola sent a free header wide before he was replaced by the lively Best in the 62nd minute.
Hudson then wasted a similar chance for the hosts from a corner before the outstanding Green brought a sprawling save from Konstantopoulos.
But Best then popped up to slide in an equaliser and Dowie was mobbed by his jubilant players as the Sky Blues remain in fourth place in the table.
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A last-gasp goal from Leon Best salvaged a point for the Sky Blues to make it 1-1 against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Stuart Green's goal looked to have given the home side the win, only for the substitute to net from 12 yards in the 87th minute to give Coventry a share of the spoils.
The goal was well-struck by Best and well-celebrated by the team, who sprinted over to manager Iain Dowie and his coaching staff.
Dowie kept with the same side which lost 3-0 to Bristol City on Saturday.
That meant Marcus Hall continued at right-back, with Arjan de Zeeuw in the heart of the defence alongside Elliott Ward. Gary Borrowdale - who joined the Sky Blues from his boyhood club Palace in the summer - started at left-back. Borrowdale's fee will be set by a tribunal in the near future.
Ellery Cairo started on the right hand side of midfield, with Jay Tabb on the left and Michael Doyle partnering Stephen Hughes in the engine room.
Leon McKenzie - who is on 99 career goals - was up front alongside Dele Adebola. Dimi Konstantopoulos kept his place in goal.
Dowie, who returned to the club he took to the Premiership in 2004, named four former Palace players in his starting line-up. He enjoyed a mixed reception on his return to Selhurst Park, although a number of fans rightly recognised his achievements at the South London club.
Colin Hawkins, Leon Best and Kevin Thornton all returned to the squad of 16 after injury.
For the home side, former City forward James Scowcroft started up front for Peter Taylor's men alongside Dougie Freedman.
Palace had the best early opportunity when Konstantopoulos saved at the feet of Scowcroft after five minutes, before Hughes saw his shot deflected wide for a corner moments later.
With 12 minutes on the clock, Coventry had a better opportunity to score. Cairo's header evaded the Palace offside trap and found McKenzie, who saw his header turned around the post by Speroni, although the resulting corner came to nothing.
The Sky Blues threatened again with 20 minutes on the clock - this time as McKenzie pulled his shot wide from Doyle's cross.
At the other end, the home side were themselves threatening and when Freedman found himself one-on-one with the big Greek he looked certain to score, only to pull his shot wide.
But the home side did make the breakthrough on 27 minutes when Freedman's centre across the face of goal found Stuart Green - the former Hull City man finishing into the bottom corner.
There was further misery on the half hour when de Zeeuw went into the book for the second game in succession for a foul on Freedman.
Speroni got his fingers to McKenzie's shot with 35 gone, before Ward went into the book - contentiously - six minutes before the break for an alleged foul when he appeared to cleanly win the ball.
Doyle became the third player to go into the book on 44 minutes.
Dowie's men started the second half brightly and moments after the restart, Adebola found McKenzie, who hooked his shot wide of the target, albeit from an awkward angle.
Adebola headed wide from Tabb's cross on 57 minutes, before Cairo became the fourth player to go into the book for the Sky Blues on the hour.
Dowie made his first substitution two minutes later, with Best, who has been out for three weeks with a hamstring strain, coming on for Adebola.
Hudson headed wide on 65 minutes from a Green corner, before Hughes blocked a rasping shot from the midfielder moments later.
Thornton replaced Cairo after 70 minutes, while Simpson came on for McKenzie two minutes later.
As he visitors' woes deepened, Hall became the fifth player to go into the book on 73 minutes.
But Coventry had the last laugh when Leon Best finished into the back of the net with 87 on the clock to give the Sky Blues the draw.
4thegame
Iain Dowie returned to Selhurst Park and was grateful with a point as his Coventry City side forced a 1-1 draw against his old club Crystal Palace.
Stuart Green fired Palace in front on 26 minutes, but substitute Leon Best levelled the scores with just three minutes left.
The former Palace manager was given an unfriendly reception from the home fans as he made his way to the dugout at the start of the match.
Dowie left Palace 15 months ago and was later sued by chairman Simon Jordan for 'fraudulent misrepresentation'.
The match was played at a high tempo with six bookings, five from Coventry.
Palace missed two easy chances in the first 15 minutes with James Scowcroft and Dougie Freedman the guilty players.
At the other end, Dele Adebola and Leon McKenzie could so easily have scored for Coventry before Green opened the scoring for Palace.
A long clearance was headed on by Scowcroft into the left channel for Freedman to cross perfectly for Green to finish off with a low shot from eight yards out.
The second half saw Coventry having more possession and Adebola again had useful chances to level for Coventry.
Palace's best player Carl Fletcher just failed to finish off a smart move following a cross from Tom Soares, before Coventry capitalised on a mix-up between Mark Hudson and Leon Cort.
It presented Best with a chance in front of goal and he took it well with a rising shot past Julian Speroni to rescue a point for Coventry.
Crystal Palace: Julian Speroni, Tony Craig, Leon Cort, Mark Hudson, Danny Butterfield, Stuart Green, Ben Watson, Tom Soares, Carl Fletcher, James Scowcroft, Dougie Freedman,
Subs not used: Scott Flinders, Dave Martin, Paul Dickov, Matthew Lawrence, Besian Idrizaj
Booked: Tony Craig 75
Goals: Stuart Green 26
Coventry City: Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Marcus Hall, Arjan De Zeeuw, Gary Borrowdale, Elliott Ward, Stephen Hughes, Jay Tabb, Michael Doyle, Ellery Cairo (Kevin Thornton 70), Dele Adebola (Leon Best 62), Leon McKenzie (Robbie Simpson 72),
Subs not used: Andy Marshall, Colin Hawkins
Booked: Marcus Hall 73, Michael Doyle 45, Arjan De Zeeuw 30, Ellery Cairo 60, Elliott Ward 40
Goals: Leon Best 87
Attendance: 14455
Referee: A Woolmer
Teamtalk
Substitute Leon Best grabbed a late equaliser as Coventry drew 1-1 at Crystal Palace to give former Eagles boss Iain Dowie the last laugh.
Sky Blues manager Dowie was making his first return to Selhurst Park and saw his side earn a point to put them in fourth place in the Championship, while Palace are 21st.
Peter Taylor's Eagles had dominated the majority of the clash and looked set to ruin Dowie's night through Stuart Green's classy first-half strike before Best's 87th-minute intervention.
The former Southampton striker darted to the near post to cleverly flick Jay Tabb's low left-wing cross beyond Julian Speroni and into the back of the net to deny Palace a first home win of the season.
All eyes were on Dowie as he ran a gauntlet of abuse from the home crowd before kick-off after his acrimonious departure to Charlton in May 2006 and Palace's players matched their fans' passion to dominate high-flying Coventry for most of the game.
Stalwart striker Dougie Freedman was involved in everything for the home side and after a moment of hesitation led to him missing a great chance to open the scoring he made amends by teeing up Green for his 26th-minute strike.
The Eagles appeared buoyed by the fervent atmosphere inside Selhurst Park and James Scowcroft had the first chance of the game when he collected Freedman's flick-on to fire against the soles of Dimitrios Konstantopoulos' boots from just inside the penalty area.
Green then floated a free-kick over the wall but into the goalkeeper's midriff before Scowcroft headed straight at the giant Greek when he should really have scored.
Freedman then inexplicably found himself clear of the Sky Blues' defence after a regulation punt forward from Danny Butterfield was missed by everyone but he waited too long and screwed his shot wide under pressure from Konstantopoulos.
But two minutes later Freedman again broke clear down the left and after weighing up his options delayed his pass beautifully to roll the ball into the path of Green who was breaking into the penalty area.
The former Hull man took a touch before rolling the ball into far corner from around the penalty spot.
Chances were few and far between in the remainder of the half though Tabb did have the first meaningful strike on goal for the visitors in the 40th minute but fired his shot from the edge of the area wide.
Dowie's current side started the second half on top but struggled to break down a resolute defence superbly marshalled throughout by Mark Hudson.
Dele Adebola sent a free header wide before he was replaced by the lively Best in the 62nd minute.
Hudson then wasted a similar chance for the hosts from a corner before the outstanding Green brought a sprawling save from Konstantopoulos.
But Best then popped up to slide in an equaliser and Dowie was mobbed by his jubilant players as the Sky Blues remain in fourth place in the table.
CCFC
A last-gasp goal from Leon Best salvaged a point for the Sky Blues to make it 1-1 against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Stuart Green's goal looked to have given the home side the win, only for the substitute to net from 12 yards in the 87th minute to give Coventry a share of the spoils.
The goal was well-struck by Best and well-celebrated by the team, who sprinted over to manager Iain Dowie and his coaching staff.
Dowie kept with the same side which lost 3-0 to Bristol City on Saturday.
That meant Marcus Hall continued at right-back, with Arjan de Zeeuw in the heart of the defence alongside Elliott Ward. Gary Borrowdale - who joined the Sky Blues from his boyhood club Palace in the summer - started at left-back. Borrowdale's fee will be set by a tribunal in the near future.
Ellery Cairo started on the right hand side of midfield, with Jay Tabb on the left and Michael Doyle partnering Stephen Hughes in the engine room.
Leon McKenzie - who is on 99 career goals - was up front alongside Dele Adebola. Dimi Konstantopoulos kept his place in goal.
Dowie, who returned to the club he took to the Premiership in 2004, named four former Palace players in his starting line-up. He enjoyed a mixed reception on his return to Selhurst Park, although a number of fans rightly recognised his achievements at the South London club.
Colin Hawkins, Leon Best and Kevin Thornton all returned to the squad of 16 after injury.
For the home side, former City forward James Scowcroft started up front for Peter Taylor's men alongside Dougie Freedman.
Palace had the best early opportunity when Konstantopoulos saved at the feet of Scowcroft after five minutes, before Hughes saw his shot deflected wide for a corner moments later.
With 12 minutes on the clock, Coventry had a better opportunity to score. Cairo's header evaded the Palace offside trap and found McKenzie, who saw his header turned around the post by Speroni, although the resulting corner came to nothing.
The Sky Blues threatened again with 20 minutes on the clock - this time as McKenzie pulled his shot wide from Doyle's cross.
At the other end, the home side were themselves threatening and when Freedman found himself one-on-one with the big Greek he looked certain to score, only to pull his shot wide.
But the home side did make the breakthrough on 27 minutes when Freedman's centre across the face of goal found Stuart Green - the former Hull City man finishing into the bottom corner.
There was further misery on the half hour when de Zeeuw went into the book for the second game in succession for a foul on Freedman.
Speroni got his fingers to McKenzie's shot with 35 gone, before Ward went into the book - contentiously - six minutes before the break for an alleged foul when he appeared to cleanly win the ball.
Doyle became the third player to go into the book on 44 minutes.
Dowie's men started the second half brightly and moments after the restart, Adebola found McKenzie, who hooked his shot wide of the target, albeit from an awkward angle.
Adebola headed wide from Tabb's cross on 57 minutes, before Cairo became the fourth player to go into the book for the Sky Blues on the hour.
Dowie made his first substitution two minutes later, with Best, who has been out for three weeks with a hamstring strain, coming on for Adebola.
Hudson headed wide on 65 minutes from a Green corner, before Hughes blocked a rasping shot from the midfielder moments later.
Thornton replaced Cairo after 70 minutes, while Simpson came on for McKenzie two minutes later.
As he visitors' woes deepened, Hall became the fifth player to go into the book on 73 minutes.
But Coventry had the last laugh when Leon Best finished into the back of the net with 87 on the clock to give the Sky Blues the draw.
4thegame
Iain Dowie returned to Selhurst Park and was grateful with a point as his Coventry City side forced a 1-1 draw against his old club Crystal Palace.
Stuart Green fired Palace in front on 26 minutes, but substitute Leon Best levelled the scores with just three minutes left.
The former Palace manager was given an unfriendly reception from the home fans as he made his way to the dugout at the start of the match.
Dowie left Palace 15 months ago and was later sued by chairman Simon Jordan for 'fraudulent misrepresentation'.
The match was played at a high tempo with six bookings, five from Coventry.
Palace missed two easy chances in the first 15 minutes with James Scowcroft and Dougie Freedman the guilty players.
At the other end, Dele Adebola and Leon McKenzie could so easily have scored for Coventry before Green opened the scoring for Palace.
A long clearance was headed on by Scowcroft into the left channel for Freedman to cross perfectly for Green to finish off with a low shot from eight yards out.
The second half saw Coventry having more possession and Adebola again had useful chances to level for Coventry.
Palace's best player Carl Fletcher just failed to finish off a smart move following a cross from Tom Soares, before Coventry capitalised on a mix-up between Mark Hudson and Leon Cort.
It presented Best with a chance in front of goal and he took it well with a rising shot past Julian Speroni to rescue a point for Coventry.
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