Coventry 4 Southampton 1 - 04/10/2008
Coventry 4 Southampton 1 - 04/10/2008
Coventry City: Keiren Westwood, Elliott Ward, Daniel Fox (Marcus Hall 81), Scott Dann, Isaac Osbourne, Jay Tabb, Michael Doyle, Aron Gunnarsson, Freddy Eastwood (Michael Mifsud 89), Leon McKenzie, Leon Best (Clinton Morrison 81)
Subs not used: Guillaume Beuzelin, Andy Marshall
Booked: Leon Best 18
Goals:Jay Tabb 19,87, Leon McKenzie 33, Leon Best 47
Southampton: Kelvin Davis, Oliver Lancashire, Joseph Mills, Chris Perry, Jack Cork, Lloyd James (Simon Gillett 58), Adam Lallana (Tomas Pekhart 59), Andrew Surman, Paul Wotton (Bradley Wright-Phillips 58), Jordan Robertson, David McGoldrick
Subs not used: Bartosz Bialkowski, Jamie White
Booked: Lloyd James 42, Kelvin Davis 36
Goals: Andrew Surman 63
Attendance: 15518
Referee: M Jones
Teamtalk
Leon Best celebrated his first start of the season with a goal against his former employers as Coventry beat Southampton 4-1 at The Ricoh.
Southampton started well but it was the home side who went in front after 19 minutes when Leon McKenzie's fine cross was headed in by the onrushing Jay Tabb.
Referee Michael Jones then sparked controversy by awarding a penalty to Coventry after adjudging Ollie Lancashire to have fouled Best when contact looked minimal.
Elliott Ward's foolish chipped penalty was saved by Kelvin Davis, but the Sky Blues did extend their lead in the 33rd minute when Scott Dann nodded the ball into the path of McKenzie who beat the offside trap and finished from close range.
Best made the game virtually safe when he stabbed home two minutes into the second half before Saints pulled one back through Andrew Surman.
The visitors pushed for a way back into the game but with four minutes remaining Freddy Eastwood got away down the left and crossed for Tabb who volleyed in his second.
Southampton started well but the hosts went ahead against the run of play when McKenzie's superb ball found Tabb who got in front of his marker to plant a bullet header past Davis.
Eight minutes later Jones shocked the visiting fans when he pointed to the spot after Lancashire attempted to clear the ball and connected with Best.
However justice was done when Ward cheekily tried to chip the penalty home but Davis gathered the ball comfortably, much to the dismay of manager Chris Coleman.
Moments later Best hit the post from close range when he should have scored but the home side did double their lead when Aron Gunnarsson's long throw was flicked on by Dann to McKenzie, who swept home.
Gunnarsson should have made it 3-0 just before half-time when he went clean through after a one-two with Eastwood but his shot hit Davis' shoulder.
Southampton began the second half sluggishly and paid the price when Daniel Fox's cross found Best at the far post and he stabbed home.
Best's goal appeared to have put his former club to the sword and Southampton boss Jan Poortvliet responded by making a triple substitution with Bradley Wright-Phillips, Simon Gillett and Tomas Pekhart all coming on.
The change paid almost immediate dividends with 63 minutes gone when Surman headed in from Wright-Phillips' wayward shot.
Michael Doyle should have restored Coventry's three-goal lead but blazed over while at the other end, Keiren Westwood did well to deny David McGoldrick.
Southampton pressed in the hope of clawing their way back but that hope was extinguished late on when Tabb volleyed home after good work from the impressive Eastwood.
CCFC
Coventry City picked up a maximum points haul at the Ricoh Arena thanks to a Jay Tabb double and strikes from Leon McKenzie and Leon Best.
The Sky Blues finally found some form in front of goal to pick up their first three points for three games and propel themselves back up the Championship table.
They had to weather some early pressure and a crisp display of passing from the visitors but City soon took the upper hand when Tabb broke the deadlock after 18 minutes and McKenzie doubled their lead just after the half hour mark.
Both sides were relatively quiet in the build-up to Tabb's opener, plenty of movement but little in the way of chances.
Southampton were the side in the ascendancy for the opening 15 minutes but they were caught out three minutes later when McKenzie was released down the left wing, allowing him to put in a deep cross at Kelvin Davis' back post where Tabb was waiting to head home from just a few yards out.
It could have been two-nil after 27 minutes when Leon Best was upended in the area by Oliver Lancashire, but Elliott Ward attempted to outwit Davis with his penalty which just went straight into the hands of the 'keeper.
Coventry did not have to wait long to get their second though two minutes after the half hour, started by a long throw from Aron Gunnarsson on the right.
His long delivery got a flick off the head of Ward in the area before going straight to the feet of McKenzie who had the easiest of tap ins.
Gunnarsson could also have been on the scoresheet three minutes before the break when he found himself one-on-one with Davis.
But an awkward bounce meant the Icelandic international had to wait for the ball to come down before he lashed a half-volley straight at Davis.
Coventry could not have asked for a better start to the second half though when Best made it 3-0 a minute after the restart.
Good work from Freddy Eastwood freed up McKenzie whose through ball to Fox allowed the left back to slide the ball from the by-line across to Best for an easy tap in and his first goal of the season.
Southampton clawed one back just after the hour mark when Andrew Surman benefited from a loose ball parried by Keiren Westwood from substitute Bradley Wright-Phillips' effort.
But City could have grabbed a fourth earlier than they did when, three minutes later, an identical move to the one that saw them get their third gifted Doyle the chance to put one away only for him to blaze his effort over the bar from ten yards.
David McGoldrick had a chance to further narrow the deficit for the visitors when he found himself through on goal only to hit a low shot straight at Westwood who held onto the ball.
But Tabb put the result beyond any doubt five minutes from time when a deep cross from the left from Freddy Eastwood found the pint-sized Irishman at the back post for him to smash a half-volley past Davis.
4thegame
Coventry City hit four goals for the first time this season to beat Southampton at the Ricoh Arena.
Jay Tabb (2), Leon McKenzie and Leon Best all notched for City in a free-flowing performance.
Coventry hit their first in the 19th minute. Freddy Eastwood's flick to McKenzie on the wing gave him the chance to put a cross into the box and Tabb leapt to head a powerful effort into Kelvin Davis' net.
Ten minutes later, the Sky Blues had a golden chance to make it 2-0 from the penalty spot.
Oliver Lancashire tripped Best in the area and Elliott Ward stepped up but his weak chip did little to trouble Davis.
The home side did not let the miss affect them and continued to pressure.
Dan Fox - one of the players watched by England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce - put in a dangerous cross in the 33rd minute which Scott Dann nodded down for Best to finish - but he hit the post despite having an empty net to aim at.
Coventry made it 2-0 a minute later. Aron Gunnarsson's long throw was nodded headed into McKenzie's path and his low drive gave Davis no chance.
Gunnarsson had a chance of his own two minutes before the break when he was put through by Eastwood, but the Icelandic international put his effort straight at Davis.
The half-time break did little to halt the Sky Blues' attacks and, two minutes after the restart, McKenzie passed to Fox on the left of the area.
He charged into the box and placed a low cross into the path of former Saint Best to make it 3-0.
Southampton head-coach Jan Poortvliet decided to shake-up his side and introduced Tomas Pekhart, Simon Gillett and Bradley Wright-Phillips.
The latter was on hand to give the Saints a glimmer of hope when his cross found Andrew Surman 12 yards out to make it 3-1 in the 62nd minute.
Southampton tried to claw their way back into the game, but Coventry held out before Tabb scored his second with a half-volley from Eastwood's cross in the 87th minute.
Coventry City: Keiren Westwood, Elliott Ward, Daniel Fox (Marcus Hall 81), Scott Dann, Isaac Osbourne, Jay Tabb, Michael Doyle, Aron Gunnarsson, Freddy Eastwood (Michael Mifsud 89), Leon McKenzie, Leon Best (Clinton Morrison 81)
Subs not used: Guillaume Beuzelin, Andy Marshall
Booked: Leon Best 18
Goals:Jay Tabb 19,87, Leon McKenzie 33, Leon Best 47
Southampton: Kelvin Davis, Oliver Lancashire, Joseph Mills, Chris Perry, Jack Cork, Lloyd James (Simon Gillett 58), Adam Lallana (Tomas Pekhart 59), Andrew Surman, Paul Wotton (Bradley Wright-Phillips 58), Jordan Robertson, David McGoldrick
Subs not used: Bartosz Bialkowski, Jamie White
Booked: Lloyd James 42, Kelvin Davis 36
Goals: Andrew Surman 63
Attendance: 15518
Referee: M Jones
Teamtalk
Leon Best celebrated his first start of the season with a goal against his former employers as Coventry beat Southampton 4-1 at The Ricoh.
Southampton started well but it was the home side who went in front after 19 minutes when Leon McKenzie's fine cross was headed in by the onrushing Jay Tabb.
Referee Michael Jones then sparked controversy by awarding a penalty to Coventry after adjudging Ollie Lancashire to have fouled Best when contact looked minimal.
Elliott Ward's foolish chipped penalty was saved by Kelvin Davis, but the Sky Blues did extend their lead in the 33rd minute when Scott Dann nodded the ball into the path of McKenzie who beat the offside trap and finished from close range.
Best made the game virtually safe when he stabbed home two minutes into the second half before Saints pulled one back through Andrew Surman.
The visitors pushed for a way back into the game but with four minutes remaining Freddy Eastwood got away down the left and crossed for Tabb who volleyed in his second.
Southampton started well but the hosts went ahead against the run of play when McKenzie's superb ball found Tabb who got in front of his marker to plant a bullet header past Davis.
Eight minutes later Jones shocked the visiting fans when he pointed to the spot after Lancashire attempted to clear the ball and connected with Best.
However justice was done when Ward cheekily tried to chip the penalty home but Davis gathered the ball comfortably, much to the dismay of manager Chris Coleman.
Moments later Best hit the post from close range when he should have scored but the home side did double their lead when Aron Gunnarsson's long throw was flicked on by Dann to McKenzie, who swept home.
Gunnarsson should have made it 3-0 just before half-time when he went clean through after a one-two with Eastwood but his shot hit Davis' shoulder.
Southampton began the second half sluggishly and paid the price when Daniel Fox's cross found Best at the far post and he stabbed home.
Best's goal appeared to have put his former club to the sword and Southampton boss Jan Poortvliet responded by making a triple substitution with Bradley Wright-Phillips, Simon Gillett and Tomas Pekhart all coming on.
The change paid almost immediate dividends with 63 minutes gone when Surman headed in from Wright-Phillips' wayward shot.
Michael Doyle should have restored Coventry's three-goal lead but blazed over while at the other end, Keiren Westwood did well to deny David McGoldrick.
Southampton pressed in the hope of clawing their way back but that hope was extinguished late on when Tabb volleyed home after good work from the impressive Eastwood.
CCFC
Coventry City picked up a maximum points haul at the Ricoh Arena thanks to a Jay Tabb double and strikes from Leon McKenzie and Leon Best.
The Sky Blues finally found some form in front of goal to pick up their first three points for three games and propel themselves back up the Championship table.
They had to weather some early pressure and a crisp display of passing from the visitors but City soon took the upper hand when Tabb broke the deadlock after 18 minutes and McKenzie doubled their lead just after the half hour mark.
Both sides were relatively quiet in the build-up to Tabb's opener, plenty of movement but little in the way of chances.
Southampton were the side in the ascendancy for the opening 15 minutes but they were caught out three minutes later when McKenzie was released down the left wing, allowing him to put in a deep cross at Kelvin Davis' back post where Tabb was waiting to head home from just a few yards out.
It could have been two-nil after 27 minutes when Leon Best was upended in the area by Oliver Lancashire, but Elliott Ward attempted to outwit Davis with his penalty which just went straight into the hands of the 'keeper.
Coventry did not have to wait long to get their second though two minutes after the half hour, started by a long throw from Aron Gunnarsson on the right.
His long delivery got a flick off the head of Ward in the area before going straight to the feet of McKenzie who had the easiest of tap ins.
Gunnarsson could also have been on the scoresheet three minutes before the break when he found himself one-on-one with Davis.
But an awkward bounce meant the Icelandic international had to wait for the ball to come down before he lashed a half-volley straight at Davis.
Coventry could not have asked for a better start to the second half though when Best made it 3-0 a minute after the restart.
Good work from Freddy Eastwood freed up McKenzie whose through ball to Fox allowed the left back to slide the ball from the by-line across to Best for an easy tap in and his first goal of the season.
Southampton clawed one back just after the hour mark when Andrew Surman benefited from a loose ball parried by Keiren Westwood from substitute Bradley Wright-Phillips' effort.
But City could have grabbed a fourth earlier than they did when, three minutes later, an identical move to the one that saw them get their third gifted Doyle the chance to put one away only for him to blaze his effort over the bar from ten yards.
David McGoldrick had a chance to further narrow the deficit for the visitors when he found himself through on goal only to hit a low shot straight at Westwood who held onto the ball.
But Tabb put the result beyond any doubt five minutes from time when a deep cross from the left from Freddy Eastwood found the pint-sized Irishman at the back post for him to smash a half-volley past Davis.
4thegame
Coventry City hit four goals for the first time this season to beat Southampton at the Ricoh Arena.
Jay Tabb (2), Leon McKenzie and Leon Best all notched for City in a free-flowing performance.
Coventry hit their first in the 19th minute. Freddy Eastwood's flick to McKenzie on the wing gave him the chance to put a cross into the box and Tabb leapt to head a powerful effort into Kelvin Davis' net.
Ten minutes later, the Sky Blues had a golden chance to make it 2-0 from the penalty spot.
Oliver Lancashire tripped Best in the area and Elliott Ward stepped up but his weak chip did little to trouble Davis.
The home side did not let the miss affect them and continued to pressure.
Dan Fox - one of the players watched by England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce - put in a dangerous cross in the 33rd minute which Scott Dann nodded down for Best to finish - but he hit the post despite having an empty net to aim at.
Coventry made it 2-0 a minute later. Aron Gunnarsson's long throw was nodded headed into McKenzie's path and his low drive gave Davis no chance.
Gunnarsson had a chance of his own two minutes before the break when he was put through by Eastwood, but the Icelandic international put his effort straight at Davis.
The half-time break did little to halt the Sky Blues' attacks and, two minutes after the restart, McKenzie passed to Fox on the left of the area.
He charged into the box and placed a low cross into the path of former Saint Best to make it 3-0.
Southampton head-coach Jan Poortvliet decided to shake-up his side and introduced Tomas Pekhart, Simon Gillett and Bradley Wright-Phillips.
The latter was on hand to give the Saints a glimmer of hope when his cross found Andrew Surman 12 yards out to make it 3-1 in the 62nd minute.
Southampton tried to claw their way back into the game, but Coventry held out before Tabb scored his second with a half-volley from Eastwood's cross in the 87th minute.
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