This was the first time that I had experienced the joy of travelling to
a football match on a chartered train (football special). At the time it was a
relatively cheap and convenient mode of transport. The rolling stock had
usually seen better days but the price compensated for this. Spurs Supporters
Club in those days were at the fore in arranging this sort of thing and did a
very good job.
Our journey from Euston took us past Wembley Stadium and in little over an hour we were being marched from Coventry Railway Station to Highfield Road. This was the first of many visits to this ground but the only time that the police put the visiting terraced fans in a section of the home end.
Spurs shared the points with their hosts 1-1 but this was another
disappointing result in their attempt to avoid relegation. Peter Taylor scored
the goal in front of a 16,210 crowd. Highfield Road was always one of those
venues, even with all the Premiership hype, where visiting clubs got a decent
allocation of tickets.
Attendance: 16,210
Programme: 15p
Subsequent visits to
Highfield Road
- 10 February 1979 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - League Division One - Attendance: 25071
- 29 September 1979 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 20085
- 28 March 1981 - Coventry
City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 18654
- 01 May 1982 - Coventry City
0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 15408
- 12 March 1983 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 11027
- 24 March 1984 - Coventry
City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 4 - League Division One - Attendance: 12847
- 01 December 1984 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 14518
- 20 October 1985 - Coventry
City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - League Division One - Attendance: 13545
- 27 December 1986 - Coventry
City 4 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - League Division One - Attendance: 22175
- 15 August 1987 - Coventry
City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 23947
- 18 March 1989 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 17156
- 01 January 1990 - Coventry
City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 19599
- 26 December 1990 - Coventry
City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 22731
- 04 December 1991 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - League Cup, 4th Round - Attendance: 20095
- 01 January 1992 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - League Division One - Attendance: 19639
- 14 September 1992 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 15348
- 09 April 1994 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 14487
- 31 December 1994 - Coventry
City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 4 - Premier League - Attendance: 19965
- 25 October 1995 - Coventry
City 3 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - League Cup, 3rd Round - Attendance: 18227
- 04 November 1995 - Coventry
City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - Premier League - Attendance: 17567
- 07 December 1996 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - Premier League - Attendance: 19656
- 13 December 1997 - Coventry
City 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 19499
- 26 December 1998 - Coventry
City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 23098
- 26 February 2000 - Coventry
City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 23077
- 14 October 2000 - Coventry
City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 21435
- 16 January 2002 - Coventry
City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - FA Cup, 3rd Round - Attendance: 20758
- 24 September 2003 - Coventry
City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - League Cup, 2nd Round - Attendance:
15474
Total visits to this venue = 28
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