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00:00Something had to give at Highfield Road in March 2001
00:03As Coventry, the side with the worst home record in the Premier League
00:07Met Charlton, who had the worst away record
00:10Gordon Strachan's Sky Blues were fighting a relegation battle
00:13That had become traditional for them at this time of the year
00:16Charlton were an impressive 7th
00:19Mustafa Haji was away on international duty
00:22So his countryman Yousef Shippo stepped in
00:25New striker John Hartson made his home debut
00:29Charlton's Chris Powell was the man of the moment
00:31He'd been a surprise inclusion in Sven-Jørgen Eriksson's England squad
00:37Scott Parker was banned for this one
00:39But Mark Kinsella and Klaus Jensen
00:41Could more than hold their own in the centre of the park
00:44So Coventry, who'd won 1-8 at home against Charlton
00:47With only 2 away victories over the whole season
00:50Your match commentator is John Champion
00:54Coventry, two thirds of the way
00:56Through their 34th consecutive season
00:59In the top division of English football
01:02But will it be their last?
01:04Realistically they need to win 6 of their last 11 games
01:07To have any sort of chance of escaping
01:1010 times in the not too distant past
01:12Their fate has been decided on the final day of the season
01:16There's Johansson
01:18For Charlton
01:19Richard Shaw, the defender with a foot in
01:24Bright winter sunshine
01:26At Highfield Road
01:31And Chris Powell
01:32Careful
01:41Charlton going so well
01:44Heading for their best finish since the 1950s
01:47If they maintain current form
01:50Very proud of
01:51Chris Powell's England call-up
01:53And behind Alan Kirbishley today
01:55Is the England assistant manager Todd Grip
01:58Here to check on the new recruit
02:11This is Svensson
02:15Blocked by Shaw
02:22It is Svensson being watched by scouts from the Swedish national team today
02:28Although he's not been called up for their latest squad
02:33Fishes forward
02:37That was Kinsella
02:41Nearly marking his first appearance of 2001 with a spectacular goal
02:45Spectacular goal
02:50Sweden's undisputed number one goalkeeper
02:53Equal to it
03:08Charlton unbeaten in their last seven English Premier League games
03:12Since a 5-0 hammering at West Ham on Boxing Day
03:16But they do have the worst away record in the league
03:18Just two wins, three draws, eight defeats
03:21This is Barry Quinn
03:23And there was Bellamy
03:26And Coventry strike first
03:32Barry Quinn's drive
03:34Spilt by Sasaric
03:37And after ten Premier League games without a goal
03:41Greg Bellamy has poached a potentially very important one
03:46The essence of this was that the goalkeeper
03:49Might well have done rather better
03:52Bellamy
03:53Very alert
03:55Alive to the possibility
03:57It's Coventry 1, Charlton 0
04:06Bounced awkwardly, Krulic
04:11Krulic
04:17Gordon Strachan
04:19The 16th manager to take charge of Coventry
04:23In those 34 years
04:24They were promoted in 1967 under the management of Jimmy Hill
04:33Edmund comfortably fielding that from Klaas Jensen
04:41Coventry in front
04:44But they do have the worst home record in the league
04:48This is their 14th game at Highfield Road
04:51And they've won just two
04:53Against Spurs and Leicester
05:03Nearly found Schieffer
05:05That was Carsley
05:10Kinsella
05:12Chris Powell
05:21Svensson
05:23Discomforting Shaw to the extent of winning a corner
05:40Edmund missed his punch
05:41Johansson
05:42Svensson
05:43And Rufus
05:46Richard Rufus for Charlton
05:51It's his first goal in two and a half years
05:58And Magnus Edmund
06:00Could have prevented the chance coming his way
06:04Edmund
06:05Magnus Edmund
06:07Could have prevented the chance coming his way
06:10Clear opportunity
06:11For him to snuff out the danger
06:13First there
06:14Failed to get a punch
06:16Secondly here
06:17Caught in no man's land
06:20And he was absolutely nowhere
06:23When Rufus turned the ball
06:25Finally over the line
06:30Coventry were in front
06:31For just 12 minutes
06:35Coventry
06:41Draws are not a lot of use
06:43To Coventry at this stage of the season
06:45Ilic has gone walkabout
06:48Riding his luck
06:49It's come to Marcus Hall
06:50Ilic is way out of his goal
06:54But that's well wide
06:58Marcus Hall
06:59The Coventry-born player
07:01First brought through by Don Howe
07:03When he was here
07:05I just wondered, what would have happened if Hartson had won the ball initially against Illich?
07:16Edworthy
07:22Shaw
07:24Spencer
07:29There's Graham Stewart
07:36Gullkeeper had the post covered
07:43Hall
07:46Sheepo
07:49Edworthy
07:53There you go!
07:58Edworthy, the man from Barnstaple in North Devon
08:01Whilst most of the foreign players are doing without gloves, the Devonian needs them it seems today
08:22Carsley
08:27Powell
08:31Smith
09:01With a poacher's finish
09:03Ten minutes in
09:04Put Coventry in front
09:06But the lead didn't last long, that's been the story of their season, when they have gone in front it's not lasted
09:10Richard Rufus sorted out after a goalmouth scramble
09:13And at half time here at Highfield Road
09:15It's Coventry 1, Charlton 1
09:22Very important from a Coventry perspective in particular
09:26That they come up with a strong second half performance here
09:31They've never had as few points as this
09:33At this stage of the season
09:37Renowned escapologists may be
09:40But they have left themselves an awful lot to do this time
09:49Here's Johansson, he's scored!
09:5428 seconds since the whistle to start the second half
10:02That's a hammer blow for Coventry City
10:09It was Kishichev that lifted it over the top
10:12And Johansson, the Finn
10:14Signed from Glasgow Rangers
10:16Swivelled
10:17And struck it fiercely on the volley
10:21Charlton, who trailed in this game, now lead
10:24By two goals to one
10:26Trouble for Strachan and Coventry
10:42Graham Stewart
10:46Tried to curl it
10:57Couldn't wrap enough of the instep around the ball
11:00To get it to come back inside the post
11:10Hudson
11:14Hall
11:18Wayward
11:19Wayward
11:25Marcus Hall is still only in his early twenties
11:27He's seen a few relegation battles in his time already
11:31This promises to be the biggest one of all
11:36Well struck!
11:37Well saved
11:39That was really travelling
11:42Dispatched by the left boot
11:45And arrowing towards the corner from Graham Stewart
11:49And Hedman got across and got fingertips to it
11:55Outstanding piece of goalkeeping
12:08Fish
12:10Acknowledging it
12:11Into the chest of Hedman
12:13Hedman
12:18Kishchev
12:21Back by the head of Kintzler
12:26Gordon Strachan has known the highs
12:28And in the league title with Leeds in 92
12:31This is a low
12:36And the chairman Brian Richardson
12:38From a first class cricketer
12:41Equally concerned about the club's status
12:43Means so much financially
12:46To stay in the English Premier League
13:01Edworthy with the throw for Coventry
13:04Hudson
13:06David Thompson
13:08Marcus Hall
13:13And there's Bellamy
13:17Still in play with Chippo
13:20Thompson
13:27Coventry need to take a chance
13:30And they need to take it sooner rather than later
13:34Felt they might have had a corner but play was allowed to continue
13:37And Thompson
13:38Took an age to get the shot away
13:40Charlton pretty diligent in defence
13:43Here comes the Australian John Aloisi
13:47In place of Yousef Chippo
13:51Aloisi has a decent eye for goal
13:54Signed from Italian football, Cremenesi
13:58Gordon Strachan is feeling that winter chill
14:04Johansson
14:15Bellamy
14:27Gary Breen
14:34Groans from the crowd
14:39Hall away from Svensson
14:43Another good attendance today at Highfield Road
14:47Crowd figure just through, 19,480
14:59Johansson
15:00Kishchev
15:04Kishchev
15:09Charlton doing enough at the moment
15:12Mervyn Day the coach
15:15Former team mate of Gordon Strachan at Leeds
15:28Coventry have had a couple of fearful thumpings along the way this season
15:32The worst of them 6-1 at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea back in October
15:37They lost 4-1 at Liverpool
15:43They find themselves behind and only once in the last two years
15:46Have they come from behind to win a Premier League game
15:49And that was against Charlton
15:52Out comes Illich
15:59Coventry throw
16:02Goal
16:10Rufus
16:12Quinn
16:19Hall
16:21And Hartson has scored
16:27His first goal for Coventry
16:29Coming in his second appearance
16:37Desperate times and all that
16:40He couldn't pass a medical
16:42Moves to Spurs and Rangers fell through because of his injury problems
16:47Coventry have taken a chance
16:50They're paying him £15,000 a game
16:53And if he scores a few more goals like this
16:55It'll be money well spent
16:59Such is the price of Premier League survival
17:032-2
17:12One of the most animated figures on the touchline Gordon Strachan
17:19Brian Richardson doing his best to keep calm
17:30Goal
17:38Wasn't the truest of finishes was it?
17:42But they all count
17:47Jenson
17:49Right stripping Quinn
17:52Edworthy's come back to confront him
17:54And Shaw
17:55Given back to Jenson
17:57Graham Stewart
18:00Klaus Jenson
18:03Up underneath it
18:06It's a silky player though
18:10Most came to prominence in this country at Bolton
18:13But John Hartson's goal has levelled this game up again
18:18On his home debut
18:25Hall
18:30Thompson
18:37Quinn
18:40Hartson
18:43And again
18:48Well it was a really good save by Ilic to deny him the first time
18:54And this bull neck striker
18:57Is doing his utmost
19:01To help his new club's cause
19:04You know what you're going to get with John Hartson
19:07Physical presence and all out effort
19:13Coventry have been in the top division so long that many of these fans have
19:17Never known it any other way
19:23This is gone
19:24Planned by Mark Halsey
19:27For the foul
19:43Shaw
19:45Inevitably towards Hartson
19:49Swinging volley from Marcus Hall
19:55And it's important that Coventry do continue to press
19:59Because given their plight
20:00And with only ten games to play after this
20:03A point at home
20:05Is not enough
20:19Kinsler
20:25Svensson
20:30Kiselev
20:34And Stewart going in for it
20:36Andy Hansen
20:38Edworthy's header
20:42Coventry escape with a free kick
20:51Edmund
20:52Got a piece of it
20:54Not as much as he would have liked
20:57And then up went the flag on the far side
21:05Parsley
21:07Thompson
21:11Lively, sprightly character
21:14Infectious enthusiasm
21:17But will it be enough for Coventry
21:25Sean
21:28Sean Newton's coming on for Charlton
21:31Despite the fact that he recently asked for a transfer
21:35He's replacing Mark Kinsler who's handed on the captain's armband
21:48Newton whose natural position is
21:51Wide right
21:54Fish
21:56Johansson
21:58Quinn
22:00Raddison Kishichev
22:03And the diversion of the shot
22:06Calls to Warrior 2 for Edmund
22:24Alan Kerbishley would take a point today quite happily
22:28Charlton promoted as First Division Champions last year
22:33Promoted by the playoffs three years ago but
22:35Relegated after one season
22:38This time they're much more solid citizens of the Premier League
22:42Thompson's effort
22:45Johansson
22:54Where are we at?
22:59Jensen
23:01Charlton are to
23:03Go on and win this game
23:05Will leave Coventry in
23:06The mire in a big way they'd be
23:09Potentially eight points in safety
23:12That's the risk that they're running
23:13As Johansson volleys over
23:16Frayed nerves at Coventry
23:20On the pitch, on the bench, in the stands
23:23In the boardroom
23:26Rufus
23:29Hudson
23:30In the boardroom
23:33Rufus
23:36Hudson
23:53Newton
23:56Back goes Breen for Coventry
23:57He really wants to be down the other end of the pitch
24:02We're in stoppage time
24:07Edworthy
24:14Just ten matches remaining
24:17After this
24:20And if it stays at 2-2
24:22Coventry are going to need to win at least six of them
24:27It does indeed finish all square at two goals apiece
24:31Charlton will be much the happier with that
24:34Because Coventry
24:36Had their hearts set on three precious points today
24:39They took the lead through Bellamy
24:41Were pegged back
24:42When Rufus equalised
24:44Johansson
24:4528 seconds into the second half
24:47Made it 2-1 to Charlton
24:49Hudson rescued a point
24:51But it's not really enough
24:53Full-time score
24:54Coventry City 2-1
24:55Full-time score
24:56Coventry City 2-1
24:57Charlton Athletic 2-1
25:02Well bearing in mind Charlton's away day blues
25:04And Coventry's miserable home record
25:06A draw was in hindsight the most likely outcome
25:09The Bellamy-Hudson partnership was certainly encouraging for Coventry
25:12But in the end the goals they contributed were too little too late
25:15And the team was relegated
25:18Charlton slipped to mid-table
25:19But ninth place in the Premier League
25:21Was some achievement for a club of their size