MORE GOALS-CARAOBO CUP

I told you that the Caraboa Cup would raise a few big scores and if you have been vigilant you will have seen the scores from yesterday's ties.
The draw for the quarter-finals has pitted Aston Villa and Liverpool, Everton and Leicester City and more importantly:
Oxford United v Manchester City and Manchester United v Coventry City.

Oxford United have played City 14 times winning 5 and losing 7 with 2 draws. The first meeting after Oxford United eventually had joined the Football League and reached a decent division, was in the FA Cup in January 1974 3rd Round, when City stood no nonsense and won 5-2 at the Kassam.

The two clubs met in Division 2 in 1984-5-yes City have slummed it in the past. They then met in Division One when Oxford had rising through the divisions but then in 1988 the two were back in the depths of Div 2. In 1996 they rose again to Div 1 and in 25th September 2018 they met in the League Cup 3rd Rd losing 0-3.

Coventry and Man United: They met in 1912 in the FA Cup Coventry losing 1-5 and met again in 1913 with a 1-1 draw and 1-2 win for United in the replay.
Between 1922 and 1937 the two were sharing games in Division 2 but not until 1963 did they meet again in the cup United winning 3-1. United won the Cup beating Leicester City 3-1.

Next they met in October 25th 1967 in the League Div 1 and once the Premier League was formed they played against one another from 1992 to 2001.

1986-7 was a momentous season for Coventry because they won the FA Cup beating Spurs 3-2! Their first scalp was Manchester United on January 1st 1987 at Old Trafford in Round 4 winning 0-1. It was Alex Ferguson's first defeat in the FA Cup as manager of United.
Coventry beat Bolton in Rd 3, Stoke, Sheffield Wed and Leeds en route. It was the club's first major success since founding in 1883.
Keith Houchen's diving headed goal!
There was no European Cup Winners Cup tournament for English teams that following season, so Coventry arranged a double header against the Scottish Cup Winners, St Mirren. The first leg was drawn 1-1 at Highfield Road with a crowd of around 5,000. The clubs decided to withdraw from the competition!

In 2000 Steve Ogrizovic, the Coventry goalkeeper, retired-the last man standing from that Final. Gary Mabbutt was the last Spurs player from the final to retire in 1998. Clive Allen scored his 49th goal  of that season in the final...and also scored an OG at Wembley!

Chas and Dave wrote and recorded Hot Shot Tottenham as a Cup Final song which reached 18th in the charts. The Coventry song was "Go For It" which came 61st!