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Hear'Say, 'Snake' & Tony Blair: A Coventry win 25 years in the making

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Timothy Abraham
Hear'Say, 'Snake' & Tony Blair: A Coventry win 25 years in the making
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Image source, PA Media Image caption, Jay Dasilva's goal was Coventry's first since Mustapha Hadji netted in a 3-2 defeat by Aston Villa on 5 May 2001

Hear'Say were top of the pops, a mobile phone game called 'Snake' was all the rage and Tony Blair was Prime Minister.

Wind the clock back to April 2001 and things looked rather different.

It was also the last time Coventry City tasted victory in English football's top flight.

That came courtesy of a 1-0 win over Sunderland - John Hartson heading in the winner for Gordon Strachan's side in front of 20,946 fans at Highfield Road.

Much has happened in the life of Coventry since that moment 9,287 days ago. A rollercoaster journey might be understating it.

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