Jay Dasilva's goal gives Coventry City Premier League win after over 25 years
Coventry City achieved their first top-flight victory since 2001 following a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest. The match highlights the club's long journey through various tiers of English football before returning to the Premier League.
Why it matters
The victory represents a symbolic recovery for a club that has faced significant financial and administrative turmoil over the last two decades.
Figure caption, Coventry defeat Forest for first win since Prem return
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.
They were relegated at the end of the 2000-01 campaign and would spend the next 11 seasons in the second tier before dropping down to League One in 2012.
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