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Article: Black cloud as Owls pay price.
- Article from:
- The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2006
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COVENTRY'S sky blue bowl of a new stadium brought black clouds for the 3,000 Wednesday fans filling the high bank of seating behind one goal.
Paul Sturrock denied that it was all gloom, and he was right, but the Owls' first visit to the Ricoh Arena ended in defeat after a tussle in which they really should have earned at least a point.
Some creative play ultimately counted for nothing as Wednesday fell into bad old habits of missing chances and getting caught out by set pieces.
And misfortune struck again when they lost Richard Wood beforehand to a groin injkury and saw his replacement Drissa Diallo limp out of the stadium and out of Saturday's ...