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Article: Football:Season review - Coventry City: Sky Blues accustomed to life on top-flight tightrope; Rob Bishop says it was another tale of shattered nerves at Highfield Road.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 29, 1999
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Old habits die hard at Highfield Road. Coventry City illustrated the point perfectly and almost painfully before effecting their latest Houdini act.
This time, the Sky Blues were not ensnared quite so tightly in the relegation trap, wriggling to safety with a whole week of the season to spare.
If the escape lacked the cliff-hanging drama of previous campaigns, it was hardly a moment to savour for City fans.
The events of 1997-98, culminating in a respectable finishing position of 11th, had led them to believe that their team had shed the tag of ...