Matchday Memories: On This Day 2020 – See ‘Shippers’ Secure Sky Blue Point v Swans!
Jordan Shipley, Coventry City
On this day (20th October) two seasons ago in 2020 it took a nineteenth minute goal from CCFPA’s recent recruit Jordan Shipley to secure a Championship point against Swansea City in the Sky Blues ‘home’ fixture in exile at Birmingham City‘s stadium (an almost empty St Andrews due to COVID19 restrictions). An equalising strike, four minutes before the half time interval, from the Swans’ forward Andre Ayew ensured the Welsh team shared the spoils. The Sky Blues failed to prevent the Welsh team extending their unbeaten away run to nine games.
Manager Mark
Sky Blue ‘gaffer’ Mark Robins had made a couple of changes to the side that had lost to Brentford the previous weekend giving a Championship debut start to young defender Sam McCallum (now a CCFPA member) who replaced Josh Pask and Coventry born ‘Shippers’ replacing another CCFPA member now Amadou Bakayoko (who dropped to the bench).
Unused Subs: Leo Ostigard, Gervane Kastaneer, Amadou Bakayoko, Max Biamou and Ben Wilson (gk)
Swansea City:
Viktor in Sky Blue action
Freddie Woodman, Connor Roberts, Kyle Naughton, Marc Guehi, Ben Cabango, Ryan Bennett, Jake Bidwell, Korey Smith, Matt Grimes (c), Andre Ayew, Jamal Lowe (Liam Cullen -65), Viktor Gyokeres (Jay Fulton -46) Referee:- Keith Stroud
Unused Subs:Kyle Naughton, Ryan Manning, Kasey Palmer, Yan Dhanda and Steven Benda (gk)
There were plenty of Sky Blue connections this evening! Current Sky Blue wide player Jake Bidwell and CCFC’s current impressive Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres were both in the Welsh team for this game (and Jake got himself booked). Also Sky Blue midfielder Kasey Palmer was an unused substitute on the Swans’ bench and former Sky Blue mid nineties midfielder (and CCFPA member) Mike Marsh was the Swans’ assistant boss at this time!
Though the Sky Blues rounded off the Championship season with an emphatic 6-1 demolition of Millwall at St Andrews (with Kyle McFadzean scoring both ends) and had made undeniable progress City finished in sixteenth at the end of a strange season for them and fans!
