Coventry City Former Players Association's ‘special guest’ for the Sky Blue’s EFL Trophy tie at the Ricoh this Wednesday will be Association committee man and CCFC star of the 1980s Dave Bennett.
‘Benno’ will be at the Ricoh, as usual, to see if the Sky Blues can recover from the humiliating F.A.Cup defeat yesterday at Cambridge United. The team have a chance to restore pride in a different cup challenge, also against a League Two outfit, Crawley Town. Whichever team caretaker gaffer Mark Venus puts out ‘Benno’ will be expecting to see the Sky Blues show far more cuting edge than in recent games as they need to halt the current slide in form (five defeats on the trot in all competitions)
One of our 1987 Sky Blue F.A.Cup winners, Dave is a regular at the Sky Blues home games at the Ricoh. As a nominated true ‘CCFC Legend’ Dave will be hoping to bring some inspiration to the Sky Blues squad to get their ‘Fortress Ricoh’ mentality back in gear to prevent 2017 becoming a year of more trouble and strife.
Benno in Action
From 1983-89 ‘Benno’ scored 25 league goals in 172 league appearances for the Sky Blues before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday.
Not only a long standing CCFPA committee member, Dave has done much to support the work of various Legends’ charitable games over the years as well as other charity events. Look out for Dave on Wednesday night around the Ricoh Supporters’ Lounges before the main event and, no doubt, immediately after the game Benno and CCFPA’s Billy Bell will reprise a well-worn but very entertaining double act on the stage of Lady G’s in the Ricoh’s G-Casino.
As usual with our ‘special guests’ Benno will also be adding his considered analysis to the live matchday coverage of BBC CWR for fans who will not be at the game (probably more than inside the Ricoh judging from past attendances in this competition)!