A deal to bring the former England midfielder to the club has been rumoured long before Eric Black discovered this and raised it with the Chairman only to be told that he had been sacked due to inconsistent results.
When Reid was appointed on May 6th 2004, there was much resentment of him and it is fair to say that Reid did not have the full support of all the City supporters from Day One.
Working for the BBC during Euro 2004 in Portugal meant that Reid was not around until the pre-season tour of Germany started.
The signs that Coventry City were a 9-5 job to Reid were felt when he left Adrian Heath to take the team for the Perl Tournament which the club won as he flew back to Britain for his daughter's 21st birthday.
City got off to the perfect start beat Sunderland on the opening day, but Reid's tactics of 4-5-1 had not only been worked out by the City support but by other teams as well.
Apart from a two 4-1 wins over Nottingham Forest and Torquay in the League Cup,defeats were being racked up at a worrying rate. Cardiff,Millwall and Leeds had already beaten City by the time the Sky Blues threw away the a two goal lead against Gillingham,something they were to repeat at Derby.
The first real sign of anti-Reid feeling came on Spetember 28th when City lost 4-1 at Queens Park Rangers. Not helped by the fact that many of the City support had endured a nightmare journey, a poor performance gave the City supporters the perfect opportunity to vent their spleen.
With Reid not bothering with either the reserve or academy team players, his attitude of speaking only to those in his little clicke was riling many.
Although Reid had done well in taking Luke Steele on loan from Manchester United and acquiring Stephen Hughes from Charlton, City were on a downward slide.
Reid's place had been in jepoardy as Jojar Dhinsa who was trying to buy the club at the time was not a fan of the Liverpool supporting former Everton player and following the 3-0 defeat at local rivals Leicester City, the supporters again turned on the manager who was rumoured to have resigned but was talked out of it.
Wins over Plymouth and Wolves papered over the cracks until defeats against Crewe and Stoke were sandwiched inbetween a win against Watford.
Despite it being the festive season, Highfield Road was anywhere but a festive place. City were beaten on Boxing Day by Sheffield United and then lost to second from bottom Gillingham.
They briefly rallied scraping a New Year's Day victory at Rotherham until Leeds arrived at Highfield Road on Monday and left with three relatively easy points. This was it for many supporters in what was a bumper crowd and the calls for Reid's head were loud and crystal clear.
Talk of protests and boycotts filled the internet and when Reid met Mike McGinnity this morning,he said that he had taken this club as far as he could and it was time to move on.