The Coventry City Former Players Association are delighted to announce that Sky Blue super scorer Noel Whelan will be our special guest at the Ricoh tonight (12th March 2013) at CCFC’s significant home game against Colchester United when the Sky Blues desperately need to improve their home record and gain 3 points in their quest to make the League One play-offs.
Between them Noel, fellow Association member Darren Huckerby and Dion Dublin terrorised Premier league defences for the Sky Blues at the end of the 1990s under manager Gordon Strachan and scored many memorable goals between them. ‘Snowy’, as Hucks refers to him frequently in his 2011 autobiography, will be around the Ricoh’s corporate lounges before and during the game, will become the Sky Blue pundit on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire’s coverage of the game and also, we hope, will be able to meet fans on the stage at Lady G’s in the Casino after the match.
Fans will remember Noel as an England Under 21 International who joined the club as a 21 year old from Leeds United for £2m in December 1995. He was known for being both a skilful and combative forward in the top division for City. He played over 150 League and Cup games for the Sky Blues in five seasons scoring 39 goals. In August 2000 he was transferred to Middlesbrough (where he made over 70 appearances) for a fee of more than £2m. Since then he has had spells at Crystal Palace (loan), Millwall, Derby County and Boston United in England and with Aberdeen, Livingstone and Dunfermline in Scotland. A few years ago he appeared on BBC’s Celebrity Masterchef. Most recently he has been furthering his coaching and media careers.
Welcome Noel. May the Sky Blues forwards gain inspiration from your goal scoring prowess!