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Gordon Strakan - ups and downs

Strakan 38 year-old joined Coventry on a free transfers from Leeds. Veteran combines his role as player and assistant manager Ron Atkinson. Sky finish the season soccer picks on 16 th. The following year repeated its ranking. 1996/1997 - 17 th place in November 1996 Strakan was fixed tips soccer tips insider appointed manager of Coventry instead of Ron Atkinson, who becomes director of football club. In May 1997, thanks to goals from ion ablin and asian handicap tips Paul Williams team beat Tottenham 2:1 and saved from relegation asian handicap picks in the last round. Strakan gave up asian handicap picks his career as a footballer. 1997/1998 - 11 th place in Coventry in August 1997 began with a win - 3:2 asian handicap tips paid over Chelsea. ion ablin scored a hat-trick and finished the tipster soccer picks season as top scorer of the Premiership. tipster soccer picks In December Strakan attracts zhordzh Boateng from Feyenoord for £ asian handicap tips 250,000. oshliyat from Newcastle for £ soccer picks 1 million marks Hakarbi Aaron hits one of the success with 3:2 over Manchestar Jun. A week later Hakarbi scored for 3:1 against soccer picks Liverpool. In Coventry in February 1998 fell 1 / 4 Cup final for England after a asian handicap tips paid dramatic match with Sheffield United in fixed tips soccer tips insider a shootout with gubat sky. Strakan team of 11 and graduated, which matches the best result in its history. 1998 / 1999 - 15 th place most remarkable in this period was the sale of ion ablin fixed tips soccer tips insider for 7.75 million pounds in Aston Villa . In February 1999 Coventry extricate himself for the first asian handicap tips time from the bottom after 4:1 over Aston Villa. 1999 / 2000 - 14 th place in the summer two of the stars - and Hakarbi Boateng, pass out in Leeds and Aston Villa. Mustafa Hadji arrived from La Coruna and Robbie Keane in Wolverhampton, which become the new star of asian handicap tips the team. For Keane paid a record in historys club 11 million pounds. 2000/2001 - 19 th place in last summer Keane goes to Inter against 12.5 million pounds. Ari Macalester also left and went asian handicap tips paid to Liverpool. Coventry failed to compensate for their loss, the only significant new addition has come to 6.5 million pounds of Norwich Craig Bellamy. In October the team from 1:5 Strakan fell from Chelsea and reaches asian handicap tips paid the bottom. In January 2001 the horror of possibly falling increases after home loss to Everton from 1:3. A month later, hopes for survival still growing, after the road comes Hayfiyld zhon Hartsan. Welsh rely on to score goals from Coventry who desperately needs. In May, however, come to an end. Coventry leads by 2:0 Aston Villa, but lost 2:3 and relegated to first division for the first time in 34 years. Relegated to Division kluba forced to sell their stars Hadji, Bellamy and Hartsan. The only compensation for their departure is the transfer of Lee Hughes from West Brom. At the beginning of the season goalkeeper Chris Kirkland went to Liverpool and then a 0:1 defeat by rimzbi team reaches the 19-th place in the first division. The fans are mad and that Strakan forced to leave.