Date Venue Opponents Round Score Scorers Attendance
3 Dec 03 Away - Highfield Road Coventry City 3rd Round 0-1 309

Match by Match Reports

3rd December 2003

3rd Round – Away to Coventry City

Lost 0-1

 

Match Report by Steve Milne - Toffeeweb 

 

Everton: Lake; Wynne Fox, Hughes, A Gerrard, Wilson, Seargeant, Barry, Pascucci (61’ Hopkins); Lynch, J Jones (84’ Boyle.

Subs not used: Gallagher, Booth Wright. Scorers: None

Yellow Cards: Barry (21’) Ref: Mr P Barnes. Att: Not Available

 

With the first team in action at Middlesbrough up in the frozen north, I thought it might be better for me to come and look at the kids; hopefully it may be a better game (less depressing at least). So the best bits:

  • 5’ Joey Jones gets in the box and tries to lob/chip the advancing keeper, not too far away.

  • 19’ Half a chance falls to Pascucci; he mis-hits the ball six yards out, it goes up in the air, keeper grabs it just under his cross bar.

  • 21’ Yellow card - Anthony Barry getting involved in a little bit of handbags at 10 paces.

  • 43’ Best chance of the half falls to captain Anthony Gerrard, he gets his head to a corner, floats over the bar.

Half time: Coventry City 0 - 0 Everton

  • 49’ After some good running from the Italian, he loses the ball on the edge of the box, the ball rolls into the path of Barry; from 20 yards out his on-target shot is dealt with by Coventry’s keeper.

  • 58’ Another half-chance for Pascucci with his back to goal, ball hit into the box but he was knocked offf the ball, and the chance was wasted

  • 59’ Lake make a good solid save, one on one against the attacker, uses his body to make the striker shoot early, saves with his legs, out for a corner.

  • 70’ Paul Hopkins on the left wing makes a deep run, hits a ball into the heart of the Coventry box, Lynch with a free header puts the ball over the bar.

  • 73’ Anthony Barry hits a free kick though a pile of players, the keeper clears the ball off his line with his feet.

  • 76’ Paul Hopkins just inside the area, unmarked, mis-hits a shot; it goes well wide.

  • 82’ Another corner hit looking for Anthony Gerrard, again his effort was off target.

  • 83’ 0-1 Paul McClink. Against the run of play, Coventry steal the lead: ball hit in from the left, ball falls to McClink, he heads it, it loops its way into the goal past a diving Shaun Lake.

  • 84’ Patrick Boyle off Joey Jones

Full time: a disappointing 0-1