Blackpool 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 31 January 2012

Result

Blackpool 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Tuesday 31 January 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackpool 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Blackpool beat Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 31 January 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Conor Thomas opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Blackpool's goals came from K. Phillips (87') and Gary Taylor-Fletcher (90+4'). Coventry City scored through Conor Thomas (59').

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 9th on 42 points from 27 and Coventry City 24th on 22 points from 27. Blackpool went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Coventry City 23rd with 40.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Coventry City.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Coventry City's W-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 59'Goal · Conor ThomasCoventry City · 0-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Cyrus ChristieCoventry City
  • 87'Goal · K. PhillipsBlackpool · 1-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Ian EvattBlackpool
  • 88'Yellow card · Joe MurphyCoventry City
  • 88'Yellow card · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool
  • 90+4'Goal · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool · 2-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Blackpool 2, draws 3, Coventry City 2.

Team news

Blackpool line-up

Stephen Crainey, Alex Baptiste, Craig Cathcart, Ludovic Sylvestre, Matt Phillips, Tom Ince, Lomana Lualua, Matthew Gilks, Ian Ross Evatt, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Barry Ferguson

Coventry City line-up

Joe Murphy, Richard Keogh, Martin Cranie, Cyrus Christie, Sammy Clingan, Gary McSheffrey, Gary Deegan, Conor Thomas, Alex Nimely, Hermann Hreidarsson, Clive Platt