Reid Pleased With Winning Start

Last updated : 09 May 2004 By Alan Deakin
The new Sky Blues boss also paid tribute to departing boss Eric Black after the 2-1 win over Iain Dowies side.

"The players were terrific and played some good football. I told them to go out and enjoy it because Palace are probably on the best run in the division.

"And to be fair to the players they did just that. A lot of credit has to go to Eric Black because that was the same team that went out and beat Gillingham last week.

"There are some talented players here but we might need to add a bit of strength in the summer because it is a long hard season in this division and we might need to grind out a few results.

"The players have set a standard for me, but I will do some wheeling and dealing over the summer to try and add to what we already have. I can be quite persuasive with people."

Coventry City2 Crystal Palace1 
Konjic 4
Doyle 27
 Freedman 64
 
Starting line-upSub'd
Shearer  
Konjic  
Davenport  
Deloumeaux  
Doyle  
Warnock  1 (90)
Safri  
Gudjonsson  
Barrett  2 (78)
Morrell  3 (72)
McSheffrey  
SubstitutesSub'd
Giddings  1 (90)
Jorgensen  2 (78)
Shaw  3 (72)
Brush  
Whing  
Competition
Nationwide League Division One
Sunday 9th May 2004
Match Statistics
10Goal Attempts6
6On target2
4Off target4
0Woodwork0
8Corners5
22Fouls14
6Offside1
Cards shown
  Popovic (36)unsporting behaviour
  Routledge (43)unsporting behaviour
  Morrell (55)unsporting behaviour
  Hughes (68)unsporting behaviour
  McSheffrey (90)unsporting behaviour
Referee
Butler, A
Nottinghamshire
Attendance
Starting line-upSub'd
Vaesen  
Granville  
Popovic  
Butterfield  
Leigertwood  1 (59)
Gray  
Hughes  
Riihilahti  2 (59)
Routledge  
Johnson  
Shipperley  3 (83)
SubstitutesSub'd
Freedman  1 (59)
Derry  2 (59)
Black  3 (83)
Borrowdale  
Berthelin