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The following season I came back to Highfield Road for a league game with Sheffield Wednesday on 17 March 1990 and it almost brought a tear to my eye. The crowd gave me a standing ovation. That was how much the Coventry fans thought of me. That was so pleasing. It was a strange day to go back to Highfield Road but not playing for Coventry. We won 4-1 that day.
The response from the Coventry crowd sat with me so well because I knew, no matter how much fans might dislike you sometimes, you still had all these thousands of people who wanted to give me that recognition. They recognised that I put in good service for the club. They recognised that I hadn’t just been there for a year or two; I’d had six good years there and given my all for the club. To be remembered by the fans was enough for me.
BENNO: My Life in Football, By Dave Bennett, with Rich Chamberlain includes a foreword by the late FA Cup-winning manager John Sillett and is published by Pitch Publishing, RRP £25.
The following season I came back to Highfield Road for a league game with Sheffield Wednesday on 17 March 1990 and it almost brought a tear to my eye. The crowd gave me a standing ovation. That was how much the Coventry fans thought of me. That was so pleasing. It was a strange day to go back to Highfield Road but not playing for Coventry. We won 4-1 that day.
The response from the Coventry crowd sat with me so well because I knew, no matter how much fans might dislike you sometimes, you still had all these thousands of people who wanted to give me that recognition. They recognised that I put in good service for the club. They recognised that I hadn’t just been there for a year or two; I’d had six good years there and given my all for the club. To be remembered by the fans was enough for me.