Nice picture of Stern scoring on this link (picture 7)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/photo_galleries/4657492.stm
ah like dat picture Wilson, Stern look like ah flikkin acrobat dey
Well done again Stern.
Look a lil match report:
John claims a replay for CoventryRTE.ie SportStern John claimed an FA Cup fourth round replay for Coventry with a strike on 54 minutes, eight minutes after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink had put Middlesbrough ahead at the Ricoh Arena.
Mark Schwarzer returned in goal for 'Boro, his first game since January 2, after coming off the transfer list, and in the fairness to the Australian, he had little to do in the first half.
Steve McClaren's side were at least defensively sound after coming into the game having conceded 15 goals in their five matches this month.
That was despite losing Ugo Ehiogu with a knee injury in the 28th minute, the centre-back only returning last week after five weeks out in the wake of his on-off move to West Brom.
But after Schwarzer was tested by a low 25-yard left-foot drive from the sparkling Gary McSheffrey in the third minute, the Sky Blues struggled to find the pass to unlock the visitors.
John had two bites of the cherry in the 27th minute, but failed to savour either, with his initial effort blocked, and when the ball eventually returned to the striker, a left-foot effort flew narrowly past the angle of bar and post.After Lee Cattermole was fortunate not to be penalised for clipping McSheffrey in the area seven minutes from the break, referee Chris Foy unmoved, Dele Adebola then scuffed an effort a yard wide of the left-hand post from just inside the area.
So much, though, for apparently galvanising words in the Boro camp throughout the week, with McClaren confirming management and players had spoken of the current malaise and how best to emerge from it.
Instead, there must have been a half-time rocket from McClaren as his side swiftly broke the deadlock at the start of the second half.
Coventry simply went to sleep at the back as a flick from Aiyegbeni Yakubu found a wide-open Hasselbaink to volley home his seventh goal of the season, and second in successive games.
Two minutes later and it could have been 2-0 as a well-worked free-kick move led to a Yakubu strike from 15 yards that was pounced upon by Marton Fulop, who had not touched the ball in the first half.
But Coventry were unfazed and by the 54th minute were back on level terms, primarily due to the industry of McSheffrey.
Chasing what appeared to be a lost cause, McSheffrey managed to hook a loose ball to the edge of the area from the bye-line.
He was ultimately rewarded for his efforts, initially with Ehiogu's replacement in Matthew Bates failing to clear the awkward, bouncing ball.
That allowed Don Hutchison to nod the ball on to John to strike a sweet volley from 12 yards for his fourth of the season, all in the last six matches.Yakubu and Adebola traded chances soon after, but from that moment City again dominated, with McSheffrey in particular terrorising Boro on the left, overshadowing England's left-wing star Stewart Downing.
But despite the best efforts of Micky Adams' side, as Boro creaked and groaned under the weight of City pressure, they failed to find the winner they richly deserved.
