CHELSEA 1 CITY 1
League Division 1
22nd September 1990
Attendance 20,924
Scorers
City Ward(32 pen)
Chelsea Wilson(73)
Ref K Cooper
Chelsea Beasant, Clarke, Dorigo, Townsend, Johnsen, Monkou, McAllister, Nicholas, Dixon, Wilson, Le Saux – Used sub Lee(59), Bumstead(unused)
City Coton, I Brightwell, Pointon, Redmond, Hendry, Reid, White, Harper, Quinn, Heath, Ward – subs Brennan(61), Allen(77)
MARK WARD PUTS CITY 1-0 UP FROM THE PENALTY SPOT
ADAPTED FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE CITY PROGRAMME 23RD SEPTEMBER 1995
The Blues continued an impressive run of points-gathering when they drew 1-1 at Stamford Bridge and moved into sixth place in the First Division.
The man-of-the-match just had to be Tony Coton for a string of fine saves as City escaped from a four-or five-goal hiding. Chelsea must have wondered just what they had to do to beat, the ‘keeper.
It was one-way traffic by the Londoners for the opening half-hour and amazingly they found themselves a goal behind after giving away a penalty. Erland Johnsen pushed Niall Quinn and Mark Ward made no mistake from the spot-kick, putting it inside Dave Beasant’s left-hand post.
In truth, City had very few other chances to score and Beasant had an easy afternoon.
Kevin Wilson snatched a win away from City in the 73rd minute when at last a shot beat Coton. Later, Kevin McAllister missed a good chance for the home side, along with several more by his team mates.
