Match highlights as Richard Wood’s own goal gifts Coventry City victory

Richard Wood could do nothing to stop the ball crossing the line in the final minute of normal time.

At his unveiling as new Fleetwood Town manager, Steven Pressley talked of the awesome scenarios that football can throw up in relation to his first game in charge coming against his former club.

The 41-year-old signed a two-year deal to replace Coventry-born Graham Alexander, who was sacked from the Highbury hotseat at the end of last month.

But the new tempo took a toll on Pressley’s players as Fleetwood ran out of steam and were punished at the death.

“It has a great fanbase and I’m delighted to see they’ve started the season in the fashion they have”.

“I don’t want the hard luck story to be the case at this club”, Pressley told Fleetwood’s official website. Paisley-born Micky Mellon led the Cod Army into the league for the first time in 2012.

Pressley will certainly be without striker Declan McManus and right back Conor McLaughlin who are both away on global duty for Scotland Under-21s and Northern Ireland respectively.

The Sky Blues however will be without Adam Armstrong, Ryan Kent and Bryn Morris who remain on worldwide duty with England.

“I like continuity in terms of team selection”. Whilst full of respect for his former employers, Pressley must be desperate to get off to winning ways tomorrow and with Coventry’s travelling woes of late, Fleetwood should be reasonably confident of doing just that.

“It’s a tough place to come and, as Steven’s sides do, they worked extremely hard, pressed us all over the pitch and I’m sure he’s going to demand that kind of work rate from them from now on”. “We’ve only kept one clean sheet in 13 or 14 game and that’s something we need to improve on”.

“We’re potentially having to do without a player but it give us the best chance to perform, so credit the administration for allowing us to do it”.