COVENTRY CITY PAY TRIBUTE TO FORMER SKY BLUES DEFENDER LARRY LLOYD

Former Coventry City star Larry Lloyd has died at the age of 75. Signing for the Sky Blues in 1975 from Liverpool, with whom he’d won the top flight title and European honours under Bill Shankly, the hard man centre-half played 54 times and scored six goals during three seasons at Highfield Road.

The club have paid tribute to Lloyd on social media, writing: “We are saddened to learn of the death of former Sky Blues defender Larry Lloyd.”

Coventry paid a club record transfer fee of £240,000 for Lloyd’s services. The deal was to be funded by the sale to Tottenham of Mick McGuire and Jimmy Holmes for £200,000 but this fell through when Spurs manager Bill Nicholson resigned. As a consequence Coventry were left out of pocket.

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In October 1976 Brian Clough, acting on Peter Taylor’s advice, snapped up Lloyd for £60,000 after an initial loan period. Forest were chasing promotion to the top flight in English football, which they achieved. They won the League title the next season, and also won the League Cup final, against Lloyd’s former club, Liverpool.

In 1979, Lloyd and Forest won the European Cup and retained the League Cup.

One of the Reds’ Miracle Men, he was at the heart of Brian Clough’s history-making side. The former defender was a key player as Forest memorably clinched back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980.

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