Brian Lewis

Position
Midfielder
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Woking
Date Of Birth
January 26, 1943
Date Of Death
December 14, 1998 (55)
Games Played
37
-
Per Game
Games Started
35
0.9
Per Game
Minutes
3190
86.2
Per Game
Goals
2
0.1
Per Game
Assists
2
0.1
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

Lewis was brought in from Portsmouth by Jimmy Hill in early 1967 to ensure that Division 1 football came to Highfield Road. A hard tackling midfielder who was never on the losing side in Division 2 and played 22 games the following season in the top flight. Brian had a habit of upsetting big names and in the Boxing Day 1967 clash with Liverpool he irritated Ian St John so much that ‘the Saint’ felled him with a right hook and was sent off. He signed for Luton Town in early 1968 and was later a member of the Colchester United side that knocked the mighty Leeds out of the FA Cup in 1971. He returned to Pompey in 1972 and retired from playing in 1975. He died from cancer in 1998, aged 55.

Penalties (1 - scored)
1967-68
28 October v Sunderland H, scored

Football League First Division (England)
1967-1968
Coventry City
22
20
2
1840′
2 (1)
1
22
20
2
1840′
0
0
0
2 (1)
1
0
FA Cup (England)
1967-1968
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1
1
0
90′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
League Cup (England)
1967-1968
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1
1
1
0
90′
0
0
0
0 (0)
1
0
Football League Second Division (England)
1966-1967
Coventry City
13
13
1170′
13
13
0
1170′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Totals:
37
35
2
3190′
0
0
0
2 (1)
2
0
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Football League First Division 1967-1968
Football League First Division 1967-1968
Coventry City
Southampton
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
D 0:0
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 4:2
17`
Coventry City
Stoke City
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
A
L 3:1
58`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
W 3:0
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
L 0:2
Coventry City
Leeds United
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Sunderland
H
D 2:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
L 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
L 2:3
70`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
L 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
H
W 4:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
D 1:1
75`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield United
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
A
D 3:3
90`
1
Coventry City
Burnley
A
L 2:1
90`
FA Cup 1967-1968
FA Cup 1967-1968
Coventry City
Charlton Athletic
H
W 3:0
90`
League Cup 1967-1968
League Cup 1967-1968
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
L 1:2
90`
1
Football League Second Division 1966-1967
Football League Second Division 1966-1967
Coventry City
Millwall
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Cardiff City
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Derby County
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Northampton Town
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Bolton Wanderers
H
D 1:1
Coventry City
Northampton Town
A
D 0:0
Coventry City
Carlisle United
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Charlton Athletic
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Preston North End
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Bury
A
W 0:1
90`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Luton Town
Coventry City
Mon, 01 Jul, 1968
Luton Town
Coventry City
Mon, 01 Jul, 1968