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Trond Soltvedt: The cult hero who embodied Gordon Strachan's Coventry City
30.09.26, 06:59 Updated 30.09.26, 07:32 8 Minute Read
December 1997. Trond Egil Soltvedt has been with Coventry since sealing a move from his native Norway back in the summer. It’s a cold December morning and Soltvedt is not happy.
Having 11 league appearances already during the season, he has today found himself out of the team for the home match against Tottenham. He decides to take matters into his own hands and knocks on manager Gordon Strachan’s door.
Strachan had looked to nullify Spurs’ attacking talents of David Ginola and Les Ferdinand by fielding a defensive-heavy line-up that included Richard Shaw, Gary Breen, David Burrows, Marcus Hall, Paul Telfer and Roland Nilsson. That meant there was no place for Trond in the starting 11. Strachan, it turned out, was in no mood to justify his selection to his newly-recruited midfielder.
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Rich Chamberlain Rich is a lifelong Coventry supporter and the author of several books about the club, including When The Sky Was Blue, Benno: My Life in Football and Sky Blue Fall.