Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Coventry
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551) Ernie Hannigan
PNE 97 apps; 28 goals
Coventry 47 apps; 6 goals
PNE debut 31/08/1964 v Cardiff (H) – Drawn 1-1
603) Ron Healey
PNE 6 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 3 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 11/2/1973 v Middlesbrough (A) – Lost 0-3
886) Colin Hendry
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 11 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 02/03/2002 v Birmingham (H) – Won 1-0
657) Dave Jones
PNE 50 apps; 1 goal
Coventry 11 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 27/08/1983 v Bournemouth (A) – Won 1-0
820) Kevin Kilbane
PNE 47 apps; 3 goals
Coventry 9 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 14/10/1995 v Torquay (A) – Won 4-0
435) George Lowrie
PNE 5 apps 0 goals
Coventry 84 apps; 57 goals
PNE debut 19/02/1938 v Stoke (A) – Drawn 1-1
266) Jimmy Miller
PNE 15 apps; 1 goal
Coventry 7 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 17/01/1920 v Middlesbrough (H) – Won 3-1
999) Iain Turner
PNE 7 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 2 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 12/02/2011 v Hull (A) – Lost 0-1
979) Elliott Ward
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 116 apps; 4 goals
PNE debut 27/03/2010 v Q.P.R (H) – Drawn 2-2
911) Gavin Ward
PNE 7 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 12 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 19/10/2004 v Q.P.R (H) – Won 2-1
706) Paul Williams
PNE 1 app 0 goals
Coventry 2 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 05/01/1987 v Crewe (H) – Won 1-0
Player Profile – Jimmy Miller
James (Jimmy) Miller was born on 10 May 1889 in Tynemouth. The winger started his career with Newcastle but didn’t make an appearance. In 1913/14 Miller joined Second Division Grimsby. His debut was a 0-0 draw at home to Notts County on 6 September 1913. He made 6 appearances for Grimsby and scored in his only win with the 1-0 defeat of Wolves.
With the return of football after the war the 1919/20 season saw Miller play for three different clubs. After a spell of 8 games for Everton between August to October, Miller joined second division Coventry. His debut was a 2-0 defeat at West Ham on 13 September and made 7 appearances for the club. He was on the winning side twice with a 3-2 win at home to Stoke on Christmas Day and a 1-0 win at former club Grimsby on New Year’s Day. His final match for the Sky Blues was a 1-1 draw at home to Rotherham on 3 January 1920.
Two weeks later Miller made his Preston debut with a 3-1 home win over Middlesbrough. Miller was on the winning side in his first five matches and scored his only goal on his fourth appearance with the only goal in a victory over The Wednesday on 7 February. Miller made 15 appearances for Preston; his last match was a 1-1 draw at home to Everton on 26 April.
For 1921/22 Miller joined Darlington in Division Three North but didn’t make an appearance. For the 1922/23 season Miller joined Chesterfield and scored once in 32 appearances. The goal came in a 6-0 win over Walsall on 6 September. The following season Miller made 38 appearances for Bournemouth
The 1924/25 season saw Miller gain his only promotion as Swansea won the Third Division South title as he scored once in 25 matches. The goal came in a 1-0 win over previous club Bournemouth on 6 December.
His final season in 1925/26 saw him joined Luton and had his most successful season in front of goal netting 3 from 10 matches. His 3 goals came in his final 3 league matches. He scored the only goal in his last match at home to Charlton on 2 April.