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 James Miller
James Miller was born in Tynemouth on 10 May 1889. He started his career with Newcastle but didn’t make a league appearance for the club. In 1913/14 Miller joined Grimsby and made his debut on 6 September in a 0-0 draw at home to Notts County. His only goal for the club came in a 1-0 win over Wolves two weeks later.
After the war he played for three clubs in 1919/20. Firstly Everton, making his debut in a 3-2 defeat at home to Chelsea on 20 August. His only goal for the Toffees came on his third appearance on 8 September with a 2-0 win over Bradford Park Avenue. His last appearance was a 3-0 win over Blackburn on 25 October.
Miller joined Coventry in December 1919 and made 7 appearances in 3 weeks. His debut was a 2-0 defeat at West Ham on 13 December. His last was a 1-1 draw at home to Rotherham on 3 January. The 7 matches just saw 2 victories over Stoke and Grimsby.
Miller made his Preston debut on 17 January with a 3-1 home victory over Middlesbrough. His third league appearance saw his only goal for PNE with a 2-0 win over The Wednesday on 7 February. Miller made 15 appearances for PNE, his last was a 1-1 draw at home to Everton on 26 April.
Miller joined Darlington for 1921/22 but didn’t make a league appearance.
For the next four seasons he played for a different club in each season, starting with Chesterfield in 1922/23 with one goal in 32 appearances. The goal, coming in his fourth appearance with a 6-0 win over Walsall.
For 1923/24 Miller joined Bournemouth and made 38 appearances. The following season he joined Swansea, making 25 appearances, his only goal came against former club Bournemouth.
In 1925/26 Miller joined Luton, he made 10 appearances and scored in each of his last 3 league appearances. His final game was to score the only goal at home to Charlton on 2 April 1926.