TOM COLLOMOSSE. Haji Wright's hat-trick sent Coventry back to the top of the Championship, just a week after Boro had replaced Frank Lampard's side at the summit ....
The last time these two teams met, on 25 November, Coventry were on an 18-match run that delivered 13 wins, 50 goals and a 10-point lead at the top of the Championship.
The 35-year-old was active on the touchline throughout the match at Deepdale and discussed his first perspective of Championship football afterwards ... "The flow of the game [in the Championship] is completely different.
Middlesbrough is not necessarily the first place that comes to mind when you think of stylistic innovation, but in the Championship, Boro are blazing a trial ... The fast movement and high-octane ...
Nine years ago, the club slipped into League Two in front of four-digit crowds at the cavernous Ricoh Arena... Three years later, a playoff final between two comeback clubs went the way of Luton, on penalties ... Hold-ups on the line.
There seemed to be little chance of repeat heartache this term, with Coventry kicking off in a stadium they finally owned and launching a ferocious, goal-packed assault on the Championship summit.