HUCKERBY HAT-TRICK SINKS
                     FOREST

                                      Coventry 4-0 Nottingham Forest

                                      Darren Huckerby fired his second
                                      successive hat-trick to leave
                                      Nottingham Forest rooted to the
                                      bottom-of-the-Premiership.

                                      Forest caretaker-manager Mickey
                                      Adams, temporarily in charge in
                                      place of the sacked Dave Bassett
                     earlier in the week, could do little about the Sky Blues
                     hitman, who scored his sixth goal in two games after a
                     treble against Macclesfield in the FA Cup last week.

                     Huckerby struck the woodwork after 32 minutes but on
                     the stroke of half-time made amends with a rising shot
                     that gave Dave Beasant no chance. Then two minutes
                     into the second he added his second with an exquisite
                     chip over the stranded 'keeper.

                     Coventry killed the game off in the 55th minute when Paul
                     Telfer volleyed home from the edge of the area. And to rub
                     salt in Forest's wounds Huckerby drilled home a
                     memorable hat-trick 15 minutes from time.

                     Forest have now gone 18 games without a Premiership
                     win, and Ron Atkinson, who has guided both Sheffield
                     Wednesday and Coventry to safety, will have one of the
                     most difficult tasks of his career if he decides to take on
                     the managerial job.

                     CoventryHedman, Nilsson, Burrows (Shilton 72),
                     Williams, Shaw, Whelan, McAllister (Quinn 87), Telfer,
                     Soltvedt, Huckerby, Aloisi (Jackson 66).
                     Subs Not Used: Ogrizovic, Breen.
                     Booked: Whelan, Telfer, McAllister.
                     Goals: Huckerby 45, 46, Telfer 54, Huckerby 75.

                     Nottm Forest: Beasant, Chettle, Hjelde, Armstrong
                     (Freedman 56), Lyttle, Stone, Gemmill (Quashie 83),
                     Johnson, Bart-Williams (Woan 70), Doig, Van Hooijdonk.
                     Subs Not Used: Crossley, Williams.
                     Booked: Chettle, Woan.
                     Att: 17,172

                     Ref: P Jones (Loughborough).