Blue Army column by Steve Pumfrey: Leicester City fans in show of force
And, with Newcastle's Toon Army due to visit Coventry in midweek, it is unlikely that the Ricoh will see as many away fans again in the Jewson Stand for the rest of the campaign.
Take the 4,802 off a gate of 22.209 and, that is 17.407 Coventry fans for a match against your nearest rivals.
That is only slightly up on last season's average which has now dipped to 16,000 so far this term. And that is on a ground which holds double that figure.
The Blue Army soon picked up on the pockets of the ground which were deserted with cries of "empty seats" and comparing the atmosphere generated by the home fans as being "just like a library."
By contrast, you could not shut up the City fans and there were some pretty vocal discussions even before a ball had been kicked, particularly over the shock appearance of DJ Campbell on the substitutes' bench.
Campbell looks to have served his penance after comments in the summer which would have hardly endeared him to the Leicester tourist board.
The striker said during a loan spell at Blackpool: "I don't want to go back to Leicester – anything apart from that." And there appear to be some City fans unlikely to forgive him.
In the first half, as Campbell watched from the subs' bench, City's Paul Gallagher was penalised for handball and the fan in front of me was peering through his fingers to see Sammy Clingan beat Chris Weale in the City goal with a perfectly-executed free-kick.
The travelling masses fell silent and, for the first time, the Sky Blue "Kop" adjacent to the Jewson Stand made themselves heard.
It was a bit rough on City who had raised their supporters' hopes of a second successive away win with a reasonable first-half showing.
At half-time, a Coventry fan put up the £100 he had won previously by taking on a challenge for £1,000 to shoot into an empty net from the halfway line.
His attempt was nearer to the corner flag, much to the gleeful delight of the City fans, and the gamble failed to pay off. By contrast, Pearson took his own gamble with the introduction of three players on the hour-mark in a bold move to repair the damage of trailing at the interval.
One fan in the away end was still unimpressed, well at least with Campbell's arrival on the pitch.
He said: "I don't think he should get a chance after what he said."
It would have been interesting to gauge the same supporter's reaction if Campbell had popped up with a late winner.
As it materialised, the other two replacements made the impact and it was Martyn Waghorn who profited from Steve Howard's excellent headed flick to put City level and send the Blue Army into raptures of joy.
Waghorn got the glory, and it was a great finish, but it was Howard's contribution that opened the door and the cry soon rang out of "Super Stevie Howard."
His assist for the equaliser led several fans to question at the final whistle why he had been left out in the first place. One said: "I watched him closely and he won every header. You just can't leave him out."
Waghorn's strike was only City's second goal in four clashes at the Ricoh and meant that Coventry have now conceded in every home game so far this season.
It was a sweet moment for the fans and, just like at Middlesbrough, happened right in front of the travelling hordes.
The youngster who could not look when Clingan scored Coventry's goal now jumped for joy at the deserved leveller.
There were a couple of scares at both ends before the action ended and thoughts quickly turned to another close-quarters clash after the international break against Derby at the Walkers Stadium.
Now what are the odds on a Howard winner against his old club?
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