COVENTRY City signed off their 2008/09 Championship campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Ipswich Town at Portman Road.
A quick first-half double salvo from Giovani Dos Santos and Pablo Counago gave the hosts a 2-0 half-time lead but Clinton Morrison popped up with his 12th goal of the season with 12 minutes to go to make the remaining moments of the second half a little more interesting.
It was Robbie Simpson who had the first real effort on goal after five minutes though, Leon Best holding the ball up for him and playing Simpson in to dribble past Alex Bruce and flash a shot across the goalmouth and just wide of Richard Wright's far post.
Jon Stead gave the Sky Blues a fright seven minutes later, charging down a clearance from Keiren Westwood which ended up dribbling harmlessly behind for a goal kick.
But Counago produced the hosts' first real effort on target shortly after, shooting just wide of Westwood's near post from 25 yards out.
Dos Santos then went one better on 23 minutes after firing Ipswich ahead with the help of a fortunate deflection.
The Mexican attacker started on the touchline and worked his way to the edge of the Coventry D before firing and watching his strike steer its way past Westwood with the help of a deflection.
Counago then double the hosts' lead two minutes later after another fortunate rebound, James McPake taking the full force of Jon Stead's initial effort in the face and Counago sliding the loose ball past Westwood from the corner of the six-yard area.
Freddy Eastwood had a chance to get one back three minutes later and was only denied by a last-ditch tackle by Bruce on the corner of Richard Wright's six-yard area.
Best also steered a header on target from Isaac Osbourne's cross ten minutes before the break, although Wright saved comfortably.
And Robbie Simpson was also teed up for a shot on goal after Clinton Morrison latched onto Aron Gunnarsson's long throw two minutes before the break, but could only guide it just wide of the far post.
David Norris nearly made it 3-0 six minutes after the restart, Dos Santos cutting a ball back from the by-line but Norris' shot hitting the underside of the crossbar before being collected by Westwood.
Ashley Cain injected a bit of pace in the second after replacing injured Isaac Osbourne, making it two good performances from two academy players following the first-half introduction of Jermaine Grandison for injured James McPake.
The Sky Blues finally got on the scoresheet 12 minutes from time, Eastwood's corner being met by the head of Elliott Ward who headed down at Morrison's feet allowing the strike to turn and sweep home a shot past Wright.
Coleman's side were unlucky not come away with a draw from Portman Road when Robbie Simpson's last-gasp free-kick struck the underside of the crossbar with Wright well beaten.
But it was not to be for the Sky Blues as Peters launched the loose ball clear from the set-piece allowing the referee to blow time on the Sky Blues' 2008/09 campaign.
Attendance: 27,225
Teams
Coventry City: Westwood, Osbourne (Beuzelin 57) Turner, Ward, McPake (Grandison 33), Doyle, Gunnarsson, Simpson, Eastwood, Best (Cain 65), Morrison
Subs: Ireland (GK), Thornton
Ipswich Town: Wright, Bruce, Garvan, Counago (Quinn 74), Norris, Lisbie (Shumulikowski 84), Peters, Stead, Balkestein, Dos Santos (Haynes 63), Smith
Subs: Bialkowski (GK), Richards
