COVENTRY City are sad to report the death of former player Alan 'Digger' Daley who passed away on Tuesday aged 80.

The left-winger, who joined the Sky Blues in 1958, played 60 games for the Club including many in the Fourth Division promotion campaign of 1958/59 where he netted 12 goals.

Daley spread his footballing career across a number of lower division clubs before arriving at Highfield Road from Crewe.

In 1960 he lost his place to Stewart Imlach and in January 1961 joined Southern League Cambridge City. After retiring from the professional game he was a market trader in Bedford for many years and lived in the village of Renhold.