 The Sky Blues took eight points from a possible ten in the first five games, and recorded a record total of ten away wins in the campaign, including a 3–1 win at second-placed Derby, which Brian Clough described as "brilliant".The top-six finish earned Coventry a place in the European Fairs Cup for the 1970–71 season, and supporters optimistically thought the club had a genuine chance of winning the competition.The European campaign started well, with an easy win over two legs against Trakia Plovdiv, but a 6–1 defeat in Germany against Bayern Munich effectively ended the campaign after two rounds.