From David Thompson's right-wing free-kick, Jay Bothroyd saw his header come back off the post. A terrific cross by the new loan signing Jon McCarthy fell to him unmarked, but with just Magnus Hedman to beat he screwed his effort wide.Against the run of play, Coventry took a surprise lead after 20 minutes. Gerald Sibon's brace virtually ensured First Division survival for Sheffield Wednesday as they came from behind to beat Coventry City at Hillsborough last night. The big Dutchman struck a goal in each half to seal a vital win for the Owls and move them six points clear of the relegation zone, leaving Coventry fifth and looking nervously over their shoulders at the chasing pack.Wednesday enjoyed much the better of the game, with Coventry lacking any creativity apart from a terrific Colin Healy strike which put the visitors in front.If only Simon Donnelly had displayed the goalscoring acumen that served him so well at Millwall a fortnight ago, then Wednesday would have gone into the break with a well-deserved lead The Scot's best chance was the game's first. "If I thought I could play on at my best then that would be different – but my body is not so much giving me hints as screaming at me."Leicester City's former England goalkeeper Tim Flowers has been told he can leave on a free transfer.Flowers, who has a year left on his contract after joining from Blackburn Rovers in July 1999, has suffered a number of injuries and has been out of favour since the arrival of Ian Walker from Tottenham Hotspur last summer.The 35-year-old, who earned 11 England caps the last in May 1998, has played only three times in the Premiership this season, and has spent periods on loan at Stockport County and Coventry City.. He will remain at Southampton in an "ambassadorial" role, but felt unable to continue as a player and face the prospect of picking up wages for a job in which he no longer felt able to give his all."Even if the club offered me a contract for sentimental reasons I could not take money under false pretenses," he said. I could not face another season like this one."Le Tissier, who scored 209 goals in his 462 appearances but managed only five of those – all as a substitute– in the current campaign, was capped eight times by England.

It has been terribly frustrating at times."It has been an increasing trend over the last three years, with one niggling injury after another. I have been tending more and more towards this over recent months. The former England midfielder has chosen to retire after his testimonial match at St Mary's Stadium on 14 May. The 33-year-old, out of contract at the end of this season, has endured an injury-plagued final season and decided he was fighting a losing battle to regain his fitness.Le Tissier said: "In the end it was not a hard decision. Matthew Le Tissier has announced he will end his 16-year Southampton career next month. They won the title in his first season to gain promotion to the Third Division.With Molby's assistant, Gary Barnett, also leaving the club yesterday, the youth team manager, Ian Britton, has been put in charge of the first team until the end of the season, starting with today's game against Southend, while club captain Ian Clarkson will be his assistant.The Kidderminster chairman, Colin Youngjohns, said: "We did everything in our power to keep him, but Jan clearly felt that he had taken the team as far as he could.". He added: "All it has done is freed Jan from his contractual commitments."Molby, three times a League championship winner with Liverpool in the 1980s, became Kidderminster manager in May 1999 when they were in the Conference.

But I doubt he has resigned purely because Hull City are interested in him – he sees there are a number of opportunities available to him, not just ours."Pearson was looking at a compensation claim from their Third Division rivals of around £100,000 had they taken Molby while he was still in his post at Aggborough, although he said the resignation had not made things any easier. "But we are still sifting through CVs to find the right person for the job."Jan's resignation from Kidderminster says he is looking for a new job and so has put himself in the shop window. Adam Pearson, the Hull City chairman, will be making an approach to Jan Molby following the former Liverpool midfielder's resignation from Kidderminster. During the week there has been speculation linking Molby with the vacant managerial post at Boothferry Park, fuelled by comments made by his wife to a Danish newspaper.Pearson, who sacked Brian Little last month, stressed he had not spoken to Molby – or had made any official approach to Kidderminster to speak to him – but added that now he was available he expected to make some contact with the Dane over the weekend."We are looking to strengthen our management structure and Jan is certainly someone we would be interested in speaking to," he said. Substitutes not used: Worsnop (gk), Juanjo, Sharpe, Emanuel.Referee: M Fletcher (Warley).. Substitutes not used: Baardsen (gk), Doyley.Bradford City (3-5-2): Combe; Bower, Wetherall, Jacobs; Jorgensen, Jess, McCall, Lawrence, Kearney; Ward, Cadamarteri (Grant, 67). It would take championship form to do that."Watford (4-3-3): Chamberlain; Blondeau, Galli, Cox, Robinson; Mahon, Hyde (Okon, h-t), Glass (McNamee, h-t); Cook (Webber, 64), Helguson, Gayle. "However, it would be very hard for the teams at the bottom to overhaul us.

"We got a point here today but I would like to add a few more points before the end of the season," Law said. Bradford then went agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock after 61 minutes as Kearney was denied by the woodwork.As the Bantams began to dominate, Jess was denied by the frame of the goal after his spectacular effort from 25 yards had looked like finding the back of the net.Jess went close again with 14 minutes remaining, his 20-yard volley bringing a spectacular save from Chamberlain, who tipped the ball round the post.But, as the game wore on, Watford's challenge faded and it was the Bantams who were left cursing their luck.The Bradford manager, Nicky Law, believes his side still need another win to banish fears of relegation from the First Division. Tony McNamee came on for Glass with Paul Okon replacing Micah Hyde, but it was to no avail.The home side did carve out the first opportunity of the second half, but Marcus Gayle's header was gathered by Combe. Wetherall saw his header blocked and then Ward sent a header wide of goal.Watford brought on two substitutes immediately after the interval in an effort to give them fresh impetus. Watford's Lee Cook then tried his luck from 25 yards, but Combe saved comfortably.The visitors finished the half strongly as they won two corners in quick succession. But Bradford countered swiftly, Ashley Ward's close-range volley testing Alec Chamberlain and the former Everton striker Danny Cadamarteri firing just over.It was Watford who carved out the next chance, but David Wetherall managed to block Gavin Mahon's goalbound effort.The home side then spurned another chance after 20 minutes as Neil Cox sent a header wide of the target from a Stephen Glass corner. Bradford almost snatched all three points at Vicarage Road yesterday as Tom Kearney and Eoin Jess rattled the woodwork in the second half.