Liam Kitching is yet to meet all of his new Coventry City team-mates – and there’s one he’s nervous about coming face-to-face with when the players regroup to prepare for the trip to Hull – Callum O’Hare.

The two squared up when tempers boiled over the last time they came up against each other on the pitch, little over two years ago at Oakwell when Barnsley edged out the Sky Blues 1-0 in a Championship clash that saw Viktor Gyokeres pass up the opportunity to level from the penalty spot.

A picture taken on the day perfectly captured the flare-up with O’Hare clearly aggrieved, having grabbed Kitching’s shirt with two clenched fists and looking him straight in the eye in an aggressive manner. The centre-back, meanwhile, who signed for City for £4.5m on deadline day, is seen holding O’Hare and looking more conciliatory rather than the aggressor.

Asked if he recalls the incident, Kitching broke into a chuckle, saying: “Yeah, that was a couple of years ago and I remember it, but I haven’t met him yet. I saw it on Twitter earlier and I was trying to remember what happened but I can’t recall.”