Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin rani na 1984, City ta sanya hannu kan dan wasan tsakiya John Hendrie, wanda ya taka leda tare da Abbott a Coventry, da kuma mai kare Dave Evans. Abbott ya rasa wasanni biyu daga cikin wasanni shida na farko na kakar wasa kuma ya maye gurbin wasu biyu, amma bayan haka ya rasa biyu ne kawai yayin da City ta lashe gasar da maki hudu. Wasannin Abbott kuma an raba su tsakanin rawar da yake takawa a tsakiya da kuma cikakken baya yayin da ya yi nauyi tare da kwallaye shida na gasar, hudu daga bugun fanareti. Farin cikin City, duk da haka, an rufe shi a ranar karshe ta kakar wasa da Lincoln City, lokacin da aka watsar da wasan saboda wani
wuta ta kashe magoya baya 56, sa'a daya bayan da kungiyar ta yi bikin lashe gasar Division Three.