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The club was founded as Singers F.C. in 1883 and turned professional in 1893, before joining the Football League in 1920. In 1898 the club was renamed Coventry City. Coventry City currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. They were relegated out of the top tier for the first time in 34 years in 2001.
To mark the 125th year of the club, Coventry wore a special brown shirt in the last home game of the 2008–09 season against Watford, having first worn a chocolate brown away kit in 1978. This kit has been cited by some as the worst in English football history, but also has an iconic status with some fans. [110]
Coventry City playing at Highfield Road Stadium in 1982. Coventry City Football Club is an English association football club based in Coventry in the Midlands. The club was founded in 1883 as Singers F.C. by Willie Stanley, an employee of cycle firm Singer Motors. In 1898, the name was changed to Coventry City.
The stadium's record attendance was 51,455 when Coventry City played their West Midlands rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in a Football League Division 2 game in 1967. However, after it was converted to an all-seater stadium for the second time in the mid-1990s, its maximum capacity was 23,489 at the time of its closure, and all of the pre-1990 ...
F. ^ Deducted 10 points by the Football League. G. ^ Promoted via the EFL League Two play-offs , and also the club's lowest ever league finish. H. ^ The season was postponed on 13 March 2020 after 34 league games, and later concluded prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with league positions and promotions decided on a points-per-game basis.
St Mary's, the home of Southampton, is one of the few club grounds to have set an attendance record in the 21st century. This is a list of record home attendances of English football clubs. It lists the highest attendance of all English non-League, English Football League and Premier League clubs, for a home match above a highest attendance of ...
View history; General ... This article documents the 1989–90 season of football club Coventry City F.C. ... City Ground Attendance: 26,153
Coventry City F.C. 2004–05 season; Manager: Micky Adams: Stadium: Highfield Road: Championship: 19th: FA Cup: OUT – Newcastle United Fourth Round 29.01.05 [1] League Cup: OUT – Middlesbrough Third Round 27.10.04 [2] Top goalscorer: League: All: Gary McSheffrey (14) Highest home attendance: 22,728 v Derby County 30.04.05 Cup: 8,362 v ...