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Coventry City crowned League One Champions

Coventry City crowned League One Champions

Coventry City have been crowned Champions of SkyBet League One, following a majority vote between the 23 clubs to curtail the season this afternoon.

The decision means Coventry City have returned to the second tier of English football, eight years after being relegated to League One.

Now, under Mark Robins, The Sky Blues have secured two promotions in three years, after he rejoined the Club for a…

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EFL Clubs vote on curtailment rulings; Individual League votes this afternoon

EFL Clubs vote on curtailment rulings; Individual League votes this afternoon

Earlier this morning, Tuesday June 9th 2020, all 71 EFL Clubs participated and voted in an EFL Extraordinary General Meeting on proposals in respect of changes to EFL Regulations in the event  that season 2019/20 is curtailed.

Alongside the EFL’s proposals of adopting an unweighted points-per-game (PPG) outcome should the season be curtailed in any league, additional proposals or amendments were…

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McCallum joins Norwich; loaned back to Coventry

McCallum joins Norwich; loaned back to Coventry

Photograph | Coventry City Football Club

Coventry City defender Sam McCallum has today signed for Premier League side Norwich City, who have then immediately loaned the left back back to The Sky Blues until the end of the season.

Following Tuesday night’s game at Fleetwood Town, manager Mark Robins revealed that The Club had rejected a seven-figure sum for McCallum from an unnamed Premier League…

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Coventry reject seven-figure Premier League McCallum bid

Coventry reject seven-figure Premier League McCallum bid

Photograph | Coventry City Football Club

Coventry City manager Mark Robins has revealed that The Club have rejected a seven-figure bid from an unnamed Premier League side for defender Sam McCallum.

St. Andrew’s has been filled with scouts all watching McCallum’s progress this season with Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Leeds United and even French side PSG all having been spotted at City’s…

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Matty Godden named in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team 'Team of the Week'

Matty Godden named in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team ‘Team of the Week’

Image | EA Sports FIFA 20 Ultimate Team

Scoring consecutive hat-tricks has seen Coventry City striker Matty Godden named in the Team of the Week 17 on FIFA 20’s Ultimate Team.

Ending 2019 with a hat-trick at league leaders Wycombe Wanderers, Godden swiftly followed up with a second treble on New Year’s Day away at Tranmere Rovers, with both games ending 4-1 to The Sky Blues.

Whilst Godden…

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Dom Hyam signs new Coventry City contract

Dom Hyam signs new Coventry City contract

Photograph | Coventry City Football Club

Coventry City defender Dom Hyam has today signed a new contract with The Sky Blues.

Hyam, who turns 24 tomorrow, has won rave reviews since joining The Club in Summer 2017 from Championship side Reading, going on to make 82 appearances and scoring three goals.

Hyam’s new contract runs until June 2021, with an option of an extra year in The Club’s favour.

P…

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Preston complete signing of Tom Bayliss from Coventry City

Preston complete signing of Tom Bayliss from Coventry City

Photograph | Coventry City Football Club

Coventry City midfielder Tom Bayliss has today joined Championship side Preston North End for an undisclosed fee.

The midfielder, 20, has moved to Deepdale for a fee believed to be around £2m, signing a four-year contract.

After coming through the academy at The Sky Blues, Bayliss made his first team debut in League Two against Cheltenham Town in December…

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Conor Chaplin joins Barnsley

Conor Chaplin joins Barnsley

Photograph | REX FETURES

Coventry City striker Conor Chaplin has today joined newly-promoted Championship side Barnsley for an undisclosed fee.

Chaplin, 22, joined Coventry City on loan from Portsmouth last August, before making the move permanent in January for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £500,000. In his only season at The Ricoh Arena, Chaplin scored 8 goals in 32 appearances.

“I’m glad…

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Kyle McFadzean agrees to join Coventry City

Kyle McFadzean agrees to join Coventry City

Photograph | Coventry City Football Club

Coventry City have this afternoon confirmed the signing of defender Kyle McFadzean.

McFadzsean, 32, will join from fellow Sky Bet League One side Burton Albion on a two-year contract upon the conclusion of his current deal with The Brewers.

In three seasons, McFadzean made 121 appearances for Burton after joining in a then club-record fee having also…

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Coventry City announce retained list

Coventry City announce retained list

Coventry City have announced their retained and released list following the conclusion of the 2018/2019 Season.

Goalkeeper Lee Burge will leave The Sky Blues after making 160 appearances having made his debut in August 2014. Burge, named in The Sky Bet League Two Team of the Season last season has been heavily linked with a move away after his contract expires.

Fellow goalkeeper Liam O’Brien also…

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Davies contract extension confirmed

Davies contract extension confirmed

Photograph | Coventry City Football Club

Coventry City manager Mark Robins has confirmed his first piece of transfer business for the summer, by taking up the one-year extension option in the contract of defender Tom Davies.

Davies, who made his 50th appearance for The Sky Blues in the 1-1 draw at The Ricoh Arena yesterday, joined the Club in the summer of 2017 from Portsmouth.

Robins has acted…

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Clarke-Harris third through Deadline Day door

Clarke-Harris third through Deadline Day door

Photograph | Stu Forster/Getty Images Europe

Striker Jonson Clarke-Harris has become the third and final departure through The Ricoh Arena doors on deadline day after joining Bristol Rovers in a permanent transfer.

In joining Bristol Rovers, Clarke-Harris becomes the second player today to swap The Ricoh Arena for The Memorial Ground with Abu Ogogo making the same switch earlier in the day, whils…

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Meyler in; Doyle out

Meyler in; Doyle out

Photograph | Getty Images

Coventry City have concluded some more surprising business on Transfer Deadline Day with club captain Michael Doyle dropping down into League Two and joining Notts County, with Reading midfielder David Meyler arriving on loan as his replacement.

With the club already having one central midfielder depart earlier in the day when Abu Ogogo was released and consequently…

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Abu Ogogo departs for Bristol Rovers

Abu Ogogo departs for Bristol Rovers

Photograph | Coventry City Football Club

Coventry City have completed their first piece of business of Transfer Deadline Day, but not necessarily a piece which fans would have expected.

Summer signing Abu Ogogo, 29, has cancelled his contract by mutual consent and subsequently joined fellow League One side Bristol Rovers on a free transfer.

Since arriving at The Ricoh Arena in the summer on a…

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Leon Barnett forced to retire due to heart condition

Leon Barnett forced to retire due to heart condition

Coventry City’s Leon Barnett (left) and Scunthorpe United’s Gary Hooper (right) battle for the ball (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)

Former Coventry City defender Leon Barnett has been forced to retire, after being diagnosed with a heart condition.

Barnett, 32, joined The Sky Blues on loan from West Bromwich Albion in November 2009 after only two league appearances for The Baggies…

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Joe Cole retires from professional football

Joe Cole retires from professional football

After 56 England caps, three World Cup tournaments, three Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a Champions League Final, former Coventry City midfielder Joe Cole has retired from professional football.

Cole joined The Sky Blues in October 2015, initially on loan from Aston Villa, before making the move permanent three months later, and acted as a role model both on and off the pitch for young…

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Callum Wilson earns first England call-up

Callum Wilson earns first England call-up

17th August 2015 – Barclays Premier League – Liverpool v Bournemouth – Callum Wilson of Bournemouth – Photo: Simon Stacpoole / Offside.

Coventry City academy graduate Callum Wilson has today been called up to the senior England squad for the first time for the games against USA and Croatia.

Wilson is the second Coventry City academy graduate to be called up by England manager Gareth Southgate…

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