Eric Black: ‘We felt we were heading in the right direction. Unfortunately, I was never allowed to continue’

I commented at half-time of Coventry City's match against Fulham that if the game was being played in your back garden, you'd have closed the curtains.

Fulham might be sitting towards the wrong end of the Premier League table, but there are signs that Saturday's visitors to the CBS are beginning to find their feet.

A lot has been made, quite rightly, of Gus Hamer's insistence on lining up for Coventry City's under-21s in their win over Swansea earlier this week.

It’s been a long international break, but there has still been plenty of activity from the Sky Blues. Let’s take a look at some of the news that you might have missed.

It’s the summer of 2024. Coventry City are gearing up to another league season. Last year, they came within a whisker of an FA Cup final. The year before that, they were a penalty shootout away from the Premier League.

‘I turned up at Coventry and it was an interesting first few days,’ Adi Viveash tells The Phoenix. ‘A couple of days in, I said to the manager, "I'm not sure I can help you because I'm not sure I'm relatable.”’