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Leo Østigård: ‘I cried a lot when I left Coventry’
There was little about Leo Østigård's season at Coventry City that should have made it particularly easy to fall in love with the club.
08.09.26Features
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Inside the making of The Fall and Rise of Coventry City: 40 interviews, a longer cut and why Mark Robins said no
Coventry City's fall and rise has been charted in an aptly named Sky Sports documentary – with a pair of Sky Blues fans at the heart of it.
03.09.26Features
Leo Østigård on how Coventry City can stop Erling Haaland: ‘If you make him angry, you’re f***ed!’
Two matches into the Premier League season and it’s two defeats for Coventry City. But surely the fixtures get easier, don’t they?
30.08.26Features
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Coventry City draw Aston Villa in Carabao Cup – remembering the day the Sky Blues finally conquered Villa Park
Coventry City have been handed a home tie against Aston Villa in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
27.08.26Features
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From Nando's to new pitches: How Richard Overson quietly helped fund Coventry City's rise
‘I’ve been a Coventry City fan since I was born. I was born with a season ticket and I’ll die with a season ticket. It's in my lifeblood.’
26.08.26Features
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Dion Dublin has apologised to Coventry City – but does he really have anything to be sorry for?
Dion Dublin has apologised for his move from Coventry City to Aston Villa – but does the club’s record Premier League goalscorer really have anything to be sorry for?
24.08.26Features
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Hamer’s X Factor, a ‘monster’ Gyokeres and the dark arts of Dennis Wise
The Phoenix hosted our first ever live event this week – An Evening With Michael Doyle and Liam Kelly. They had plenty to say about some of their former teammates...
23.08.26Features
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Coventry City Opening Days: The Good, The Bad and the Downright Deflating
The opening day of the season is just around the corner. It is a time of high excitement. In terms of results, it has been a mixed bag for Coventry City down the years.
19.08.26Features
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Dave Boddy Interview: Robins revival and Wembley glory
When Dave Boddy arrived at Coventry City in early 2017, it was difficult to imagine where the club was heading.
17.08.26Features
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Scouting Report: What exactly have Coventry City got with new signing Caleb Yirenkyi?
Caleb Yirenkyi is top signing for the Sky Blues, according to journalist Vicenc Clos Balcells. Here, he delivers his full scouting report on the new recruit.
11.08.26Features
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The Coventry City career that lasted just 90 minutes – and ended with a 5-0 win
With the departure of Jahnoah Markelo after just over seven months at Coventry City, and the recent 28-year anniversary of Robert Jarni’s comically short stay at the club, it got me thinking about players who left the Sky Blues before they had even got settled.
09.08.26Features
Cedric Roussel: The gentle giant who loved Coventry and bullied Arsenal’s famous defence
Coventry City's return to the Premier League begins at Arsenal. Twenty-seven years ago, another Coventry side travelled into battle against Arsène Wenger's Arsenal and produced one of the club's finest Premier League performances
07.08.26Features
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Phoenix Finances Part 2: Coventry City’s £15m Premier League gamble
In the second part of The Phoenix's investigation into the Sky Blues' financial past, we delve into how Premier League football changed things forever.
04.08.26Features
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We’re going to Ibiza! Inside Coventry City’s most chaotic pre-season tour
A summer training camp in Ibiza sounded like the perfect way to prepare for a Championship season. It turns out, it really wasn't.
02.08.26Features
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Gus Hamer's return: Should footballers ever go back?
They say never go back. Football is littered with examples of players who have returned to former clubs only to discover lightning rarely strikes twice. And yet Coventry City are doing exactly that, bringing Gus Hamer back to the CBS three years after he left for Sheffield United.
30.07.26Features
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The bizarre story of Robert Jarni’s transfer to Coventry
He came, he saw, he left after four days...
28.07.26Features
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Home Sweet Home: The Day That Coventry City Purchased the CBS Arena
23 August 2025 should be remembered as one of the most important dates in Coventry City's history. It was the day that the Sky Blues took their destiny back into their own hands and wrestled back ownership of their ground.
18.07.26Features
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Hadji’s Gonna Party Like It’s 1999: The Year That Morocco Came To Coventry
Coventry City were in need of a talisman. All of a sudden, in walked an African Footballer of the Year. Here's how Mustapha Hadji and Youssef Chippo helped Coventry become The Entertainers.
16.07.26Features
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The Curse of Pele: The Heartbreaking Tale of Nii Lamptey
It’s not often that someone dubbed ‘the new Pele’ turns up at Coventry City but that’s exactly what happened when Nii Lamptey arrived at Highfield Road in 1995. Just how did the once-hottest property in African football end up in Coventry? And how did Lamptey's life descend into chaos after his time with the Sky Blues?
15.07.26Features
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‘I could hear the fans screaming in the changing room’ – Sky Blues stars on pressure of Coventry City’s season in League Two
Michael Doyle, Liam Kelly, Dave Boddy, Jack Grimmer and more give their insight on Coventry City's often brutal but ultimately successful season in League Two.
09.07.26Features
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Phoenix Finances: How Coventry City gambled on the Premier League
At the dawn of the Premier League, Coventry City gambled on being part of the new division. As it turned out, it would be a financial risk that would come to haunt them.
08.07.26Features
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Frank The Tank Saves The Day: How Onyeka Became a Season-Defining Signing
Coventry City didn’t win the Championship in January 2026. But the signing of Frank Onyeka might have been the moment the title race tilted permanently in their favour.
03.07.26Features
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Attention! Inside Coventry City’s maddest-ever pre-season
How Coventry City prepared for an opening day trip to Arsenal with a gruelling pre-season camp at an army barracks.
01.07.26Features
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The contract expiry date of every Coventry City first-team player
Promotion to the Premier League at the end of last season placed Coventry City in a completely different world when it came to player recruitment.
01.07.26Features