Coventry v Aston Villa tickets – Has Doug King got this one wrong?
10.09.26, 08:07 Updated 10.09.26, 09:05 3 Minute Read
Rich Chamberlain
Coventry City fans have waited a quarter of a century to renew their rivalry with Aston Villa.
That’s 25 years without a sniff of Villa heading to Sky Blues territory. Had Coventry drawn Villa in any cup competition, certainly within the last decade, demand for tickets would have been off the chart.
So why are ticket sales so poor for a Carabao Cup tie against that exact opposition less than a week away?
Let’s take a look.
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Rich Chamberlain Rich is a lifelong Coventry supporter and the author of several books about the club, including When The Sky Was Blue, Benno: My Life in Football and Sky Blue Fall.