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Let’s be honest, away to Arsenal on the opening day was never going to define Coventry City’s season.
21.08.26Opinion
Coventry City should not expect new signing Dan Bentley to challenge for a first-team place – but they are getting a model professional who should prove a valuable addition to the dressing room.
Arsenal will present Coventry City with an almost unique combination of technical quality and set-piece excellence tonight, according to former Sky Blues captain Michael Doyle.
21.08.26News
Coventry City return to the Premier League on Friday after 25 years away – and the fixture computer could hardly have given them a tougher task.
19.08.26News
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
Matchday ticket prices for Coventry City's first Premier League season in 25 years have been announced and, as expected, there has been a hike – although there is also the odd price cut.
18.08.26News
With the arrival of Taiwo Awoniyi – and Sidiki Cherif seemingly soon to follow – Coventry City's transfer spending has comfortably surged past the £100m mark. And yet we want more.
17.08.26Opinion
As reported here on The Phoenix on Saturday, Taiwo Awoniyi has signed for Coventry City.
17.08.26News
When Dave Boddy arrived at Coventry City in early 2017, it was difficult to imagine where the club was heading.
17.08.26Features
Premier League centre forwards are like London buses. No, not intimidatingly large, cumbersome and painted red – you spend all summer waiting for one and then two come along at once.
15.08.26News
With Frank Lampard confirming that a quad tear will keep Haji Wright sidelined for an as-yet-unknown length of time, the Sky Blues are suddenly looking a little light up top.
The Sky Blues rounded off their pre-season preparations (well, other than the behind closed doors match coming on Saturday) with a 2-0 win over Monaco.
14.08.26News
Do Coventry City have a problem at left back? It has long appeared one of the obvious areas for the Sky Blues to strengthen ahead of their return to the Premier League but, with just a week to go until the new season begins, no new left-back has arrived.
14.08.26Opinion
With spending during this transfer window bubbling around the £100m mark, you’d think Doug King would be putting his wallet away.
13.08.26Opinion
Coventry City's return to the Premier League begins in exactly the same place as one of the greatest opening-day performances in the club's history.
12.08.26News
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
Gus Hamer is home. The interesting question now is: where exactly does Frank Lampard play him?
10.08.26Opinion
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
The Sky Blues continued their pre-season preparations for the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Espanyol earlier this evening.
08.08.26News
Jahnoah Markelo, we barely knew thee. The Suriname winger arrived in January in a £4.3m move. Seven months later, he's gone.
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
If you’ve enjoyed the atmosphere whipped up and the hairs standing on the back of your neck during We’ll Live and Die in These Towns at the CBS, then you have Stu Court and the Coventry City matchday team to thank.
07.08.26Opinion
After weeks of speculation, the deal is finally done. Carl Rushworth is a Coventry City player once again, and club legend Steve Ogrizovic has little doubt that the £22.5m man can make the step up to the Premier League.
06.08.26News
We get the full lowdown on the African midfielder reported to be set for a £26m move to the CBS.
05.08.26News
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