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LAST TIME OUT

STOKE CITY 2 COVENTRY CITY 3

FORM GUIDE

CITY 16 PNE 11

You can almost smell the suntan lotion in this one, we are safe and City need a point, as the two sides meet at St Andrews in City's penultimate game at their neutral home ground before they return home to the Ricoh next season.
If City stay up which almost cerainly they will it will be a tremendous done by Manager Mark Robins given the liited resources that they have.
This will be the fourth different ground in about the last 20 years that we have played City in, Highfield Road, The Ricoh, Sixfields and St Andrews they are apparently in negotiations to move to another groubd in Coventry so hopefully sooner rather than later their Nomadic wanderings will end.

History of Coventry City F.C.


Coventry City playing at Highfield Road Stadium in 1982.
Coventry City Football Club is an English association football club based in Coventry in the Midlands. The club was founded in 1883 as Singers F.C. by Willie Stanley, an employee of cycle firm Singer Motors. In 1898, the name was changed to Coventry City. The club first joined the Football League after World War I and in 1938, the club missed out on promotion to the First Division by one point.

Since the 1960s, the club has been nicknamed 'the Sky Blues' owing to the colour of their kit introduced by manager Jimmy Hill. Arriving in 1961, Hill and club chairman Derrick Robins led a revival of the club's fortunes which culminated in promotion to Division One in 1967. During their promotion season, the club went 25 games undefeated and reportedly attracted a crowd of over 50,000 spectators for a match with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The city remained in the top tier of English football for over 30 years, winning the 1987 FA Cup under John Sillett, and in 1992, they became founding members of the Premier League. At the end of the 2000–01 season, they were relegated to the FL Championship. Since then, the club has been relegated twice more, experienced a change of ownership and, between 2013 and 2014, was temporarily forced to groundshare with Northampton Town.[1][2] and now at St Andrews, Birmingham

FAMOUS COVENTRY PERSON

Ernest Gold CB DSO OBE FRS[1] (24 July 1881 – 30 January 1976) was a British meteorologist.[2][3][4]

He was born at Berkswell, near Coventry and educated at Mason University College (which later became the University of Birmingham)[5] and St John's College, Cambridge.[6]


Gold set up the first operational (military) meteorological service and demonstrated the vital role of meteorologists to the military hierarchy. He was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the DSO and OBE and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Gold oversaw not only the creation of an operational weather service but also the development of international aviation services, becoming President of the Commission for Synoptic Weather Information of the International Meteorological Organization (now the World Meteorological Organization).

In 1919 he became Deputy Director of the Meteorological Office.[7]

He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society for 1934–35.[8]

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FRANKIE SAYS

it will be the exact same squad as players to pick from. DJ at the moment, he has had a reoccurence in the calf which has been uncomfortable for him. I don't want to rush him and I want to make sure he is 100% .

I'm a positive person, a lot of them are young guys doing their best for Preston North End. Some of the stuff I've been told in the last day or two leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth. I don't do social media. Let's give them the credit they deserve. They had a bad 15 minutes against Brentford, I take responsibility for that. Cut the negatives; let them go and play and enjoy it.

The camararderie within this group is really, really good and the team spirit is too. We need to look what everyone brings to the group. People thrive on negativity and try to bring individuals down - it isn't going to work. I'm sure we'll do alright going forward, we've got a good group.

Iverson's a great kid, loves the environment and atmosphere here. His performances have been fantastic.

The most difficult part is leaving boys out because they give everything in training. You can't please everybody but it's doing it in the right manner and professionally. You can only pick 11 players and you need a squad.
Coventry
They've changed their system a little bit and are a lot more direct than in the past. Recently, they have been on a good run and credit to them, they have done extremely well. It'll be a tough game for us but we will go with the same mindset.

There were a few things, I just needed to say it and I know in life that there is always someone trying to drag you down. I'm a positive person and I want the guys in this camp to froget any negativity and be positive. We've done well and set ourselves a good platform. Let's kick on and see where we finish - I have every faith and trust in them, they are good players.

Most pleasing thing so far?
The pleasing thing is that they've done what I thought they could. I believed in them. I had no doubts they would go and compete and do well. They have got themselves out of a precarious position. I'm delighted for them.

McAvoy on Bayliss
He's done well, he's a good boy, he's had a lot of knocks and has been here a long time. Saturday might be his chance, we just need to wait and see. He's there, in my thoughts and always has been.