Middlesbrough FC v Coventry City

Today’s Visitors
COVENTRY CITY
WHO ARE YA?
Coventry City formed as
Singers FC in 1883 following
a general meeting of the
Singer Factory Gentleman’s
Club. Adopting their current
name in 1898, the Sky Blues
have been members of the
Football League since 1919.
THE HISTORY BIT
Legendary City manager
Jimmy Hill, who would go on
to enjoy a successful career as
a TV presenter, took the club
from the third tier to the First
Division in the late 1960s, and
Jordan
Shipley
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his successor Noel Cantwell
led Coventry to their highest,
sixth-place, finish in the top
flight in 1970. In 1987, the Sky
Blues won their first – and
so far only – major trophy,
beating Tottenham Hotspur
at Wembley to win the FA
Cup. Financial troubles over
the last decade saw Coventry
groundsharing with the likes
of Northampton Town and
Birmingham City, and briefly
fall as low as the fourth tier –
but now, back home at the
Coventry Building Society
Arena, are a club apparently
in the ascendancy.
AT THE HELM
Now in his second spell in
charge of Coventry, Mark
Robins won the EFL Trophy
with the Sky Blues in 2017
and has since gone on to
earn promotions from League
Two and League One. A
popular figure with City fans,
Robins guided the club to a
respectable 16th-place finish
last season, their first at this
level for nine years.
Mark
Robins
Liam
Kelly
HOW’S IT GOING?
While Coventry have
struggled to maintain their
early-season form – they
were as high as third in
mid-October – the Sky Blues
are still right in the Play-Off
mix, currently four points off
with three games in hand on
some of the top six. Robins’
side suffered a late defeat at
home to QPR last weekend
but bounced back to beat
Stoke City in one of their
catch-up games in midweek.
WHO’S WHO?
Boro fans will remember
goalkeeper Simon
Moore from an excellent
performance in the 2-0
reverse fixture back in
September. Dominic Hyam,