Sheffield United vs Coventry City
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 12 Sheffield United vs Coventry City | Sky Bet Championship Monday 26th December, 2022 | KO 3pm | Bramall Lane
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 12
Sheffield United vs Coventry City | Sky Bet Championship
Monday 26th December, 2022 | KO 3pm | Bramall Lane
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O<br />
Y CITY COV<br />
COVENTRY CITY CO<br />
RY CITY COVENTRY<br />
Y COVENTRY CITY C<br />
TRY CITY COVENTR<br />
TY COVENTRY CITY<br />
NTRY CITY COVENT<br />
ITY COVENTRY CIT<br />
ENTRY CITY COVEN<br />
CITY COVENTRY CI<br />
Y CITY COVE<br />
— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
THE LOWDOWN...<br />
...on <strong>Coventry</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Each week UTB takes an alternative look over our opponents...<br />
SINGING CITY…<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> were formed<br />
as Singers FC in 1883<br />
following a general<br />
meeting of the Singer<br />
Factory Gentleman’s club.<br />
They adopted their current<br />
name in 1898 and joined<br />
the Southern League in<br />
1908, before being elected<br />
to the Football League<br />
in 1919.<br />
MOST LOSSES IN A SEASON...<br />
The Sky Blues were<br />
relegated from League<br />
One in a season to forget<br />
in 2016-17. They set a new<br />
record, losing 25 league<br />
matches in the campaign<br />
and finished second<br />
bottom with 39 points from<br />
46 games.<br />
A FAMILIAR FORMER FACE...<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> stopper Simon<br />
Moore was signed by Chris<br />
Wilder and a near ever<br />
present in <strong>United</strong>’s recordbreaking<br />
title winning<br />
team that registered over<br />
100 points in League<br />
One, whilst former <strong>United</strong><br />
striker Leon Clarke once<br />
had a deadly partnership<br />
with current Newcastle<br />
marksman Callum Wilson.<br />
BOOMING THIRTIES...<br />
The 1930s were a<br />
golden period for the<br />
Bantams, as the club<br />
was then nicknamed,<br />
under manager Harry<br />
Storer. Despite <strong>City</strong> being<br />
substantially in the red,<br />
Storer developed a side<br />
JIMMY’S REVOLUTION<br />
UTB 79<br />
which scored 100 goals in<br />
four seasons out of five,<br />
with the club’s greatest<br />
ever goalscorer Clarrie<br />
Bourton netting 49<br />
goals in 1932 and 40 the<br />
following season.<br />
The arrival of Jimmy Hill as manager in 1961<br />
sparked the revolution at the club. A new sky blue<br />
kit was unveiled and the nickname was changed.<br />
The team enjoyed a run to the quarter-finals<br />
of the FA Cup, but the season after they were<br />
champions of Division Three. Hill led <strong>City</strong> to further<br />
promotions and to the promised land in 1967.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> COVENTRY CITY
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