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Just over an hour ago, in a noon time Championship game at St Andrews against second placed Brentford, the Sky Blues scored an impressive 2-0 victory over the promotion chasing Bees, and inflicted their third successive league defeat, thanks to a brace from young striker Tyler Walker. City were wearing the Club’s ‘one-off’ Champio[...]
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On this day (2oth February) in 2007 the Sky Blues took on Southampton at the Ricoh in a Championship game. Iain Dowie had just taken over the Sky Blue managerial hot seat from (now our member) former Sky Blue player Micky Adams. Under Micky’s ‘gaffership’ the George Burley‘s Saints had beaten the Sky Blues by […]
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Thanks to CCFPA’s vice Chairman Billy Bell for a memory from his great friend Roy Barry a stalwart former seventies Sky Blue defender. It concerns one of the greatest English players ever to stride the footballing stage Stanley Matthews. Scottish born Roy, now well into his seventies, came up against the former England international not [&hel[...]
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On this day (2oth February) in 1971 the Sky Blues under manager Noel Cantwell came away from Crystal Palace‘s Selhurst Park with both points after beating the Palace by the odd goal in three in front of 24,114 fans. This score exactly repeated the outcome at Highfield Road in November when goals from (now CCFPA […]
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The Association would like to say a big ‘Happy 61st Birthday’ for today to our member, former Sky Blue forward David Speedie. Born in Glenrothes, Scotland on 20th February 1960 David began working life apprenticed as a Yorkshire miner but his footballing potential was soon spotted by Barnsley who gave him a professional contract in [&he[...]
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Thanks to CCFC author Steve Phelps for reminding us (below), in one of his excellent books* about the Sky Blues that Chris Coleman, on this day (19th February) in 2008, became the new manager at CCFC taking over at the Ricoh from Ian Dowie who was sacked by new club owner Ray Ranson. Though, four […]
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On this day (19th February) in 2005 the Sky Blues visited Reading for a Championship game. Sky Blue former player Micky Adams had replaced (now fellow CCFPA member) Peter Reid in the Highfield Road hot seat in late January as the Sky Blues struggled in the basement of the division. The Royals had been beaten by […]
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On this day (19th February) in 2002 Coventry City were in the middle of a great run and scoring for fun under former player, now gaffer Roland Nilsson (who had taken over from, now a CCFPA member, Gordon Strachan the previous September). Though the Sky Blues kept most of the defence that had seen CCFC […]
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