Coventry City Football Club

 
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[20 MAR 02] COUNCIL TO BUY FOLESHILL GAS WORKS 

Coventry City Council and partners Advantage West Midlands are to buy the former Foleshill gas works site in the first steps towards the development of a new multi purpose arena for the city.

 
[28 FEB 02] STUART LINNELL : YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD TO BE LUCKY 

Now, remember, the idea was that Coventry City was the club that was going to take First Division by storm.

 
[21 FEB 02] ARSENAL TRACKING DAVENPORT 

Arsenal are keeping tabs on Coventry City’s promising young central defender Calum Davenport.

 
[21 FEB 02] STUART LINNELL : SAY IT WITH FLOWERS 

Dreams do come true, as the saying goes, and at the ripe old age of 35, Sky Blues fan Tim Flowers is living proof of that.

 
[14 FEB 02] STUART LINNELL : HALL SHOWS THE WAY 

As Coventry City’s new Chairman contemplates the club’s future, amid talk of dramatically reducing the number of players on the books and a “race against time” to fund the new stadium, there’s one young player who is giving a clear indication of how the club must go forward.

 
[12 FEB 02] KID LEE GETS INTERNATIONAL CALL-UP 

Coventry City teenage midfield star Lee Fowler has been called into the Welsh international squad for their friendly against Argentina.

 
[09 FEB 02] CREWE ALEXANDRA 1  COVENTRY CITY 6 

The Sky Blues put on a rare display of rampancy as they hit Crewe for six - including a first Coventry hat-trick for Lee Hughes.

 
[07 FEB 02] STUART LINNELL : BIG MO'S PLAY-OFF PROMISE 

Big Mo Konjic grinned from ear to ear as he made a pledge in front of a crowded hospitality lounge at Highfield Road when I asked him what he would do if he scored the winner in the Play-Off Final at the end of the season.

 
[31 JAN 02] SLANGING MATCH NOT WANTED 

The new Chairman of Coventry City, Mike McGinnity says he doesn’t want to be involved in a public row with his predecessor Bryan Richardson.

 
[30 JAN 02] RICHARDSON QUITS 

Bryan Richardson has resigned as Chairman of Coventry City Football Club.  A statement by the club reads: Bryan Richardson is no longer chief executive or chairman of Coventry City Football Club. A full statement will be released very shortly.

 
[30 JAN 02] STUART LINNELL : THE AMBUSH 

If there is one thing that all parties involved in Bryan Richardson’s dramatic departure from the Coventry City boardroom are agreed on it is that the departing Chairman was ambushed by his fellow directors.

 
[29 JAN 02] CRYSTAL PALACE 1  COVENTRY CITY 3

Goals from Boothroyd, Hall and McSheffery gave City a great victory over Palace - marred only by the dismissal of Boothroyd after a tussle with Granville.  MORE FOLLOWS

 
[25 JAN 02] JIM BROWN : GORDON MILNE 

Gordon Milne holds the record for being Coventry City’s longest serving manager since the war but is largely remembered for managing City teams that failed to fulfill their potential.

 
[24 JAN 02] STUART LINNELL : A WELCOME BREAK 

After the disappointment of the Sky Blues’ last three matches, this weekend’s break is more than welcome for one City player.

 
[22 JAN 02] ROBINSON BACK ON BOARD 

Coventry millionaire Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson has reclaimed his seat on the board of Coventry City Football Club.

 
[19 JAN 02] COVENTRY CITY 0  STOCKPORT COUNTY 0 

Another disheartening performance from City against bottom club Stockport effectively extinguishes any faintly lingering automatic promotion hopes.

 
[18 JAN 02] STUART LINNELL : WORDS OF COMFORT 

They are two men of football for whom I have the greatest respect and they both had sensible words of comfort to offer about Coventry City’s current loss of form.

 
[13 JAN 02] WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 3  COVENTRY CITY 1 

A dismal performance, capped by the dismissal of David Thompson, drove another nail into the lid of City's promotion hopes coffin.

 
[11 JAN 02] STUART LINNELL : GOLD RESERVES 

It was cold, it was wet and Highfield Road was almost empty, but it turned out to be a cracking game of football.

 
[09 JAN 02] HOOLIGANS SENTENCED 

Twelve Coventry City fans were sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to causing disorder at City games.

 
[08 JAN 02] JIM BROWN : DAVE SEXTON 

In the summer of 1981, when Gordon Milne was relieved of responsibility for playing matters, the role of Coventry City team manager was given, ironically, to a man seven years Milne’s senior.

 
[03 JAN 02] STUART LINNELL : MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS 

Fifteen years ago, Coventry City Football Club was about to set out on its greatest adventure.

 
[01 JAN 02] SKY BLUES NEWS ROUNDUP 

Rotherham game off.
Lee Mills move permanent.
MBE for McAllister.