Coventry City 2017 Newspaper Book Coverage

Total pages: 142

Date of PaperPagesEvent Covered (Daily Mirror unless stated)
21 Feb 1910Page 14Coventry 3 Nottingham Forest 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
13 Jan 1913Page 18Manchester United 1 Coventry 1 (FA Cup 1st Round)
27 Dec 1922Page 14Coventry beat Wolves 7-1 at home on Christmas Day, then 2-1 away on Boxing Day
3 Jan 1932Page 26Coventry 5 Fulham 5
31 Dec 1933Page 31Gillingham 3 Coventry 7
11 Nov 1935Page 26Coventry 8 Crystal Palace 1
2 Feb 1936Page 47Coventry 6 QPR 1
11 Dec 1938Page 31Coventry 3 Fulham 1
1 Jan 1939Page 30Coventry 4 Tottenham 0
9 Dec 1951Page 14Coventry 4 Leeds 2
15 Jan 1952Page 10Coventry 4 Leicester 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round replay)
10 Nov 1957Page 25Coventry 6 Exeter 1
27 Nov 1960Page 34QPR 1 Coventry 2 (FA Cup 2nd Round)
30 Nov 1961Page 29Jimmy Hill becomes manager of Coventry
26 Mar 1963Page 23Coventry 2 Sunderland 1 (FA Cup 5th Round)
1 Apr 1963Page 20Coventry 1 Manchester United 3 (FA Cup quarter-final)
26 Apr 1964Pages 38 and backCoventry are Division 3 champions after beating Colchester 1-0
17 Jan 1965Page 38Coventry 5 Newcastle 4
7 Oct 1965Page 30Cardiff 1 Coventry 2 (first ever match shown live by closed-circuit TV, relayed back to Highfield Road)
17 Apr 1966Page 38Coventry 4 Birmingham 3
1 May 1967Page 23Coventry beat Wolves 3-1 in front of a record 51,455 Highfield Road crowd to clinch promotion to Division 1
14 May 1967 & 15 May 1967Page 38 Page 27Coventry are Division 2 champions after beating Millwall 3-1
24 Sep 1967Page 38Coventry 4 WBA 2
18 Mar 1968Page 23Coventry 2 Manchester United 0
11 Apr 1970Page 25Coventry qualify for Europe after winning 1-0 at Wolves
17 Sep 1970Page 22Trakia Plovdiv 1 Coventry 4 (Fairs Cup 1st Round, 1st leg)
1 Oct 1970Page 31Coventry 2 Trakia Plovdiv 0 (Fairs Cup 1st Round, 2nd leg)
4 Nov 1970Page 30Coventry 2 Bayern Munich 1 (Fairs Cup 2nd Round, 2nd leg)
10 Oct 1971Page 46Coventry 3 Leeds 1
5 Apr 1972Page 26Coventry 4 Everton 1
29 Aug 1973Page 27Coventry 1 Liverpool 0
16 Dec 1973Page 38Manchester United 2 Coventry 3
24 Nov 1974Page 46Coventry 3 Arsenal 0
17 Aug 1975Pages 34 & 35Everton 1 Coventry 4
18 Apr 1976Page 46Coventry 3 Wolves 1
29 Aug 1976Page 39Coventry 4 Leeds 2
12 Dec 1976Page 46Coventry 4 Everton 2
15 Jan 1978Page 47Coventry 5 Chelsea 1
6 Mar 1978Page 30Coventry 4 Birmingham 0
29 Mar 1978Page 27Coventry 4 Wolves 0
22 Feb 1979Page 31Chelsea 1 Coventry 3
21 Mar 1979Page 31Coventry 4 Manchester United 3
28 Aug 1980Page 27Manchester United 0 Coventry 1 (League Cup 2nd Round, 1st leg)
3 Sep 1980Page 27Coventry 1 Manchester United 0 (League Cup 2nd Round, 2nd leg)
10 Dec 1980Back pageCoventry 5 Watford 0 (League Cup quarter-final replay)
28 Jan 1981Back pageCoventry 3 West Ham 2 (League Cup semi-final, 1st leg)
11 Feb 1981Back pageWest Ham 2 Coventry 0 (League Cup semi-final, 2nd leg)
31 Aug 1981Page 26Coventry 2 Manchester United 1
28 Apr 1982Page 31Coventry 6 Sunderland 1
29 Dec 1982Back pageCoventry 3 Manchester United 0
11 Dec 1983Page 42Coventry 4 Liverpool 0
27 Dec 1983Back pageCoventry 1 Manchester United 1
17 Jan 1984Page 31Coventry 3 Wolves 0 (FA Cup 3rd Round, 2nd replay)
13 Jan 1985Page 46Manchester United 0 Coventry 1
27 May 1985Back pageCoventry avoid relegation by beating Everton 4-1 on the final day of the season
10 Oct 1985Page 31Coventry 7 Chester 2 (League Cup 2nd Round, 2nd leg)
2 Feb 1987Page 24Manchester United 0 Coventry 1 (FA Cup 4th Round)
13 Apr 1987Back pageCoventry 3 Leeds 2 (FA Cup semi-final)
17 May 1987 & 18 May 1987Pages 42, 43 and back Back pageCoventry win the FA Cup, beating Tottenham 3-2 at Wembley
11 Dec 1988Page 47Coventry 1 Manchester United 0
6 Nov 1989Page 31Liverpool 0 Coventry 1
4 Feb 1990Page 47Coventry 3 Chelsea 2
31 Oct 1991Back pageCoventry 1 Arsenal 0 (League Cup 3rd Round)
26 Apr 1992Pages 46 & 47Coventry 1 West Ham 0
21 Dec 1992Pages 28 & 29Coventry 5 Liverpool 1
27 Jan 1993Page 30Blackburn 2 Coventry 5
15 Aug 1993Page 55Arsenal 0 Coventry 3
2 Sep 1993Page 42Coventry 1 Liverpool 0
6 Dec 1993Page 23Coventry 1 Arsenal 0
15 Mar 1995Page 33Liverpool 2 Coventry 3
10 May 1995Page 27Tottenham 1 Coventry 3
10 Dec 1995Pages 78, 79 and backCoventry 5 Blackburn 0
6 May 1996Score page 7Coventry escape relegation by drawing 0-0 with Leeds
25 Jul 1996Pages 38 & 39Gary McAllister joins Coventry for £3m from Leeds
27 Dec 1996Page 47Leeds 1 Coventry 3
10 Apr 1997Page 41Coventry 3 Chelsea 1
12 May 1997Pages 28 & 29Coventry escape relegation on the final day again by winning 2-1 at Tottenham
11 Aug 1997Mania pages 2 & 3Coventry 3 Chelsea 2
14 Dec 1997Pages 78 & 79Coventry 4 Tottenham 0
29 Dec 1997Pages 34 & 35Coventry 3 Manchester United 2
4 Jan 1998Pages 94 & 95Liverpool 1 Coventry 3 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
2 Feb 1998Mania page 6Bolton 1 Coventry 5
11 Jan 1999Mania page 4Coventry 4 Nottingham Forest 0
1 Feb 1999Mania pages 6 & 7Coventry 2 Liverpool 1
28 Feb 1999Pages 78 & 79Aston Villa 1 Coventry 4
17 Oct 1999Pages 86 & 87Coventry 4 Newcastle 1
27 Dec 1999Page 54Coventry 3 Arsenal 2
7 May 2000Page 77Coventry 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1
18 Mar 2004Page 77Coventry 4 Preston 1
9 Aug 2004Mania page 4Coventry 2 Sunderland 0
7 Apr 2005Page 68Coventry 2 Nottingham Forest 0
2 May 2005Mania page 14Coventry beat Derby 6-2 in the last ever match at Highfield Road
22 Aug 2005Mania page 17Coventry beat QPR 3-0 in the first match at the new £113m Ricoh Arena
3 Jan 2006Mania page 14Coventry 2 Wolves 0
22 Jan 2006Premplus page 2Coventry 6 Derby 1
12 Mar 2006Premplus page 10Coventry 2 Sheffield United 0
7 Aug 2006Mania pages 2 &3Coventry 2 Sunderland 1
18 Mar 2007Premplus page 4Coventry 4 Barnsley 1
27 Sep 2007Pages 70, 71 and backManchester United 0 Coventry 2 (Carling Cup 3rd Round)
6 Jan 2008Premplus pages 2 & 3Blackburn 1 Coventry 4 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
25 Feb 2008Mania page 17Coventry 2 Leicester 0
9 Feb 2009Mania page 15Coventry 2 Wolves 1
25 Feb 2009Page 58Coventry 1 Blackburn 0
10 Feb 2010Mania page 6Coventry 1 Nottingham Forest 0
8 Aug 2010Premplus page 11Coventry 2 Portsmouth 0
20 Sep 2010Mania page 17Bristol City 1 Coventry 2
9 Dec 2012Football page 16Coventry 5 Walsall 1
16 Dec 2012Football page 17Doncaster 1 Coventry 4
12 Aug 2013Football pages 6 & 7Coventry 5 Bristol City 4
18 Aug 2013Football page 16Carlisle 0 Coventry 4
6 Sep 2014Football pages 1 & 6Coventry 1 Gillingham 0 (Ricoh Arena homecoming)
15 Nov 2015Football page 9Colchester 1 Coventry 3
27 Mar 2017Football pages 8 & 9Coventry 1 Bristol Rovers 0
3 Apr 2017Page 45Coventry 2 Oxford United 1 (EFL Trophy winners)