Coventry City Daily Digest

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  1. 5d ago

    Coventry City Daily Digest: Friday 9 October 2026

    Frank Lampard has given Coventry City's team news ahead of Monday night's Premier League home fixture with Newcastle United at the Coventry Building Society Arena. The club published its own injury update on Thursday 8 October, and Lampard went through it at his pre-match press conference, reported by Andy Turner at CoventryLive. Milan van Ewijk, who sat out the 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest with a hamstring problem, is back in training, as is Kaine Kesler-Hayden. Josh Eccles is not back yet and Lampard said he could be a few more weeks; Haji Wright will not return until into November at best; Luke Woolfenden is a little longer; and Aurele Amenda is working through what Lampard described as up to a three-month injury. All eight of the club's international players have returned to Ryton unscathed. Newcastle United head coach Matthias Jaissle gave his own team news at his press conference, relayed by Lee Ryder at CoventryLive: Joelinton, Nico Gonzalez and Dan Burn are expected to feature and Lewis Miley is expected to be available, while goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen is out for around two months with a hamstring injury. Jaissle was non-committal on Amar Dedic, Tino Livramento, William Osula, Anthony Elanga and Jacob Ramsey. Newcastle arrive on eight points. Lampard also told his press conference that he regularly watches back last season's 3-1 home win over Middlesbrough in February, the last time Coventry played a Monday night game under the lights at the Arena. Coventry are yet to win at home this season. City captain Matt Grimes spoke to Andy Turner about Jake Bidwell, who did not make Coventry's 25-man Premier League squad last month, saying he was heartbroken for him and calling him an incredible human being and an incredible player. Asked about Manchester City, who a Premier League commission found had breached the league's financial rules and who have lodged an appeal and maintain they are innocent, Lampard said he was "outside the story" and would wait and see the result of the appeal. Play Up, Sky Blues!

  2. 6d ago

    Coventry City Daily Digest: Thursday 8 October 2026

    Coventry City have confirmed ticket details for their next two home Premier League fixtures. Tickets for Fulham at home on Saturday 24 October and Sunderland at home on Saturday 31 October, both 3pm kick-offs at the Coventry Building Society Arena, go on sale exclusively to Sky Blues Members from 10am on Thursday 8 October, on a first come, first served basis. Supporters with previous purchase history can buy from 10am on Monday 12 October. Both fixtures carry Category C pricing. Members can buy one ticket each, or up to ten when linking to other 26/27 members. Hospitality packages also go on sale at 10am on Thursday 8 October, with the Fulham fixture on general sale and the Sunderland fixture available to supporters with previous purchase history. The club have published their own roundup of how the eight Sky Blues away on international duty got on, with the window closing on Tuesday evening. Yann Gboho made his full Ivory Coast debut from the bench away at Somalia and scored six minutes later in a 2-0 win, then made his first start in a friendly against Cameroon. Stephen Mfuni made his England Under 21s debut at 18, playing 90 minutes in a 4-2 win over Kazakhstan and 90 minutes in a 3-1 defeat to the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday. Jay Dasilva played in three of Wales' four matches, including a 2-1 win over Norway, and is now on 13 caps. Joel Latibeaudiere's Jamaica finished second in their Nations League group and have drawn Mexico in the quarter-finals. Frank Onyeka and Taiwo Awoniyi were both substituted at half-time in a 3-0 defeat in Guinea Bissau, and Brandon Thomas-Asante and Caleb Yirenkyi lost both of Ghana's qualifiers. Andy Turner at CoventryLive has an interview with captain Matt Grimes, who talks about adapting to the Premier League, what he thinks the real gap between the divisions is, his favourite game of last season and the run of home fixtures ahead. Former Coventry City loan winger Yang Min-hyeok has issued a public apology after remarks to the Korean press about military service exemption, following South Korea's Asian Games win over Japan. Yang, 20, is a Tottenham Hotspur player currently on loan at KVC Westerlo in Belgium. Play Up, Sky Blues!

  3. Oct 7

    Coventry City Daily Digest: Wednesday 7 October 2026

    The BBC report that Coventry City are set to buy the council owned Car Park C land next to the Coventry Building Society Arena for £1.6m. The purchase has not been completed: it goes to a Coventry City Council cabinet meeting next Tuesday, 13 October, and is expected to be signed off there. The money is paid over ten years and none of it goes to the council. It goes to the club's charity, Sky Blues in the Community, which will be contractually obliged to spend around £160,000 a year on sport and cultural activities across the city for the next decade. Councillor Lynnette Kelly, deputy leader of the council, called it a win win and said control of the car park lets the club plan for the future and look at wider regeneration of the area. Doug King said the deal would bring Car Park C in alongside everything already in the existing head lease and simplify future regeneration. There are no public plans for the site at this point. Legends Global announced on Monday that Andy Price will be general manager of the Coventry Building Society Arena. He joins from Olympia in London, part of the same group, where he spent two years as marketing and communications director, and was previously commercial director of the ticketing and arenas division at the NEC in Birmingham. His role covers venue operations, food and beverage, matchday premium hospitality and non matchday revenue through conventions, special events and concerts. The ten year partnership announced in August is backed by a joint investment of more than £15m from the club and Legends Global over the next three years. Price takes up the role full time on 1 December. Andy Turner at CoventryLive reports Coventry's squad position coming out of the international break, ahead of Newcastle United at home on Monday night. Milan van Ewijk, who sat out the Nottingham Forest game with a slight hamstring issue, is expected to be fit this week, and Josh Eccles is hoped to be back training after a calf strain. Luke Woolfenden and Kaine Kesler-Hayden are due back in training but need more time on their fitness. Haji Wright is out with a quad strain until the end of the month, Aurele Amenda is out until Christmas with a calf tear, and Taiwo Awoniyi serves the final game of his ban on Monday. Eight Coventry players were away on international duty. Former Coventry striker Fabio Tavares has ruptured an Achilles tendon for a second time and is out for the rest of Rotherham United's season. Alex Bruce told the Rotherham Advertiser that the surgery is in London this week. Play Up, Sky Blues!

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