Talk:Coventry City F.C.

Kit
I've just added the standard football club infobox to this article, but have been unable to find out what colour CCFC's away socks are. Consequently I've left them as white in the kit diagram. Could someone who knows please update the page so the socks are the correct colour, or if by chance white is the correct colour, leave a reply here to that effect? Thanks, --Lancevortex 15:39, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Should there be a correction regarding "Only Brown shirt in the history of the league?" As Tottenham now sport an atrocious brown kit on occasion. 8 Mar, 07

Golden Period
If I remember correctly, Jimmy Hill was the manager during the golden period and also installed seating in the mid 60s which was ripped out by Leeds United fans during one game? I'm not certain of the dates, but I remember it as having happened.

Vandalism
Ah, so there IS someone out there who thinks that Chuck Norris jokes are funny. Maybe it's always 2004 in his thick skull. --Adrianics 11:10, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

FA Cup Glory
I removed the following long nested parenthetical aside which made the sentence about missing UEFA a pain to read:
 * (they had played in the European Fairs Cup (later UEFA Cup), notably beating Bayern Munich (a team that included a young Franz Beckenbauer) at home 2-1, but losing on aggregate)

And it didn't really belong there anyway. --Bdoserror 07:42, 4 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree it made it a pain to read, but this an important piece of information as it involves Coventry's only European campaign. I will therefore add it back in elsewhere in the article.  --Aleaf.biz 10:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, that's what I was hoping for. Cheers. --Bdoserror 07:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Runs in the top flight
I removed the comment

'''Between 1967 and 2001, a period of 34 years, they were continuously members of England's top division although they never finished higher than sixth. At the time of their eventual relegation, only Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton could claim to have amassed a longer tenure in top-flight English football than Coventry.'''

as 7 clubs have better records than that. They are: Arsenal 82*, Sunderland 59, Everton 54*, Liverpool 46*, Aston Villa 46, Blackburn 46, Sheff Utd 37, Coventry 34, Newcastle 34, Man United 33*

.* means their current run is the longest

--Aleaf.biz 15:01, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Liverpool have also now won both the FA Cup and FA Youth Cup in the same year- 2006!

Wikiproject Coventry
It might be worthwhile starting a project to improve the pages on Coventry. You can express an interest at: WikiProject_Council/Proposals. Snowman (talk) 13:02, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Project now started. Snowman (talk) 20:35, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

New wikiproject
WikiProject Coventry is available. Users can plan wikipedia articles on Coventry City F.C., or any pages relating to Coventry Snowman (talk) 20:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Assessment comments
This is in reponse to a request at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Assessment to upgrade the rating of this page:

The page could probably be moved up to B class purely on the volume of information there, but that wouldn't disguise the fact that this article needs a lot of work to get close to being a Good Article. Main areas of weakness as far as I'm concerned are:
 * Lack of references - there's only a handful
 * History section is too long and very recentist. Any excess detail could be broken out into a new article History of Coventry City F.C.
 * Contains weasel words: "many felt he should have been scouting", "and many still believe unfairly" etc. State who and cite.
 * There are some NPOV issues and peacock terms, "their impressive 34-year tenure" for example
 * Needs more flowing, joined-up prose that is more than just a timeline of events. Every paragraph in the The Ranson/SISU Era section currently starts with "On such and such a date" for example.
 * Major headings are given to relatively trivial aspects of the subject, e.g. Sky Blue Sam
 * Notable recent players seem to have been chosen arbitrarily. What makes these players notable?
 * It should be possible to add more images to the article.

I hope this is useful. It's also worthwhile looking at existing featured articles such as Arsenal F.C. or Ipswich Town F.C. to get some ideas on how to improve the article. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 20:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

image size
One of the images is too big and not in line with wiki style. To progress beyond a class B this image size needs to be a standard size. The image puts too much prominence on one player, but a photo of the team would be good. The same image can be seen on the linked page in the infobox, which tend to have larger images. The image also interferes with the lists to its left. I think that it would be best to remove the photo in question; see WP:IUP. Snowman (talk) 19:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

john tudor
Someone might wish to add John Tudor info to this page. --  Chzz  ►  20:25, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Kit colours?
AIUI the Bantams (as was) played in various kits such as blue and white and red and green before Jimmy Hill introduced sky blue in the 60s. What with that, the historically significant Talbot shirt of 1981 and various horrors like the brown one, Coventry have had one of the more interesting kit histories, which deserves a section to itself. And of course any "nickname" use of Sky Blues should be removed from history before the Hill era.FlagSteward (talk) 11:39, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Cashless System
Not sure were to put this info as Cov City are the first UK club to install a totally cashless system http://www.ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~1270286,00.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.28.132 (talk) 21:10, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Aidy Boothroyd
He has been fired (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/9423992.stm)Bihco (talk) 10:12, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
Please stop it. LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Stuff I removed from the lead
"Since August 2011, Coventry City fans have been protesting for SISU to be removed, however SISU have deployed Response Officers to stop Protests and remove banners from Coventry Fans. These protests have been seen on The Football Review Show, Midlands today and also featured on Mercia Radio. A video of the protest was also featured on The Coventry Evening Telegraph Website.

On the 10th of September a sixteen year old boy was assaulted by a Steward and Response Officers during Coventry City's game with Derby County on Saturday. It is understood that the boy was sat in his regular seat with those who unfurled a SISU Out banner at the rear of the Coventry Telegraph Stand during the game and was assaulted as he attempted to leave the stadium after others including his father were ejected. The club later issued a statement regarding the incident. "

This, to me, doesn't belong in the lead. However, given the "History in brief" section, I don't think these "events" belong there either. So I'm leaving it here for experts in CCFC to decide on the best course of action. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:02, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

History in Brief
Taken from the history in brief section:

1970 – Coventry qualified for the European Fairs Cup (now the UEFA Europa League) but lost 7–3 on aggregate in the second round to Bayern Munich, despite winning the second leg 2–1 at Highfield Road. In that year, Highfield Road became the first all-seater, floodlit stadium in the country

1981 – The club reaches the League Cup semi-final but are denied their first Wembley appearance by West Ham United. Highfield Road becomes the country's first all-seater stadium.

so which year did Highfield Road become the first all-seater stadium? Stillmans39 (talk) 17:25, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Current shirt badge
Can some one upload the retro-look badge that's currently being used on the shirts. See.

Edd of Mercia (talk) 11:10, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Squad table format
A discussion is being held here on the possibility of rolling out a new squad template. The new template, named football squad player2, differs from the standard squad layout in several ways:
 * It features a sort function
 * Comes in a single column format that can be understood by screen readers.
 * Single column format ensures that low resolution browsers, including mobile devices, do not get part or all of the second column cut off.
 * Single column format ensures less clutter, particularly at lower resolutions, for wide sections such as the Arsenal loan section.
 * It gives nationality its own column; at present flags are featured in a blank, untitled column
 * It complies with Wikipedia's guidance on flag usage.
 * It leaves enough space to add images of current players, an example of which can be seen at Watford F.C.

It is proposed that the new template be added to some of Wikipedia's most high-profile club articles, which might include. To give your thoughts, please read and contribute to the discussion at WikiProject Football.

Regards, Edinburgh   Wanderer  19:39, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Sky Blue trust removal
I have semi-protected the article for a bit to stop a sock-puppeting editor from removing this referenced section in toto. Please discuss whether this section is appropriate for inclusion here. Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 7 August 2013
I am a Sky Blues fan, A new player has joined.

Skyblueshaun (talk) 16:14, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Shaun, please give details so that an Admin can make the change for you while the page is locked down. JMHamo (talk) 16:32, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * This is what I assume Shaun is referring to. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 16:36, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: JMHamo is right - I have no idea what edits should be made to the page at this point. Please say exactly what you want changed, or better still, copy the article into a sandbox (e.g. Talk:Coventry City F.C./sandbox) and make the edits there. When you've put together a more specific request, please reactivate the edit protected template. Thanks — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 16:42, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Since the above was rejected, I'm going to make the request: Please add Mathieu Manset to the first team squad, as per . Luke no 94 (tell Luke off here) 16:52, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. I think I've done it, but your request was still pretty unspecific, so it's hard to know if I did what you intended or not. Please file another request if it needs to be changed. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 17:07, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me Senor Strad. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:15, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think that needed to be any more specific, to be honest; I deliberately used the name of the section heading required, after all. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 17:24, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Ideally I'd like the exact place and the exact wikitext that you would like added. With just knowing the section heading there is still a world of uncertainty (although it looks like my guess was pretty much on target). — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 20:41, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 9 August 2013
Can you please edit that Mathieu Manset is no. 10 for the club please. Thanks Skyblueshaun (talk) 11:53, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Skyblueshaun (talk) 11:53, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Do you have a source for that? Really we need a source before we can add the info. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:41, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * BBC? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:44, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * CCFC Skyblueshaun (talk) 14:48, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. The BBC source didn't seem to say anything about him being number 10, but the CCFC source was very clear on the point. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 09:22, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 9 August 2013
Coventry City have signed Scottish international Andy Webster. He is a defender. [http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/webster-signs-981249.aspx? CCFC]. Thanks

Skyblueshaun (talk) 16:45, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. What is the exact wikitext you would like to be added to the article, and where do you want it to be placed? — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 09:23, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * p.s. I've added him to the first team squad list, as that seemed like the thing you probably wanted. If you need anything else done to the article, reactivate the edit protected template and please be specific. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 09:34, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 March 2015
Manager-Matthew List Assistant manager - George Ireland

Ccfcanonymous (talk) 17:50, 3 March 2015 (UTC) - Please provide a reliable source for the change. Luke no 94 (tell Luke off here) 19:27, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

History behind club crest
I've been thinking about expanding the main Coventry City F.C. page to include a small section on the history behind the club crest and where the different parts come from. Anyone think it's not relevant or should be included? Craig (talk) 20:33, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

History in brief
The "history in brief" section of this page appears to be of mixed quality, recent-ist and of limited value. Would a proper prose history section, as is typical of football club pages (e.g. Liverpool F.C.), not be more suitable?

--james_mc (talk) 21:19, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Game of Shame
The Wikiticle Jimmy_Hill or Phil Mead were chairman during the Sunderland sinker, a claim that is disputed by a couple of online articles. Examples: . Who's right?  Fossa ?!  11:30, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Article improvement/rewrite
Hi all

I am hoping to start some work on this article, with a view to maybe taking it to GA/FA status in the future. For starters, by writing up a proper history section rather than the rather unusual bullet points that are there at the moment. Liverpool F.C. (a featured article) seems to be a good guide as to how a club article should be structured so could base it off that. If anyone has suggestions or thoughts, please let me know. THanks &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:23, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Courtsy pinging significant contributors:      &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:33, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * An initial thought would be to create a separate article on the rent-strike, ground sharing, and subsequent ongoing litigation and just make brief reference to this in this article or you may find that that could take a significant portion of the article. Keith D (talk) 21:45, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Right, thanks that's a good idea. That way we can preserve the material that's already been written here on those subjects, but not have them dominate the overall page. There's always an issue with recentism in articles, especially events that have happened since Wikipedia was founded, simply because people update things as they hear about them. Even the Liverpool featured article manages to cover almost 100 years of history in the first three paragraphs, with the last 30 years covering the remaining six paragraphs. There's good documentation in books to be able to cover the earlier years of CCFC so will be aiming to do that. Thanks &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 22:35, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Could also be used in the Ricoh Arena article. Keith D (talk) 23:26, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yep. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 08:02, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, it's taken me almost four years to get to this point, but I've now dropped in a new prose-form History section as mentioned above. This contains most of the detail that was already in the "History in brief" so haven't lost too much. As noted above, some recent history has been curtailed rhough. Regarding the rent strike issues that is covered in the same amount of detail at History of Coventry City F.C. so probably doesn't need its own dedicated article yet, unless a lot more is to be written on the subject. Any feedback of edits welcome, and I'll be copyediting it and improving other sections too in the coming months hopefully, with a view to a GA/FA run. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 09:34, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect Badge
Hello all

I have been told (correctly) the main article badge is wrong. It is missing windows on the castle, and the phoenix's eye is missing. This can be annoying when journalists use the image directly from here, and I would hate for it to become the new norm over time. Could someone with more knowledge of image licencing than me please update. Thanks all. Coventryy (talk) 19:56, 31 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes, you are correct, and I have no idea why we are using an incorrect badge. User:RonBot seems to be the person who uploaded the image back in 2018, previously User:Wutzwz in 2017 and User:Malpass93 in 2011. They will have to tell us whether this was for copyright reasons, but frankly my opinion is that the most important thing should be using the correct image. Officially Mr X (talk) 14:22, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Nehme1499 (talk) 19:29, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking into this mate, but you've used a 'retro' badge. A small way to tell the difference is the green area behind the ball, and the light shade of blue. May I recommend this one? https://i2-prod.coventrytelegraph.net/incoming/article8068484.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_citybadge.jpg Coventryy (talk) 19:38, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I don't know how to convert jpg to svg. You will need to find someone who does. P.S. remember the "1499" in my username next time you ping me :) Nehme<b style="font-family:Verdana;color:#27B382">1499</b> (<b style="font-size:80%;color:#a9a9a9">talk</b>) 19:54, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok nevermind, I've uploaded a new file. This should be ok. <b style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:80%;color:#000080">Nehme</b><b style="font-family:Verdana;color:#27B382">1499</b> (<b style="font-size:80%;color:#a9a9a9">talk</b>) 20:03, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Seasons section
As all of the 'Seasons' section on this page is already included on a separate page: List of Coventry City F.C. seasons, would it not make sense to remove the list on here and link to the separate page to avoid duplication. Furthermore, it seems quite arbitrary to show the seasons from 1958–59 onwards. Would anyone have any objections to removal? Michaeldble (talk) 12:44, 29 June 2023 (UTC)