Coventry City Greatest Games

Coventry City Greatest Games is packed with unforgettable players, classic matches and defining moments from more than a century of Sky Blues history.


From Michael Keane, author of The Coventry City Miscellany, The FA Cup Miscellany, Football in the 1980s and Football in the 1990s.


Whatever your era – from Jimmy Hill to Mark Robins, from the fourth division to the Premier League – City’s glory days are here. Whether you cheered for Curtis, Ogrizovic or Regis, Ndlovu, Dublin, Hamer or Gyökeres, you’ll find a galaxy of stars to remember.


Inside you will discover:


• Fifty gripping match reports of Coventry City’s most memorable games, from the earliest days at Highfield Road to the most recent Wembley trips

• Long-buried accounts of skullduggery off the pitch

• A compelling account of Jimmy Hill’s ground-breaking, promotion-winning era

• Humblings of top flight giants – when Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and others came to Highfield Road, took a beating and left empty-handed

• Promotion battles with Wolves and Luton, and dramatic relegation escapes against Bristol City, Everton and Tottenham

• Detailed recollections of the legendary 1987 FA Cup triumph and the thrilling 2024 run

• Insightful reflections on City’s most remarkable recent moments under Mark Robins


If Coventry City are your team, this book is for you. It offers a grandstand view of a Sky Blue memory lane.