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Wolves have Leon Clarke bid accepted.

Coventry City have this evening accepted Wolves’ third bid for want-away striker Leon Clarke. Wolves, who have already had two bids for League One’s top goalscorer rejected, have now been granted permission to discuss personal terms with the Wolverhampton born striker. Wolves boss Kenny Jackett is looking to offload Leigh Griffiths to Celtic to free … Continue reading

City to bring in Nathan Delfouneso on loan?

Coventry City manager Steven Pressley is reportedly looking to bring in Aston Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso to solve the Sky Blues’ striker shortage ahead of deadline day on Friday. Following the 2-0 loss to Leyton Orient last night, Pressley revealed he feels let down by Leon Clarke, who earlier this month handed in a transfer request … Continue reading

Second Leon Clarke bid rejected.

Ahead of tomorrow evening’s trip to high-flying Leyton Orient, Coventry City manager Steven Pressley has confirmed the club have rejected a second bid for Leon Clarke. The want-away striker, who tops the League’s goalscoring charts with 18 goals already this season, handed in a transfer request following the 2-2 draw with Crawley earlier this month … Continue reading

Dagnall signs for Orient.

Former Coventry City loanee Chris Dagnall has this afternoon signed for fellow League One side Leyton Orient. The 27 year old striker had become a free agent earlier this month after being released by Championship side Barnsley. Dagnall spent December on loan at City from the Championship side, making four starts and two substitute appearances … Continue reading

Danny Seaborne completes Coventry City switch.

Central defender Danny Seaborne has completed his expected move from Championship side Yeovil Town to Coventry City. Seaborne had originally joined The Sky Blues on loan from throughout December, going on to make seven appearances for Steven Pressley’s side. Seaborne was however hit with a three-game suspension by The FA for an incident with City’s … Continue reading

City to miss out on Dicko again.

Coventry City are to miss out on the loan signing of current Wigan Athletic forward Nouha Dicko for the second time. Wigan manager Uwe Rosler confirmed on Thursday that he was looking at Dicko’s future with a number of clubs having made enquiries. Sky Blues’ manager Steven Pressley had previously attempted to sign the 21-year-old … Continue reading

Chris Dagnall becomes free agent after leaving Barnsley.

Former Coventry City loanee has today agreed a mutual termination of his Barnsley contract; becoming a free agent. Dagnall made four starts and two substitute appearances in his one month loan from The Championship side, scoring once on his debut in City’s 3-1 win away at MK Dons. After joining Barnsley from Scunthorpe, Dagnall made … Continue reading

Aaron Phillips signs new two-and-a-half year contract.

Ahead of this afternoon’s League One fixture away at Rotherham United, right-back Aaron Phillips has signed a new two-and-a-half year contract with Coventry City. Phillips, who starts the game at The New York Stadium on the substitutes bench has made 12 appearances for The Sky Blues this season after making his senior debut in the … Continue reading

Behind the numbers: 2013 in review.

2013 has been a roller-coaster year for Coventry City fans, whilst off the field events have dominated, on the pitch events have been just as dramatic. City scored 111 goals in the calendar year, of which 27 (24%) were scored by Leon Clarke in just 41 appearances which averages at a goal every 1.5 games. … Continue reading

Historically, how do Coventry City recover from conceding five goals?

Yesterday afternoon, Tranmere Rovers travelled to Sixfields with most of their fans hoping to take a point back to Merseyside. At 15:50, though Rovers had ended Coventry City’s long unbeaten run. Emphatically. A hat-trick from Ryan Lowe, which was the second in consecutive games following Nahki Well’s matchball winning performance for Bradford last weekend, alongside … Continue reading