2007–08 Coventry City F.C. season

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Coventry City F.C.
Season 2007–08

Review and events

Monthly events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007-08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

August:

September:

October:

  • Managing Director Paul Fletcher announces his resignation.[4]
  • Acting Chairman Geoffrey Robinson MP stands down with Joe Elliott taking his place.[5]
  • Transfer embago installed due to failure to pay installment on Leon Best transfer.[6]

November

  • Potential takeover by Ray Ranson fronted SISU consortium hits an alleged financial stumbling block.

December

  • With less than an hour before deadline, takeover by Ray Ranson fronted SISU consortium goes through.[7]
  • Club and new owners SISU file intent to go into administration as a precaution.

January

  • Transfer embago imposed in October is lifted.[8]

February

March

April

  • Jay Tabb is voted the official Fans' Players of the Season, while Leon Best picks up Young Player Award.[12]

May

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

Northampton Town1 – 1Coventry City
Kirk 73' (Report) Best 21'
Ward Red card 71'
Glentoran1 – 2Coventry City
Nixon pen 89' (Report) Hawkins 47'
McKenzie 53'
Ballymena United0 – 6Coventry City
(Report) Mifsud 13'
Doyle 45'
Gray 50', 55'
Adebola 62'
Simpson 86'
Coventry City1 – 1RCD Espanyol
Tabb 44'
Doyle Red card 60'		 (Report) Torrejón 28'
Rufete Red card 60'
Coventry City0 – 2Udinese
(Report) D'Agostino 18'
Gyan 80'
Bedworth United0 – 3Coventry City
(Report) Simpson 16', 63'
Hildreth 86'
The Oval Ground, Bedworth

Championship

Barnsley1 – 4Coventry City
Howard pen 9' (Report) McKenzie 6'
Kyle 50'
Gray 65'
Mifsud 90'
Attendance: 12,616
Referee: Scott Mathieson
Coventry City1 – 1Hull City
McKenzie 51' (Report) Barmby 62'
Ricketts Red card 68'
Attendance: 21,059
Referee: Barry Knight
Cardiff City0 – 1Coventry City
(Report) Tabb 23'
Attendance: 16,407
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
Coventry City2 – 1Preston North End
Adebola 80'
Doyle 85'		 (Report) Agyemang 16'
Attendance: 17,551
Coventry City0 – 3Bristol City
(Report) McIndoe 15'
Konstantopoulos og 74'
Byfield 90'
Attendance: 21,538
Referee: Phil Joslin
Crystal Palace1 – 1Coventry City
Green 26' (Report) Best 87'
Attendance: 14,455
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Ipswich Town4 – 1Coventry City
De Vos 10'
Couñago 24', 57'
Walters 40'		 (Report) S. Hughes 69'
Attendance: 18,840
Referee: Trevor Kettle
Coventry City1 – 1Charlton Athletic
Mifsud 84' (Report) Sam 15'
Attendance: 19,021
Coventry City3 – 1Blackpool
Doyle pen 44'
Mifsud 69'
Simpson 86'		 (Report) Morrell 32'
Gorkšs Red card 81'
Attendance: 15,803
Referee: Mike Thorpe
Wolverhampton Wanderers1 – 0Coventry City
Collins 90' (Report)
Attendance: 24,338
Referee: Keith Stroud
Plymouth Argyle1 – 0Coventry City
Martin 16' (Report)
Attendance: 11,576
Referee: Keith Hill
Coventry City0 – 3Watford
(Report) Johnson 30'
King 42'
Henderson 46'
Attendance: 17,032
Referee: Lee Probert
Coventry City1 – 0Colchester United
Mifsud 81' (Report) Sheringham Red card 90'
Attendance: 23,431
Referee: Rayford Lee
Stoke City1 – 3Coventry City
Lawrence 72' (Report) Mifsud 58', 79'
Adebola 53'
Attendance: 11,576
Queens Park Rangers1 – 2Coventry City
Buzsáky 50' (Report) Mifsud 61'
Kyle 90'
Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 11,922
Referee: Anthony Bates
Coventry City0 – 4West Bromwich Albion
Mifsud Red card 11' (Report) Robinson 56'
Teixeira 58', 73'
Koren 90'
Attendance: 18,566
Referee: Phil Dowd
Norwich City2 – 0Coventry City
Chadwick 34'
Cureton 77'		 (Report)
Attendance: 24,590
Referee: Andy D'Urso
Coventry City1 – 1Scunthorpe United
Doyle pen 51' (Report) Cork 68'
Murphy Red card 49'
Youga Red card 84'
Attendance: 14,036
Referee: Mike Jones
Coventry City0 – 1Sheffield United
(Report) Armstrong 62'
Attendance: 20,355
Referee: Colin Webster
West Bromwich Albion2 – 4Coventry City
Bednář 52'
Brunt 65'
Robinson Red card 71'		 (Report) Best 6', 83'
Mifsud 11', 86'
Attendance: 20,641
Coventry City1 – 1Southampton
Tabb 19' (Report) Wright-Phillips 59'
Attendance: 19,143
Blackpool4 – 0Coventry City
Hoolahan pen 28'
Flynn 65'
Gorkšs 72'
Vernon 88'		 (Report) Kyle Red card 31'
Attendance: 8,690
Coventry City0 – 2Crystal Palace
(Report) Morrison 47'
Ifill 88'
Attendance: 22,134
Referee: Keith Stroud
Coventry City2 – 1Ipswich Town
Gray 11'
Adebola 64'		 (Report) Haynes 42'
Miller Red card 86'
Attendance: 18,346
Referee: Iain Williamson
Bristol City2 – 1Coventry City
Byfield 5'
Elliott 67'		 (Report) Adebola 72'
Attendance: 15,899
Referee: Paul Taylor
Leicester City2 – 0Coventry City
Howard 11'
Hayles 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 23,905
Coventry City1 – 2Burnley
Doyle 26'
Kyle Red card 56'		 (Report) Akinbiyi 10'
Blake 68'
Attendance: 17,347
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
Hull City1 – 0Coventry City
Folan 90' (Report)
Attendance: 14,822
Referee: Clive Oliver
Coventry City4 – 0Barnsley
Best 37', 84'
Gray 70'
Tabb 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,449
Referee: Mike Russell
Preston North End1 – 0Coventry City
St Ledger 21' (Report)
Attendance: 11,857
Referee: Mike Pike
Coventry City0 – 0Cardiff City
(Report)
Attendance: 15,260
Referee: Danny McDermid
Coventry City2 – 0Leicester City
Ward pen 32'
Best 79'		 (Report)
Attendance: 23,129
Referee: Keith Stroud
Burnley2 – 0Coventry City
McCann 20'
Caldwell 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,779
Referee: Anthony Bates
Scunthorpe United2 – 1Coventry City
Paterson 15'
Cork 66'		 (Report) Thornton pen 21'
Attendance: 5,866
Referee: Steve Bratt
Queens Park Rangers0 – 0Coventry City
(Report)
Attendance: 15,225
Referee: Mike Dean
Coventry City1 – 0Norwich City
Tabb 6' (Report) Doherty Red card 53'
Russell Red card 85'
Attendance: 18,108
Referee: Paul Taylor
Sheffield United2 – 1Coventry City
Sharp 69'
Speed 78'		 (Report) Ward pen 81'
Attendance: 23,864
Referee: Trevor Kettle
Coventry City0 – 0Sheffield Wednesday
(Report)
Attendance: 19,283
Referee: Jarnail Singh
Southampton0 – 0Coventry City
(Report)
Attendance: 22,014
Referee: Clive Penton
Coventry City3 – 1Plymouth Argyle
Doyle 37', 43'
Tabb 65'		 (Report) MacLean 81'
Attendance: 18,775
Referee: Richard Beeby
Sheffield Wednesday1 – 1Coventry City
Wood 90' (Report) Hines 82'
Attendance: 21,110
Referee: Graham Laws
Watford2 – 1Coventry City
Ellington 7'
Smith 79'		 (Report) Best 59'
Attendance: 17,188
Coventry City1 – 2Stoke City
Ward pen 31' (Report) Fuller pen 55'
Lawrence 79'
Attendance: 20,249
Referee: Uriah Rennie
Colchester United1 – 5Coventry City
Vernon 17' (Report) Best 48'
Fox 51'
Ward pen 78', pen 90'
Doyle 80'
Attendance: 5,836
Referee: Colin Webster
Coventry City1 – 1Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ward 18' (Report) Ebanks-Blake pen 53'
Attendance: 27,992
Referee: Paul Armstrong
Charlton Athletic4 – 1Coventry City
Varney 4'
Gray 19'
Basey 48'
Powell 86'		 (Report) Mifsud 20'
Attendance: 26,130
Referee: Andy D'Urso

League Cup

Coventry City3 – 0Notts County
Adebola 47'
Best 67'
Simpson 78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,735
Referee: Rayford Lee
Carlisle United0 – 2Coventry City
(Report) Mifsud 21', 56'
Attendance: 5,744
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Manchester United0 – 2Coventry City
(Report) Mifsud 27', 70'
Attendance: 74,055
Referee: Mark Halsey
Coventry City1 – 2West Ham United
Tabb 68' (Report) Hall og 72'
Cole 90'
Attendance: 23,968
Referee: Rob Styles

FA Cup

Blackburn Rovers1 – 4Coventry City
Bentley 85' (Report) Mifsud 34', 90'
Ward pen 64'
Adebola 83'
Attendance: 14,421
Referee: Lee Probert
Coventry City2 – 1Millwall
S. Hughes 16'
Mifsud 52'		 (Report) Simpson 42'
Attendance: 17,268
Referee: Nigel Miller
Coventry City0 – 5West Bromwich Albion
Doyle Red card 48' (Report) Brunt 12'
Bednář 59', pen 69'
Miller 76'
Gera 78'
Attendance: 28,163
Referee: Mark Halsey

Season statistics

Starts and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Greece GRE Dimitrios Konstantopoulos 23 0 21 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF Netherlands NED Arjan De Zeeuw 18 0 16 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF England ENG Marcus Hall 19 0 17 0 1 0 1 0
4 DF Wales WAL Robert Page 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Daniel Fox 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England ENG Elliott Ward 40 7 35 6 2 0 3 1
6 MF England ENG Stephen Hughes 36 2 32 1 3 0 1 1
7 MF England ENG Wayne Andrews (on loan to Leeds United & Bristol Rovers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Ireland EIR Michael Doyle 49 7 42 7 4 0 3 0
9 FW Nigeria NGA Dele Adebola 19 6 15 4 2 1 2 1
9 FW England ENG Zavon Hines (on loan from West Ham United) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Kyle 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 0
11 MF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Chris Birchall (on loan to St. Mirren) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Netherlands NED Ellery Cairo 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
15 FW England ENG Leon McKenzie 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0
16 MF England ENG Isaac Osbourne 44 0 37 0 4 0 3 0
17 FW Malta MLT Michael Mifsud 40 17 34 10 3 4 3 3
18 DF Scotland SCO David McNamee 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0
19 DF England ENG Stuart Giddings (on loan to Oldham Athletic) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Ireland EIR Colin Hawkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Ireland EIR Jay Tabb 46 6 40 5 3 1 3 0
22 FW Ireland EIR Leon Best 34 9 29 8 3 1 2 0
23 GK Australia AUS Danny Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW England ENG Robbie Simpson 12 2 10 1 1 1 1 0
25 MF England ENG Julian Gray 23 3 20 3 2 0 1 0
26 DF England ENG Scott Dann 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael Hughes 18 0 16 0 0 0 2 0
28 DF England ENG Gary Borrowdale 25 0 20 0 3 0 2 0
29 MF England ENG Kevin Thornton 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0
30 MF England ENG Liam Davis 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
31 FW England ENG Donovan Simmonds (on loan to Gillingham) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK Denmark DEN Kasper Schmeichel (on loan from Manchester City) 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK England ENG Andy Marshall 21 0 16 0 4 0 1 0
34 DF England ENG Ben Turner 22 0 19 0 2 0 1 0
35 MF England ENG Lee Hildreth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF England ENG Liam Francis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Wales WAL Richard Duffy (on loan from Portsmouth) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Player substitutions are not included.

Goalscorers

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
Michael Mifsud 10 4 3 17
Leon Best 8 1 0 09
Elliott Ward 6 0 1 07
Michael Doyle 7 0 0 07
Jay Tabb 5 1 0 06
Dele Adebola 4 1 1 06
Julian Gray 3 0 0 03
Robbie Simpson 1 1 0 02
Leon McKenzie 2 0 0 02
Kevin Kyle 2 0 0 02
Stephen Hughes 1 0 1 01
Kevin Thornton 1 0 0 01
Zavon Hines 1 0 0 01
Daniel Fox 1 0 0 01

Yellow cards

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
Leon Best 10 1 0 Yellow card 11
Michael Doyle 7 0 1 Yellow card 8
Elliott Ward 7 0 0 Yellow card 7
Stephen Hughes 7 0 0 Yellow card 7
Isaac Osbourne 5 1 0 Yellow card 6
Arjan De Zeeuw 6 0 0 Yellow card 6
Daniel Fox 5 0 0 Yellow card 5
Jay Tabb 4 0 0 Yellow card 4
Michael Mifsud 4 0 0 Yellow card 4
Robbie Simpson 3 0 0 Yellow card 3
David McNamee 3 0 0 Yellow card 3
Kevin Kyle 3 0 0 Yellow card 3
Scott Dann 3 0 0 Yellow card 3
Gary Borrowdale 3 0 0 Yellow card 3
Dele Adebola 2 1 0 Yellow card 3
Kevin Thornton 2 0 0 Yellow card 2
Michael Hughes 2 0 0 Yellow card 2
Liam Davis 2 0 0 Yellow card 2
Ellery Cairo 2 0 0 Yellow card 2
Ben Turner 2 0 0 Yellow card 2
Leon McKenzie 1 0 0 Yellow card 1
Marcus Hall 1 0 0 Yellow card 1
Julian Gray 0 0 1 Yellow card 1
Richard Duffy 1 0 0 Yellow card 1

Red cards

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
Kevin Kyle 2 0 0 Red card 2
Michael Doyle 1 0 0 Red card 1
Michael Mifsud 1 0 0 Red card 1

Transfers

Transfers In

Player From Date Fee
Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos Hartlepool United 25 May 2007 Free[14]
Netherlands Arjan De Zeeuw Wigan Athletic 30 June 2007 Free[15]
Netherlands Ellery Cairo Hertha Berlin 30 June 2007 Free[15]
England Donovan Simmonds Charlton Athletic 1 July 2007 Free[16]
England Robbie Simpson Cambridge United 1 July 2007 £40,000[17]
England Leon Best Southampton 6 July 2007 £650,000[18]
England Gary Borrowdale Crystal Palace 6 July 2007 £400,000[18]
Northern Ireland Michael Hughes Crystal Palace 6 July 2007 Free[19]
England Julian Gray Birmingham City 10 July 2007 Free[20]
England Daniel Fox Walsall 28 January 2008 Undisclosed[21]
England Scott Dann Walsall 1 February 2008 Undisclosed[22]

Transfers Out

Player To Date Fee
England Arran Lee-Barrett Hartlepool United 25 May 2007 Free[14]
England Andrew Whing Brighton & Hove Albion 7 June 2007 Free[23]
Senegal Khalilou Fadiga K.A.A. Gent 1 July 2007 Free
New Zealand Che Bunce Waikato FC 1 July 2007 Free[24]
Scotland Don Hutchison Luton Town 26 July 2007 Free[25]
Scotland Colin Cameron Milton Keynes Dons 1 August 2007 Free[26]
England Cameron Belford Bury 10 August 2007 Free[27]
England Ryan Lynch Crewe Alexandra 17 August 2007 Free[28]
England Andrew Gooding Rushden & Diamonds 1 January 2008 Free[29]
Wales Robert Page Huddersfield Town 21 January 2008 Free[30]
Nigeria Dele Adebola Bristol City 31 January 2008 Undisclosed[31]

Loans In

Player From Date From Date Till
Denmark Kasper Schmeichel Manchester City 13 March 2008 5 May 2008[32]
Wales Richard Duffy Portsmouth 21 March 2008 6 April 2008[33]
England Zavon Hines West Ham United 27 March 2008 5 May 2008[34]

Loans Out

Player To Date From Date Till
England Stuart Giddings Oldham Athletic 10 August 2007 1 January 2008[35]
Trinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall St Mirren 31 August 2007 2 December 2007[36]
England Andrew Gooding Burton Albion 31 August 2007 18 November 2007[37]
England Wayne Andrews Leeds United 1 October 2007 1 November 2007[38]
Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos Nottingham Forest 25 March 2008 29 March 2008[39]
Scotland Kevin Kyle Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 January 2008 20 April 2008[40]
Republic of Ireland Colin Hawkins Chesterfield 27 March 2008 4 May 2008[41]
England Wayne Andrews Bristol Rovers 27 March 2008 27 April 2008[42]
England Donovan Simmonds Gillingham 27 March 2008 27 April 2008[43]

Kit profile

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Cassidy Group

Home Strip
Away Strip

References

  1. ^ "Dowie handed Championship award". BBC Sport. 2008-09-30.
  2. ^ "Tribunal sets fee for Best move". BBC Sport. 2008-09-25.
  3. ^ "Tribunal decides Borrowdale fee". BBC Sport. 2008-09-26.
  4. ^ "Coventry saved by late takeover". BBC Sport. 2008-12-14.
  5. ^ "Robinson steps down". BBC Sport. 2008-10-10.
  6. ^ "Coventry under transfer embargo". BBC Sport. 2008-10-23.
  7. ^ "Sky Blues chief Fletcher resigns". BBC Sport. 2008-10-05.
  8. ^ "Sky Blues able to wheel and deal". BBC Sport. 2008-01-17.
  9. ^ "Dowie sacked as Coventry manager". BBC Sport. 2008-02-11.
  10. ^ "Coleman unveiled as Coventry boss". BBC Sport. 2008-02-19.
  11. ^ "England call-up for Coventry duo". BBC Sport. 2008-03-19.
  12. ^ "Tabb top of Coventry fans poll". BBC Sport. 2008-04-23.
  13. ^ "Charlton 4-1 Coventry". BBC Sport. 2008-05-04.
  14. ^ a b "Coventry capture Konstantopoulos". BBC Sport. 2007-05-25.
  15. ^ a b "Coventry sign De Zeeuw and Cairo". BBC Sport. 2007-06-30.
  16. ^ "Simmonds clinches move". CCFC Official Site. 2007-06-04.
  17. ^ "Cambridge star to join Coventry". BBC Sport. 2007-07-01.
  18. ^ a b "Coventry sign Best and Borrowdale". BBC Sport. 2007-07-06.
  19. ^ "Coventry move to snap up Hughes". BBC Sport. 2007-07-06.
  20. ^ "Coventry sign Birmingham's Gray". BBC Sport. 2007-07-10.
  21. ^ "Daniel Fox set to sign for Coventry City today". Coventry Telegraph. 2008-01-28.
  22. ^ "Coventry sign Dann from Walsall". BBC Sport. 2008-01-01.
  23. ^ "Seagulls take Whing permanently". BBC Sport. 2007-06-07.
  24. ^ "Coventry trio told they can leave". BBC Sport. 2007-04-13.
  25. ^ "Midfielder Hutchison joins Luton". BBC Sport. 2007-07-26.
  26. ^ "Veteran Cameron seals Dons move". BBC Sport. 2007-08-01.
  27. ^ "Bury snap up Richardson & Belford". BBC Sport. 2007-08-12.
  28. ^ "Crewe set to sign Abbey and Lynch". BBC Sport. 2007-07-30.
  29. ^ "Rushden sign Corcoran and Brown". BBC Sport. 2007-02-01.
  30. ^ "Huddersfield complete Page swoop". BBC Sport. 2007-01-21.
  31. ^ "Bristol City sign striker Adebola". BBC Sport. 2007-01-31.
  32. ^ "Schmeichel joins Sky Blues". Sky Sports. 2008-03-13.
  33. ^ "Duffy returns to Coventry". Sky Sports. 2008-03-21.
  34. ^ "Coventry sign Hines as trio leave". BBC Sport. 2008-03-27.
  35. ^ "Sky Blues loan Giddings to Oldham". BBC Sport. 2007-08-10.
  36. ^ "Buddies complete Birchall signing". BBC Sport. 2007-08-31. [dead link]
  37. ^ "Halifax sign Burton striker Shaw". BBC Sport. 2007-08-31.
  38. ^ "Leeds recruit Andrews & De Vries". BBC Sport. 2007-10-01.
  39. ^ "Forest swoop for Coventry keeper". BBC Sport. 2008-03-25.
  40. ^ "Kyle joins Wolves from Coventry". BBC Sport. 2008-01-30.
  41. ^ "Chesterfield make triple signing". BBC Sport. 2008-03-27.
  42. ^ "Rovers make double loan signing". BBC Sport. 2007-03-27.
  43. ^ "Simmonds signs on loan for Gills". BBC Sport. 2007-03-27.

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