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Coventry United
Full nameCoventry United Football Club
Nickname(s)Cov United
Founded1 July 2013; 11 years ago (2013-07-01)
GroundButts Park Arena, Coventry (Groundshare at Coventry R.F.C.)
Capacity3,000
ChairmanPeter Reynolds
ManagerTerry Anderson
LeagueUnited Counties League Premier Division South
2023–24United Counties League Premier Division South, 14th of 20

Coventry United Football Club is an English association football club based in Coventry in the West Midlands. The team competes in the United Counties League Premier Division South (the 9th highest tier in English football) after being promoted at the end of the 2015–16 season.

The club was founded in 2013 by chairman Jason Kay along with three co-chairmen Jason Timms, Marcus Green and Pete Schofield and Club secretary Graham Wood in reaction to Coventry City moving from the Ricoh Arena to Northampton to play at Sixfields Stadium.[1] Edwin Greaves had been in charge at the club since its formation until Spring 2016, when he was replaced by current manager Terry Anderson.

On 4 July 2015, the club announced the takeover of Coventry City Ladies F.C, rebranding the ladies side Coventry United Ladies F.C.[2]

History

  • 2013 – The club is founded by four friends after the problems surrounding local club Coventry City.
  • 2014 – Coventry United defeat Polesworth 28–0[3]
  • 2014 - Coventry United win promotion from the Midland Football League Division Three after finishing 2nd place.
  • 2015 – In April, Coventry United were crowned champions of the Midland Football League Division Two with six league games remaining.[4]
  • 2015 - In July, the club announced the takeover of Coventry City Ladies Football Club, re-branding the Woman's Premier League side as Coventry United Ladies Football Club.
  • 2016 - Again in April, the team win the Midland Football League Division One, gaining promotion to the Midland Football League Premier Division.
  • 2016 - In October, Coventry United won the "Club of the Year" award at the Coventry & Warwickshire Sports Awards. They were also runners up in the "Team of the Year" category.

Colours

Coventry United's home kit is made up from the city's civic colours. The shirt is a dark red Adidas designed top that prominently features the logo of the current club sponsors "Graham The Plumbers' Merchant"[5] on the front. The shorts and socks are the same shade of dark green. The club's away strip is a full white strip which is also sponsored by Graham The Plumbers' Merchant.

At the start of the 2014–15 season, Coventry unveiled their third kit for the season which is a full sky blue strip that references local professional club Coventry City.

Ladies

On 4 July 2015, Coventry City Ladies F.C. announced that they will merge with Coventry United and be rebranded as Coventry United Ladies F.C. from the beginning of the 2015–16 Women's Premier League season.[6]

The move means that the team will play in Coventry United Men's team colours, also the cities civic colours, red and green rather than Coventry City's sky blue. They will also continue playing home games at The Bedworth Oval.[7] The clubs were keen to point out that the ladies team will still be independently run, with its own board of directors.

Players

First team squad

As of 09 February 2017.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG Mitchell Piggon
— GK England ENG Richard Morris
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Joe Connor
— GK England ENG David Allen
— DF England ENG Lewis Ison
— DF England ENG Ben Vallance
— DF England ENG Pierre Moudime
— DF England ENG Jamie Coleman
— DF England ENG Thomas Glasscoe
— DF England ENG Robert Prinzel
— MF England ENG Chris Cox (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Jean Dakouri
— MF England ENG Jimmy Halton
— MF England ENG Courtney Cameron
— MF England ENG Gift Mussa
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Kevin Thornton
— MF England ENG Joshua O'Grady
— MF England ENG Muziwandile Nduna
— FW England ENG Kai Williams
— FW England ENG Brian Ndlovu

Backroom staff and club officials

Name Position
England Terry Anderson Manager
England Luke Morton Assistant Manager
England Harry Barnes Coach
Portugal Jose Asencio Coach
England Jamie Burkaski U21 Manager
England Craig Ludford U21 Assistant Manager
England Reece Palmer U21 Coach
England Johnny Morris U21 Coach
England Graham Wood Club Secretary
England Stephen Kershaw U21 Secretary

Seasons

Year[8] League Level P W D L F A GD Pts Position Leading league scorer(s) Goals FA Cup FA Trophy Average attendance
2013–14 Midland Combination Div. Two 12 30 22 2 6 105 33 +72 68 2nd of 16
Promoted as runners-up 		Daniel Stokes
Brian Ndlovu
Nathan Stoute 		26
17
8 		not eligible not eligible not enough data
2014–15 Midland League Div. Two 11 30 22 4 4 97 40 +57 70 1st of 16
Promoted as champions 		Daniel Stokes
Joshua Blake
Sean Kavanagh 		24
17
10 		not eligible not eligible 97
2015–16 Midland League Div. One 10 38 33 1 4 123 33 +90 100 1st of 20
Promoted as champions 		Joshua O'Grady
Matthew Brown
Chris Cox 		29
15
15 		DNP not eligible 98
2016–17 Midland League Premier Div. 9 42 18 8 16 63 57 +6 62 8th of 22 Kai Williams
Chris Cox
Joshua O'Grady 		14
12
11 		QR1 not eligible 100

Records and honours

Club honours

2

Records

  • Biggest league win: Coventry United 28–0 Polesworth (17 April 2014)
  • Biggest league loss: Coleshill Town 4-0 Coventry United (23 August 2016)
  • First competitive goal for the club: Stefan McGrath (10 October 2013)
  • Most goals scored in one game by a single player: 6 – Daniel Stokes (Coventry United 28–0 Polesworth; 17 April 2014)
  • Longest unbeaten run (all competitions): 25 matches (8 November 2014 – 4 May 2015)
  • Longest unbeaten run (league only): 21 matches (4 October 2014 – 4 May 2015)
  • Most clean sheets in a row (all competitions): 6 (19 April 2016 – 7 August 2016)
  • Most clean sheets in a row (league only) : 8 (19 April 2016 – 23 August 2016)

References

  1. ^ http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11710/8813931/coventry-city-to-play-home-matches-at-northamptons-sixfields-stadium
  2. ^ http://www.cclfc.co.uk/news/new-era-as-culfc.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/sky-blues-protest-club-coventry-7005747
  4. ^ http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-united-fc-promoted-second-9010109
  5. ^ http://www.channelgraham.co.uk/content/graham_scores_with_coventry_united#.V--4oOArI2x
  6. ^ http://www.cclfc.co.uk/news/new-era-as-culfc.aspx
  7. ^ http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/
  8. ^ "Midland Football League". full-time.thefa.com. 21 August 2016.

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