It saw Coventry pitted with 1986–87 Scottish Cup winners St. Mirren, however poor attendances at the first leg (a 1–1 draw at Highfield Road) meant that the revival was halted, and the second leg was never played.
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Coventry entered the Texaco Cup for the first time in 1971–72 and faced Falkirk in the first round, and needed extra time to beat them, to set up a tie with Newcastle United.
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Griffiths then splashed out in the transfer market, spending £60,000 to bring in Dixie McNeil from Hereford United as Ashcroft's replacement; £8,000 for Dai Davies from Everton; and £40,000 to Coventry City for Les Cartwright.
Aron has played club football in Iceland, the Netherlands, England and Wales for Þór Akureyri, AZ, Coventry City and Cardiff City.
Prenderville was an underage international player for Ireland when he signed for Coventry City from Cherry Orchard as a schoolboy.
His son John Camkin, a journalist and broadcaster, who lived in Leamington Spa served on the board of Coventry City and was secretary of the League Managers Association.
Harry Storer was appointed Coventry City manager in April 1931 and, having noticed him while Storer played for Burnley, Bourton joined the club ahead of the 1931–32 season.
He remained at the club for five years, and then joined Coventry City in an exchange deal for Tommy Briggs.
In the 2004–05 season former Coventry City player David Busst led them to promotion to the Premier Division but the club was relegated straight back down after just one season.
George Arthur Wynn (14 October 1886 in Treflach nr. Oswestry – 28 October 1966 in Abergele, Denbighshire) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward for Oswestry United, Wrexham, Manchester City, Coventry City and Halifax Town.
"Hot Shot Tottenham!" was a single released by the English football team Tottenham Hotspur, accompanied by Chas & Dave, to celebrate reaching the 1987 FA Cup Final (which Tottenham lost to Coventry City).
Ferenczi started the first game of the season against Coventry City and was tugged and pulled all over the place by Elliott Ward but had no favours given to him by the referee.
In the 2001 summer, Elá signed for Southampton in England, penning a three-year contract after turning down Coventry City.
The game reached its zenith in the final minutes when Blyth saved Jim Ryan's penalty kick to help the Sky Blues to a 5–4 victory.
She made her journalistic debut in 1969 after being asked to write a report on a football match between Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur, becoming the first female Fleet Street journalist to report on a game of football.
Hodge was part of an unusual and rare incident on 25 October 1986 when during the Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry City match, City goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic scored a freak goal directly from a kick out of his hand with the help of a following wind.
Born in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, Booty started his career as a trainee at Coventry City, but struggled to break into the first team.
Norwich's first taste of European competition was in the Texaco Cup in the 1972–73 season.
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After being beaten finalists the previous year, Norwich had a second go at the Texaco Cup in the 1973–74 season.
Olympiacos opened the second round of the group stage with a draw 0–0 to Real Madrid at the Karaiskakis Stadium and kept alive the record of being undefeated by Real Madrid in Athens in four matches, while the Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2–1 in Stadio Olimpico.
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They went to Anfield to play the last match against Liverpool and in order to progress they had either not to lose, or to score and not lose by more than one goal difference.
Partick Thistle Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in the Maryhill area of Glasgow.
Four other managers have won an award with two or more clubs: Martin O'Neill with Leicester City, Aston Villa and Sunderland, Brendan Rodgers with Swansea City and Liverpool, Stuart Pearce with Nottingham Forest and Manchester City, and Gordon Strachan with Coventry City and Southampton.
A Frazer Wright goal in Trondheim, the home city of Rosenborg, gave the Perth club a chance of proceeding to the next round and, despite an early goal by Rosenborg in the home leg at McDiarmid Park, a Stevie May goal in front of 7,850 supporters (almost all behind the home club) was enough for St. Johnstone to earn a place in the third qualifying round against FC Minsk of Belarus.
Talbot was the main sponsor of Coventry City football club from 1981 to 1983, and at one stage the club's chairman Jimmy Hill was planning to change the club's name to "Coventry Talbot".
He had previously worked with Coventry City, West Ham United and The Football Association before becoming one of Mark Hughes' first appointments when he took over as manager of Blackburn Rovers in 2004.
Outside of major competitions, the club took part in the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1975–76 and 1993–94.