On this day 1975 my mum passed away aged 42 ,she took me to my first Cov match back in 1968, I had the dvd of the Man Utd match from 1972 as a christmas present 10 years ago and there she was on it.
@BelperTownFC
@covmartin
Belper have won the toss and are kicking towards the shallow end, their teenage Keeper makes his debut and looks likes he's been thrown in at the deep end
Congratulations to Keith Houchen for making on to the Royal mail stamps to commemorate 150 of the FA Cup,The Queen gave the go ahead for it to be produced.
@ccfpa
A couple of day before the 1987 FA Cup final The Sky Blues spent a couple of hours looking around Wembley and a little training session on the pitch,Willie Carr & Ernie Hunt were there too to do the 'Donkey Kick'
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Hope Coventry folk get off their backsides & vote this council out next month,Council are killing this great City and football club. quick enough to build student flats on any spare piece of land,they get money from rent and rates from old Highfield Road site ...rant over !!!
I would like to take this opportunity to wish Mark Robins Sky Blue Army all the best at Wembley on Monday in the League two play off final. 'Play Up Sky Blues'
On this day 1987 over 300,000 people packed into Coventry City centre to welcome home the victorious Sky Blues after winning the FA Cup the previous day.
@ccfpa
On this day 1998
@Coventry_City
slash out £2.6m for a player from Real Betis who never played a single game,he sat in stand for a friendly in his shades,and was sold to Real Madrid for £3.4m a week later ,Robert Jarni will go down in City's history as the signing that never was.
On this day 1987 I boarded a coach in Pool meadow as it made its way to Yorkshire as
@Coventry_City
were playing Sheff Weds in an FA Cup 6th round tie,it was so worth it A Cyrille Regis goal and two from Keith Houchen sent City through to their 1st FA Cup Semi Final .
On this day 1958 the very much missed Cyrille Regis was born in French Guiana. started off at non league Hayes before moving to WBA,Signed for
@Coventry_City
by
@TheGouldfather
in 1984 scoring 62 goals in 281 games,then onto Villa,Wolves Wycombe & Chester. 5 England Caps
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On this day 1987 the FA Cup was paraded around the streets of Coventry and an estimated 350,000 lined the route. BBC broadcast live ,but the bus took over 4 hours to make the 3 mile journey from Walsgrave to city centre.
20 years ago today
@Coventry_City
broke it's transfer record when they signed teenager Robbie Keane for £6m from Wolves. Although he signed a five year deal he stayed just for one season.before joining Inter Milan for £12m
Happy 140th birthday to Singers FC (Coventry City).Local cycle workers from the Singers Factory met up at local pub and Willie Stanley formed a football club on this day in 1883.... and the rest is history.
Happy 56th birthday to
@Coventry_City
FA Cup winner Lloyd McGrath , made his debut in a 8-2 defeat at The Dell,he never say die attitude he became a fans favourite. Marked Hoddle out the game at Wembley and set up Gary Mabbutt for the winner.
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We've had football supporters of other teams who also bought this top,they have visited the music musuem . saying 2 tone is nationwide and world wide,The Specials crossed borders like no other.
After last night 3rd kit launch based on 2Tone , here's some
@Coventry_City
players from a few years ago recreating the front cover of The Specials first LP .
Happy 29th Birthday to former
@Coventry_City
defender Chris Stokes ,played 81 games scoring two goals and was in the winning sides for both checkatrade and play off finals at Wembley.
Happy 50th birthday to former
@Coventry_City
centre half Mo Konjic,made 155 appearances scoring 4 goals . he was as strong as an Ox and took no prisoners .
On this day 1987 around 20,000 plus made their way to Hillsborough as Sky Blues met Leeds in an FA Cup semi final. City came back from 1-0 down to win 3-2 after extra time, goals from Gynn,Houchen & Bennett sent City to Wembley for the first time.
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A supporter of Japanese side Cerezo Osaka (Cherry Blossom in English). Here to see Tatsuhiro Sakamoto playing for the Sky Blues today as he’s a former player of Osaka.he came into the music museum yesterday to look at the 2-tone stuff.
On this day 1987 I was waiting at the alter at St James church Bulkington for
@debnelson1964
to become my wife,33 years has flown by some great memories we've had together, two great lads and one grand daughter . trips to Wembley to see the mighty Sky Blues . xxx
On this day 2012 Mark Robins was appointed manager
@Coventry_City
,this was to be his first spell in charge he left in the following February with a win% of 51%
On this day 1987
@Coventry_City
finally made to it to Wembley when they beat Leeds 3-2 at Hillsborough, goals from Gynn Houchen and Bennett sent the 27,000 sky blue army wild.
@ccfpa
On this day 2005
@Coventry_City
unveiled a new club badge and what a load of crap it was, it caused an uproar from fans and was quickly withdrawn
@ccfpa
WEMBLEY WEMBLEY WEMBLEY !!!!! Leeds United 2
@Coventry_City
3 ,Sunday 12th April 1987 over 27,000 City fans went to Hillsborough for the FA Cup semi final Gynn Houchen & Bennett scored the goals in a nail biting finish,Oggy making some great saves.
@ccfpa
happy 65th birthday to the one and only 'Oggy' a £72,500 signing from Shrewsbury in 1984, over 600 games for The Sky Blues over 16 years scoring one goal.
@ccfpa
Happy 61st birthday to Sky Blues FA Cup winning captain Brian Kilcline ,173 appearances for the Sky Blues scoring 28 goals before moving to Oldham in 1991.
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Happy 39th Birthday to former
@Coventry_City
captain Michael Doyle,signed by Gary McAllister in 2003 from Celtic,He played in 3 divisions for The Sky Blues and made over 350 appearances scoring 26 goals .
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On this day 2013 he walked out the The Sky Blues door to become Huddersfield Town's new manager, how things change 9 years later he leading Sky Blues 2nd revolution,Mark Robins he knew he'd made a mistake leaving first time round,we have a special manager .
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Me and
@debnelson1964
would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you make the best after the year we've all had. Have a drink on us
#PUSB
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On this day in 1883 local factory workers from Singers cycle's in Coventry along with Willie Stanley formed Singers FC .Stanley became the clubs first manager after a meeting in the Lord Aylesford Inn ,In 1898 they changed their name to Coventry City FC
On the night of the Coventry blitz a young 5 year old Julie Andrews was lying on the floor in the basement of the Coventry Hippodrome theatre where actress Betty Driver was keeping her safe.