League History

League History

It's been a long journey, and we are much wearied, but, in truth, our league history has probably had rather fewer legs to it than that of most clubs who have been around for over a century. The remarkable stabilty of a 34-year unbroken top-flight run since 1967 speaks for itself, and although this has now come to an end, and we'll be looking for promotion back to the top flight, we can hardly be described as a 'yo-yo' club.

1957/58 3S 19th 46 10 9 4 41 24 3 4 16 20 57 39 0.753 Billy Frith   
1956/57 3S 16th 46 12 5 6 52 36 4 7 12 22 48 44 0.881 Harry Warren
1955/56 3S 8th 46 16 4 3 54 20 4 5 14 19 40 49 1.217 Jesse Carver
1954/55 3S 9th 46 15 5 3 50 26 3 6 14 17 33 47 1.136 Charlie Elliott(c)
1953/54 3S 14th 46 14 5 4 36 15 4 4 15 25 41 45 1.089 Jack Fairbrother 
1952/53 3S 6th 46 15 5 3 52 22 4 7 12 25 40 50 1.242 

1951/52 D2 21th 42 9 5 7 36 33 5 1 15 23 49 34 0.720   
1950/51 D2 7th 42 15 3 3 51 25 4 4 13 24 34 45 1.271 
1949/50 D2 12th 42 8 6 7 32 24 5 7 9 23 31 39 1.000 
1948/49 D2 16th 42 12 3 6 35 20 3 4 14 20 44 37 0.859 Harry Storer 
1947/48 D2 10th 42 10 5 6 33 16 4 8 9 26 36 41 1.135 Billy Frith
1946/47 D2 8th 42 12 8 1 40 17 4 5 12 26 42 45 1.119 Dick Bayliss (from 1945)
1938/39 D2 4th 42 13 4 4 35 13 8 4 9 27 32 50 1.378 
1937/38 D2 4th 42 12 5 4 31 15 8 7 6 35 30 52 1.467 
1936/37 D2 8th 42 11 5 5 35 19 6 6 9 31 35 45 1.222 

1935/36 3S 1th 42 19 1 1 75 12 5 8 8 27 33 57 2.267   
1934/35 3S 3th 42 14 5 2 56 14 7 4 10 30 36 51 1.720 
1933/34 3S 2th 42 16 3 2 70 22 5 9 7 30 32 54 1.852 
1932/33 3S 6th 42 16 1 4 75 24 3 5 13 31 53 44 1.377 
1931/32 3S 12th 42 17 2 2 74 28 1 6 14 34 69 44 1.113 Harry Storer 
1930/31 3S 14th 42 11 4 6 55 28 5 5 11 20 37 41 1.154 
1929/30 3S 6th 42 14 3 4 54 25 5 6 10 34 48 47 1.205 
1928/29 3S 11th 42 9 6 6 35 23 5 8 8 27 34 42 1.088 James McIntyre
1927/28 3S 20th 42 5 8 8 40 36 6 1 14 27 60 31 0.698 
1926/27 3S 15th 42 11 4 6 44 33 4 3 14 27 53 37 0.826 

1925/26 3N 16th 42 13 6 2 47 19 3 0 18 26 63 38 0.890  

1924/25 D2 22th 42 10 6 5 32 26 1 3 17 13 58 31 0.536 James Kerr  
1923/24 D2 19th 42 9 6 6 34 23 2 7 12 18 45 35 0.765 
1922/23 D2 18th 42 12 2 7 35 21 3 5 13 11 42 37 0.730 
1921/22 D2 20th 42 8 5 8 31 21 4 5 12 20 39 34 0.850 
1920/21 D2 21th 42 8 6 7 24 25 4 5 12 15 45 35 0.557 Albert Evans
1919/20 D2 20th 42 7 7 7 20 26 2 4 15 15 47 29 0.479 Harry Pollitt

Non-League Coventry Managers

1917-19 William Clayton 
1913-15 Frank Scott-Walford 
1911-13 Robert Wallace
1909-10 Harry R Buckle

Doing The Double

It's always nice to 'do the double' over a team in the league, mainly because it gives the side a real feeling of superiority over another. Unfortunately in recent years this has been a pleasure all too rare for us, as we seem to struggle to managed a 'double' over anyone these days. Conversely, we have been 'doubled' ourselves by a great many teams - something we'll have to put right if we are ever to be 'serious contenders'.

Golden Boots

City haven't been prolific goalscorers in recent years, even at Division One level. The one exception was Dion Dublin's performance in 1997-98 in which his 18 league goals saw him win the Premiership Golden Boot, albeit shared with two other players.

Paying the Penalty

There's some truth in the belief that penalty decisions have nothing to do with players getting fouled in the area, and everything to do with which teams are playing and where. Some teams/grounds do seem to be fair game for penalty awards, while others are not. It's interesting to track the recent statistical history of penalties in Cov games, both for and against us. Is there a hidden agenda, I wonder?

NOTE: Successfully converted penalties are represented in blue, and missed/saved penalties in red. All games are league unless stated otherwise and penalty shoot-outs are not included.

The Transfer Trail

With transfer fees going crazy over the last few years - from £5m to £10m to £15m and beyond in the twinkling of an eye, it's a surprise that clubs of our size and budget are even still able to compete in the market. Who would've thought a few years ago that Coventry would go out and buy someone for £6m, or that we'd make £13m from a sale? Sure we're still largely a 'selling club', but when players have to be sold, we normally get more than we paid for them, and that keeps us going, which is the most important thing in the long term. Ironically transfer fees could be nothing more than a memory soon, if certain authorities get their way, but if this happens, the game just won't be the same.

So anyway, here's the top three big-money transfers in and out of CCFC: