Mark Robins expressed his delight after Coventry reached the third round of the Carabao Cup for the first time in 12 seasons following a 1-0 win against Oxford.Summer signing Brandon Thomas-Asante scored his first goal for the Sky Blues which saw Robins’ men beat the U’s for the second time in 11 days.He said: “It’s great that we’re in the hat for the next round.&ld...Full Story »

Brandon Thomas-Asante scored his first goal for Coventry as they beat Oxford 1-0 to book their place in the third round of the Carabao Cup.The summer signing from West Brom saw his deflected effort loop over helpless goalkeeper Matt Ingram to secure the Sky Blues’ place in the third round for the first time in 12 years.Mark Robins’ side had claimed a 3-2 win over the U’s just 1...Full Story »

Mark Robins heaped praise on goalscorer Kasey Palmer after the midfielder’s second-half strike against his old club Bristol City earned Coventry a hard-earned point at Ashton Gate.Bristol City took a deserved lead in first-half stoppage time when George Tanner netted with the sweetest of right-footed volleys from 15 yards following a left-wing corner.But Coventry improved after the break a...Full Story »

Kasey Palmer came off the bench to score against his former club and earn Coventry a 1-1 Championship draw with Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The hosts took the lead in first half stoppage-time when a left-wing corner was headed into the path of George Tanner, who found the roof of the net with a sweetly-struck right-footed volley from just inside the box.But Coventry fought back to equalise on 76...Full Story »

Mark Robins expressed his relief after Coventry earned their first victory of the season with a last-minute 3-2 Championship win at home to Oxford United.Haji Wright scored a brace – including the winner, five minutes into second-half stoppage-time – either side of Milan Van Ewijk’s fierce strike.Robins said: “It’s a relief and I’ve said it in years gone by, b...Full Story »

Haji Wright’s goal six minutes into stoppage time earned Coventry their first victory of the season as the Sky Blues left it late to beat Oxford 3-2.Mark Robins’ men had been a goal to the good twice through Wright and Milan van Ewijk, but were pulled back first by Ciaran Brown and then Mark Harris before the American sealed all three points.Wright was the star man for the Sky Blues ...Full Story »

Mark Robins paid tribute to nearly 2,500 travelling Coventry fans after his team progressed to the second round of the Carabao Cup with a narrow 1-0 victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.Ellis Simms was the match-winner seconds after coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute.The striker latched onto a through ball from former Bristol midfielder Kasey Palmer and buried a low right-footed drive fro...Full Story »

Substitute Ellis Simms struck a 65th-minute winner as Coventry progressed to the second round of the Carabao Cup with a narrow 1-0 win over Championship rivals Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The striker had only been on the pitch for a matter of seconds when latching onto Kasey Palmer’s through ball and drilling a low shot past Bristol goalkeeper Stefan Bajic from 12 yards to the delight of n...Full Story »

Lewis Baker came off the bench to grab the only goal of the game as Stoke claimed a 1-0 victory against Coventry.The Sky Blues made a fast start, with summer signing Jack Rudoni and striker Ellis Simms linking up nicely to force an opening, but the former was thwarted as he looked to pull the trigger inside the box.Rudoni was at it again inside the first 10 minutes when his run through the heart...Full Story »

Morgan Fox’s first goal for more than four years helped QPR finish the Sky Bet  Championship season with three successive wins, courtesy of a 2-1 victory at Coventry.Fox’s scruffy finish followed a stunning opener from Ilias Chair at the Coventry Building Society Arena, before Jamie Allen’s first goal of the campaign ensured a close finish.It is a season both teams can loo...Full Story »

Cameron Burgess put Ipswich within touching distance of the Premier League after a 2-1 win over Coventry.Kieffer Moore put the Tractor Boys a goal ahead early on before Haji Wright’s second-half equaliser.But Burgess squeezed his effort through a crowd of bodies almost immediately to put Kieran McKenna’s men three points clear of third-placed Leeds in the Championship with only all-b...Full Story »

Blackburn missed the chance to secure their Championship survival as they could only draw 0-0 with 10-man Coventry.John Eustace’s men were much the better side in a game that would have made them mathematically safe with a win, but missed a series of chances, the best of which fell to Sammie Szmodics in the first half, but the league’s top scorer missed the target.They made most of t...Full Story »

Keith Downing admitted Blackburn missed a great opportunity to secure Championship safety after drawing 0-0 with 10-man Coventry.Blackburn’s assistant coach was speaking because John Eustace was sent to the stands in the second half for pushing Coventry’s Kasey Palmer.After last week’s defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, Rovers certainly got a reaction and were unlucky not to win th...Full Story »

Mark Robins admits his Coventry side have run out of steam after their hopes of reaching the Championship play-offs were all-but ended with a 3-2 defeat to Hull.The Sky Blues, days after their dramatic FA Cup semi-final shoot-out defeat to Manchester United, had come from behind twice through Kasey Palmer and Bobby Thomas following goals from Jaden Philogene and Fabio Carvalho.But Hull substitut...Full Story »

Hull City kept up their push for a play-off place in the Sky Bet Championship with a 3-2 win against Coventry at the CBS Arena.The Sky Blues had twice from behind through Kasey Palmer and Bobby Thomas after goals from Jaden Philogene and Fabio Carvalho before Noah Ohio latched onto a loose back pass from Thomas to snatch all three points for the Tigers.Hull’s 11th away win of the season le...Full Story »

Erik Ten Hag insisted he was not embarrassed but admitted Manchester United “got away with it” after edging past Championship Coventry on penalties in their FA Cup semi-final.The Premier League outfit were given an almighty scare at Wembley on Sunday as the second-tier side fought back from 3-0 down and then had a late extra-time winner disallowed for a marginal offside.A thrilling c...Full Story »

Manchester United survived an almighty scare to progress to the FA Cup final on penalties after Coventry fell agonisingly short of a sensational comeback win at Wembley.Sky Blues captain Ben Sheaf sent the crucial kick over the crossbar leaving Rasmus Hojlund to win it, but the game will be remembered for three goals in the final 20 minutes by the Championship side as they recovered from 3-0 dow...Full Story »

Coventry manager Mark Robins wrote off his side’s Sky Bet Championship play-off hopes after their 3-0 defeat at relegation-threatened Birmingham.An own goal by Bobby Thomas in the 12th minute and strikes from Ivan Sunjic and Jay Stansfield condemned the visitors to a third loss in four games.Coupled with Norwich’s 1-0 win at Preston, it left the Sky Blues in eighth place, eight point...Full Story »

Birmingham gave their Sky Bet Championship survival hopes a huge boost with a 3-0 home win over Coventry which put a major dent in their visitors’ play-off hopes.An own goal by Bobby Thomas in the 12th minute opened the scoring, Ivan Sunjic made it two three minutes before half-time and Jay Stansfield killed the contest with his 13th of the season.The result was Blues’ biggest win si...Full Story »

Russell Martin was glad Southampton “released the tension” by beating Coventry 2-1 to end a three-game winless run.Saints’ automatic promotion dreams all but went up in smoke after draws against Middlesbrough and Blackburn sandwiched a last-gasp defeat to rivals Ipswich – leaving them nine points adrift of the top two.Che Adams netted twice to see them past Coventry and r...Full Story »