Coventry City on This Day

Coventry City on This Day
Author: Steve Phelps
Publisher: On This Day
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781905411887

Coventry City On This Day chronicles, in diary form, the major events in the club's history. With individual entries for every day, and multiple listings for more historic and busier days, the book includes all the club's big matches, promotions, cup runs, significant events and sensational signings.

The Coventry City Miscellany

The Coventry City Miscellany
Author: Michael Keane
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0750983825

This is the only trivia book a Sky Blues fan could ever need, packed with facts, stats, anecdotes and history about Coventry City. From cult heroes and extraordinary escapes to FA Cup glory and championships, it’s all here – can you offer not to own a copy? Which City star was once allegedly arrested for espionage? Which star striker has been busy inventing a whole new sound? Which competition are City unbeaten in for nearly a quarter of a century?

Play Up Sky Blues

Play Up Sky Blues
Author: Jim Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-10-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781785313325

Play Up Sky Blues is the story of the unforgettable season when charismatic manager Jimmy Hill led the Sky Blues to the First Division for the first time in the club's history. It describes the ups and downs of an incredible season, and the stories behind all the men who brought about this unprecedented success.

Attached to Coventry City

Attached to Coventry City
Author: James Adams
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2021-10-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1801500347

Why would a normal teenager throw his heart and soul into an average Third Division football club for almost a decade, only to walk away from them at the height of their success? After abandoning that club for 20 years, what would cause him to rekindle his passion in a conversion-like experience, and then stick with the club for the rest of his life? The answers lie in the psychology of attachment. This is the story of James Adams and his support of Coventry City, from the days of Billy Frith to Mark Robins. It's an account that delves into the crucial yet poorly understood psychological aspects of football fandom to uncover truths that every football fan can relate to. Join James on a rollercoaster ride as he asks important questions of himself and his life alongside a backdrop of footballing highs and lows, including three Wembley victories and four promotions, as well as FA Cup debacles for the Sky Blues. Attached to Coventry City is a highly personal, honest and reflective account of the unusual story of a lifelong football fan.

The Official Coventry City Quiz Book

The Official Coventry City Quiz Book
Author: Chris Cowlin
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2012-01-23
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1907792791

Are you a loyal supporter of Coventry City Football Club? Are you up-to-date with all the latest news about your favourite team or just looking for an opportunity to extend your knowledge? Either way, this quiz book fits the bill. Containing 1,000 challenging questions The Official Coventry City Quiz Book will test the memory of all Sky Blues fans with sections covering every aspect of the club's history. It's all here, from players, managers and opponents to wins, losses and draws as well as the memorable matches that have shaped Coventry City FC over the years. This book is as informative as it is entertaining and is guaranteed to provide hours of fun for Coventry fans of all ages. But be warned – you might just find yourself arguing with the referee and calling for extra time as you strive to recall all the facts and figures that make up the Sky Blues past. This tribute to Coventry City is sure to provide hours of fun for all dedicated followers of the Sky Blues along with anyone who has a keen interest in the beautiful game.

Sky Blue Heroes

Sky Blue Heroes
Author: Steve Phelps
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2015-08-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1785310917

On 16th May 1987 Coventry City won the first major trophy in their 104-year history. It was an extraordinary period for the city and its football club as they united to celebrate a fabulous success. Victories over Bolton, Manchester United, Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United took 'George and John's Sky Blue Army' to Wembley, where they overturned the form book to inflict Tottenham's first ever FA Cup final defeat. For the first time, the cast of '87 are reunited to tell their stories. Sky Blue Heroes: The Inside Story of Coventry City's 1987 FA Cup Win features exclusive interviews with players, management, media, mascots, songwriters, club staff and supporters, documenting a magical time in Coventry City's history. Contemporary media reports appear alongside memories and retrospectives - and the first interview for 28 years with the 'mystery man' who appeared on the Wembley pitch photograph with the jubilant players.

Coventry City Miscellany

Coventry City Miscellany
Author: Steve Phelps
Publisher: Pitch Pub
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2011-08-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781905411979

Coventry City Miscellany is packed with fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, stories, and anecdotes all relating to the history of Coventry City football club. From memorable matches and favorite sons, the book follows no set order, chronological or otherwise, but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more—and is fully endorsed by the club.

The Blitzed City

The Blitzed City
Author: Karen Farrington
Publisher: Aurum Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-08-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781781313268

The Luftwaffe's targetting and destruction of Coventry city remains the biggest and most destructive air raid on British soil during the Second World War. Seen as a centre of British armaments production, the German high command wished to inflict terror and panic on the British public, a plan that had paid dividends during their relentless conquest of France that year. Attacking over two nights in November, 1940 they systematically bombed and destroyed the bulk of the city, making thousands homeless, and killing over 400 men, women and children. Such was the devastation, panic and disorder it wrought, that Winston Churchill ordered a news blackout for three weeks in order to quell the unease and morale-sapping effect that the raid had. But people at the time acted with great bravery to save those trapped in bombed out and burning buildings, as well as caring for those badly injured (of which there were thousands), and fighting the Nazi planes coming in to attack the city itself. Now, for the very first time we interview those veterans who survived the raid and helped fight the flames and bombs to tell the story of this iconic event. Such was the effect it had on the country that when Bomber Command began night time raids against German cities — Hamburg, Cologne and most famously, Dresden — the call 'Remember Coventry!' went up.

Women Workers in the Second World War

Women Workers in the Second World War
Author: Penny Summerfield
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415622662

The Second World War is often seen as a period of emancipation, because of the influx of women into paid work, and because the state took steps to relieve women of domestic work. This study challenges such a picture. The state approached the removal of women from the domestic sphere with extreme caution, in spite of the desperate need for women’s labour in war work. Women’s own preferences were frequently neglected or distorted in the search for a compromise between production and patriarchy. However, the enduring practices of paying women less and treating them as an inferior category of workers led to growth in the numbers and proportions of women employed after the war in many areas of work. Penny Summerfield concludes that the war accelerated the segregation of women in 'inferior' sectors of work, and inflated the expectation that working women would bear the double burden without a redistribution of responsibility for the domestic sphere between men, women and the state. First published in 1984, this is an important book for students of history, sociology and women’s studies at all levels.

Climbing the Silver Pyramid

Climbing the Silver Pyramid
Author: David Kindon
Publisher: novum pro Verlag
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2022-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3991076403

David Kindon, a lifetime football fan and amateur player, decided to track a number of English football teams from club level at Saltash United through all fourteen group stages, all the way to the FA Cup Final in the 2018 - 2019 season. His passion for 'The Beautiful Game' comes through strongly as he entertains all lovers of football in an account replete with amusing anecdotes and with typically dry English humour, provides a fascinating look into the quirks and personalities of players, managers, coaches and media personalities, some of whom became trusted friends. He makes no secret of his regret at how the game has changed with the advent of the Premier League, the influence of the media and the vast sums of money that have been poured into the professional game.