Review and events 2015–16 Coventry City F.C. season

1 review , events

1.1 july
1.2 august
1.3 september
1.4 october
1.5 november

review , events
july

8 players released on 1 july 2015 al bangura, adam barton, frank nouble, shaun miller, simeon jackson, andy webster, danny pugh , blair turgott leaving club. 5 players academy signed professional contracts on 1 july 2015 cian harries, devon kelly-evans, dion kelly-evans, ben stevenson , george thomas signing contracts alongside chris stokes, signed one-year contract on free transfer forest green rovers. on 6 july 2015, sam ricketts joined coventry city on free transfer signing one-year deal club. romain vincelot signed sky blues on 8 july 2015. on same date, coventry city owners sisu earned right appeal against court s decision, ruled coventry city council s £14.4million loan ricoh arena operators acl in 2012 not state aid two-day appeal hearing taking place in february 2016. réda johnson extended time @ coventry city on 10 july 2015, signing new one-year deal. on 24 july 2015, rúben lameiras signed contract @ club after successful trial. adam armstrong signed 6-month loan deal newcastle united on 28 july 2015. on 31 july 2015, club announced assistant manager neil macfarlane left club mutual agreement.

august

on 1 august 2015, coventry city ended pre-season campaign 0-0 draw against oxford united. played total of 5 games, failing win single game after 3 draws , 2 losses. coventry city xi side drew 0-0 leamington during pre-season. sam ricketts named captain season on 3 august 2015. bryn morris signed on season-long youth loan deal middlesbrough on 6 august 2015. norwich city s jacob murphy signed on loan on 15 august 2015 in deal last till end of season. on 18 august, ivor lawton loaned out nuneaton town 1 month. club finished month in fifth place after winning first 3 league games defeated walsall 2-1 , drew @ home southend united. coventry knocked out league cup when lost on penalties rochdale away home in first round. adam armstrong awarded league 1 s player of month award august.

september

transfer deadline day saw danny swanson , kyle spence leave club 1 player coming other way lateef elford-alliyu signed four-month contract sky blues. marc-antoine fortuné signed coventry city on free transfer, signing on 4 september. ryan kent became coventry s fourth loan signing of season on 10 september, arriving liverpool. adam jackson signed on loan club on 14 september middlesbrough. sky blues finished month in fourth place after 2 wins , 2 defeats, beating burton albion , chesterfield losing scunthorpe united , bury.

october

former england-international midfielder joe cole signed tony mowbray on 16 october, signing 35 days club. george thomas loaned out yeovil town on 24 october until 21 november. on 24 october, reice charles-cook broke post-war club record went 578 minutes without conceding goal overtaking steve ogrizovic s 572 minutes without conceding. coventry city in fourth place end of month without losing game in league winning 3 of 6 fixtures. however, knocked out football league trophy in second round league 2 side yeovil town on penalties after drawing game 0-0.

november

steve waggott left position @ club chief executive on 5 november. followed appointment of chris anderson executive vice-chairman , managing director on next day. ryan kent temporarily recalled liverpool after change in managers saw jürgen klopp take charge , on 18 november, klopp revealed happy kent resume loan spell after believing @ right place. further 2 loan signings made newcastle united midfielder gaël bigirimana , cardiff city defender ben turner returning club until 3 january 2016 after signing on 16 november , 18 november. announced on 19 november joe cole staying @ ricoh arena until 3 january after loan extension. yeovil town extended loan deal george thomas, meaning remain @ club till january. on 22 november, jacob murphy became second-ever player score hat-tick @ ricoh arena. coventry had undefeated month in league meaning sky blues unbeaten in last eleven matches, best run @ club since 1967. meant club ended month in first place 3 wins , 2 draws in november. however, coventry city defeated when knocked out f.a. cup in first round after home defeat northampton town on 7 november.