Club: | Coventry City |
Season: | 2014–15 |
Chairman: | Tim Fisher |
Manager: | Steven Pressley (until 23 February) (from 3 March) |
Stadium: | Sixfields Stadium (until 21 August) Ricoh Arena (from 21 August) |
League: | League One |
League Result: | 17th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup2: | League Cup |
Cup3: | Football League Trophy |
League Topscorer: | Frank Nouble, Jim O'Brien, Dominic Samuel 6 |
Season Topscorer: | Frank Nouble 7 |
Highest Attendance: | |
Lowest Attendance: | |
Average Attendance: | 9,332[1] |
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Prevseason: | 2013–14 |
Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
The 2014–15 season was Coventry City's 95th season in The Football League and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to League One, the Sky Blues also entered the Football League Cup, FA Cup and Football League Trophy competitions.
On 9 November 2014 Coventry were eliminated from the FA Cup in the 1st Round following a shock 2–1 home defeat to Football Conference North side Worcester City, and the second time they had lost to non-league opposition in 25 years following their defeat away to Sutton United in January 1989. This was in the wake of their 1st Round elimination from the Football League Cup in August, having lost 1–2 at home to Football League Championship side Cardiff City.
21 August – Coventry City return to the Ricoh Arena following thirteen months playing at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium.
No. | Name | Position | Nationality | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) * | Club apps * | Club goals * | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Contract End | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||
1 | Lee Burge | GK | Hereford | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2010 | Trainee | 30 June 2017 | ||
33 | Reice Charles-Cook | GK | Lewisham | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Bury | 18 July 2014 | Free | 30 July 2015 | ||
43 | Jake Richards | GK | Coventry | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2014 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
Defenders | ||||||||||||
2 | Jordan Willis | CB | Coventry | July 1, 2014 | 32 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2011 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
3 | Danny Pugh | LB | Cheadle Hulme | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Leeds United | 16 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
4 | Andy Webster | CB | Dundee | July 1, 2014 | 41 | 2 | Heart of Midlothian | 9 August 2013 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
5 | Réda Johnson | CB | Marseille | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
18 | Aaron Phillips | RB | Warwick | July 1, 2014 | 11 | 1 | Academy | 1 June 2011 | Trainee | 30 June 2016 | ||
21 | Aaron Martin | CB | Newport | July 1, 2014 | 13 | 0 | Yeovil Town | 9 January 2015 | Free | 30 June 2016 | ||
22 | Matthew Pennington | CB | Warrington | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Everton | 27 November 2014 | Loan | 4 January 2015 | ||
30 | Chris Stokes | LB | Frome | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Forest Green Rovers | 21 February 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2015 | ||
26 | Ryan Haynes | LB | Northampton | July 1, 2014 | 3 | 0 | Academy | 27 March 2013 | Trainee | 30 June 2017 | ||
39 | Cian Harries | CB | Solihull | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2014 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
39 | Dion Kelly-Evans | RB | Coventry | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2014 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
Midfielders | ||||||||||||
6 | Conor Thomas | CM | Coventry | July 1, 2014 | 81 | 1 | Academy | 1 June 2010 | Trainee | 30 June 2016 | ||
7 | John Fleck | CM | Glasgow | July 1, 2014 | 78 | 4 | Rangers | 4 July 2012 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
8 | Grant Ward | CM | Lewisham | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 March 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2015 | ||
10 | Danny Swanson | AM | Edinburgh | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Peterborough United | 3 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | ||
11 | Jim O'Brien | AM | Alexandria | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Barnsley | 4 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 | ||
15 | Sanmi Odelusi | AM | Dagenham | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 31 January 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2015 | ||
16 | Adam Barton | CM | Blackburn | July 1, 2014 | 36 | 3 | Preston North End | 6 August 2012 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2015 | ||
23 | Blair Turgott | LW/RW | Bromley | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | West Ham United | 2 February 2015 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
24 | Al Bangura | CM | Freetown | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 March 2015 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
27 | Jack Finch | DM | Fenny Compton | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 April 2014 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
28 | Ivor Lawton | CM | Coventry | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 26 November 2013 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
35 | Devon Kelly-Evans | LW | Coventry | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2014 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
36 | James Maddison | AM | Coventry | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 4 October 2013 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
37 | George Thomas | AM | Leicester | July 1, 2014 | 1 | 0 | Academy | 25 October 2013 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
38 | Kyle Spence | LM | Croydon | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 September 2014 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
Forwards | ||||||||||||
9 | Nick Proschwitz | CF | Weißenfels | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Brentford | 27 February 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2015 | ||
12 | Simeon Jackson | CF | Kingston | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Millwall | 18 August 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
14 | Dominic Samuel | CF | Southwark | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Reading | 29 January 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2015 | ||
15 | Shaun Miller | CF | Alsager | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Sheffield United | 16 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
19 | Frank Nouble | CF | Lewisham | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 1 September 2014 | Loan | 4 January 2015 | ||
20 | Marcus Tudgay | CF | Shoreham-by-Sea | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 29 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 | ||
Left before the end of the season | ||||||||||||
8 | Gary Madine | CF | Gateshead | July 1, 2014 | 10 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 August 1990 | Loan | January 2015 | ||
9 | Josh McQuoid | CF | Southampton | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Bournemouth | 4 July 2014 | Loan | January 2015 | ||
17 | Billy Daniels | CM | Bristol | July 1, 2014 | 22 | 3 | Academy | 1 June 2011 | Trainee | 30 June 2016 | ||
23 | Ryan Allsop | GK | Birmingham | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Bournemouth | 4 July 2014 | Loan | January 2015 | ||
24 | Jordan Clarke | RB | Coventry | July 1, 2014 | 113 | 3 | Academy | 1 June 2008 | Trainee | 30 June 2015 | ||
25 | Seb Hines | CB | Wetherby | July 1, 2014 | 0 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 1 September 2014 | Loan | 4 January 2015 |
See main article: 2014–15 Football League One.
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[2]
See main article: 2014–15 FA Cup.
The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[3]
See main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup.
The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Coventry City were drawn at home to Cardiff City.[4]
See main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy.
A total of 24 teams contest the division: 17 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Championship, and four promoted from League Two.
|-|colspan=14|Players who left before the season ended:
No. | Flag | Pos | Name | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
5 | DF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
11 | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
14 | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
9 | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
8 | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
20 | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
12 | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
17 | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
15 | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
18 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
36 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
9 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
23 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
24 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
26 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
30 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
No. | Flag | Pos | Name | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | MF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||
7 | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
19 | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
3 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
8 | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
12 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
26 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
2 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
8 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
8 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
9 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
18 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
22 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
23 | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
30 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
36 | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
No. | Flag | Pos | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Football League Trophy | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
7 | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
5 | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
24 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
14 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
27 | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
25 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
4 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
16 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
18 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
9 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
23 | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
10 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
26 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1 | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
20 | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
36 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
No. | Flag | Pos | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Football League Trophy | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
27 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1 | GK | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
36 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
16 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
No. | Pos. | Name | Starts | |
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DF | ||||
DF | ||||
DF | ||||
MF |
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FA Cup | |||||||||
League One | |||||||||
League One | |||||||||
League One | |||||||||
League One |
width=16% | Date | width=10% | Matches Missed | width=20% | Suspended Player | width=24% | Reason | width=30% | Missed Opponents |
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20 September 2014 | 3 | Réda Johnson | vs. Scunthorpe United | Rochdale (A), Preston North End (H), Crawley Town (H) | |||||
18 October 2014 | 1 | Jack Finch | vs. Crewe Alexandra | Bristol City (H) | |||||
9 November 2014 | 3 | Lee Burge | vs. Worcester City | Plymouth Argyle (H), Notts County (H), Colchester United (A) | |||||
14 March 2015 | 1 | James Maddison | vs. Doncaster Rovers | Chesterfield (A) | |||||
14 March 2015 | 1 | Adam Barton | vs. Doncaster Rovers | Chesterfield (A) |
Award | Date | Player | |
---|---|---|---|
Football League Team of the Week | 10 August 2014 | Réda Johnson[5] | |
Football League Team of the Week | 7 September 2014 | Ryan Haynes[6] | |
Football League Team of the Week | 3 November 2014 | Jim O'Brien[7] | |
Football League Team of the Week | 13 April 2015 | Jim O'Brien[8] |
Award | Winner | |
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Top Goalscorer | Frank Nouble | |
Players' Player of the Season | John Fleck[9] | |
Goal of the Season | Jim O'Brien[10] | |
Player of the Season | Jim O'Brien | |
Young Player of the Season | Matthew Pennington[11] | |
Community Player of the Season | Réda Johnson[12] |
width=16% | Date | width=8% | No. | width=8% | Pos. | width=20% | Name | width=30% | Match | width=15% | Stats | width=8% | Caps |
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20 July 2014 [13] | DF | Réda Johnson | |||||||||||
10 September 2014[14] | 12 | FW | Simeon Jackson | 35 Minutes | 40 | ||||||||
Games played | 52 (46 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 4 Football League Trophy) | |
Games won | 16 (13 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy) | |
Games drawn | 16 (16 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy) | |
Games lost | 20 (17 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy) | |
Goals scored | 56 (49 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 6 Football League Trophy) | |
Goals conceded | 67 (60 League One, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy) | |
Goal difference | -11 | |
Yellow cards | 80 (71 League One, 2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 7 Football League Trophy) | |
Red cards | 5 (4 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy) | |
Worst discipline | Réda Johnson (6, 1) | |
Best result | W 3–1 (H) v Exeter City – Football League Trophy – 7 October 2014 | |
Worst result | L 4–1 (A) v Oldham Athletic – Football League One – 21 October 2014 | |
Most appearances | John Fleck & Jim O'Brien (47) | |
Top scorer | Frank Nouble (7) | |
Points | 55 / 138 |
Player | From | Date | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Swanson | Peterborough United | 3 July 2014 | Free | [15] | |
Jim O'Brien | Barnsley | 4 July 2014 | Free | [16] | |
Réda Johnson | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 July 2014 | Free | [17] | |
Shaun Miller | Sheffield United | 16 July 2014 | Free | [18] | |
Danny Pugh | Leeds United | 16 July 2014 | Free | [19] | |
Marcus Tudgay | Nottingham Forest | 29 July 2014 | Free | [20] | |
Reice Charles-Cook | Bury | 1 August 2014 | Free | [21] | |
Simeon Jackson | Millwall | 18 August 2014 | Free | [22] | |
Aaron Martin | Yeovil Town | 9 January 2015 | Free | [23] | |
Frank Nouble | Ipswich Town | 9 January 2015 | Free | [24] | |
Blair Turgott | West Ham United | 2 February 2015 | Free | [25] | |
Al Bangura | Forest Green Rovers | 20 March 2015 | Free | [26] |
Player | To | Date | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2014 | Free | [27] | |||
1 July 2014 | Free | [28] | |||
1 July 2014 | Undisclosed | [29] [30] | |||
1 July 2014 | Free | ||||
1 July 2014 | Free | ||||
Alex Gott | 1 July 2014 | Free | [31] | ||
Ryan Smith | 1 July 2014 | Free | [32] | ||
Jordan Smith | 1 July 2014 | Free | |||
Ryan Quinn | 1 July 2014 | Free | [33] | ||
Eli Bako | 1 July 2014 | Free | |||
Jordan Forrester | 1 July 2014 | Free | |||
1 July 2014 | Free | ||||
Lewis Rankin | 1 July 2014 | Free | [34] | ||
Ben Maund | 1 July 2014 | Free | |||
1 July 2014 | Free | ||||
4 July 2014 | Undisclosed | [35] | |||
8 August 2014 | Free | [36] [37] | |||
18 August 2014 | Free | [38] | |||
1 September 2014 | Free | [39] | |||
9 January 2015 | Undisclosed | [40] | |||
15 January 2015 | Undisclosed | [41] |
Player | From | Date from | Date to | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Allsop | Bournemouth | 4 July 2014 | 20 January 2015 | [42] | |
Mohamed Coulibaly | Bournemouth | 4 July 2014 | 13 November 2014 | [43] | |
Josh McQuoid | Bournemouth | 4 August 2014 | 20 January 2015 | [44] | |
Seb Hines | Middlesbrough | 1 September 2014 | 4 January 2015 | [45] | |
Frank Nouble | Ipswich Town | 1 September 2014 | 4 January 2015 | ||
Aaron Martin | Yeovil Town | 29 October 2014 | 5 January 2015 | [46] | |
Gary Madine | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 October 2014 | 30 January 2015 | [47] [48] | |
Matthew Pennington | Everton | 27 November 2014 | 30 June 2015 | [49] [50] [51] | |
Jamie Jones | Preston North End | 23 January 2015 | 23 February 2015 | [52] | |
Dominic Samuel | Reading | 29 January 2015 | 28 April 2015 | [53] | |
Sanmi Odelusi | Bolton Wanderers | 31 January 2015 | 30 June 2015 | [54] | |
Luke Williams | Middlesbrough | 2 February 2015 | 12 March 2015 | [55] [56] | |
Chris Stokes | Forest Green Rovers | 21 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 | [57] [58] | |
Nick Proschwitz | Brentford | 27 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 | [59] | |
Grant Ward | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 | [60] |
Player | To | Date from | Date to | Ref. | |
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Reice Charles-Cook | Nuneaton Town | 1 August 2014 | 1 January 2015 | ||
Jordan Clarke | Yeovil Town | 29 October 2014 | 5 January 2015 | [61] | |
Shaun Miller | Crawley Town | 27 November 2014 | 28 December 2014 | [62] | |
Danny Swanson | St Johnstone | 2 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 | [63] | |
Shaun Miller | York City | 26 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 | [64] |
Player | From | Date | Signed | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 2014 | Yes | ||||
July 2014 | Yes | [65] | |||
July 2014 | No | [66] | |||
September 2014 | No | [67] | |||
February 2015 | Yes | [68] | |||
March 2015 | Yes | [69] |