Coventry City
2017–18 season
ManagerShaun Rowbotham
StadiumMolton Road
EFL League Two1st
FA CupFirst round
Vs. Stevenage
EFL CupFirst round
Vs. Nottingham Forest
EFL TrophyWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Maxime Biamou & Marc McNulty (12)
All: Maxime Biamou (14)
Biggest win5-1 vs. Barnet
Biggest defeat3–1 vs. Nottingham Forest

Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

5 July 2017 Friendly Coventry City 0–2 Partick Thistle Molton Road
Davies   38'
Stokes   70'
McLaughlin   1'
Lawless   82'
Referee: Christopher Søndergaard
9 July 2017 Friendly Wolfsberger AC 2–0 Coventry City Euro Park
Gschweild   34'
Hüttenbrenner   86'
Clarke-Harris   57' Referee: Christopher Søndergaard
12 July 2017 Friendly Coventry City 3–0 Silkeborg Molton Road
Cuthbert   23'
Vincenti   25'
Jones   49', 70'
Skytte   15' Referee: Flemming Fredskild

EFL League Two edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Coventry City (C, P) 46 24 17 5 74 34 +40 89 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Mansfield Town (P) 46 21 16 9 59 45 +14 79
3 Luton Town (P) 46 20 18 8 68 49 +19 78
4 Cambridge United (Q) 46 22 10 14 61 51 +10 76 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5 Wycombe Wanderers (O) 46 21 11 14 61 50 +11 74
6 Accrington Stanley (Q) 46 21 10 15 63 53 +10 73
7 Chesterfield (Q) 46 19 16 11 53 46 +7 73
8 Notts County 46 20 12 14 60 51 +9 72
9 Colchester United 46 16 20 10 66 55 +11 68
10 Cheltenham Town 46 16 19 11 61 55 +6 67
11 Crawley Town 46 17 15 14 53 48 +5 66
12 Swindon Town 46 17 12 17 62 60 +2 63
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 13 23 10 54 52 +2 62
14 Lincoln City 46 16 13 17 54 54 0 61
15 Forest Green Rovers 46 15 14 17 53 57 −4 59
16 Newport County 46 14 14 18 56 64 −8 56
17 Stevenage 46 12 17 17 52 61 −9 53
18 Grimsby Town 46 14 10 22 43 60 −17 52
19 Yeovil Town 46 12 14 20 47 58 −11 50
20 Port Vale 46 10 15 21 51 66 −15 45
21 Barnet 46 10 15 21 48 65 −17 45
22 Carlisle United 46 11 12 23 46 66 −20 45
23 Exeter City 46 6 22 18 48 64 −16 40
24 Morecambe 46 8 9 29 38 67 −29 33
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 24 17 5 74 34  +40 89 12 7 4 35 19  +16 12 10 1 39 15  +24

Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday edit

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHHAAAHAH
ResultWDDDDDWWDWDWLWLDWWWDDWWWWWWDDDWWWLDWLWWDWWDLDW
Position16121210129564334354333322222211111111111111111111
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

5 August 2017 1 Coventry City 3–1 Notts County Molton Road
McNulty   14', 60'
Jones   50'
Alessandra   37'
12 August 2017 2 Grimsby Town 0–0 Coventry City Town Park
Referee: Graham Salisbury
19 August 2017 3 Coventry City 2–2 Newport County Molton Road
Doyle   25'
McNulty   83'
Willmott   38'
Flynn   87'
Referee: Ben Toner
26 August 2017 4 Yeovil Town 0–0 Coventry City Town Park
Referee: Kevin Johnson
2 September 2017 5 Chesterfield 0–0 Coventry City Court Lane
Referee: John Busby
9 September 2017 6 Coventry City 1–1 Port Vale Molton Road
McNulty   33' Worrall   4' Referee: Graham Salisbury
12 September 2017 7 Coventry City 1–0 Carlisle United Molton Road
Jones   45' Referee: John Busby
16 September 2017 8 Cambridge United 1–2 Coventry City Town Park
Amoo   17' Biamou   27'
Shipley   71'
Referee: John Busby
23 September 2017 9 Coventry City 0–0 Exeter City Molton Road
Referee: John Busby
26 September 2017 10 Swindon Town 0–1 Coventry City Court Lane
McNulty   43' Referee: Lee Collins
30 September 2017 11 Coventry City 2–2 Crewe Alexandra Molton Road
Jones   9'
Biamou   55'
Grimmer   45' (o.g.)
Miller   50'
Referee: Scott Oldham
7 October 2017 12 Barnet 1–5 Coventry City Town Park
Akpa Akpro   69' Barrett   9'
Clarke-Harris   28'
McNulty   39', 85'
Doyle   63'
Referee: Darren Handley
14 October 2017 13 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Coventry City Town Park
Jackson   13', 26' Clarke-Harris   57' Referee: Rob Lewis
17 October 2017 14 Coventry City 3–0 Forest Green Rovers Molton Road
Clarke-Harris   23'
Maguire-Drew   45'
Baker   87'
Referee: Lee Collins
21 October 2017 15 Coventry City 0–2 Colchester United Molton Road
Eastman   76'
Mandron   84'
Referee: Martin Coy
28 October 2017 16 Luton Town 1–1 Coventry City Court Lane
Collins   22' (pen.) Beavon   41' Referee: Graham Salisbury
12 November 2017 17 Coventry City 2–1 Mansfield Town Molton Road
McNulty   49'
Maguire-Drew   74'
Atkinson   58' Referee: John Busby
18 November 2017 18 Lincoln City 1–3 Coventry City Crown Lane
Stewart   28' Kelly   35', 52'
Kelly-Evans   76'
Referee: Chris Sarginson
21 November 2017 19 Stevenage 0–3 Coventry City Town Park
Biamou   29', 85', 89' Referee: John Busby
25 November 2017 20 Coventry City 1–1 Crawley Town Molton Road
Kelly   49' Clifford   66' Referee: John Busby
9 December 2017 21 Morecambe 1–1 Coventry City Town Park
Wildig   27' Andreu   30' Referee: Brett Huxtable
16 December 2017 22 Coventry City 1–0 Cheltenham Town Molton Road
Biamou   27' Referee: Brendan Malone
22 December 2017 23 Coventry City 4–0 Wycombe Wanderers Molton Road
Biamou   22', 77'
Cash   33'
Bayliss   43'
Referee: Brendan Malone
26 December 2017 24 Port Vale 0–1 Coventry City Court Lane
Kelly-Evans   49' Referee: Ollie Yates
30 December 2017 25 Carlisle United 0–2 Coventry City Crown Lane
McNulty   67', 72' Referee: Brett Huxtable
1 January 2018 26 Coventry City 3–0 Chesterfield Molton Road
Andreu   23'
McNulty   66'
Vincenti   81'
Referee: John Busby
9 January 2018 27 Coventry City 2–0 Cambridge United Molton Road
Biamou   6', 67' Referee: Scott Oldham
13 January 2018 28 Exeter City 1–1 Coventry City Town Park
McAlinden   47' Vincenti   79' Referee: John Busby
20 January 2018 29 Coventry City 1–1 Swindon Town Molton Road
Andreu   90' Anderson   81' Referee: Ross Joyce
27 January 2018 30 Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Coventry City Court Lane
Akinfenwa   80'
Tyson   87'
Biamou   53'
Beavon   90'
Referee: Kevin Johnson
3 February 2018 31 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Coventry City Town Park
Cooper   68' Laird   5' (o.g.)
Beavon   44'
Referee: John Busby
10 February 2018 32 Coventry City 2–1 Accrington Stanley Molton Road
Whiteman   38', 48' Clark   68' Referee: John Busby
13 February 2018 33 Colchester United 1–2 Coventry City Court Lane
Murray   71' Johnson   27'
Biamou   87'
Referee: Nick Kinseley
17 February 2018 34 Coventry City 1–3 Luton Town Molton Road
Kelly   74' Jervis   7'
Mpanzu   45'
Hylton   69'
Referee: Ross Joyce
24 February 2018 35 Mansfield Town 1–1 Coventry City Court Lane
Hemmings   70' (pen.) Kelly   45' Referee: Scott Oldham
3 March 2018 36 Coventry City 2–0 Lincoln City Molton Road
Shipley   50'
Jones   84'
Referee: Darren Handley
10 March 2018 37 Coventry City 0–1 Barnet Molton Road
Akpa Akpro   25' Referee: John Busby
17 March 2018 38 Crewe Alexandra 0–4 Coventry City Court Lane
Shipley   17'
Whiteman   57'
Cash   65'
Doyle   85'
Referee: Carl Boyeson
24 March 2018 39 Coventry City 2–0 Grimsby Town Molton Road
Beavon   18'
Cash   85'
Referee: Carl Boyeson
4 April 2018 40 Coventry City 0–0 Yeovil Town Molton Road
Referee: Nick Kinseley
7 April 2018 41 Notts County 0–3 Coventry City Ivy Lane
Andreu   14'
Jones   45'
Kelly-Evans   52'
Referee: John Busby
14 April 2018 42 Crawley Town 0–2 Coventry City Town Park
Whiteman   38'
Barrett   58'
Referee: Scott Oldham
18 April 2018 43 Newport County 1–1 Coventry City Town Park
Reid   22' Jones   66' Referee: Carl Boyeson
21 April 2018 44 Coventry City 0–2 Stevenage Molton Road
Martin   30'
Godden   54'
Referee: Antony Coggins
28 April 2018 45 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Coventry City Court Lane
Odelusi   43' Clarke-Harris   36' Referee: John Busby
5 May 2018 46 Coventry City 2–1 Morecambe Molton Road
McNulty   21'
Grimmer   61'
Rose   55' Referee: Gavin Ward

FA Cup edit

2 December 2017 Second round Stevenage 3–2 Coventry City Town Park
Revell   41' (pen.)
Smith   66'
Godden   90'
Beavon   36'
Kelly-Evans   45'
Referee: Paul Tierney

EFL Cup edit

8 August 2017 First round Nottingham Forest 3–1 Coventry City Forest Park Stadium
McKay   35'
Watson   68'
Murphy   79'
Andreu   72'
Biamou   86'
Referee: Darren Drysdale

EFL Trophy edit

29 August 2017 First round Coventry City 4–0 Plymouth Argyle Molton Road
Shipley   18'
Beavon   36'
Baker   43', 89'
Referee: Graham Horwood
3 October 2017 Second round Oxford United 1–1
(2–3 p)
Coventry City Court Lane
Thomas   21' Shipley   56' Referee: John Busby
Penalties
Henry  
Ricardinho  
Thomas  
van Kessel  
Mousinho  
Beavon  
Clarke-Harris  
Vincenti  
Jones  
McMahon  
7 November 2017 Area Quarter-Final Coventry City 4–2 (a.e.t.) Port Vale Molton Road
Clarke-Harris   8'
Barrett   18'
Jones   97'
Shipley   116'
Barnett   78'
Pope   90'
Referee: Dean Whitestone
5 December 2017 Area Semi-Final Charlton Athletic 1–3 Coventry City Forest Park Stadium
Marshall   21' Beavon   60', 90'
Brown   75'
Referee: Tom Nield
24 January 2018 Area Final Leg 1 Swindon Town 0–4 Coventry City Court Lane
Jones   17', 31'
Shipley   38'
Biamou   79'
Referee: Darren Handley
8 February 2018 Area Final Leg 2 Coventry City 2–0
(6–0 agg.)
Swindon Town Molton Road
Clarke-Harris   26'
Andreu   81'
Referee: Ollie Yates
1 April 2018 Final Accrington Stanley 0–3 Coventry City Wembley Stadium
Beavon   12', 74'
Doyle   50'
Referee: Dean Whitestone

Squad information edit

Appearances edit

No. Nat. Player Pos. EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1   Lee Burge GK 23 1 0 3 27
2   Jack Grimmer RB 27 1 1 3 32
3   Tony McMahon RB 30 1 0 5 36
4   Jordan Willis CB 23 0 0 2 25
5   Rod McDonald CB 15 1 1 5 22
6   Liam Kelly CDM 28 1 1 4 34
7   Peter Vincenti RM 13 0 0 3 16
8   Michael Doyle CDM 26 1 0 3 30
9   Maxime Biamou ST 14 0 1 1 16
10   Marc McNulty ST 25 0 0 0 25
11   Jodi Jones RM 22 1 0 5 28
12   Tom Davies CB 17 0 1 1 19
13   Liam O'Brien GK 22 0 1 4 27
14   Scott Cuthbert CB 18 0 0 1 19
15   Dominic Hyam CB 8 1 1 4 14
16   Stuart Beavon ST 11 1 0 5 17
17   Jordan Maguire-Drew RM 21 0 1 3 25
18   Jonson Clarke-Harris ST 16 0 1 4 21
19   Tony Andreu CAM 23 0 1 3 27
20   Joss Labadie CM 25 1 0 5 31
21   Junior Brown LB 27 1 0 4 32
22   Devon Kelly-Evans RM 15 1 1 1 18
23   Carl Baker LM 15 0 1 3 19
24   Ryan Haynes LB 20 1 1 4 26
25   Matty Cash RM 16 0 0 1 17
26   Jordan Shipley LM 22 0 0 4 26
27   Josh Barrett CAM 27 0 0 3 30
28   Elliott Johnson LB 7 0 0 0 7
29   Benjamin Whiteman CDM 9 0 0 2 11
30   Tom Bayliss CM 28 0 1 5 34
31   Alex Jones CF 6 0 0 0 6
32   Jack Baldwin CB 7 0 0 0 7
33   Frank de Groot RM 1 0 0 0 1
38   Jordan Ponticelli ST 0 0 0 1 1
39   Jordon Thompson CB 10 0 0 5 15

Goalscorers edit

No. Nat. Player Pos. EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
9   Maxime Biamou ST 12 0 1 1 14
10   Marc McNulty ST 12 0 0 0 12
16   Stuart Beavon ST 4 1 0 5 10
26   Jordan Shipley LM 3 0 0 4 7
11   Jodi Jones RM 3 0 0 3 6
18   Jonson Clarke-Harris ST 4 0 0 2 6
6   Liam Kelly CM 5 0 0 0 5
19   Tony Andreu AM 4 0 0 1 5
8   Michael Doyle CM 3 0 0 1 4
22   Devon Kelly-Evans LM 3 1 0 0 4
29   Benjamin Whiteman CDM 4 0 0 0 4
23   Carl Baker RM 1 0 0 2 3
25   Matty Cash RM 3 0 0 0 3
27   Josh Barret AM 2 0 0 1 3
31   Alex Jones ST 3 0 0 0 3
7   Peter Vincenti RM 2 0 0 0 2
17   Jordan Maguire-Drew RM 2 0 0 0 2
2   Jack Grimmer RB 1 0 0 0 1
21   Junior Brown LB 0 0 0 1 1
28   Elliott Johnson LB 1 0 0 0 1
30   Tom Bayliss CM 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 74 2 1 21 97

Yellow cards edit

No. Nat. Player Pos. EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
2   Jack Grimmer RB 3 0 0 1 4
11   Jodi Jones RM 3 0 0 1 4
27   Josh Barrett CAM 3 0 0 1 4
5   Rod McDonald CB 1 0 0 2 3
21   Junior Brown LB 3 0 0 0 3
4   Jordan Willis CB 2 0 0 0 2
10   Marc McNulty ST 2 0 0 1 2
14   Scott Cuthbert CB 2 0 0 0 2
18   Jonson Clarke-Harris ST 1 0 0 1 2
19   Tony Andreu AM 1 0 1 0 2
20   Joss Labadie CM 1 0 0 1 2
30   Tom Bayliss CM 0 0 0 2 2
31   Alex Jones ST 2 0 0 1 2
3   Tony McMahon RB 1 0 0 0 1
6   Liam Kelly DM 1 0 0 0 1
8   Michael Doyle DM 1 0 0 0 1
12   Tom Davies CB 1 0 0 0 1
17   Jordan Maguire-Drew RM 1 0 0 0 1
24   Ryan Haynes LB 1 0 0 0 1
25   Matty Cash RM 1 0 0 0 1
26   Jordan Shipley LM 1 0 0 0 1
32   Jack Baldwin CB 1 0 0 0 1
39   Jordon Thompson CB 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 0 1 9 44

Red cards edit

No. Nat. Player Pos. EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
2   Jack Grimmer RB 1 0 0 0 1
20   Joss Labadie CM 0 0 0 1 1
24   Ryan Haynes LB 1 0 0 0 1
10   Marc McNulty CF 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 3 0 0 1 4

Suspensions served edit

No. Nat. Player Pos. Date suspended Reason Matches missed
2   Jack Grimmer RB 21 October 2017 Sent off vs. Colchester United Luton Town (A)
24   Ryan Haynes LB 28 October 2017 Sent off vs. Luton Town Port Vale (H)
20   Joss Labadie CM 8 February 2018 Sent off vs. Swindon Town Accrington Stanley (H)
10   Marc McNulty ST 3 March 2018 Sent off vs. Lincoln City Barnet (H)

Penalties awarded edit

No. Nat. Player Pos. Date Opponents Ground Success
6   Liam Kelly CDM 9 January 2018 Cambridge United Molton Road  N
11   Jodi Jones RM 1 April 2018 Accrington Stanley Wembley Stadium  N

Hat-tricks edit

No. Nat. Player Pos. Date Opponents Ground Result
9   Maxime Biamou ST 21 November 2017 Stevenage Town Park 3–0

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Player From Fee
12 July 2017 CB   Scott Cuthbert   Luton Town £600,000
30 August 2017 RB   Tony McMahon   Bradford City £350,000
31 August 2017 LB   Junior Brown   Shrewsbury Town £375,000
31 August 2017 CM   Joss Labadie   Newport County £300,000
19 January 2018 LB   Elliott Johnson   Barnet £350,000
23 January 2018 CDM   Benjamin Whiteman   Doncaster Rovers £830,000
31 January 2018 CB   Jack Baldwin   Peterborough United £850,000
31 January 2018 CF   Alex Jones   Bradford City £600,000
26 March 2018 RM   Frank de Groot   Youth system

Transfers out edit

Date Position Player To Fee
17 July 2017 LB   Chris Stokes   Barnet £235,000
12 August 2017 LM   Kyel Reid   Grimsby Town £450,000
21 August 2017 RB   Dion Kelly-Evans   Exeter City £400,000

Loans in edit

Date From Position Player From Date Until
1 July 2017 CAM   Josh Barrett   Reading 30 June 2018
1 July 2017 ST   Jonson Clarke-Harris   Rotherham United 30 June 2018
1 July 2017 RM   Jordan Maguire-Drew   Brighton & Hove Albion 30 June 2018
31 August 2017 RM   Matty Cash   Nottingham Forest 30 June 2018

Loans out edit

Date From Position Player To Date Until
7 September 2017 CF   Jordan Ponticelli   St. Patrick's Athletic 30 June 2018