My Love Of Football - 2019-2020.

My football adventures from September - December 2019, January, February, March 2020.

Coventry City v Doncaster Rovers - 28th September 2019

Back at St. Andrews for our home match against Doncaster Rovers.

Ready for Kick Off.

Final score 1-1

Amadou Bakayoko 89'

Attendance : 7010

Bedworth And Nuneaton CCFC Supporters Club Evening - 3rd October 2019.

The players are on stage being interviewed.  I asked them what cars they drove and where's the most special place they have played?  They answered with Audi's and Wembley (O'Hare) and The Emirates (Walsh).

Meeting Callum O’Hare and Liam Walsh.

Coventry City's Third Kit Revealed.

Do you like my new shirt?

We queued for an hour to purchase the new third shirt celebrating 40 years of 2 Tone music.

Coventry City v Tranmere Rovers - 13th October 2019.

Today's special edition 2 Tone themed programme.

The theme continues with the scoreboard.

The players warming up in their special kick racism out shirts.


 Around the stadium they are playing a special playlist of 2 Tone music today.

The players line up all in the special new third kit.

Final score 0 - 1.

Attendance: 5,658

My Special Poppy badge for Remembrance Day.

Coventry City v Rochdale - 16th November 2019.

Final score 2-1.

42' Jordan Shipley

72' Liam Walsh.

Attendance: 5,433.

Here's my new Coventry City bauble on our Christmas tree.

Bedworth And Nuneaton CCFC Supporters Club evening - 5th December 2019.

 

Meeting and getting Noel Whelan to autograph my book.

Tonight's current player guests are Sam McCallum and Fankaty Dabo.  Here they are being interviewed.

I asked them what their worse ever Christmas present they have received was.  Sam said his little brother!

Photo and autograph time.

Coventry City v Ipswich Town 7th December 2019.

Meeting Josh Pask before the match in the family area.

Final score 1-1

56' Maxime Biamou

Attendance: 8,085.

We will play Ipswich Town 3 times in 10 days (twice at home and once away) as we have them also in the second round of the FA cup.

FA Cup results - Home result 1-1 ('90+4 Callum O'Hare).  Replay Away  we beat them 1-2 (18' Jordan Shipley 33' Maxime Biamou) to proceed to the third round, where we face Bristol Rovers.

5th Jan - Bristol Rovers 2-2 Coventry City (31' Liam Walsh 53' OG)
14th Jan - Replay Coventry City 3-0 Bristol Rovers (4' Maxime Biamou 50' Josh Pask 56' Maxime Biamou)

Fourth Round
25th Jan - Coventry City v Birmingham City 0-0 (CCFC home team at St. Andrews!)
4th Feb - Replay Birmingham City v Coventry City 2-2 (50' Amadou Bakayoko 114' Maxime Biamou) lost on Penalties 4-1.
End of Coventry City FA Cup for this season.

Coventry City v Lincoln City - 21st December 2019.

Last match at home before Christmas.

We don't have a match on Boxing day this year due to Bury being expelled from the league.

Final Score 1-0

32' Zain Westbrooke

Attendance: 6,863.


This year's Christmas Card from Coventry City.

The JSB Coventry City Christmas Party - 2019.

This year's party is at the Sports and Wellness hub at Warwick University.

It's a really nice place.

This year we didn't have to queue very long for the players as there was a time slot allocated to you.

I won a special ornament that Fankaty Dabo had made when he was in the family area and I asked him to sign it for me.

Jodi Jones and Dexter Walters.

All my autographs of the CCFC squad.

Waiting to visit Father Christmas.

He gave me a special CCFC yo yo.

Playing FIFA.

Bubble football.  Can you see me?

This was great fun and I scored a goal.

The players have finished signing autographs and have come to have a kick about.

It was great fun I really enjoyed it.

What a great party!

Coventry City 2020.

Coventry City v Milton Keynes 11th January 2020.

First Home match of 2020.

Final Score 1-1
1' Sam McCallum

Attendance: 6,666.

Coventry City v Bolton Wanderers 8th February 2020. 

Meeting Dexter Walters, Josh Eccles, and Jack Burroughs in the Family Zone before the match.

Time to take our seats.

Ready for the match.

Final Score 2-1

3' Amadou Bakayoko

90' Maxime Biamou

Attendance: 6,623

Coventry City v Sunderland 1st March 2020.

Meeting Brandon Mason in the family zone before the match.

In my seat trying out some chips.

Here's the players.

 Today's match is live on Sky Sports.

Final Score 1-0

2' Matty Godden

Attendance: 10,055.

WE ARE TOP OF LEAGUE ONE :-)

Some grassroots football and a new local stadium - 26th December 2019.

Atherstone Town FC - Sheepy Road.

They play in Midlands Football League, Southern, Division One Central.

Today they are playing Nuneaton Griff.

The final score was 3-0 to Atherstone Town FC.
Attendance:266.

Here are a couple more of my 92 stadium tour I have completed over the last couple of months.

Cambridge United Football Club - Abbey Stadium.

Nice pitch.

Capacity: 8,127 / 4,376 (seated).

Norwich City - Carrow Road Stadium.

Capacity: 27,244.

Another bin badge purchased for my collection.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club.

New Meadow Stadium - Montgomery Waters Meadow Stadium.

Capacity: 9,875.

Mansfield Town Football Club.

Field Mill
Currently known as - One Call Stadium.

Capacity: 9,186

Crewe Alexandra Football Club.

Commonly known as Gresty Road.

Capacity: 10,153.