Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England.
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10 Facts About Coventry City
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The 32,609-capacity Coventry Building Society Arena was opened in August 2005 to replace Highfield Road.
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Coventry City formed as Singers FC in 1883 following a general meeting of the Singer Factory Gentleman's club.
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In 2019, Coventry City announced a new third kit in black and white honouring the city's connection with 2 Tone Records on the 40th anniversary of the record label.
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Coventry City began playing at the Highfield Road stadium in 1899 within the Hillfields district of the city, although the club did not buy the freehold to the site until 1937.
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In May 2016 the Coventry City Telegraph broke the news that the club had drawn up plans with Coventry City Rugby Club for a ground-share arrangement at a redeveloped Butts Park Arena.
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The club returned to the Coventry City Building Society Arena in August 2021, ending the ground-share agreement between Coventry City and Birmingham.
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On 8 August 2021, Coventry City played Nottingham Forest at the Coventry Building Society Arena in the club's first game back at the ground in 2 years and their first Championship game in Coventry since 2012.
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Local rivalry exists with Birmingham City, however the ground share agreement at St Andrew's between 2019 and 2021 - which effectively spared Coventry from being expelled from the EFL - has led to friendlier relations between the two clubs.
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Coventry City deducted 10 points by the Football League for going into administration.
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