The club hadn't finished in the top six of any division for 48 years before Robins guided them out of League Two via the play-off final in the 2017-18 season, their first promotion for 51 years.Ĭoventry then won the League One title, while ground sharing with Birmingham, in the 2019-20 campaign. Since then, City have been on a constant rise. Robins returned to Coventry for his second stint in charge in March 2017 and was unable to stop the club being relegated to League Two, despite winning the EFL Trophy that season. 'Maybe I am a firefighter, but this is a project' Coventry will need 'games of their lives' - Robins.On Sunday (12:00 BST) they host Middlesbrough in the first match of a two-legged Championship play-off semi-final, aiming for Wembley - and ultimately the Premier League. The CBS Arena pitch had been left 'unsafe' by 65 matches of rugby sevens in just three days during the Commonwealth Games, while a dispute with the owners of the ground was playing out, alongside a takeover which was eventually completed in January.īut that "horrific start" was turned into a "miraculous" finish by Robins, who has overcome many challenges during his six years as manager of the club, steering them to their highest finish of fifth, since Premier League relegation in 2001. The Sky Blues had only one win to their name a fixture backlog and had only just been allowed to return to play matches in their home ground.
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