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After coming agonizingly close in 2023 and falling just short in 2024, it is anticipated that Coventry City may be third time lucky with a successful promotion in 2025.

Back-to-back trips to Wembley for the Championship play-off final and an FA Cup semi-final suggest something special is happening with the Sky Blues – a club who have been on an upward curve at the pitch for the past seven years under manager Mark Robins.

The arrival of new owner Doug King has also brought stability and investment to the club’s infrastructure, with a major refurbishment of the club’s Ryton training ground transforming what was a tired facility into an elite complex.

Throw in a new-look squad made up of high-profile sales last summer and added again in the current transfer window, and fans will be able to see the makings of a squad equipped to go one better this time around.

Four players have been added so far, with a bit of wing wizardry in the form of Ephron Mason-Clark from Peterborough United and Raphael Borges Rodrigues from Macarthur FC of the Australian A-League, signing Luis Binks on a permanent basis. deal from Bologna and the exciting attacking addition of Jack Rudoni from Huddersfield – a dynamic midfielder who can operate as a box-to-box eight or goal-scoring 10 supplying the forwards.

And there are more bids to come, with Swedish goalkeeper Oliver Dovin understood to be on the way from Hammarby and a leading replacement for Matty Godden certainly not too far away, to name just two on the move.

Success won’t come easily, of course, in a highly competitive division, with Burnley, Luton and Sheffield United parachuted from the Prem and looking for a quick comeback, while the likes of Leeds and Norwich will once again be among the favorites for to return to the top table of English football.

Whichever way you look at it, it’s a great time to be a Sky Blues fan – and to celebrate the optimism at CBS, where more than 21,000 season ticket holders have committed to the new campaign, we’ve produced a Coventry City 2024/25 kick off launch special, our brilliant guide to the new season.

Our City man Andy Turner will show you what to expect from the Sky Blues in 2024/25, turn the spotlight on the Robins and identify what could be the key to success.

Our club-by-club guide gives you information on City’s Championship rivals and divisional managers, while our away pages will tell you all you need to know about the grounds Coventry will visit.

With a full list of programs and key dates for the campaign, Coventry City 2024/25 kick off launch will get you in tip-top shape in time for the Sky Blues’ opening day curtain raiser at Stoke City on Saturday 10th August.

Order your copy now from our online store and receive it directly at your door.

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