More info on the Coventry City Newspaper Book

Coventry City was founded in 1883 by members of the Singers cycle firm and changed its name to Coventry City in 1898. In 1919 the club joined the Football League, a place it has remained ever since. This wonderful gift for a true Sky Blue fan reports the whole sweep of emotions and history of this renowned club. From the early wins such as a Christmas feast against Wolves in 1922 when Coventry beat the Wanderers 7:1 on Christmas Day and then 2:1 away on Boxing Day to a 2:0 win over the Wolverhampton club in January 2006.All the thrills, near misses, and goals are captured in this very special football gift.

Nostalgic gems, in our Coventry City history, like an 8:1 victory over Crystal Palace in 1935, Jimmy Hill as manager in 1961 and Fairs Cup action for 1970 go into making this a winning piece of football memorabilia. More recent near misses include the 4:1 win against Everton to avoid relegation, on the final day of the season, in 1985. This wouldn’t be a book about Coventry City without an exhaustive reports and pictures from one of the greatest FA Cup Finals ever played. This football history book relates all this glory over three pages and builds further into a unique collection of Coventry City memorabilia.

All the major comings and goings of top players are also reported in our personalised Coventry City football book;. Robbie Keane’s move to Inter Milan for £13m in July 2000, Craig Bellamy joining from Norwich for £6.5 million and Gary McAllister becoming player-manager in 2002. Top players from all eras appear with their heroic feats like Cyril Regis in 1985 when the Sky Blues beat Chester 7:2 in the ‘Milk’ League Cup 2nd Round, 2nd Leg.

Other games of note, in our Coventry football book, report a pair of victories against the mighty Arsenal in the 1990s, a 1:0 victory in the ‘Rumbelows’ League Cup 3rd round from 1991 and a special 3:0 victory away. The 90s are also recalled when featured games include the escape from relegation with a 0:0 draw with Leeds United and a satisfying 3:1 victory against Chelsea in April 1997. A great Coventry City present capturing all those unique moments of a special club.

This special Coventry City souvenir is hand-made to your order with the personalisation details of your choice. Just enter online the name of the recipient and a greeting and our team of craftsmen and women will put together your own unique football gift. For a small charge you can add the recipients name in gold embossing on the imposing cover of this tabloid-sized football book.

Our enormous archive of newspapers is added to every day so we can present an updated version of the Coventry City football gift book at the end of every season. Indeed we hold the largest archive of newspaper titles in the UK with over 7million copies at last count. This allows us to produce an up to date ‘nostalgic’ gift for fans, a perfect Coventry City gift idea, for the true fan.

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