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FA could take retrospective action against midfielder Newcastle United's Joey Barton could find himself in hot water with the Football Association after appearing to punch Blackburn's Morten Gamst Pedersen. The pair clashed at St James' Park on Wednesday night, a game in which Blackburn won...

Clingan has knee injury Coventry City will be without Sammy Clingan for four to six weeks. The midfielder was injured making a tackle in the 68th minute of City's 2-1 defeat on Tuesday night at Nottingham Forest. It has since been announced that Clingan suffered a knee ligament injury on...

Local referees put off by acts of violence The Chairman of the Coventry and District Referees' Association chairman John Starkey has spoken out after three assaults on referees in local Sunday football. Mr Starkey said to the CT: "Unfortunately in football everybody has got an opinion...

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But Blues boss insists Newcastle's rising star must improve Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has admitted he is an admirer of Andy Carroll but he insists the Newcastle striker needs to improve. The Blues have been linked with a move for the 21-year-old Englishman, who has been compared to the...

Coventry City young midfielder Conor Thomas is on standby for England U18's The Academy player has been put on standby for the England game against Poland at Wycombe Wanderers' Adams Park. The game takes place on Tuesday November 16th.

Coventry City will be without the services of Ben Turner for five to six weeks, it has been announced. City manager Aidy Boothroyd broke the news after the defeat at Nottingham Forest that Turner who scored in the 3-2 defeat against Leeds on Saturday and was top of the Actim Index has medial...

Nottingham Forest v Coventry- The City Ground K.O Tuesday, 9th November 7:45pm Referee: Andre Marriner from Solihull Coventry City - (5th) 24points Ben Turner and Clive Platt are doubtfull with Injury so a change to the regular starting line-up may have to be changed for the 1st time in 5...

Referee announced The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game at Nottingham Forest tomorrow night is Andre Marriner from Solihull. A one time resident of Walsgrave and former goalkeeper who turned to refereeing after picking up a number of injuries, this will be...

Crystal Palace have confirmed that former Ajax, AC Milan and Juventus midfielder Edgar Davids has left Selhurst Park. The 37-year-old arrived at Palace on a pay-as-you-play deal in August having been without a club since leaving Ajax in 2008. He told his own website: "Today I have decided that...

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has advocated the introduction of a relegation system for referees to stop poor decisions. Pulis was angry Stoke were denied a penalty on Saturday when Sunderland's Lee Cattermole appeared to handle Kenwyne Jones' header on the goal-line. And he told BBC Radio 5 live...

[FONT=Courier New]Aidy thanks returning support Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd has thanked those fans who came back to the Ricoh Arena on Saturday. The home support improved by around a third as with a packed away end, the 3-2 defeat to Leeds was watched by a record crowd of 28,184...

How the other half live According to today's News Of The World, former Coventry City forward Robbie Keane is the top paid player at his club. The paper has produced a table of who is the highest paid player at each club in the Premier League and Robbie Keane, who is reported to earn £80k a week...

Arsenal boss suggests longer international break Arsene Wenger has called for a one-month international window to end the club versus country debate. The Arsenal boss has slammed the timing of England's clash against France on 17th November. The prestigious Wembley friendly comes three days...

Listen to Aidy Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd has thanked the fans who turned up today against Leeds. for the record attendance for a home league game at the Ricoh Arena You can hear the City manager's comments on the game by clicking on...

Bookies latching on to City's move up the table Coventry City's rise to fourth in the Championship table has not only sparked the imagination of City supporters but it has has not gone un-noticed by the bookmakers. Odds on City making it into the play-offs have been cut to 12/1 by Totesport...

Coventry City will have Freddy Eastwood available for selection for tomorrow's home game against Leeds United. The striker has been out with a knee injury and has not played since the defeat at Millwall in August. However, he is back training and came through ninety minutes of a 3-0 defeat for...

City boss on Marlon King Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd has said that he will play Marlon King when he feels he is ready to play. Speaking to the CT about the striker, whom many feel is still some way off full match fitness, Aidy Boothroyd said: "Marlon's annoyed at me because he thinks...

Under-pressure Italian will stay until told to leave Roberto Mancini is fighting his corner at Manchester City and is adamant that the club will have to sack him if he is to leave Eastlands. The Italian manager's future has been plunged into greater uncertainty after a run of three successive...

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes he has been targeted by the English media because he is Italian. Reports have been circulating for the past month that the former Inter Milan boss is close to the sack after several alleged bust-ups with members of his expensively-assembled...