The Coventry City Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
9 seasons of Josh Eccles
144 appearances across 9 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Coventry City know what they have.
Market3 Aug 2026
Haji Wright raises the bar for Coventry City
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Coventry City heard it as anything else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Bobby Thomas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bobby Thomas and Coventry City agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Coventry City
Bobby Thomas was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Frank Onyeka falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Bobby Thomas's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- Market Kai Andrews told to find a new club
- Market Talks stall between Coventry City and Kai Yearn