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Coventry City
2017–18 season
Manager	Shaun Rowbotham
Stadium	Molton Road
EFL League Two	1st
FA Cup	First round; Vs. Stevenage
EFL Cup	First round; Vs. Nottingham Forest
EFL Trophy	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Maxime Biamou & Marc McNulty (12); All: Maxime Biamou (14)
Biggest win	5-1 vs. Barnet
Biggest defeat	3–1 vs. Nottingham Forest
Home colours	Away colours
	2018–19 →

Competitions

Friendlies

5 July 2017 Friendly	Coventry City	0–2	Partick Thistle	Molton Road
	Davies 38' Stokes 70'		McLaughlin 1' Lawless 82'	Referee: Christopher Søndergaard

9 July 2017 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	2–0	Coventry City	Euro Park
	Gschweild 34' Hüttenbrenner 86'		Clarke-Harris 57'	Referee: Christopher Søndergaard

12 July 2017 Friendly	Coventry City	3–0	Silkeborg	Molton Road
	Cuthbert 23' Vincenti 25' Jones 49', 70'		Skytte 15'	Referee: Flemming Fredskild

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Coventry City (C, P)	46	24	17	5	74	34	+40	89	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Mansfield Town (P)	46	21	16	9	59	45	+14	79
3	Luton Town (P)	46	20	18	8	68	49	+19	78
4	Cambridge United (Q)	46	22	10	14	61	51	+10	76	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]
5	Wycombe Wanderers (O)	46	21	11	14	61	50	+11	74
6	Accrington Stanley (Q)	46	21	10	15	63	53	+10	73
7	Chesterfield (Q)	46	19	16	11	53	46	+7	73
8	Notts County	46	20	12	14	60	51	+9	72
9	Colchester United	46	16	20	10	66	55	+11	68
10	Cheltenham Town	46	16	19	11	61	55	+6	67
11	Crawley Town	46	17	15	14	53	48	+5	66
12	Swindon Town	46	17	12	17	62	60	+2	63
13	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	23	10	54	52	+2	62
14	Lincoln City	46	16	13	17	54	54	0	61
15	Forest Green Rovers	46	15	14	17	53	57	−4	59
16	Newport County	46	14	14	18	56	64	−8	56
17	Stevenage	46	12	17	17	52	61	−9	53
18	Grimsby Town	46	14	10	22	43	60	−17	52
19	Yeovil Town	46	12	14	20	47	58	−11	50
20	Port Vale	46	10	15	21	51	66	−15	45
21	Barnet	46	10	15	21	48	65	−17	45
22	Carlisle United	46	11	12	23	46	66	−20	45
23	Exeter City	46	6	22	18	48	64	−16	40
24	Morecambe	46	8	9	29	38	67	−29	33

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	24	17	5	74	34	+40	89	12	7	4	35	19	+16	12	10	1	39	15	+24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W
Position	1	6	12	12	10	12	9	5	6	4	3	3	4	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

5 August 2017 1	Coventry City	3–1	Notts County	Molton Road
	McNulty 14', 60' Jones 50'		Alessandra 37'

12 August 2017 2	Grimsby Town	0–0	Coventry City	Town Park
				Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 August 2017 3	Coventry City	2–2	Newport County	Molton Road
	Doyle 25' McNulty 83'		Willmott 38' Flynn 87'	Referee: Ben Toner

26 August 2017 4	Yeovil Town	0–0	Coventry City	Town Park
				Referee: Kevin Johnson

2 September 2017 5	Chesterfield	0–0	Coventry City	Court Lane
				Referee: John Busby

9 September 2017 6	Coventry City	1–1	Port Vale	Molton Road
	McNulty 33'		Worrall 4'	Referee: Graham Salisbury

12 September 2017 7	Coventry City	1–0	Carlisle United	Molton Road
	Jones 45'			Referee: John Busby

16 September 2017 8	Cambridge United	1–2	Coventry City	Town Park
	Amoo 17'		Biamou 27' Shipley 71'	Referee: John Busby

23 September 2017 9	Coventry City	0–0	Exeter City	Molton Road
				Referee: John Busby

26 September 2017 10	Swindon Town	0–1	Coventry City	Court Lane
			McNulty 43'	Referee: Lee Collins

30 September 2017 11	Coventry City	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Molton Road
	Jones 9' Biamou 55'		Grimmer 45' (o.g.) Miller 50'	Referee: Scott Oldham

7 October 2017 12	Barnet	1–5	Coventry City	Town Park
	Akpa Akpro 69'		Barrett 9' Clarke-Harris 28' McNulty 39', 85' Doyle 63'	Referee: Darren Handley

14 October 2017 13	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Coventry City	Town Park
	Jackson 13', 26'		Clarke-Harris 57'	Referee: Rob Lewis

17 October 2017 14	Coventry City	3–0	Forest Green Rovers	Molton Road
	Clarke-Harris 23' Maguire-Drew 45' Baker 87'			Referee: Lee Collins

21 October 2017 15	Coventry City	0–2	Colchester United	Molton Road
			Eastman 76' Mandron 84'	Referee: Martin Coy

28 October 2017 16	Luton Town	1–1	Coventry City	Court Lane
	Collins 22' (pen.)		Beavon 41'	Referee: Graham Salisbury

12 November 2017 17	Coventry City	2–1	Mansfield Town	Molton Road
	McNulty 49' Maguire-Drew 74'		Atkinson 58'	Referee: John Busby

18 November 2017 18	Lincoln City	1–3	Coventry City	Crown Lane
	Stewart 28'		Kelly 35', 52' Kelly-Evans 76'	Referee: Chris Sarginson

21 November 2017 19	Stevenage	0–3	Coventry City	Town Park
			Biamou 29', 85', 89'	Referee: John Busby

25 November 2017 20	Coventry City	1–1	Crawley Town	Molton Road
	Kelly 49'		Clifford 66'	Referee: John Busby

9 December 2017 21	Morecambe	1–1	Coventry City	Town Park
	Wildig 27'		Andreu 30'	Referee: Brett Huxtable

16 December 2017 22	Coventry City	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Molton Road
	Biamou 27'			Referee: Brendan Malone

22 December 2017 23	Coventry City	4–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Molton Road
	Biamou 22', 77' Cash 33' Bayliss 43'			Referee: Brendan Malone

26 December 2017 24	Port Vale	0–1	Coventry City	Court Lane
			Kelly-Evans 49'	Referee: Ollie Yates

30 December 2017 25	Carlisle United	0–2	Coventry City	Crown Lane
			McNulty 67', 72'	Referee: Brett Huxtable

1 January 2018 26	Coventry City	3–0	Chesterfield	Molton Road
	Andreu 23' McNulty 66' Vincenti 81'			Referee: John Busby

9 January 2018 27	Coventry City	2–0	Cambridge United	Molton Road
	Biamou 6', 67'			Referee: Scott Oldham

13 January 2018 28	Exeter City	1–1	Coventry City	Town Park
	McAlinden 47'		Vincenti 79'	Referee: John Busby

20 January 2018 29	Coventry City	1–1	Swindon Town	Molton Road
	Andreu 90'		Anderson 81'	Referee: Ross Joyce

27 January 2018 30	Wycombe Wanderers	2–2	Coventry City	Court Lane
	Akinfenwa 80' Tyson 87'		Biamou 53' Beavon 90'	Referee: Kevin Johnson

3 February 2018 31	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Coventry City	Town Park
	Cooper 68'		Laird 5' (o.g.) Beavon 44'	Referee: John Busby

10 February 2018 32	Coventry City	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Molton Road
	Whiteman 38', 48'		Clark 68'	Referee: John Busby

13 February 2018 33	Colchester United	1–2	Coventry City	Court Lane
	Murray 71'		Johnson 27' Biamou 87'	Referee: Nick Kinseley

17 February 2018 34	Coventry City	1–3	Luton Town	Molton Road
	Kelly 74'		Jervis 7' Mpanzu 45' Hylton 69'	Referee: Ross Joyce

24 February 2018 35	Mansfield Town	1–1	Coventry City	Court Lane
	Hemmings 70' (pen.)		Kelly 45'	Referee: Scott Oldham

3 March 2018 36	Coventry City	2–0	Lincoln City	Molton Road
	Shipley 50' Jones 84'			Referee: Darren Handley

10 March 2018 37	Coventry City	0–1	Barnet	Molton Road
			Akpa Akpro 25'	Referee: John Busby

17 March 2018 38	Crewe Alexandra	0–4	Coventry City	Court Lane
			Shipley 17' Whiteman 57' Cash 65' Doyle 85'	Referee: Carl Boyeson

24 March 2018 39	Coventry City	2–0	Grimsby Town	Molton Road
	Beavon 18' Cash 85'			Referee: Carl Boyeson

4 April 2018 40	Coventry City	0–0	Yeovil Town	Molton Road
				Referee: Nick Kinseley

7 April 2018 41	Notts County	0–3	Coventry City	Ivy Lane
			Andreu 14' Jones 45' Kelly-Evans 52'	Referee: John Busby

14 April 2018 42	Crawley Town	0–2	Coventry City	Town Park
			Whiteman 38' Barrett 58'	Referee: Scott Oldham

18 April 2018 43	Newport County	1–1	Coventry City	Town Park
	Reid 22'		Jones 66'	Referee: Carl Boyeson

21 April 2018 44	Coventry City	0–2	Stevenage	Molton Road
			Martin 30' Godden 54'	Referee: Antony Coggins

28 April 2018 45	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Coventry City	Court Lane
	Odelusi 43'		Clarke-Harris 36'	Referee: John Busby

5 May 2018 46	Coventry City	2–1	Morecambe	Molton Road
	McNulty 21' Grimmer 61'		Rose 55'	Referee: Gavin Ward

FA Cup

2 December 2017 Second round	Stevenage	3–2	Coventry City	Town Park
	Revell 41' (pen.) Smith 66' Godden 90'		Beavon 36' Kelly-Evans 45'	Referee: Paul Tierney

EFL Cup

8 August 2017 First round	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Coventry City	Forest Park Stadium
	McKay 35' Watson 68' Murphy 79'		Andreu 72' Biamou 86'	Referee: Darren Drysdale

EFL Trophy

29 August 2017 First round	Coventry City	4–0	Plymouth Argyle	Molton Road
	Shipley 18' Beavon 36' Baker 43', 89'			Referee: Graham Horwood

3 October 2017 Second round	Oxford United	1–1 (2–3 p)	Coventry City	Court Lane
	Thomas 21'		Shipley 56'	Referee: John Busby
	Penalties
	Henry Ricardinho Thomas van Kessel Mousinho		Beavon Clarke-Harris Vincenti Jones McMahon

7 November 2017 Area Quarter-Final	Coventry City	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Port Vale	Molton Road
	Clarke-Harris 8' Barrett 18' Jones 97' Shipley 116'		Barnett 78' Pope 90'	Referee: Dean Whitestone

5 December 2017 Area Semi-Final	Charlton Athletic	1–3	Coventry City	Forest Park Stadium
	Marshall 21'		Beavon 60', 90' Brown 75'	Referee: Tom Nield

24 January 2018 Area Final Leg 1	Swindon Town	0–4	Coventry City	Court Lane
			Jones 17', 31' Shipley 38' Biamou 79'	Referee: Darren Handley

8 February 2018 Area Final Leg 2	Coventry City	2–0 (6–0 agg.)	Swindon Town	Molton Road
	Clarke-Harris 26' Andreu 81'			Referee: Ollie Yates

1 April 2018 Final	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Coventry City	Wembley Stadium
			Beavon 12', 74' Doyle 50'	Referee: Dean Whitestone

Squad information

Appearances

No.	Player	Pos.	EFL League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	Lee Burge	GK	23	1	0	3	27
2	Jack Grimmer	RB	27	1	1	3	32
3	Tony McMahon	RB	30	1	0	5	36
4	Jordan Willis	CB	23	0	0	2	25
5	Rod McDonald	CB	15	1	1	5	22
6	Liam Kelly	CDM	28	1	1	4	34
7	Peter Vincenti	RM	13	0	0	3	16
8	Michael Doyle	CDM	26	1	0	3	30
9	Maxime Biamou	ST	14	0	1	1	16
10	Marc McNulty	ST	25	0	0	0	25
11	Jodi Jones	RM	22	1	0	5	28
12	Tom Davies	CB	17	0	1	1	19
13	Liam O'Brien	GK	22	0	1	4	27
14	Scott Cuthbert	CB	18	0	0	1	19
15	Dominic Hyam	CB	8	1	1	4	14
16	Stuart Beavon	ST	11	1	0	5	17
17	Jordan Maguire-Drew	RM	21	0	1	3	25
18	Jonson Clarke-Harris	ST	16	0	1	4	21
19	Tony Andreu	CAM	23	0	1	3	27
20	Joss Labadie	CM	25	1	0	5	31
21	Junior Brown	LB	27	1	0	4	32
22	Devon Kelly-Evans	RM	15	1	1	1	18
23	Carl Baker	LM	15	0	1	3	19
24	Ryan Haynes	LB	20	1	1	4	26
25	Matty Cash	RM	16	0	0	1	17
26	Jordan Shipley	LM	22	0	0	4	26
27	Josh Barrett	CAM	27	0	0	3	30
28	Elliott Johnson	LB	7	0	0	0	7
29	Benjamin Whiteman	CDM	9	0	0	2	11
30	Tom Bayliss	CM	28	0	1	5	34
31	Alex Jones	CF	6	0	0	0	6
32	Jack Baldwin	CB	7	0	0	0	7
33	Frank de Groot	RM	1	0	0	0	1
38	Jordan Ponticelli	ST	0	0	0	1	1
39	Jordon Thompson	CB	10	0	0	5	15

Goalscorers

No.	Player	Pos.	EFL League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
9	Maxime Biamou	ST	12	0	1	1	14
10	Marc McNulty	ST	12	0	0	0	12
16	Stuart Beavon	ST	4	1	0	5	10
26	Jordan Shipley	LM	3	0	0	4	7
11	Jodi Jones	RM	3	0	0	3	6
18	Jonson Clarke-Harris	ST	4	0	0	2	6
6	Liam Kelly	CM	5	0	0	0	5
19	Tony Andreu	AM	4	0	0	1	5
8	Michael Doyle	CM	3	0	0	1	4
22	Devon Kelly-Evans	LM	3	1	0	0	4
29	Benjamin Whiteman	CDM	4	0	0	0	4
23	Carl Baker	RM	1	0	0	2	3
25	Matty Cash	RM	3	0	0	0	3
27	Josh Barret	AM	2	0	0	1	3
31	Alex Jones	ST	3	0	0	0	3
7	Peter Vincenti	RM	2	0	0	0	2
17	Jordan Maguire-Drew	RM	2	0	0	0	2
2	Jack Grimmer	RB	1	0	0	0	1
21	Junior Brown	LB	0	0	0	1	1
28	Elliott Johnson	LB	1	0	0	0	1
30	Tom Bayliss	CM	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	0	1
Totals			74	2	1	21	97

Yellow cards

No.	Player	Pos.	EFL League Two	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
2	Jack Grimmer	RB	3	0	1	4
11	Jodi Jones	RM	3	0	1	4
27	Josh Barrett	CAM	3	0	1	4
5	Rod McDonald	CB	1	0	2	3
21	Junior Brown	LB	3	0	0	3
4	Jordan Willis	CB	2	0	0	2
10	Marc McNulty	ST	2	0	1	2
14	Scott Cuthbert	CB	2	0	0	2
18	Jonson Clarke-Harris	ST	1	0	1	2
19	Tony Andreu	AM	1	1	0	2
20	Joss Labadie	CM	1	0	1	2
30	Tom Bayliss	CM	0	0	2	2
31	Alex Jones	ST	2	0	1	2
3	Tony McMahon	RB	1	0	0	1
6	Liam Kelly	DM	1	0	0	1
8	Michael Doyle	DM	1	0	0	1
12	Tom Davies	CB	1	0	0	1
17	Jordan Maguire-Drew	RM	1	0	0	1
24	Ryan Haynes	LB	1	0	0	1
25	Matty Cash	RM	1	0	0	1
26	Jordan Shipley	LM	1	0	0	1
32	Jack Baldwin	CB	1	0	0	1
39	Jordon Thompson	CB	1	0	0	1
Totals			34	1	9	44

Red cards

No.	Player	Pos.	EFL League Two	EFL Trophy	Total
2	Jack Grimmer	RB	1	0	1
20	Joss Labadie	CM	0	1	1
24	Ryan Haynes	LB	1	0	1
10	Marc McNulty	CF	1	0	1
Totals			3	1	4

Suspensions served

No.	Player	Pos.	Date suspended	Reason	Matches missed
2	Jack Grimmer	RB	21 October 2017	Sent off vs. Colchester United	Luton Town (A)
24	Ryan Haynes	LB	28 October 2017	Sent off vs. Luton Town	Port Vale (H)
20	Joss Labadie	CM	8 February 2018	Sent off vs. Swindon Town	Accrington Stanley (H)
10	Marc McNulty	ST	3 March 2018	Sent off vs. Lincoln City	Barnet (H)

Penalties awarded

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Date	Opponents	Ground	Success
6		Liam Kelly	CDM	9 January 2018	Cambridge United	Molton Road	N
11		Jodi Jones	RM	1 April 2018	Accrington Stanley	Wembley Stadium	N

Hat-tricks

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Date	Opponents	Ground	Result
9		Maxime Biamou	ST	21 November 2017	Stevenage	Town Park	3–0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee
12 July 2017	CB	Scott Cuthbert	Luton Town	£600,000
30 August 2017	RB	Tony McMahon	Bradford City	£350,000
31 August 2017	LB	Junior Brown	Shrewsbury Town	£375,000
31 August 2017	CM	Joss Labadie	Newport County	£300,000
19 January 2018	LB	Elliott Johnson	Barnet	£350,000
23 January 2018	CDM	Benjamin Whiteman	Doncaster Rovers	£830,000
31 January 2018	CB	Jack Baldwin	Peterborough United	£850,000
31 January 2018	CF	Alex Jones	Bradford City	£600,000
26 March 2018	RM	Frank de Groot	Youth system	—

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee
17 July 2017	LB	Chris Stokes	Barnet	£235,000
12 August 2017	LM	Kyel Reid	Grimsby Town	£450,000
21 August 2017	RB	Dion Kelly-Evans	Exeter City	£400,000

Loans in

Date From	Position	Player	From	Date Until
1 July 2017	CAM	Josh Barrett	Reading	30 June 2018
1 July 2017	ST	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Rotherham United	30 June 2018
1 July 2017	RM	Jordan Maguire-Drew	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2018
31 August 2017	RM	Matty Cash	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018

Loans out

Date From	Position	Player	To	Date Until
7 September 2017	CF	Jordan Ponticelli	St. Patrick's Athletic	30 June 2018

[table_note_res_PPO0.72601106656995-1] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

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