Gibbo here for Scunny

We are pleased to announce that nineteen sixties hero Ian Gibson will be the Association’s special guest at Saturday’s home game against Scunthorpe United at the Ricoh (10th November 2012).

Ian in 1966

Ian was last here (pictured above left) for the Ernie Machin tribute game in September.  Still lively and dapper with a wicked Scottish sense of humour and a sharp appreciation of the current game you can bank on Ian keeping the the corporate lounges in stitches with his anecdotes about his time with the club and no doubt will be given another rousing reception by the half-time crowd  and by Sky Blue fans on stage of Lady Gs in the G-Casino after the game when he will give as good as he gets with CCFPA’s Billy Bell .

Blast from the Past: Bobby Signs for the Wanderers!

Coventry Kid and CCFPA member Bobby Gould has added another accomplishment to his extensive c.v. as both player and manager.  A popular and rumbustious centre forward for the Sky Blues in the 1960s scoring nearly a goal every other game over five seasons with the Club, Bobby went on to win an F.A.Cup medal in 1975 with West Ham (one of several subsequent teams) as well as managing the victorious Wimbledon side at the 1988 Wembley F.A.Cup final.

In the week when, in one of 40 first round ties, the current Sky Blues team clinched a place in the next round of the F.A.Cup (a tie against either Morecambe or Rochdale) Bobby has forged another, older, seminal connection with the famous trophy in a commemorative football game to take place next Wednesday in London.

Wind back 140 years and the first ever F.A.Cup competition took place in March 1872 in a very different footballing world and involved a mere 15 entrants. The final was contested by the Wanderers and the Royal Engineers and it was the Wanderers who were presented with inaugural trophy after scoring the only goal of the game played at the Oval (now, of course, the home of Surrey C.C.C., as well as many England cricket internationals).

The 2012 incarnation of both teams of amateurs will seek to recreate the first ever final – once more at the Oval on 7th November and the Wanderers team will be especially trained for the occasion by ‘Gouldy’.  The charity game organised by Surreywill benefit the British Legion, the Haig Housing Trust and Lambeth Tigers F.C. Our own Sky Blue ‘Bobby Dazzler’ will be hoping to pull off a repeat win for the Wanderers and a unique triple personally.  Good luck Bobby!

The victorious Wanderers 1872

The losing Royal Engineers 1871-72

Iain Jamieson R.I.P. Full Obituary Now Available

Iain in his playing days

A full appreciation of the life and career of former Coventry City player and director (and CCFPA member) Iain Jamieson written by Association chairman and official Club historian Jim Brown is now available on this site. The obituary can be found under the ‘Players’ tab above (click on ‘Gone but not Forgotten’)

Iain, who passed away last month in Scotland aged, 84, juggled careers in football and business, achieving great success in both fields. He is unique in having been a Coventry City player (1948-58) as well as a director (1973-84) and, for one momentous year (1983-84), chairman of the club. Simultaneously he rose through the ranks of textile company Courtaulds to become one of its managing directors. Iain’s funeral took place in Kirkudbrightshire on the 25th of last month. His grest contribution to the Club will always be remembered.

Peakey for Crawley

 The Association’s ‘special guest’ for the Sky Blues’ League One home game next Tuesday night (6th November 2012) against Crawley Town will be one of the stars of the Club’s F.A.Cup victory a quarter of a century ago, Trevor Peake. 

‘Peakey’ played for King Edward VI School Nuneaton graduating to his local team Nuneaton Borough in 1978, before joining professional club Lincoln City the following year. The Sky Blues signed him in 1983 and he became an indispensible and cultured part of the defence in well over 300 appearances before moving to Luton Town from 1991-98. Trevor is rated by many as one of the best half backs of his era not to have been capped for his country and was a crucial part of the 1986-87 F.A.Cup run that culminated in that pulsating 3-2 extra time victory over Spurs in the Wembley Final in May 1987.  

Trevor frequently turns out for the former players in Charity games and played his full part in the 25th Anniversary celebrations of that wonderful year for the Club and City which took place earlier this year and is pictured right in the famous 1986-87 strip which he wore again for one of a series of interview profiles of the victorious squad undertaken by Coventry Observer reporter Steve Carpenter which can still be found on www.coventryobserver.co.uk.

Trevor has coaching experience with both Luton and the Sky Blues (and was even briefly our caretaker Manager with Oggie in 2002) but his current coaching duties with Leicester City’s Academy – his team won their championship last season – mean he cannot visit the Ricoh as much as he might like. Therefore we are especially pleased to welcome Trevor to the Ricoh tonight.